It finally happened. I finally procrastinated so  long that my Christmas cards will be sent out after Christmas.

The last several years, my cards hit the mail around December 5th. I’m one of those early birds. Our picture would be taken at one of our birthdays, the cards would be ordered pronto, and I could knock that little task off my list quickly.

This year? This year, we didn’t even take our picture until LAST WEEK. But, I figured it was no big deal. The printing company I always use is super fast. In fact, I never have to pay for expedited shipping, because I ALWAYS get my orders within 4 days of ordering. Always. Whether I pay $8 for shipping or $21 for shipping. Only 4 days. I can almost set my watch by it.

So, of course, I ordered my cards, paid for the $8 shipping, and I felt sure that by this moment in time I’d have my cards on their way to friends and family.

Nope! Not this time! Every time I check their status, my cards are “printing.” At this point, even if they shipped today, I wouldn’t get them in time to make it to their various destinations before Christmas Day.

So, I guess everyone will get their cards from us after Christmas. I’ll just tell myself and others that I did that on purpose. You know, extend the holiday. It sounds good to me, at least.

And next year? Next year I might order my cards by November 1st. Maybe our Christmas picture will be in our Halloween costumes.  Yeah… that sounds good to me.