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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 453247" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>These are cool ideas and many are things we have done in the past. A few years ago that fancy flavored popcorn place that Oprah raved about did a sale thing and I got about 4 of the sale packs (each had 8 bags of their fancy shmancy flavored chocolate or whatever covered popcorn) and those were part of the gifts. I also learned to make my own as I find it rather odd to pay so much $$ on popcorn. The pretzels covered in chocolate are always a hit and to really make presentation of them look amazing consider rolling them in crushed peppermints or fairly balls (the little round ball type sprinkles) or nuts and then drizzling white chocolate over them. One or two pretzel rods in a clear bag looks amazing and like you spent a fortune.</p><p></p><p>Part of the idea for all the different little things is to convey the idea that we were thinkng of them all through the year. My father always HATED holidays like bdays and Christmas. Mostly the gift giving part (and forced cheer at Christmas - HIS perception of the season) was his objection. My mom had to force the issue or he would not ever have taken part in gifts for holidays. I was there when she finally got fed up and asked him WHY he was such a jerk about it. He thinks we should celebrate those we love every day, not just one day a year. It really floored her and changed how she saw a LOT of things he did. That is the idea behind this - to give small things that we think of throughout the year. The benefit to the budget is definitely welcome, of course, but I just really like this idea. Of course, after grandkids came my father's entire opinion/attitude/behavior about holidays changed completely, lol!</p><p></p><p>crazymama - some of those sites are faves of mine. I just got 2 shirts from tanga that are AWESOME. Very good quality too. thank you's was for the first day of school and I let him wear it to get his schedule - it says "Don't make go all expelliarmus on you!". The one I got for Wiz says "Ask me what's for lunch". Then it has a zombie face printed on the <em>inside</em> so you pull the shirt up over your head and it is a zombie picture over your face. husband thought it would be great for thank you, but pushes a joke to death and I could see it being a problem at school.</p><p></p><p>Woot is awesome because on their sellout.woot.com site they let people post deals they find all over the internet. WHile most isn't stuff that is right for us, I have gotten some excellent deals through them.</p><p></p><p>If you are looking for a specific item and are well aware of the retail price, ebay is an amazing place to get deals. If you don't know the price you would pay in a regular store it is really easy to get ripped off. Some people get caught up in the auctions and pay stupid prices. </p><p></p><p>Another thing we are doing is magazine subscriptions for some people we wanted to give something to but didn't want to pay a lot for.</p><p></p><p>Lisa, they have amazing deals on candles and air freshener type things that are really nice (not like the old plastic thingies from when we were kids, lol - the ones that all the little old ladies I knew crocheted things to hide!). Those aren't something we do because so many of us have smell sensitivities. Ditto colonge/perfume. I send those samples to my aunt when I run across them - she lived near you and loves smelly things. Her current husband (she is the one married 9 times though she did marry 2 of the men twice - NOT at the same time, lol!) gets a real kick out of the various guy samples taht they get in the mail from me. It is a way to send gifts for no money and keep the "thinking of you all year" thread going.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 453247, member: 1233"] These are cool ideas and many are things we have done in the past. A few years ago that fancy flavored popcorn place that Oprah raved about did a sale thing and I got about 4 of the sale packs (each had 8 bags of their fancy shmancy flavored chocolate or whatever covered popcorn) and those were part of the gifts. I also learned to make my own as I find it rather odd to pay so much $$ on popcorn. The pretzels covered in chocolate are always a hit and to really make presentation of them look amazing consider rolling them in crushed peppermints or fairly balls (the little round ball type sprinkles) or nuts and then drizzling white chocolate over them. One or two pretzel rods in a clear bag looks amazing and like you spent a fortune. Part of the idea for all the different little things is to convey the idea that we were thinkng of them all through the year. My father always HATED holidays like bdays and Christmas. Mostly the gift giving part (and forced cheer at Christmas - HIS perception of the season) was his objection. My mom had to force the issue or he would not ever have taken part in gifts for holidays. I was there when she finally got fed up and asked him WHY he was such a jerk about it. He thinks we should celebrate those we love every day, not just one day a year. It really floored her and changed how she saw a LOT of things he did. That is the idea behind this - to give small things that we think of throughout the year. The benefit to the budget is definitely welcome, of course, but I just really like this idea. Of course, after grandkids came my father's entire opinion/attitude/behavior about holidays changed completely, lol! crazymama - some of those sites are faves of mine. I just got 2 shirts from tanga that are AWESOME. Very good quality too. thank you's was for the first day of school and I let him wear it to get his schedule - it says "Don't make go all expelliarmus on you!". The one I got for Wiz says "Ask me what's for lunch". Then it has a zombie face printed on the [I]inside[/I] so you pull the shirt up over your head and it is a zombie picture over your face. husband thought it would be great for thank you, but pushes a joke to death and I could see it being a problem at school. Woot is awesome because on their sellout.woot.com site they let people post deals they find all over the internet. WHile most isn't stuff that is right for us, I have gotten some excellent deals through them. If you are looking for a specific item and are well aware of the retail price, ebay is an amazing place to get deals. If you don't know the price you would pay in a regular store it is really easy to get ripped off. Some people get caught up in the auctions and pay stupid prices. Another thing we are doing is magazine subscriptions for some people we wanted to give something to but didn't want to pay a lot for. Lisa, they have amazing deals on candles and air freshener type things that are really nice (not like the old plastic thingies from when we were kids, lol - the ones that all the little old ladies I knew crocheted things to hide!). Those aren't something we do because so many of us have smell sensitivities. Ditto colonge/perfume. I send those samples to my aunt when I run across them - she lived near you and loves smelly things. Her current husband (she is the one married 9 times though she did marry 2 of the men twice - NOT at the same time, lol!) gets a real kick out of the various guy samples taht they get in the mail from me. It is a way to send gifts for no money and keep the "thinking of you all year" thread going. [/QUOTE]
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