Here's the thing-it should not matter if there is less under the tree if it is gifts they really want.
Right?
WHAT is wrong with me that I can't stop feeling bad that I don't have a couple grand to spend on my family for Christmas? I look at the little pile of gifts and feel bad but in those gifts is plenty of $$-
I bought my parents the biggest gift this year- they have done SO much for me and for us- my brother and I went in on a combo gift. I bought them a Wii and a game from my kids- he bought them two games, a Wii Mote and a Nunchuck- so they have 4 games to play and two controllers. We want to make this special for them and neither of us want much this year anyway-
Ian- XBox 360 game-Spiderman Friend or Foe and the Spiderman 3 special DVD set.
Braden- so far just a PS2 game- Darkwatch- that he has been asking for for ages.
Rose- got her the High School Musical game for the Wii- comes with a mic and you can sing all the songs from the movies. I also got her the Bratz movie.
Davis is on hiatus- he is not here so I am not going to spend $$ on him. I have time to get him something before he gets home.
I grabbed a DVD set that Ria has been asking for-
So far I have nothing for my brother and his wife, and I need one more thing for Braden and Ria-I am giving framed pictures of our family to his two sets of parents, my two grandfathers and my parents.
Got a few fun things for stockings- and I am going to get a family gift- I am thinking of a game for our 360- Scene It?
So when you add up the games and all- it adds up. They are NICE gifts- just not ALOT of them.
I think this is going to haunt me til Christmas is over. I talked to Braden about it yesterday and he did not seem to mind less gifts-
Maybe it is just me....
my kids keep looking under the tree and getting all excited about what is in the gifts- they are not looking at the tree going "where is everything?".....
My dumb puppy gobbled up the wrapping on one of Rose's gifts- stepped all over it. Lucky it was just the box she smooshed. *sigh*