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Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 2:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
or how about "You were on Santa's Nice list this year"?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I am guessing you did this at Christmas, not Halloween

(So, we'll buy a couple stockings, pack them full of goodies and print out Twas the Night Before Christmas and a sheet that tells them to copy the poem and pass it on. The kids absolutely loved it last Halloween.),

right?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, oops. We did the Boo'd last halloween. The kids thought it was totally cool to open the door and find a bucket of stuff for them and they had a blast helping to pick out cheap decorations and goodies for the buckets of goodies we did for the neighbors. Meant to say I think they'll love doing something similar with a stocking and Christmas stuff as they did the Halloween we did the Boo'ing.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
You've been "frosted"

You've been "snowed"

You've been "Rudolphed"

You've been "presented"

You've been "good this year"

You've been "stockinged"

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
thanks for the ideas dipo. we did only get one gift each for the adults except the one daughter still at home. and we are getting gift cards for some of the adult kids. but we have 8 grandkids between 3 and 15. being an only child i had no clue that kids count the gifts. balancing 8 kids was no easy task. but we hit some super sales with our early shopping so we are able to really spoil them. gonna be hard to top next year. i may have to start right after christmas this year.

one thought on gift cards. i personally would rather give cash because if a company files bankruptcy the gift cards are worthless. they do not have to honor them. at least i would wait till the last week before purchasing gift cards.

ETA i love your surprise idea wargod. and i know just who i am going to do it to


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 6:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Cool Gidget! I'm doing two, one in the family and one among my neighbors. I haven't decided which neighbor to do yet, I have an older couple whose kids and grandkids live out of state and an older couple who have their daughter, sil and two grandkids living with them. It might be fun to hide and watch the kids discover their surprise but I know the other older couple get a little blue during the holidays because their kids can't come visit til right before Christmas and they miss out on some of the fun family stuff that goes with the holidays.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 6:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
i'm doing my bf's mil... aka gramma. she has been in the hospital and we expect her home before thanksgiving. we are already making her and her husband a small turkey with fixins to bring up on wednesday. i think i will deliver the stocking on thursday anonymously. she has been griping that the grendkids havent come to visit enough in the hospital. so she will never know. i am great at secrets. dollar store here i come. lol i was just there on the way home from work. went to get two wreath hangers....$40 later... i do not know how anyone spends so much in a dollar store... okay i treated myself to a bunch of christmas socks for one thing... did i mention i love christmas!!!

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
okay, i'm confused.... your bf's mil?? that would be your boyfriend's mother-in-law. so that would mean your boyfriend is your husband and it's your own mom? i'm quite confused!

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
rofl... my bf is a widower. his deceased wife's mother is his mil. and if he ever convinces me to get married again he will have two mil's. maybe i will point that out to him and see what he says about marriage then! i cant wait to hear his response.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Gosh Gidget, your family tree is as branched as mine, lol. It sounds like if anyone needs some holiday cheer, she does! Isn't it fun?!?

I ran by the 99 cent store this morning to pick up some Christmas decs. Told myself I'd only spend the cash in my pocket, which was $15. I spent something like $14.98 and walked out with a ton of stuff, lol. I'm already planning on going back because I want some more of the candy canes to put in my yard.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 2:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I'm curious ... how do you & your significant other decide what to buy each other for Christmas?? Do you give hints or a list? Do you buy what you think they would like? How does it work?

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Vaca...Simple...he upgrades my diamonds,and he buys himself what he wants. Lol! I drop hints all of the time...Hell, I've been asking for Disneyland Annual passes for 4 years running...have I gotten them? NO!

Actually, I think we decided this year to buy something for the house...but that was a conversation we had a couple of weeks ago...that could have changed. He was asking for a stupid chainsaw, but then went to Sears and came home with one week before last...so who knows.

Pretty helpful huh?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 3:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
After 26 years of marriage, I know what to buy him and I tell him what he thinks he should buy me.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Sometimes one of us we'll mention something we want. Might happen in January that we talk about it. Sometimes it's not even a full conversation but a casual observation, "Oh, I'd like to have one of those. How was work?" Neither one of us really does hints, we'll flat out say what we'd like when asked. Like this Christmas, I'm buying him a tv, he's buying me a microwave. LOL, nothing exciting about it, just things we could use for the house.

We do exchange lists too though that's for specific things. Cds, dvds, books stuff like that.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I started, thought I was being smart ordered stuff from Barnes and noble including the british tv show DVDs of "the Office" ordered everything gift wrapped. My phone rings at work yesterday, it was my son. hey did you buy me the office for christmas? Barnes and noble wrapped everything except that!!!!!!!!!!

So, my son is now under orders to open no packages between now and christmas.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Did some shopping at Toys r us on line last night...we need more on line shopping places in Canada that can give us cheaper prices so that we have to go out to actually get at the store.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ack, Maris! I'm sorry they messed up your order.

I started my big orders from the scholastic book catalogs a few weeks ago. This time of year I do 3-4 big orders...books, learning toys, even some craft kits for not only my kidlets but the nieces/nephews and friends kids. Each time I make sure to let their teachers know to tell me when the orders come in and I'll pick them up myself, but I know with a bunch of other kids to worry about they may not remember. I'm waiting on one order now to come to Caleb's class so I've been parked outside his room for the last week, lol.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I had something like that happen, Maris. I ordered a big personalized entry mat for my parents' new house for them. I had them ship it to their house, because I'm going to wrap all their gifts on Thanksgiving weekend and leave them there for them to open on Christmas (I'll be traveling).

So my mom emails me a few days ago and says, "You got some big entry mat with an N in the middle of it."

They shipped it in a CLEAR PLASTIC BAG!

Oh, well, they got an early gift!!!

Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
lol Yankee.

I was pretty ticked because I was excited about getting those DVDs for my son as he loved the british Office show.

going to have to put the old thinking cap on again, not easy getting gifts for a 15 year old.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 11:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Maris, make sure you file a complaint with Barnes and Noble about it. Who knows you may get a customer satisfaction gift. Regardless they should know how they screwed up.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 12:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I am one present, a computer game for Caleb, and stocking stuffers away from being done shopping for the kids! I finished up the rest I had to do for them earlier today. Dakota asked for a Bella Dancerella cheerleading thing, it's a dvd and cheerleader stuff that teaches kids routines. Since it's a physical toy, something she loves, I was all over it, lol.

Darren and I still have to shop for each other, and we have to do for the family. Told him tonight that once we're done, if there's still money left in the Christmas budget we'll buy the kids socks and underwear and get them another gift card to go shopping for clothes, but only if there's money left over, I won't add to what we already decided we'd set aside to spend.

My absolute favorite part of shopping for Christmas, in fact the only part I really enjoy, is stocking stuffers. I just love shopping for stocking stuffers and take it very seriously.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 2:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
We are having Christmas the day after Thanksgiving with my dad, his wife and my brother and his family, so I have all that done. AND, we just decided to do all this last Friday! LOL AND, i have the inside of my house decorated and the tree up. It looks so funny, the outside is all fall-ish/Thanksgiving and the inside is Christmas!
got all of dd's shopping done too. dh and i are going to get each other a digital camera so i am watching ads and sales.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 4:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Going to get some shopping done today. My back is almost better, but I want to take this week off to make sure. I am sure my customers don't mind a dustier house in November to a clean on in December. So with that being said, A large box from Toysrus arrived yesterday with some gifts for the kids. I am planning on shopping today for some more and hopefully be close to finished.

Our family is having Christmas on the 10th of December. So now while I am writing this, I have to figure out what to buy my mom for Christmas this year...hmmmmmmmm

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 7:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Should I rename this thread the All things Christmas thread? We've kinda been all over the place and I'm enjoying it.

We put up candy canes in the front yard Sunday night. I had gone to the 99 cent store last week and bought some decorations and those were 2 for 99 cents. Terribly cheap, light plastic and I had to hot glue the ribbon and bows back on before we put them up, lol, but they work for going up the driveway. We'll do the rest of the oustide this weekend while Darren's off work. The last couple years Darren's been working so much (nothings changed there this year for that matter) that we haven't done much decorating. This year he's decided he wants to do more and I'm excited about that.

I'm going to tear apart my built in book cases today, take everything off the shelves and scrub them clean and then put it all back together because I think we'll be setting the tree in front of it this year.

We'll be doing Christmas dinner with Darren's mom and step dad, his middle sis, her two girls and grandbaby the Saturday before Christmas. His mom has said no presents (though I know she'll get something for the grandkids and great grandbaby) and we'll most likely buy something for the baby since we haven't met him yet.

Darren gets an extra paycheck in December this year (making it nice for the shopping for the rest of the family, lol.) I was hoping to be completely done with shopping and wrapping before the kids get out of school, but they get out the same day Darren gets the extra paycheck. I'm going to have to do a kid swap with sis so we can finish the shopping and then I'll see one day if mom will watch them so I can wrap whatever is left. Once they're home for vacation I won't have much free time to myself.

Annie, Darren and I were talking last night and decided we're doing the majority of our shopping for each other together. I'm getting a microwave and he's getting a tv, nothing real pricey or big because I don't microwave much and the tv's for our bedroom. Neither one of us really needs or wants much so we decided to buy for the house.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh, I forgot to add, lol, it is unseasonably warm here. Yesterday was 80 degrees and it doesn't even feel like Thanksgiving this week. Christmas decs are going up all over town, but it feels like the wrong time of year for it. So yesterday to get in the "Christmas is coming" spirit, I threw my Clay Aiken cd in the car and drove around town, windows rolled down wearing a tank top singing Silent Night at the top of my lungs. I think my kids were actually embarrassed, lol!