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CPW: Gift Budget

gutsymamagutsymama member
edited December 2014 in July 2013 Moms
How much are you spending on each of your kids for holiday gifts?
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CPW: Gift Budget 70 votes

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< $25
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$25-50
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$50-75
10% 7 votes
$75-100
21% 15 votes
$100-150
11% 8 votes
$150-200
17% 12 votes
$200-300
18% 13 votes
$300-500
4% 3 votes
More than $500
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  • gutsymamagutsymama member
    I think I would be in the $50-75 range, except so far I've gotten everything with coupon stacks and free gift cards so I'm still under $10. 

    I did buy some clothes that were going to go under the tree, but I think he's growing too fast to wait! 
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    This kid may not have a lot of bowel, but he has plenty of guts! 
    DS born at 34 weeks with (surprise!) gastroschisis turned short bowel syndrome.
    131 days in the NICU, 7 trips to the OR, G-button, daily TPN....
    We are impatiently awaiting the day we can say goodbye to his girlfriend Ivy for good.
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  • chiboo9chiboo9 member
    We didn't really set out a budget when we bought her gifts. We got her a chair, Elmo stuffed toy, and an activity table that all equaled to $90.
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  • gutsymamagutsymama member
    Alicia0817 said:
    I ordered a $30 felt tree for her. I think that's it this year from us :(
    That seems perfectly fine to me! She won't know the difference, and you're not setting up unreasonable expectations. 
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    This kid may not have a lot of bowel, but he has plenty of guts! 
    DS born at 34 weeks with (surprise!) gastroschisis turned short bowel syndrome.
    131 days in the NICU, 7 trips to the OR, G-button, daily TPN....
    We are impatiently awaiting the day we can say goodbye to his girlfriend Ivy for good.
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  • kmvwkmvw member
    I put $25-$50, with two LOs we definitely have to budget. But DH and I don't get each other anything and the girls are so young, they won't know any different. Just going to get things that they need and maybe some cute matching Christmas pj's. We both have nieces and nephews to buy for also, we try to set a budget of about $25 for each.




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    I hit the $200 mark on my daughter so far & since I'm done shopping already, I picked $200-300. I'm sure I'll wind up grabbing a couple of extra little things. My son might not exactly hit the $200 mark because he has no clue what Christmas is & I'm taking advantage of that.  :O) 
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    I'm not mobile & I plan on using all smileys unreachable via mobile by the way.  L-)
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  • atlvolatlvol member
    We've already spent $150ish?  Still have two items to buy that total around $100, plus some stocking stuffers (stickers, bubbles, etc.)
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  • dinomama13dinomama13 member
    All his stuff on layaway right now is about $100. May get him some other little things here & there.


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  • ashie624ashie624 member
    No idea. I don't even want to think about it. We're pretty tight on money right now. Probably $25 or so. She'll get tons from our families anyways.
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  • Link7913Link7913 member
    I think we are around $150. Santa is brining her a play kitchen which was over $100, and then I bought her 3 little things from Mom & Dad.

    I am more concerned about the number of gifts than the money spent. She doesn't understand amounts yet, but I don't want to get in the habit of having a ton a packages under our tree.
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  • new2011mommynew2011mommy member
    I picked $500, but I included money we put into their savings accounts. We try to make a big deposit every Christmas. We put $300 into each account so far and I hope to put another $200-$300 before the end of the month. We also spent about $200 each on toys.
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  • valstulasvalstulas member
    edited December 2014
    The older kids are asking for more expensive things, so the amount that I spend per kid won't be uniform. In total, including stocking stuffers, I'm budgeting $2000.


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