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<blockquote data-quote="1905" data-source="post: 612460" data-attributes="member: 2668"><p>I used to dread all the cooking and cleaning. Also, trying to make everything nice for everyone made the holidays not an enjoyable time. Now, I am very excited. My 2 easy child's are away at school so husband and I are home alone here. When they come home, it's fun. My easy child has had a girlfriend for 4 years who is Chinese and never celebrates holidays unless with us. She just LOVES the whole joyful, relaxing family thing going on here. It's always fun to see someone so happy. difficult child has a family! He'll be here with his wife and baby. The wife is a doll, she is such a hard working, kind woman- I love her. I love seeing my kids together and enjoying each other. It's THAT feeling that equals the holidays for me.</p><p></p><p>As for gifts, there won't be a ton. We pay for both easy child's college, they have loans but we pay the rest. That is their birthday and Christmas presents and they're happy to have it. Last month they both got free upgraded phones for their birthdays. Considering they had flip phones, they were grateful for that, even knowing they were free. Both my boys work at school. They also don't care about "stuff". difficult child and his wife are going on a honeymoon for 9 days that we bought them, and we'll be watching the baby (sharing that with her parents). Her parents paid for the wedding so we got the honeymoon. We're not doing many gifts this year. The kids do buy us something small and each other as well. As long as everyone is healthy, we're perfect.</p><p></p><p>But I did get the girls something from Victorias Secret, on sale, plus coupons, and a free $10 gift card with $10 purchase. Everyone likes some pretty things, I spent $40 (worth way more) and have $40 worth of gifts cards to use later....making everything </p><p>I bought so far free. </p><p></p><p>I bought the baby some toys from Little Tykes. It was buy 1 get 2 free for the price. So I have 3 of these great toys shipped for the price of just 1. Then I saw this other car at Kohls, $99...then with codes down to $23, so I couldn't resist. I'm done shopping.</p><p></p><p>I always check on Hip2save website, the woman posts these great deals, and another website Bradsdeals. Check them out. You won't have to search stores or circulars, just check those sites.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1905, post: 612460, member: 2668"] I used to dread all the cooking and cleaning. Also, trying to make everything nice for everyone made the holidays not an enjoyable time. Now, I am very excited. My 2 easy child's are away at school so husband and I are home alone here. When they come home, it's fun. My easy child has had a girlfriend for 4 years who is Chinese and never celebrates holidays unless with us. She just LOVES the whole joyful, relaxing family thing going on here. It's always fun to see someone so happy. difficult child has a family! He'll be here with his wife and baby. The wife is a doll, she is such a hard working, kind woman- I love her. I love seeing my kids together and enjoying each other. It's THAT feeling that equals the holidays for me. As for gifts, there won't be a ton. We pay for both easy child's college, they have loans but we pay the rest. That is their birthday and Christmas presents and they're happy to have it. Last month they both got free upgraded phones for their birthdays. Considering they had flip phones, they were grateful for that, even knowing they were free. Both my boys work at school. They also don't care about "stuff". difficult child and his wife are going on a honeymoon for 9 days that we bought them, and we'll be watching the baby (sharing that with her parents). Her parents paid for the wedding so we got the honeymoon. We're not doing many gifts this year. The kids do buy us something small and each other as well. As long as everyone is healthy, we're perfect. But I did get the girls something from Victorias Secret, on sale, plus coupons, and a free $10 gift card with $10 purchase. Everyone likes some pretty things, I spent $40 (worth way more) and have $40 worth of gifts cards to use later....making everything I bought so far free. I bought the baby some toys from Little Tykes. It was buy 1 get 2 free for the price. So I have 3 of these great toys shipped for the price of just 1. Then I saw this other car at Kohls, $99...then with codes down to $23, so I couldn't resist. I'm done shopping. I always check on Hip2save website, the woman posts these great deals, and another website Bradsdeals. Check them out. You won't have to search stores or circulars, just check those sites. [/QUOTE]
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