They tell me it's now that time of year...holiday shopping. I must admit I am a lucky duck who has very few gifts to buy or for some of you that may not seem so lucky.
Hubby and I prefer to take trips rather than do gifts...my parents and I also like that idea...we've stopped doing gifts with his siblings which leaves only his parents and niece/nephews! SWEET.
I am not a shopper, I like to peruse online and look at the ads, but I don't like the crazy stores. What about you? Do you live for Black Friday? Do you have a Christmas list as long as your arm?
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31 comments:
My family has the same arrangement as your - gifts for parents and kids only which is a grand total of 3 gifts for me to buy. Hella sweet :) I am not at all a consumer and Black Friday makes my blood crawl. Like yourself, I rather splurge on travel...and all things running of course ;)
We just buy for the kiddos now (3 neices/nephews and my son). We plan trips back and forth between the families in lieu of gifts. So I was surprised when my husband told me yesterday we were hitting up the Black Friday sales. WHY? I still haven't figured that out. :)
I agree with you. I would rather do trips than presents. We do buy for our kids, but the extended family has stopped with the gifts for each other.
I leave Black Friday to other people, especially if there is still beer in the fridge...
This will be my 3rd year in a row not returning home for the holidays - so it makes christmas shopping pretty easy. I'll try to find something that I can mail to both my mom and my brother - along with a few small things for the fiance and that's about it.
I'm very happy to not be a part of the wal-mart style christmas needs.
i LOVE getting presents for other people. i hate the idea of black friday tho or spending lots of money. i think the picking out process and finding things that mean something and the act of giving are all really important. so i try to start early, looking and buying. i have actually started spending more money but i think that's been a function of getting older and working longer.
Between my sisters and their families we exchanges names. Within my created family, since we have small children we still do a rather large Christmas morning although we focus our celebration around the meaning of the season more than the material gifts.
i'm never a big fan of getting people gifts and would rather go and visit or send them BAKED GOODS!!! i think cookies make bigger smiles than well, a santa pair of socks, ya know?
Love Black Friday, but the kids make it hard.
So, I'm doign online Black Friday this year. Old Navy has a killer sale!
my family and I all contribute stocking stuffers for each other but nothing huge at all. The husband and I do stockings but with a limit of 100.00.
Makes Christmas way less stressful!
I like Black friday only because i got with my mom and we just go out for a few things and have fun. We have done it the past few years and its just a mother-daughter bonding event. We have really scaled back on the gifts and gotten more into making the gifts for people which is really enjoyable. Why buy stuff for people when you can make a crafty home-made gift that really shows you put the effort into it instead of just getting a gift card or something meaningless.
Unfortunately, my parents still go crazy at Christmas. We are all adults now but it still looks like Macy's and the such has thrown up all over their living room each Christmas morning. This year though, we are all heading to the snow so I am hoping that they can't carry as much in the car!
Have an awesome weekend! :)
I love to shop, but NOT on Black Friday. I stay far away. I do most of my shopping online too.
Fortunately, the list is not TOO long. And this year most of my family is going to CUBA so we all decided no gifts. YAY!
I do enjoy shopping and giving gifts to some extent, but it gets to be a bit much.
I used to shop on Black Friday but now I can't handle those crowds. I'd rather find good deals online! way easier! A trip sounds good to me instead of gifts though!
Now that I'm married and my dad re-married into a larger family the Christmas list is loooonnnggg. Although I love shopping for the niece and nephews not such a fan of the big kids. They are tough! I used to live for Black Friday but now I'm over the crowds and craziness.
I'm with you...very few gifts to buy! I hate the holiday crowds. But I love to go to the mall and know I don't have to shop. I can enjoy the decorations and carols with out the frantic feeling.
i'm not a crowd person at all... I typically only go 'shopping' when i know what i need, not just to browse. Not sure i'd ever do Black Friday. Our equivalent up here is Boxing Day.. the day after Xmas. I stay home :)
I really enjoy picking out presents for people but always end up feeling flustered around the holidays, when you "have" to do it.
This year, Brent and I are heading up to New England for an extended visit (10 days), so we decided that instead of presents for each other, we're going to do fun things like taking cross-country skiing lessons and going to a show at one of the local music venues. I can't wait!
I participated in Black Friday once. And that's as many times as I'd like to participate in my entire life. I made the mistake of going to the Wrentham Outlets, a huge shopping complex with outlets for any kind of store you can think of, many stores being high-end brands. We waited in line on the highway for the exit for 2-3 hours, and finally got a parking spot at 3am. 3AM!! It was absolute insanity and while we got some great deals, totally not worth the exhaustion. No, if there's any shopping I need to do I'll stick to online sales that day :)
Black Friday = NEVER!
I do a lot of shopping online. I also try to window shop nice and early to see if I get some genius ideas for some of the people on my challenging shopping list.
Ugh gift giving! I'm lucky as a college student I am not expected to give, but I don't know what I will do when I have to. I am just not creative! And NO I never do Black Friday too crazy for this old lady!
I have SO MANY PEOPLE TO SHOP FOR! I used to chop throughout the year and really think about my gifts. Now that I have kiddos and limited time I feel like my gift giving has taken a huge hit.
I tried Black Friday and HATED the lines.. I usually will send my sister with money..
Thanks for your comment, I love to give people HIGH FIVES..
I refuse to leave my house on black friday -- sheer insanity! espechhh this year what with the swine spreading!
I've never gone to a store on Black Friday since I left my parents' home. I plan to shop mostly online this year.
I like shopping during other times of the year but NOT the day after Thanksgiving, never! We're taking it easy on presents this year too. Health, food, fun and being together are our priorities!
I agree w/ you - I used to be a black friday fanatic, that ended after college and I wanted my sleep. I look online and do most of my shopping on there!
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my shopping list is retarded long! it almost takes the fun out of Christmas for me because I am always so stressed out about the amount of gifts I have to buy with the amount of money I have to spend. -but once the shopping is done I always enjoy it so much!
So not a friend of Black Friday...but we always go.
I am totally not a fan of crowded shopping anytime, anywhere. I have a list of about 8 people to shop for (both sets of parents, each have 2 siblings). Luckily, we decided to do a day of fun for my fiance's parents instead of a gift so thats something to look forward to and less to buy.
I agree with you that travel is something way better to spend money on!
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