12-01-2005, 09:23 PM
12-01-2005, 10:02 PM
Celticana @ Thu 01 Dec, 2005 10:23 pm Wrote:
annie @ Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:06 pm Wrote:
What do Amurican men wear at breakfast?
They have time for breakfast...? :razz:
it depends what's on the menu? If they're running late they may have to settle for fish fingers......
8) I'll get my coat
12-02-2005, 07:59 AM
Hubby and I don't buy each other presents for Christmas or even birthday, unless there is something that we really want around the same time a birthday or Christmas comes up and costs more than we would normally pay. We will put parents money in with ours and get what we want.
The children get presents at Christmas and the ages they are now, they know what the limit is. I think because we don't make such a big thing of Christmas presents, they could really take it or leave it now, especially the eldest. It's more a social issue when friends ask what they got for Christmas or school ask the children to write about the holidays etc.The children buy hubby and I a little something each and love being able to give us something that we don't know what it is. ) They love to see how we react!
Christmas, when I was a child, was always more to do with giving than receiving. I think this is something that I have continued with my own children. If there is something they want or need during the year then they will often get it without having to wait for a birthday or Christmas. That doesn't mean they haven't had to save up their own money so they still learn the meaning of having to wait. )
The children get presents at Christmas and the ages they are now, they know what the limit is. I think because we don't make such a big thing of Christmas presents, they could really take it or leave it now, especially the eldest. It's more a social issue when friends ask what they got for Christmas or school ask the children to write about the holidays etc.The children buy hubby and I a little something each and love being able to give us something that we don't know what it is. ) They love to see how we react!
Christmas, when I was a child, was always more to do with giving than receiving. I think this is something that I have continued with my own children. If there is something they want or need during the year then they will often get it without having to wait for a birthday or Christmas. That doesn't mean they haven't had to save up their own money so they still learn the meaning of having to wait. )
12-02-2005, 11:44 AM
Ben @ Fri 02 Dec, 2005 4:59 am Wrote:
Hubby and I don't buy each other presents for Christmas or even birthday
Ah-ha, the famous Religion Of Tightwaddedness...
/...Ben represents the bishopric of Duck's Chuff, Lincolnshire
12-02-2005, 12:00 PM
We buy for the kids and not for each other.
We tell the kids not to buy for us either. We do have a traditional 'secret stocking' where we make tasteless, overtrimmed stockings for each other. We draw the name of a family member and spend $50 on silly/fun things for that person. We open them on Christmas Eve. It's great fun. grin The children get one big gift and a few small ones to open on Christmas morning. Oh, and then there's the "Blue Peter" snowman table decoration I made in circa 1971 which graces Christmas lunch and contains a tiny gift for everyone at the table smile
And PJs? None worn in our bed wink
We tell the kids not to buy for us either. We do have a traditional 'secret stocking' where we make tasteless, overtrimmed stockings for each other. We draw the name of a family member and spend $50 on silly/fun things for that person. We open them on Christmas Eve. It's great fun. grin The children get one big gift and a few small ones to open on Christmas morning. Oh, and then there's the "Blue Peter" snowman table decoration I made in circa 1971 which graces Christmas lunch and contains a tiny gift for everyone at the table smile
And PJs? None worn in our bed wink
12-02-2005, 12:24 PM
VegasRudeBoy @ Fri 02 Dec, 2005 11:44 am Wrote:
Ben @ Fri 02 Dec, 2005 4:59 am Wrote:
Hubby and I don't buy each other presents for Christmas or even birthday
Ah-ha, the famous Religion Of Tightwaddedness...
/...Ben represents the bishopric of Duck's Chuff, Lincolnshire
Just 'cause we don't buy each other a gift, doesn't mean we don't get a great present :wink: :mrgreen:
It's funny you know, they did an article on the radio a few weeks ago regarding presents and the consensus was that a woman would much rather have a $100 gift certificate from Tiffany's than a $500 gift certificate from Walmart! I couldn't help laughing my socks off thinking that I must have been born into the wrong body because I would go with the $500 one anyday! Even if I didn't want it myself, there is always someone else who could use it.
12-02-2005, 12:34 PM
Ben @ Fri 02 Dec, 2005 9:24 am Wrote:
It's funny you know, they did an article on the radio a few weeks ago regarding presents and the consensus was that a woman would much rather have a $100 gift certificate from Tiffany's than a $500 gift certificate from Walmart! I couldn't help laughing my socks off thinking that I must have been born into the wrong body because I would go with the $500 one anyday! Even if I didn't want it myself, there is always someone else who could use it.
I guess the native women in your part of the world are all about superficiality, huh?
Mrs Rude would also go with the Wally-World over the bling. So would I, to be honest.
/yes I shop at Wal-Mart
12-02-2005, 12:37 PM
VegasRudeBoy @ Fri 02 Dec, 2005 9:34 am Wrote:
/yes I shop at Wal-Mart
Bad luck
/pity :wink:
12-02-2005, 12:57 PM
I live in a trailer ffs, where else would I shop?
/working on the mullet and Camaro mrgreen
/working on the mullet and Camaro mrgreen
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