I'm a terrible mother. I just used my Kid's bday giftcard at Walmart to buy groceries. I felt so guilty I bought him a big toy but that only covered half the value of the card!
He has so much clothing (we get really nice hand me downs from a co-worker). And he got so many toys he can't even play with them all.
Am I the only one who has done this? He has a Children's Place, TRU and BBB Gift card that I'm just going to save for the summer or maybe Christmas.
Re: Using my child's gift cards
You ladies always make me feel better. I confessed to my Work Husband and he said "He eats doesn't he??". So true. Our fridge died and we had to throw everything out. Fortunately it was just a fuse but the cost of replacing the food isn't fun for my pocketbook.
You are not the only one!
I felt so guilty the first time, but DH make me realized that i wasnt doing anything wrong. And DS doesnt need any clothes or toys right now. And we received so many for Christmas and his birtday. I have enough for summer clothes and whatever he may need.
I didn't reply right away because I had to think about this. I think I would use the GC on stuff for her (diapers, etc). Allison got a B&N card for her birthday and I plan on using it for books for her so I think I would do the same with Target/Wal-Mart or whatever.
What about cash? If you get cash for her birthday what do you do with it? DH and I deposit it and immediatley transfer it to her 529. Not saying either way is right or wrong, it is just what I (think I) would do.
Full disclosure, the B&N card is the first GC we have gotten for Allison so this is all hypothetical.