The Average Shopper plans to spend $800 on Christmas this year...

[ScreamingMeemie]

That includes an average of $99 on themselves...

Oh My Gosh! They've been following me on my Christmas shopping trips!!! :blush: It was a really pretty sweater...and I was almost out of perfume... and those Shoes!!! :bounce:

[xchrom]

1. damn it -- now i hate those security cameras even more!

when my mother finds out i spent more on my self than i did her -- there will be GUILT to pay!

[buddhamama]

2. lol

"...GUILT to pay!" :hi: :hug:

[billyskank]

3. .......

:hug:


:loveya:

[buddhamama]

7. Hi billy

Good day to you! :hug: :loveya:

[xchrom]

5. it's gucci shoes -- they always look SO good in the store window.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Hahahaha!!

:rofl: :hug:

[xchrom]

6. sigh --

:hi:

[MissMillie]

8. Me too,

but I really needed the new bras... and they were on sale.

[flvegan]

9. ONLY 41 MORE SHOPPING DAYS!!!11!!1

I can't believe I wasted all those perfectly sound shopping days for this recent damn election!

[LeftyMom]

16. so what are you giving to me?

;)

[blondeatlast]

10. Does that mean that that $99 comes guilt-free? See you at BCBG... nt

[bigwillq]

11. Not me.

That is way too much money for me to spend on Christmas and my loved ones know that.

I get the gifts that I can afford and my loved ones appreciate that.


:hi:

[yvr girl]

20. I think that figure also includes money spent on food etc

But, I don't come close to that either. I can't.

[mainegreen]

12. I plan to spend $20.

Damn money grubbing stores.

[LynneSin]

13. So what are you buying me for that leftover $701

:shrug:

[cwydro]

14. Guess

I'm not average...no WAY do I spend that kind of money.

[philosophie_en_rose]

15. Me too. I guess I'm cheap.

I buy a lot of gifts, but they don't cost that much. Maybe I just get good deals. (Bath & Body works is having a 4 for $10 sale on soaps and lotions, for instance.)

[Broken_Hero]

17. damn, 800 is quite a bit

I only plan on spending around 300 or so this year...maybe a bit more...most of it goes to my wife anyways...gotta spoil the missus...:)

[barb162]

18. I have only a few times spent that much

[Viva_La_Revolution]

19. I've NEVER spent that much!

$300 is the max, this year it will be about $100 due to financial constraints, and that includes stocking stuffers.

I'm so glad that my boys are old enough that I don't have to repeat the "parents have to pay Santa back for whatever he brings you story"

whew!

[SoCalDem]

21. My best friend and I always buy ourselves whatever we get the other

:)

These days I give gift cards or cash to our grown kids..

My husband and I don;t even do the gist thing anymore.

haven't had a tree up for over 10 years.

Bah Humbug :)

[billyskank]

22. The resurrection of this thread gives me another chance to say

:hi: MrsG! :bounce:

:loveya:

[Midlodemocrat]

23. I'm embarrassed to admit that I will easily spend 2-3 times that.

:blush:

[cobalt1999]

24. Don't be embarrassed.

I will also spend 2-3 times that amount.

My guilt comes from looking for presents for my wife that I can use too. It's a tricky line, the present has to be something she'll enjoy without being so obvious that I want to use it too. This year is easy as she wants a kayak.