Have you started the Christmas shopping? Page 2

Started by Angela November 11th, 2008 3:09 PM
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I still need to go Christmas shopping for my boyfriend (whom I live with) - I'm waiting on the money. Buuuut, I talked him into giving me my two Christmas presents early -- a new $70 wireless mouse, and an Xbox 360 Pro! (We only owned a PS3 before.) *cheers*

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I've always wanted to go Christmas shopping. Every year, though, I don't. My father goes out and buys presents for me to give to people and I don't find out what they are until the day of Christmas. So, I'm just as shocked as whoever is getting the present.

With that said,... no.

Angela

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So, you can't buy Christmas presents if you're a Christian? Don't think so. Those people are a different religion.

I haven't. I'm not gettin' much this Christmas.
I'm not saying they cant, they are the one's to decide that not me,

Did I in some way imply they can't, I specifically added holiday so no one would come up with a remark like that.

I just don't see how you got that result, you might wanna read the first post again:/

I haven't started yet but I'm in the "pre-planning" stage. I'm sort of allocating funds and deciding how much to spend. I dropped like..500 dollars last year, the most I've ever spent. I had a lot of friends to shop for. But this year things are going to be easier. Alot of those "friends" have moved away/turned their back on me and I'm focusing on the people that really matter.

My girlfriend wants Rock Band 2 for the Wii...how awesome is that? It'll be as much mine as it is hers :P. I'll also probably get her some gift cards to all of those clothing stores she drags me through the mall for.

I'm giving my nephews my old drumset and probably a few other small toys (they love drumming and I'd rather they do it at their house and not mine--they haven't quite gotten rhythm down...at all).

I have no idea what to get for my oldest sister.

My younger brother (by five years) is a huge gamer and plays Magic: The Gathering with me. So I'll probably buy him a video game he wants and some cards.

My mom...deserves something nice. I hate that parents only ever ask for things useful for the house so I want it to be fun. She DOES need alot of kitchen stuff--so I'll get that--but I wanna get something fun. Any ideas?

My dad is a big gamer too and loves to read. He's probably why I got into reading and into fantasy lit and such...so something from Barnes N Nobles (gift card or otherwise). He also plays Magic...cards? I don't know. He'll be tough to crack.

I just love buying people stuff. I love wrapping presents (I'm terrible at it). And I love knowing I provided for people I care about :) I'm so thankful and blessed I finally got a decent job so I can splurge like this more often.
I haven't started shopping yet, since I just got a seasonal job at Target, and we get paid bi-weekly (so since Thursday is my first day of work, I guess it'll be Thanksgiving weekend when I get paid.)

I also have to work Black Friday XDD I'm actually really excited, except I don't think I'm in the mega-early shift that gets to see all the punching and trampling. I heard an old woman beat a kid with her cane when he picked up this elmo thing she needed for a grandkid. Siiick people, haha.

Anyway, I'm still excited for the rush. But that's off-topic: I'll start shopping for my family early, get them each something at least, and then go spend December finding stuff for my friends.
Wow your further then me in the planning:D

LOL you'd think so, but I actually don't have much on it. I don't bother keeping much of a list for my brother since he likes the same things I do so I usually just pick him up a video game we'll both enjoy (and he does the same for me XD) but... augh, my parents are terrible to shop for. My mom never gives us much of a list so we're always scrambling to find things for her at the last minute when she finally scribbles a few things down. And my dad is even worse for lists since he always just asks for socks and a music DVD, when the whole family has to buy for him lmao. It's tough; I've never really known what they want to begin with (I tend to go off past Christmas lists), so it's hard to make a list of it on my own. XD
Augh, I hate it when people don't give up what they want and just say socks, *someone should actually give these people socks, then I'm sure they wont say socks the Christmas after that*

If I were you I would give him a music DVD if he likes them:D

Oh in a heartbeat! (I've got a multitude of hiding places for Christmas gifts) In fact I already found a great deal that I got. It's safely tucked away where the recipient can't find it.
I really don't need good hiding place, I just keep them in my room, my younger brother is smart enough not to go in there,,, But I do need to hide things from my mom, I usually hide her present at grandma and grandpa:D,,
And my older siblings are almost never home *One moved out, other out of the country in a university* and my sister is not really interested in knowing what she gets.

I still need to go Christmas shopping for my boyfriend (whom I live with) - I'm waiting on the money. Buuuut, I talked him into giving me my two Christmas presents early -- a new $70 wireless mouse, and an Xbox 360 Pro! (We only owned a PS3 before.) *cheers*
And is he getting you more stuff after the X-box?

I am so jealous, my boyfriend has not given me anything early

I made fudge last year, so .. probably some biscuits. XD
Lol buying there love with food:D

I like the way you think:D,

of course I don't have the option of doing that since I always bake so many cookies so that people are full of them before Christmas is here, I always bake in December with my mom:D
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sldkfjdlk no, not yet, but I probably should. I'm not too worried though, I can generally think up unique gifts in short amounts of time. I usually end up doing gift cards though because I get too anxious about if people will like the gifts or not. I'm really going to bother my Photo teacher with a J. Crew gift card. He hates expensive clothes; he shops in the clearance rack of Old Navy. xD We all care about him and want to help him update his look!

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sldkfjdlk no, not yet, but I probably should. I'm not too worried though, I can generally think up unique gifts in short amounts of time. I usually end up doing gift cards though because I get too anxious about if people will like the gifts or not. I'm really going to bother my Photo teacher with a J. Crew gift card. He hates expensive clothes; he shops in the clearance rack of Old Navy. xD We all care about him and want to help him update his look!
Lol:D that will surprise him:D

So do you buy all your teachers presents?
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Angela

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No, I'll probably only buy him one and my Graphic Design teacher. I'll probably get chocolates for 2 other teachers that wrote me recommendation letters for college.
OK that seams fair, since they did write you recommendation letters:D,

I never give my teachers anything :embarrass
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No, I haven't started my shopping yet. Christmas is still over a month away! :P

What I usually do is take some time to think about what I'll be getting. I then take a day, usually a week or so before Christmas, and I go out and hunt everything down. This is apparently the stereotypical male-way to do it, and it is about the only one that actually fits me. :D

I don't get my teachers anything, because for one thing they have no idea who I am. 80+ students = prof knows few people by name. XD

Angela

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No, I haven't started my shopping yet. Christmas is still over a month away! :P

What I usually do is take some time to think about what I'll be getting. I then take a day, usually a week or so before Christmas, and I go out and hunt everything down. This is apparently the stereotypical male-way to do it, and it is about the only one that actually fits me. :D

I don't get my teachers anything, because for one thing they have no idea who I am. 80+ students = prof knows few people by name. XD

Lol, typical males never planning ahead, what if the things you wanna buy are oover a week before?

All my teachers know me by name, and I'm not proud of how they learned it,
*FYI: kicking me out of class for talking or texting.*
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Alakazam17

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That's better than being kicked out for playing poker in the middle of a lecture. (Not me, but I've seen it happen, XD.

And the whole point is that I do plan ahead. I know some people who go out Christmas shopping not knowing what the heck they're going to get. I, on the other hand, plan it all out beforehand in my head. And if they're out, they're out. I then make a new plan. But that rarely happens. ^^

Furthermore, my grandma and both of my parents have birthdays in the two weeks following Christmas, so I can sometimes get things after the holiday is over. =D

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No. I'm broke and lazy. If I get enough money in time for the holidays, I'm planning on getting my family members some small gifts and about seven gifts for friends.

It's been long but we can do it; let's make this our dream

Look to tomorrow because it's all we have. Turn up the music until the walls shake. What do we have?
Is it hope? Love? Is it nothing at all? We won't know at all until we make something of what we feel.
When that happens, we'll find the truth. We'll find what we want. And we will find ourselves, finally.

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Augh, I hate it when people don't give up what they want and just say socks, *someone should actually give these people socks, then I'm sure they wont say socks the Christmas after that*

If I were you I would give him a music DVD if he likes them:D
One of us actually GIVES him socks every year; he likes getting them. XD;

And the problem with that is... HE BUYS ALL THE MUSIC DVDS HE WANTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. We get on his case every year about it and he always does it. He'll go out and buy himself lots of things in late November/early December and then have nothing for his Christmas list. 8|


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We've bought a few things for some of my little cousins, but that's about it and that was only just yesterday. XD I have something for my dad and mine and trying to narrow down my mom's gift.

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Lol buying there love with food:D

I like the way you think:D,

of course I don't have the option of doing that since I always bake so many cookies so that people are full of them before Christmas is here, I always bake in December with my mom:D
Well, all I can really do is cook. I never have any money, and the stuff I make is usually cheap. :3

I don't bake for people. They can bake for themselves. >:O


Angela

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One of us actually GIVES him socks every year; he likes getting them. XD;

And the problem with that is... HE BUYS ALL THE MUSIC DVDS HE WANTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. We get on his case every year about it and he always does it. He'll go out and buy himself lots of things in late November/early December and then have nothing for his Christmas list. 8|
That must be annoying, I would hide his wallet.

Well, all I can really do is cook. I never have any money, and the stuff I make is usually cheap. :3

I don't bake for people. They can bake for themselves. >:O
I usually work for money so I can buy Christmas presents:D, been working in a kindergarten the last 3 weeks:D, it's so much fun, but I was sick yesterday and the day before that couldn't go to work then.

Lol I love baking so, so I always force people to eat the things I bake so I can bake some more:D, tho I really don't eat much of the things I bake:D, lol I used to make my older brothers eat them but one is in university in another country, and the other one will probably be home for Christmas:D, so I won't bake as much this Christmas:D,
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I bought my presents in June, when there was a big liquidation sale at some stores.