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neverdespairgirl wrote: ȣ200 seems a hell of a lot to spend, to me. Isaac's toys are mostly things he can do stuff with - he's got some Duplo, which is fantastic, and he spends ages building things from it. He's also got quite a few books, many of which are from my mother's attic, that we read as children (and some are hers from the early 1950s, as well!)
We are getting Isaac two DVDs for Christmas (from Israel, £4 each) and a lego helicopter (£15).
I'm quite bad for going overboard with presents, but trying to tame it back this year.
One thing I will be doing though, is only getting one main present from Santa for our kid each year.
that way the kid gets the best present from Santa and everything else form mummy and daddy.
This helps if you have to cut back in future years. You can always say mummy and daddy dont have much pennies, but how do you say Santa doesn't when he has a team of elves to make the toys.
WooHoo, thanks NDG, you've got me merrily whistling xmas songs now.
Where's the tinsel
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What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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pickles110564 wrote: »PN I have asked my children for their Christmas wish list and it will cost several hundred pounds to get them what they want. That is why I work the hours I do to make sure they get all that they want, it is my choice and my decision.
Maybe because of this your children will grow up thinking that they need to put in long hours at work, not becaue they love their job, but because they need to copy their parents and have the means to buy... lots of stuff.
(That they could quite happily survive without!)
Or maybe the concept of hard work or achieving something on their own will be a strange one to them, having always been given "all that they want".
But, like you say, it's your choice and your decision...0 -
The one great thing about the kids growing up is the absence of plastic or plush stuff in the house.....heaven.
When we moved, we cleared out loft, cupboards, boxes...plastic toys, teddys, you name it.....tones of it amassed over, at that time, 18 years.
I can't even remember where it all came from. We had hardly bought any of it.
OH's family have, how can I put this nicely, a leaning towards giving material goods to show love.
They are of modest means, so quantity always overtook quality......MIL just loves pound shops, she can't help herself. If she has a budget of £10 for a gift...well, she will get 10 items from the pound shop....she hates buying me a book (if I am asked) as, as she says, ''ohhh, doesn't seem much'', so she spends the £7.99 instead on a gigantic make up set (+ a further 6 items) from the pound shop. I am allergic to those sets...
I am a good DIL. I accepted all the stuff over the years, filled my house up with it....and we skipped/bootfaired the lot when we moved house.
What I should have done was this http://www.theartistsweb.co.uk/artwork/21522_toy_tower
Very symbolic bit of art for our time.0 -
They are of modest means, so quantity always overtook quality......MIL just loves pound shops, she can't help herself. If she has a budget of £10 for a gift...well, she will get 10 items from the pound shop....she hates buying me a book (if I am asked) as, as she says, ''ohhh, doesn't seem much'', so she spends the £7.99 instead on a gigantic make up set (+ a further 6 items) from the pound shop. I am allergic to those sets...
You need to somehow get your MIL to watch this: http://www.storyofstuff.com
You have my sympathies. Those huge makeup sets are hideous. And nothing beats a good book!0 -
I have given up....after 23 years. I just accept her as she is....;) Makes life easier IYKWIM.airhostess wrote: »You need to somehow get your MIL to watch this: http://www.storyofstuff.com
You have my sympathies. Those huge makeup sets are hideous. And nothing beats a good book!
On a serious note, we have been trying to sort out her appalling diet for a few years....but looks like it will kill her eventually.
She can't get her head around all the carp that she thinks is good food....she cooks from scratch a lot too.
She 'goes' once per fortnight. Has had constipation so bad, she has been hospitalised.
We've tried everything....
What we need is an adult educational gift that conveys the message of a book on the subject, disguised as a lounge ornament of a decent size.
The Patrick Holford that I bought her last year is still unread.......she prefers to watch J Kyle.0 -
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On a serious note, we have been trying to sort out her appalling diet for a few years....but looks like it will kill her eventually.
My Father-in-Law has diabetes and he refuses to acknowledge it.
We took the Eurostar one time and Mrs Generali had ordered him a diabetic meal. When the Stewardess confirmed it as we embarked he started making a fuss.
"But I ignore my diabetes", he said to the stewardess.
"That's what my father said just before they cut his legs off", she replied!0 -
airhostess wrote: »Hence the amount of people using credit cards/loans to buy stuff such as the latest tv, new car to keep up with the Joneses etc etc...
Anyone else think the poor Joneses get quite a rough deal on these boards?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
pickles110564 wrote: »That is why I work the hours I do to make sure they get all that they want, it is my choice and my decision.
Of course it is your choice - but is getting all you want in any way good for you?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
IveSeenTheLight wrote: »WooHoo, thanks NDG, you've got me merrily whistling xmas songs now.
Where's the tinsel
Sorry to hear that (-:
My darling OH loathes Christmas, and gets grumpier and grumpier as it approaches....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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