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brittany634
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It's Monday!
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Re: It's Monday!
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Not sold in stores, not available online. Cool, Target. You might as well list a super-magic glitter unicorn on your site.
My new rule that H agrees with is to get them one fun thing and one book. Because I'm going to be THAT aunt.
[QUOTE] My twin niece/nephew are beyond flucking spoiled thanks to their crazy effed up mother (my ex SIL). I put zero thought into what I get them b/c it's just a token anyway. They appreciate nothing.
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]
What do you usually get them? How old are they?
Gift cards are usually a good choice for that age.
On an unrelated note: there was a weekend??? I must've missed it!
Could you open a savings account in their name they can have at a certain date? My great grandfather did this, and I got it sometime when I was in college. It was only a couple hundred bucks, he really didn't put tons in there. I still remember getting the money out and being able to pay all of my bills one month. I know it sounds weird, but he had passed away at that moment and I knew he would be happy to be helping me as a poor college student. And I REMEMBER it 6-7 years later.
DH decided to get another shed for the backyard. Fine. Except yesterday went from 'Hon, can you help me for a minute?' to 7 hours of full-on shed construction, including calling his BFF to help us move it and get the flooring set and level. I guess I should focus on appreciating that he got it. He did smoke some chicken, so I have great leftovers for lunch.
[QUOTE]I don't personally have any nieces or nephews, but I married into four this year, from ages 4-18. My new rule that H agrees with is to get them one fun thing and one book. Because I'm going to be THAT aunt.
Posted by cwaggoner07[/QUOTE]
<div>That aunt? So you're me?</div><div>
</div><div>Every kid gets books as part of their gift. It's my rule. I currently have a book about pirates, a box of 12 board books about how to be a princess, a where's waldo book, a Cars book with sound effects, Heidi, The Black Stallion, and Little Women.</div>
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: It's Monday! : That aunt? So you're me? Every kid gets books as part of their gift. It's my rule. I currently have a book about pirates, a box of 12 board books about how to be a princess, a where's waldo book, a Cars book with sound effects, Heidi, The Black Stallion, and Little Women.
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]
YESSSSS. I even gave our flower girls as a part of their gift a Disney Princess wedding book. They squealed when they got it.
I might actually try this tonight!
I won the pumpkin contest for most original today at work, I made Pumpkin Nutella swirl pie.
This weekend was uneventful, we were supposed to go out with the MIL for her birthday tonight but she canceled so now we're going over to her new house this weekend and painting- bleh. lol oh well we'll take what we can get with her
Ordered one of H christmas presents today
I am really really really trying to get ahead of Christmas shopping, and being Amazon Prime makes it a LOT easier.
It was good- I think might have put a little too much nutella.
YOU ARE MY HEROS!!!
I always give books, my kids adore books, and I want to cry every time one of my students tells me that they "hate" to read, "it's boring" or they "haven't read a book in X years." And they're PROUD...
I'm making cod loins for supper before heading back to the theatre.
[QUOTE]Swag- is it worth the money?
Posted by brittany634[/QUOTE]
YESSSSSSS. Even more so since I have a Kindle. They have a free lending library where you get one free book a month. It is somewhat limited selection, but I have read a lot of random books I may not have otherwise read that I really enjoyed.
We also do all of our tv watching through XBox streaming, so we get access to their portal. It's mostly older movies, but we watch some from time to time.
Free 2 day shipping is just amazing, too. A lot of our Christmas shopping will be done through there. Along with decor.
I've never met anyone that had it that didn't love it.
I'm so excited, step-daughter is flying up with the grandbaby in a few weeks. So, I'm trying to finish my shopping so she'll have a few things here. I'll most likely ship everything to them when they leave anyway.
Thanks for the site suggestions Anna, I've already bought a few things and received free shipping.
Having a hard time with the stepdaughter, we like getting her things she wants and not relative to being a mom, last year was a full spa day. And her birthday is right after, so we can't combine.
I think I had just about the longest weekend.
but I did get all of FI's Christmas shopping done.
and I have no clue what to get my parents.
I am happy other people give books too!
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[QUOTE]jcb - That's vile. Could you open a savings account in their name they can have at a certain date? My great grandfather did this, and I got it sometime when I was in college. It was only a couple hundred bucks, he really didn't put tons in there. I still remember getting the money out and being able to pay all of my bills one month. I know it sounds weird, but he had passed away at that moment and I knew he would be happy to be helping me as a poor college student. And I REMEMBER it 6-7 years later.
Posted by cwaggoner07[/QUOTE]
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<div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;line-height:normal;" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;-webkit-background-clip:initial;-webkit-background-origin:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;">When I was younger for many years I would always receive savings bonds in various amounts from my grand parents and from aunts and uncles. My mom was diligent about saving every single one. This year I finally cashed my whole entire stack in, and it amounted to almost $7k. I was beyond floored - I never expected it to be that much. It was a huge help because we put it towards the down payment on our house. It wasn't that exciting when I was younger to get them, but now I will always now be eternally grateful for those gifts and I'll always remember how it helped us out. </div></span></div></div>
Photographer - Steve Belner, of Photovisions
Check out my cooking blog, SERIF & SPICE!
Our wedding has been featured on a wedding blog!
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: It's Monday! : When I was younger for many years I would always receive savings bonds in various amounts from my grand parents and from aunts and uncles. My mom was diligent about saving every single one. This year I finally cashed my whole entire stack in, and it amounted to almost $7k. I was beyond floored - I never expected it to be that much. It was a huge help because we put it towards the down payment on our house. It wasn't that exciting when I was younger to get them, but now I will always now be eternally grateful for those gifts and I'll always remember how it helped us out.
Posted by B2Z728[/QUOTE]
My friends always got cash from their relatives and I was sooo jealous because I just got savings bonds that I had to put into an account. Now that FI and I are house shopping I am so excited and thankful! My dad also got me a job at his business when I was 14 and made a deal that for every dollar I put directly into savings, he would put a dollar in there as well. And he has done all my taxes for the past 11 years and puts the money directly into that savings account (I didn't know people got returns after taxes until I was 20). Now I have a down payment! I haven't told FI the exact amount yet, even though he knows about the system we had. I'm thinking about telling him as a Christmas present as we're not doing gifts this year, and the total is about 3x what he thinks it is.