The "C" Word

Cloud · 07-03-2007, 11:11 AM

Last weekend I bought the first official Christmas presents of the year.

theotherguy · 07-03-2007, 11:32 AM

That is some serious planning. I prefer to wait until I have very little time left and I have already spent all the dough on the wife and chirens. Also, if I wait long enough, the "what I really want" presents have been purchased by other family members so I am stuck racking my brain as to what sort of crap I can get the intended recipient that will not completely make me look like an ass. Typically, I fail miserably.

That is just my method though. Very well thought out.

Cloud · 07-03-2007, 12:11 PM

I just happened to spot things that were on sale.

I usually don't do too much ahead of time--I tend to panic and think I don't have enough, and then spend more money than if I waited until the last few months.

Clodfobble · 07-03-2007, 03:45 PM

I don't buy them this far in advance, but I do start planning. I have lists growing for each family member. If only I could be this good about birthdays.

Cloud · 07-03-2007, 03:52 PM

yep. I keep the lists from previous years on my computer, and make a note of ideas, and things actually given. That way, the ideas are still there.

Gonna put my list on Google Docs this year for easy access!

theotherguy · 07-03-2007, 03:52 PM

A list? That is crazy. This is how it goes for me:

phone ringing for brother

Brother:"what's going on, man?" (caller id told him it was me)

Me:"hey, what do you want for Christmas?"

Brother:"Are you just now getting started? I bet (your wife) already has most of it done and now you are down to the ones she makes you buy. Am I right?"

Me:"Sure. What do you want?"

Brother:"I don't a clue."

Me:"You are a lot of help. You might be getting socks."

silence

Brother:"OK. By the way, what do you want?"

Me:click of phone hanging up

Brother (although I cannot hear him):"Prick. He is getting something his wife would rather have."

Cloud · 07-03-2007, 04:23 PM

:p men have it so easy at Christmas; they don't realize all the planning, shopping, cooking, cleaning, wrapping, decorating and more cooking a lot of women do.

6 mos ahead is not too early, if you have a big family.

HungLikeJesus · 07-03-2007, 05:15 PM

Shouldn't that be the 'X' word, as in X-mas?

Since you brought it up, you can get me just about any DVD that I don't have, bicycle accessories, camping gear - I'm really not that hard to buy for. And I'll give you a shipping address when you're ready.

P.S. This isn't aimed specifically at Cloud; I'll accept gifts from anyone in the Cellar.

DanaC · 07-03-2007, 05:36 PM

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P.S. This isn't aimed specifically at Cloud; I'll accept gifts from anyone in the Cellar.

Careful what you wish for.......

Cloud · 07-03-2007, 06:12 PM

X or C -- Christmas shopping is not ecstasy.

P.S. @ HLJ -- you WISH!

elSicomoro · 07-03-2007, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HLJ

Shouldn't that be the 'X' word, as in X-mas?

Since you brought it up, you can get me just about any DVD that I don't have, bicycle accessories, camping gear - I'm really not that hard to buy for. And I'll give you a shipping address when you're ready.

P.S. This isn't aimed specifically at Cloud; I'll accept gifts from anyone in the Cellar.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Careful what you wish for.......

Yeah...you might get a bad case of crabs or something.

kerosene · 07-03-2007, 06:36 PM

That reminds me...why don't we do CMEP anymore?

DanaC · 07-03-2007, 06:59 PM

CMEP?

DucksNuts · 07-03-2007, 07:18 PM

We still do dont we?

Anyways, regarding Christmas...

I have given up buying early, because by Christmas time....I end up with soooo much stuff I have to hold some over to Birthdays and then they are out of *date*.

So, now I just have a list (usually in my head) of what I need to get and start getting organised around October/November.

The boys Grandmother (from MI), she shops all year round for Xmas gifts...using coupons and rebates etc. Usually, we get 5 HUGE boxes of gifts shipped over via boat (so they have to leave October) that only cost her a couple of hundred of dollars.

Awesome

theotherguy · 07-09-2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

CMEP?

07-03-2007, 11:11 AM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	The "C" Word Last weekend I bought the first official Christmas presents of the year. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-03-2007, 12:11 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I just happened to spot things that were on sale. I usually don't do too much ahead of time--I tend to panic and think I don't have enough, and then spend more money than if I waited until the last few months. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-03-2007, 03:52 PM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yep. I keep the lists from previous years on my computer, and make a note of ideas, and things actually given. That way, the ideas are still there. Gonna put my list on Google Docs this year for easy access! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-03-2007, 04:23 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	:p men have it so easy at Christmas; they don't realize all the planning, shopping, cooking, cleaning, wrapping, decorating and more cooking a lot of women do. 6 mos ahead is not too early, if you have a big family. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-03-2007, 05:15 PM	#8
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Shouldn't that be the 'X' word, as in X-mas? Since you brought it up, you can get me just about any DVD that I don't have, bicycle accessories, camping gear - I'm really not that hard to buy for. And I'll give you a shipping address when you're ready. P.S. This isn't aimed specifically at Cloud; I'll accept gifts from anyone in the Cellar. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-03-2007, 11:32 AM	#2
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	That is some serious planning. I prefer to wait until I have very little time left and I have already spent all the dough on the wife and chirens. Also, if I wait long enough, the "what I really want" presents have been purchased by other family members so I am stuck racking my brain as to what sort of crap I can get the intended recipient that will not completely make me look like an ass. Typically, I fail miserably. That is just my method though. Very well thought out.

07-03-2007, 03:45 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I don't buy them this far in advance, but I do start planning. I have lists growing for each family member. If only I could be this good about birthdays.

07-03-2007, 06:12 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	X or C -- Christmas shopping is not ecstasy. P.S. @ HLJ -- you WISH! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-03-2007, 06:36 PM	#12
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	That reminds me...why don't we do CMEP anymore?

07-03-2007, 06:59 PM	#13
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	CMEP?

07-03-2007, 07:18 PM	#14
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	We still do dont we? Anyways, regarding Christmas... I have given up buying early, because by Christmas time....I end up with soooo much stuff I have to hold some over to Birthdays and then they are out of date. So, now I just have a list (usually in my head) of what I need to get and start getting organised around October/November. The boys Grandmother (from MI), she shops all year round for Xmas gifts...using coupons and rebates etc. Usually, we get 5 HUGE boxes of gifts shipped over via boat (so they have to leave October) that only cost her a couple of hundred of dollars. Awesome

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