Spending too much on Gifts

[anotherlaujgirl]

The broke, never-had-a-job college student is spending too much money
on gifts for her nieces...

aiyyayay. I guess it's Otay. It's been a while and I won't get to for a long while.

[davidh121]

Even when you have a job you still have to be cautious of your spending. When equipped with a credit card it's easy to loose track of your spending as there is a false sense of security paying things down. The holidays in particular is very tempting due to the deals and the energy that is fed from other people.

[texasmom32]

When I had a tight budget, I would always try to make homemade things for my family.  There are so many things you can do for not much money when you make things yourself! 

[bigedshult]

we try not to spend to much on it but it not easy.With 23 grand kids.

[dwggs]

For financial reasons this has been a low budget Christmas this year ... but my nieces are awesome .. they totally understand and are thankful for what ever they get.

[lbeery]

I think we all get a little carried away on Christmas.  I always vow that next year all the gifts will be homemade but when Christmas arrives I am totally unprepared.  And, well, how many quilts can the sisters use anyway?  I do try to limit it but even when I manage to be sane about the gifts, the shipping is over a hundred dollars.  Well, lucky to be able to do it.

[squirrelgirl44]

I am cash only and it is easy to not overspend because when you run out of cash, there is nothing else to do... I only bought 3 gifts this year anyway. Everyone I know has too much stuff.

[sunwaters]

I tried not to spend too much this Christmas, I only bought 1 present for my secret santa (echange gift) at work which is mandatory.

[madeara]

I am sorry.  That is a tough situation.  In our family, we have a limit on how much money we can spend on gifts for each other.

[catherinedwhite]

Every year I say Im going to start buying Christmas in June.....
maybe next year.

[tkfarris]

The broke, never-had-a-job college student is spending too much money
on gifts for her nieces...

aiyyayay. I guess it's Otay. It's been a while and I won't get to for a long while.

sometimes its best 2 buy what they need but if they already have everything then just give them the money so they can buy what ever they might wont

[potluck6]

It is to easy to spend to much next year will also try to buy way before dec. but don't want to look at shopping for months ahead.Except for 50% off wrapping paper and a very few other things.

[reiddb]

That is hard....I remember those days...

[Shandara09]

I know how it goes.  This year our family decided to put a budget on gifts and to draw names so that it would cut a lot of costs.

[demaina]

That's okay, just as long as they aren't getting spoiled.  Sometimes we specifically get our nieces and nephews a lot of little presents so they feel good instead of getting them one big present.


I have a cousin that had a girl I think 5 years ago, and last year she got her kid a Wii U, a laptop, a tablet, some clothes, shoes, and something else like a TV for her room.  I realize that some of that will be used by other members of the family, but that's an awful lot to give one kid for Christmas.  I may get a lot of little presents, but my parents only every get us one big present, which generally is one present that's more than $100.  One year, my entire Christmas present was a console and a game cause it was a just released console, but that was all I got from my entire family that year.  It just amazes me when you have these people complaining about how they need a job or can't pay their bills and then they just spend tons of money on Christmas presents like it's nothing.