What's In Your Notebook?

Here is my Christmas Notebook. I used the front cover design from www.organizedchristmas.com . I have a thing for elves-I will let you in on that little secret later.
Using sheets from the same website mentioned above, I devote the beginning of my notebook to listing the extra chores that I do between now and Christmas. I start out by cleaning the rooms that don't get messed up easily. I do a deep clean where I dust, vacuum, wash windows, and use my carpet cleaner in that room. Anything that needs removed or put in a different place-I do it.
My next two dividers are my shopping list and gifts. I keep a running shopping list for what I will need for the upcoming holiday season for craft projects, Christmas presents, decorations, entertaining, etc.
In gifts, every immediate family member has a separate sheet with gift ideas, sizes and the amount I plan on spending on each person. I have separate sheets with the headings: school, family, and friends where I list any group gifts, dollar amounts, etc. When I buy something for someone, I mark it down beside there name with the dollar amount. That way I can keep up with how much money I am spending. If I got a really good deal on an item, I list its value.

My next section lists any parties that I plan on hosting this year. I have a guest list, a sample menu, and a list of planned activities if it is a kids party.

The next section is a room by room decoration section. In this section, I list what goes where in each room, what number box of Christmas decorations in the attic houses that, and any new plans for the upcoming year. I have everything mapped out on graph paper. Yes, I am that anal.

My Christmas Card List comes next...I also have a copy on the computer but I prefer to have a hard copy just in case.

The next two sections are just for my girls...I have a 25 days of Christmas and a magic elf section. For the 25 days of Christmas, I list what special activity we are doing for each day between Thanksgiving and Christmas. These usually don't cost money, it is just time spent as a family. It could be anything from going around to look at the Christmas lights, to singing Carols by the fire, to roasting marshmallows. If we are hosting a party or going out of town on any of those days, that it the special event.
By far, our family's most favorite thing is the Magic Elf section. It seems that when Peanut wrote Santa a letter last year around Halloween, Santa felt like Peanut had been doing so good, that she was entitled to help him out. His workshop elves are so busy between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, that they just don't have the necessary time to watch their kids. Peanut was assigned Oakley who came the day after Thanksgiving.
Let's just say that Oakley gets into trouble at night when he comes to life. He teepeed the steps inside our house, got tangled in dental floss, and even tried to take my car for a spin-running it into the landscape logs. This is another 25 days of adventure. Again, low cost-but HUGE memories.

I am sure that your head is spinning and you are foaming at the mouth so I will stop there for now. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about the notebooks. The website mentioned above is a great place to get started and they probably do a much better job of explaining it.