Pet Peeve: "After the First of the Year...."

This time of the year I start butting heads with one of my dearly held pet peeves. I hate it when people procrastinate by using the excuse "I'll get started after the first of the year."

What is wrong with November and December? Are they not perfectly valid months in which to plan and do things? Is it not possible to be productive during these last months of the year? November and December are perfectly wonderful times to plan vacations, lose weight, be more organized, start exercising or whatever else will help you move forward with your life.

I have a new motto for the next two months: "Don't you wait till 2008"
(Say it, it rhymes...get it?)