Did you go for broke for your loved one?
Did you buy your mom some hideous porcelain figurine that's destined to be stashed away in the attic by Spring time?
Go ahead...tell us...What did you buy?

I with the help of my sister bought the folks a 5 day Mexican cruise.

(It was a stretch... but there is no end to what they would do to be there for me.....) Why mom even baked my favorite chocolate cake for all my friends. They aren't getting any younger and mom expressed extreme interest in the subject!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

That is AWESOME!
I've talked to my brother about doing the same thing...but we don't have that kind of $$$ just yet.

PurpleJedi said:

It will come! We all have our years... This was mine!

I haven't bought anything really expensive for anyone else but i have bought myself some pretty good stuff.

i didn't go as crazy this year as i did last year...i just spent a moderate amount of money on things that i KNEW people wanted or needed, and not things that i thought looked pretty but might end up in the backs of their closets. plus, the three people i'm buying for the most this christmas all have birthdays in the next two months, so they can wait for part two of their gift orgy from me!

i'm most proud of the gift package i put together for my best friend - i got her a bunch of stuff i like from trader joes, and added in a book and some music. it wasn't terribly expensive, but she's gonna get a huge box in the mail full of all kinds of fun stuff. that's the kind of thing i like to put together for people on the holidays.

a child slave. It was worth it though.

Ive not really gone completely mad this year , couldnt really afford to but I brought things for people that I knew they would really love

We cut WAY back this year, but I am really excited about a few of the gifts we are giving.

We got my mom & step-dad 5 barnwood frames that we are putting pictures of their parents, them, my husband & I, and my little sister

I got my hubby the dice game "Stack" that he has been looking for for 4-5 years. It was cheap, but it will shut him up

I really went out for a friend of mine. He collects different kinds of pencils.
I got him thousands of them from Ebay.

He is the most positive person in the world
I've never seen him get angry and he's always smiling.

He got me a gift certificate to my favorite restaurant.

Versace and vintage Barbies, thoundsands over the years.

last yr i bought TR a new bed

@ about $3,000

i had it paid off in 10 months

so that's worth a

jerseykrs said:

...did you remember the Jesus Juice...?

jerseykrs said:

That's not nice. You're a meanie.

I can't afford to go all out on a gift this year.

TMPletz said:

...me neither...

jerseykrs said:

I went to the Jerk Store and they were all out of YOU.