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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 225036" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I was doing OK until I started buying baby things for the grandchild that won't even be here till next May! I just couldn't stop myself! Before we knew he was a boy, I started buying up little baby things in neutral colors, just little things like socks, onesies, little t-shirts, etc. Then when she found out he was a boy, I bought several tiny little <em>blue</em> outfits to add to the mix. I wrapped each item in pink or blue tissue and put them all in one big box and gift wrapped that. So they'll have a lot of fun opening each little item. I probably spent a little less on daughter and sister in law than in the past but I only got them things I know they'll like. It cost me $41 to mail all three heavy boxes .... so Daisy, I can only imagine how much <em>you </em>had it yours cost <em>$90</em> to send!</p><p> </p><p>My son is always the problem because he'll never give me any ideas. My daughter is sending him several movies that he wanted. I got him several things, mostly clothes, but I'll be giving him money too because he needs that worse right now than more 'stuff'. The plant where he works has closed down, supposedly just for two weeks, but right now he's not sure if he'll have a job after the holidays or not. I probably will spend a little more on him than daughter and sister in law, but they get tons of stuff from sister in law's family too. Still, all in all, I don't think I've spent as much this year as I have in previous years.</p><p> </p><p>And one things I'm really proud of - I managed to bring little gifts for 20 co-workers and didn't spend even $10 total! We always bring little things and pass them out - seems like there's more and more people every year! So this year, instead of little calendars or whatever, I made everybody little individually wrapped pound cakes with bows on them and they <em>loved</em> them! I bought the little foil loaf pans - 5 for $1.25, 5 boxes of store-brand pound cake mix (each one made four little cakes) for $1.25 each, and 20 little wire-on bows from the Dollar Store! I baked till I was soooo sick of looking at that stuff! I sprinkled the top of each one with red & green sugar, wrapped them in plastic wrap, stuck on a bright red bow and .... little gifts for 20 people for less than $10!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 225036, member: 1883"] I was doing OK until I started buying baby things for the grandchild that won't even be here till next May! I just couldn't stop myself! Before we knew he was a boy, I started buying up little baby things in neutral colors, just little things like socks, onesies, little t-shirts, etc. Then when she found out he was a boy, I bought several tiny little [I]blue[/I] outfits to add to the mix. I wrapped each item in pink or blue tissue and put them all in one big box and gift wrapped that. So they'll have a lot of fun opening each little item. I probably spent a little less on daughter and sister in law than in the past but I only got them things I know they'll like. It cost me $41 to mail all three heavy boxes .... so Daisy, I can only imagine how much [I]you [/I]had it yours cost [I]$90[/I] to send! My son is always the problem because he'll never give me any ideas. My daughter is sending him several movies that he wanted. I got him several things, mostly clothes, but I'll be giving him money too because he needs that worse right now than more 'stuff'. The plant where he works has closed down, supposedly just for two weeks, but right now he's not sure if he'll have a job after the holidays or not. I probably will spend a little more on him than daughter and sister in law, but they get tons of stuff from sister in law's family too. Still, all in all, I don't think I've spent as much this year as I have in previous years. And one things I'm really proud of - I managed to bring little gifts for 20 co-workers and didn't spend even $10 total! We always bring little things and pass them out - seems like there's more and more people every year! So this year, instead of little calendars or whatever, I made everybody little individually wrapped pound cakes with bows on them and they [I]loved[/I] them! I bought the little foil loaf pans - 5 for $1.25, 5 boxes of store-brand pound cake mix (each one made four little cakes) for $1.25 each, and 20 little wire-on bows from the Dollar Store! I baked till I was soooo sick of looking at that stuff! I sprinkled the top of each one with red & green sugar, wrapped them in plastic wrap, stuck on a bright red bow and .... little gifts for 20 people for less than $10! [/QUOTE]
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