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Captain K
AncestralPea
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Or do you even keep track/have a set amount? 
Pretty easy - are you spending more, less, or about the same on Christmas gifts this year versus last year? | |
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October 2008
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beachgurl
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
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December 2006
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less.
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ginacivey
prey-sniffing bully
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March 2002
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Loc: Out in the boondocks
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25% less
we aern't exchanging with either of DHs siblings or their families
and i am doing more handmade for my extended family
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angievp
Ideay pues?
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April 2004
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Loc: Miami
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I'm spending less because my list got smaller. | |
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lttlecrybby
PeaAddict
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January 2008
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About the same but less on each adult. We gained some new family members this year. 
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Nanner
AncestralPea
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March 2002
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Loc: Alberta
| Posted: 11/25/2012 5:49:51 PM
About the same on most people. More on two and less on two. |
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PEAS well w/ others
Legen - wait for it - dary
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April 2006
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StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 204,709
May 2005
Posts: 2,711
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Loc: Northern Illinois
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We are spending a little more this year. |
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kelleykreates
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 37,012
April 2002
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Loc: Lehigh Valley, PA
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More on my kids and dh, about the same on my family and less on dh's family, at their request. |
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Free~Bird
Honorary Bearcat!
PeaNut 104,551
September 2003
Posts: 9,925
Layouts: 3
Loc: Missouri
| Posted: 11/25/2012 5:52:13 PM
I threw a lot of money at christmas last year as it was a problem I wanted to just get rid of. LOL. So definitely less than last year, and I think less than normal. I'm buying for less people and making something really special for each person so I think that makes up for it.
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PeaFixture
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June 2010
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Less. DH and I bought something we needed, a new bed but splurged an a sleep number bed. We agreed it would be our birthday, anniversary and Christmas gifts.
After finally getting a job after a long term of being employed we are working to build up our cash reserve as we depleted our rainy day fund to $0. We have no credit card debt. Getting a job was the best gift! | |
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KikiPEA
Pea, Glorious Pea
PeaNut 43,536
July 2002
Posts: 15,276
Layouts: 160
Loc: In the land of loss...weight loss, that is. 35.5 down, 10-15 to go! :D
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~SuburbanMom~
Wannabe FNPea!
PeaNut 82,318
April 2003
Posts: 9,005
Layouts: 35
Loc: In my garden
| Posted: 11/25/2012 5:57:56 PM
About the same |
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grandma28
BucketHead
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August 2009
Posts: 657
Layouts: 3
Loc: Indiana
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probably about the same.. no changes in the amount of people or the amount spending on them | |
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Julee
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October 2004
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Loc: The 'Nati
| Posted: 11/25/2012 5:58:24 PM
We don't have a set amount, but I feel like we'll be spending less this year. None of the three of us even need or want anything, and I don't want to buy stuff just to buy stuff. And I'm making gifts for my friends and family. |
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NativeNewYorker
black eyed pea with soul!
PeaNut 15,878
May 2001
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Loc: LI, NY
| Posted: 11/25/2012 5:58:33 PM
much less |
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ahiller
*Fingers crossed*
PeaNut 48,862
September 2002
Posts: 7,205
Layouts: 252
Loc: MI
| Posted: 11/25/2012 5:59:24 PM
Same | |
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karlee03
PeaNut
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November 2012
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Loc: McKinney TX
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:02:19 PM
Less | |
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robnjenb
PeaAddict
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January 2001
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Less - because last year the kids all got laptops and Santa brought an Xbox/Kinect... this year none of them have any 'big' gifts on their list! |
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***Amy***
I Pea Sporadically
PeaNut 63,919
January 2003
Posts: 6,060
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Loc: probably at a sports game or practice
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:04:44 PM
Probably the same. If it's less, it's only because I'm culling the list down this year. I usually buy family gifts for our friends, but I'm not going to do that this year - I'm going to bake stuff instead. Not because of the money, but because it's just too much to try to think of something. I typically do a board game, but after a few years of doing it, I'm forgetting which games I've already bought for them and I don't know which ones they already have, etc. |
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TexasScrap
Going Up
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January 2002
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| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:07:57 PM
Was adding up my purchases last night and I think it will be more on my kids but I am one who buys in certain categories every year and this year both needed exercise/sports clothes plus the usual stuff and both getting some furniture.
Not sure on Dh yet - hard buy for.
Rest is easy for us bc my husbands family draw names for adults with a set amount and I stick to a set amount for all nieces and nephews. My family does not exchange amongst adults except we all give my mom a gift.
I have 7 nieces/nephews to buy for and keep to a budget. We also buy for my Dh's aunt/uncle a single gift as they always buy for us and our kids. They are easy to buy for though.
We are fortunate that the extended family gift giving is not excessive. |
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busypea
boring + nerdy
PeaNut 52,817
October 2002
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Layouts: 145
Loc: Oregon
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:08:21 PM
Probably about the same, maybe a little less. We felt like we went a bit overboard for DS last year and are going to do fewer gifts this year, though that doesn't necessarily translate to less money (but it might).
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**JoJam**
Peace Out Girl Scout
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April 2003
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Loc: monitoring lucy
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:12:06 PM
Probably about the same. We have never really been the kind of family that spends a lot on gifts--and there aren't a lot of people we buy for. |
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dalayney
Shut the PEA UP! Yer gettin me all twitterpaited!
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January 2004
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| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:26:51 PM
Less. We are headed to disneyworld in Febuary so some of it will be disney gift cards, etc. | |
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raindancer
Capt. Sparrow's Pirate Wench
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August 2005
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| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:50:06 PM
More, but extra family is going to be in town and we give all the kids at Christmas eve gifts. We also have been very blessed this year and have been shopping for kids off the angel tree. Today my 8yo son and I had a blast shopping for an 8yo boy. |
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pennyring
Thrift Ninja
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October 2005
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Loc: Rite Aid
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:52:23 PM
Probably about the same. We don't really keep track though. I think we'll probably cut down on the "filler" items this year, and just stick to mostly big gifts for family though.
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singlewitch
StuckOnPeas
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July 2004
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Loc: Central NJ
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:54:19 PM
Less. We just spent $2500 on surgery for our dog, and we then had to put her down a week later (she was not eating and we discovered she was loaded with cancer). We're still paying that off, so it's going to be a lean Christmas. |
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grammanisi
peaing from my beach room
PeaNut 142,772
April 2004
Posts: 8,914
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Loc: Northern Indiana...Fighting Irish Country
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Sarah*H
Bring me that horizon!
PeaNut 239,162
December 2005
Posts: 27,896
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Loc: The final frontier
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:58:29 PM
Probably about the same. DH & I are considering jointly purchasing something for the house for ourselves (rather than buy for each other) and if we go forward with that, it will be more. |
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SinCity2003
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September 2011
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More. We've been very blessed this year and after 2 lean Christmas', my kids are getting too much probably  | |
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freecharlie
Is the pool open yet?
PeaNut 109,127
September 2003
Posts: 19,242
Layouts: 4
Loc: Colorado
| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:02:47 PM
About the same... I think. I haven't finished and I don't shop with a budget so I won't know until all is said and done how much a spend. |
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cdnscrapper
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
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September 2001
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| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:10:15 PM
We will spend the same on gifts for everyone. The only thing that Might change is with our kids as we haven't decided what big gift they are getting yet. |
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Amanda D 74
PeaAddict
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February 2003
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| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:13:55 PM
About the same, or less. |
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myboysnme
one of those "entitled" peas
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February 2003
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| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:23:01 PM
I am spending less, but not much less. I had a goal to spend $300 each for my boys and one son's stuff went to $400 after 3 items. So I usually spend $500 on each of them and will be at that amount this year, too.
The place I am saving money is on gifts for others. I am buying very few gifts for friends, and am only sponsoring one elderly person from the tag tree instead of 2 or 3.
I am going to stay out of stores and just shop online, because I will impulse buy those $10 and $15 items just because they are a good deal.
What confuses me is when I see the average person will spend about $750 this year, but how much are people spending when they are buying TVs and electronics and all the other stuff people were buying on BF. It doesn't take much to get to $750. |
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AKathy
Peaing From Podunk
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August 2002
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Loc: North Dakota
| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:26:35 PM
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Captain K
AncestralPea
PeaNut 247,594
February 2006
Posts: 4,495
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| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:29:11 PM
What confuses me is when I see the average person will spend about $750 this year, but how much are people spending when they are buying TVs and electronics and all the other stuff people were buying on BF. It doesn't take much to get to $750.
I would assume they are buying for themselves, not for gifts? | |
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Luvnlifelady
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 289,166
December 2006
Posts: 17,326
Layouts: 7
Loc: Southern California
| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:29:36 PM
By the time it's all said and done, probably about the same. DD just got a hand-me-down Iphone and DS is getting a hand-me-down Touch and Ipad, but I will still buy them some stuff. I have 3 things in mind and 2 will probably make DS go bonkers!
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Miss Lerins Momma
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
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June 2004
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Loc: KY
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Mrs Smarty Pants
PEAing Like R. Kelly
PeaNut 180,865
December 2004
Posts: 13,439
Layouts: 0
Loc: Brooklyn, NY/Now Newark NJ
| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:44:06 PM
The same .. maybe less since I can't figure out what to get this year. 
ETA: we don't budget or have a set amount | |
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justbecause
AncestralPea
PeaNut 249,087
February 2006
Posts: 4,520
Layouts: 1
| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:45:43 PM
I think we're spending about the same. The budget for the kids' stayed the same. And gifts for anyone else is pretty much staying the same. The only thing that changed is that DH and I decided that we'll go to a few more hockey games in lieu of gifts outside of stocking stuffers. |
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2peafaithful
People not perfection
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April 2002
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Loc: Right where I should be
| Posted: 11/25/2012 7:47:29 PM
Probably about the same. | |
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scrapsuzy
ScraPEA Suzy the Purr-ple Pea
PeaNut 67,643
February 2003
Posts: 16,146
Layouts: 77
Loc: Peachtree City, GA
| Posted: 11/25/2012 8:16:43 PM
Much less. Probably closer to 50% less. I'm committed to paying off my credit cards and not adding to my debt, which means I also didn't really save for Christmas like I usually do. So I'm making stuff more than buying stuff this year, and making sure that the things I'm making aren't too expensive either. My kids are grown, so old enough to understand. |
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mom-2-2beagles
StuckOnPeas
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February 2004
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Loc: Nor Cal
| Posted: 11/25/2012 9:04:26 PM
Less...but that is mostly because we did big gifts last year and don't have those needs this year. Last year dh bought me a new laptop and us a new computer for the kitchen. I bought him a Kinex and a dyson (he really wanted one!). Also we are going to Cabo (we are now going every other year) for 3 weeks for Christmas. We are driving down and while we don't have to pay to stay where we are staying (dh's parents have two huge fabulous houses for the time we are there) we will still have to pay for at least some food and activities. And I am going to be 34 weeks pregnant and I fully intend to get at least one, if not two prenatal massages at the spa. I had one there when I was pregnant with dd and it was fabulous!!
I think we are going to wait till dd's birthday (she'll be 2 in March) to get her big present - outdoor play equipment, since she really won't be able to play with it till then.
I would much rather save the money and remodel one of our bathrooms in the Spring.
I'm trying really hard to not spend too much on dh's nieces and nephews...since there are 6 of them it adds up quick! |
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stittsygirl
I AM SHER LOCKED
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January 2001
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| Posted: 11/25/2012 9:12:24 PM
Considerably less. We have to move into a new home by the end of the month, and it's taking a lot of the money we would normally have for Christmas. But I'm actually looking forward to cutting back, and I think it will be good for the kids as well.
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gmcwife1
SamFan
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March 2002
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Loc: Washington State
| Posted: 11/25/2012 9:31:06 PM
Was going to be less, but ds just moved into his first house so I will probably be getting him a few larger items than I normally would.
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mamato1
PEA-vil Genius
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November 2002
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Loc: Sweet Home Chicago
| Posted: 11/25/2012 9:41:48 PM
I think the same. It always seems to come in the same. Dh always asks me to cut down and I do try, but the totals always seem to end up the same.
I think I spent less on dd1 this year than usual. I spent more on dd2 than usual. I think I stayed the same on dd3. I spent about the same on dh. |
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scrapper100
Budletsmom
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January 2003
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Loc: So CA
| Posted: 11/25/2012 9:42:06 PM
We are spending less this year than last year but last year we went a little overboard. |
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cajuncandy
PEAing entirely too much!
PeaNut 182,236
December 2004
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| Posted: 11/25/2012 9:44:56 PM
More, I'm working this year and actually making a real salary. Our kiddos are getting older as well and wanting more expensive "toys".
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cmpeter
PEAceful Pea
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April 2001
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Loc: Washington State
| Posted: 11/25/2012 10:19:21 PM
More because we are flying to Chicago to spend the holiday with dh's mom and his siblings. I think we'll end up spending the same on physical gifts for the kids. But, I am spending more on dh's present. |
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