You know you're a cat lady when...

creativgirl · Dec 23, 2008

Oh yes, and I also signed Rocky and Oliver's names to my Christmas cards (not everyone's, just fellow cat lovers whom I knew would appreciate it).

When I was working retail during college, one of my customers bought a Christmas sweater along with her other purchases. "Holiday" attire (any holiday, not just Christmas) is not usually my thing, but this sweater was rather pretty, so I commented on it. She said it was a present for herself from her dog and her cats. I liked the idea, so if I have enough money left after buying for everyone else, I'll buy myself something small and say that "The boys saved their allowance this year and bought me a present."

creativgirl · Dec 23, 2008

Originally Posted by AudioCat

Geez...I've always had stockings and wrapped presents for our fur babies. They are a member of the family so of course they get their own gifts.

My husband and I will totally confess to being cat people.

Besides....wouldn't the cat's feel left out if they didn't have presents to open?

I agree totally! Of course they should get their own gifts, and a special treat for Christmas dinner, too (as mine do).

jillandmatt · Dec 23, 2008

Our cats "bought" us the lolcatz fridge magnet set for christmas and wrapped it all by themselves. (wink, wink)...the wrapping job is priceless, if I do say so myself! They actually helped...or maybe hindered.

We got the cats one group stocking (I saw one in target that said "naughty" on one side and "nice" on the other, which would've been perfect!) and a bunch of stocking stuffers. They'll be happy campers on Christmas, that's for sure!

I grew up as a dog person but I am slowly turning into a crazy cat lady!

And p.s. you are a crazy cat guy if you're on here...

littleraven7726 · Dec 23, 2008

I *know* I'm a crazy cat lady.

I have wrapped the cats' gifts in the past--they tear them open. So I bought a tin that says "Meowy Christmas" for their catnip toy Xmas presents.
I usually can't help myself and by the time Christmas rolls around the cats have quite a stash.
I buy presents for other family cats (My in-laws' cat Morris thinks I'm the cat's meow)
My cats have their own stockings (unfortunately this year I couldn't hang them)
I usually try to get something for the shelter kitties. This year I'm hitting the after Christmas sales--hopefully I can get a couple of the Wal-Mart toy stockings for the shelter cats.
I sign our Christmas cards with "Brenna, Mike & the Kitties"

Originally Posted by laureen227

oh, mine got a gift [this - found @ Target today for $23!] but i didn't wrap it - just spritzed it w/catnip spray & put it on the floor.

I bought one of those in November when it was on sale in the store.

The cats love it.

grogs · Dec 24, 2008

I've had really limited success with my cats and toys over the years, so I decided to get them a heated cat bed instead. It's the small PetSafe Wellness Sleeper from Foster and Smith. Of course, once it arrived I was the one who couldn't wait to open it. Here are Promise and Tiny enjoying it:

Larger version is here.

cats4sky · Dec 24, 2008

you know your a cat lady when...

you can tell some people get annoyed when you start talking bout those cats again

when u call the house to talk to SO you always ask how the cats are doing

(am i the only one who does this???)

....and i buy my cats presents at xmas cause i know they know somethings going on cause when we start unwrapping they are right there sniffing around and i have to let them join in on the fun!

happilyretired · Dec 24, 2008

Cat lady?

My boy has his own stocking (with his name on it), and it's filled with toys and treats, of course.

My Christmas card this year featured HIM on the front.

My sister found a Christmas card "from the cat" and sent it to me from my boy!

I'm not only a cat lady; everyone else KNOWS that I'm one!

footersownsme · Dec 24, 2008

every animal has always gotten their own stocking starting back at my moms house. My mom actually still has my RB kitty's stocking. I have 5 stockings this year....4 cats and 1 dog. I was going to wrap the cats toys but I couldn't find any alone time. If i put them in the room they would scream their heads off and i don't think my neighbors would appreciate. The dog got his gigantic rawhide bone wrapped and we will see if he can figure out how to unwrap it instead of eating paper and all. Eating paper and all would not surprise me at all since he is a doofy pit pull pup. I can't wait for tomorrow morning, i just have to make it through an overnight at work and then i'll be home to unwrap presents..........YEAH!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

faith's_mom · Dec 25, 2008

Originally Posted by Creativgirl

Buying Christmas presents for your cats is normal behavior, but:

I *wrapped* their presents! My mom's response when I confessed this was, "I'd like to see them open the presents without opposable thumbs."

The boys also have stockings. Just the cheesy small dollar store ones, but still . . .

When my mom's cats were still alive, I bought presents for them, too. I've also bought presents for other people's pets -- and put Rocky and Oliver's names on the gift tag.

Am I completely strange?

Nope...I did the whole stocking, and kitty gifts last year...

This year, we've been tight up financially, and seeing as we have an entirely new 'crew' I'd have had to make new stockings! So I settled on just getting some treats for the kitties, my puppy got a new collar (cause he outgrew his first one), along with some little chew bones, and our other dog got a pretty big chew bone...for her size, anyway! My horse got his xmas gift a few weeks ago, when I bought him a fleece blanket, for those cold windy days that I want to hop on and ride, as well as those days when he get's hot, I have it to help him cool down without getting chilled.

kittkatt · Dec 29, 2008

Originally Posted by Creativgirl

Oh yes, and I also signed Rocky and Oliver's names to my Christmas cards (not everyone's, just fellow cat lovers whom I knew would appreciate it).

I made my own Christmas cards this year, just so I wouldn't have to write in all my furbies' names on them all..

You know you're a cat lady when:

~People you know buy Christmas gifts for your cats, too.

~You avoid putting up a Christmas tree so you won't have to clean up the mess!

~You're in bed sleeping, and you try to be cautious when you have to move so you don't disturb the babies. Or you make room for them on the bed.

~You won't go on an extended vacation b/c you have no one you can trust to take care of them while you're gone.

~You have a kitty photo album, and photos in frames of all your cats throughout the house. And you "update" them when a new addition arrives.

~You get up in the middle of the night if you notice one of them is sick.

~You adjust the heat/a-c so they're warm or cool enough.

laureen227 · Dec 30, 2008

Originally Posted by KittKatt

You know you're a cat lady when:

~You're in bed sleeping, and you try to be cautious when you have to move so you don't disturb the babies. Or you make room for them on the bed.

~You have a kitty photo album, and photos in frames of all your cats throughout the house. And you "update" them when a new addition arrives.

i do both of these!

kittkatt · Dec 30, 2008

Originally Posted by laureen227

i do both of these!

Join the club!!

caitsith · Jan 11, 2009

My two girls Tabitha and Daisy get christmas presents,which i wrap up away from them so they can't see what they are getting! They also send xmas cards to my other pets. They also get birthday presents, for TWO birthdays, to celebrate the day they were born AND the day we bought them home! Should i be locked up? :-)

tari · Jan 11, 2009

If you're strange, I'm stranger.

My cats get wrapped presents...and they're perfectly capable of opening them themselves once they smell the catnip.

They each have Christmas stockings just like ours personalized with their names.

THEY actually exchange gifts with all of the other animals in our family...so my cats buy for my parents' cats, my brother's dogs, etc, and receive presents back from all of them.

Come to think of it, my whole family is strange...

roobear · Jan 11, 2009

Originally Posted by rahma

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For my husband, who has gone from detesting Squeaky to bundling her up so she doesn't get cold and kissing her on her forehead.

I have got to get one of these for my boyfreind. His parents used to breed Burmans.

My cats don't get stockings or presents usually. I once got a toy riendeer witha bell on a string for Max and wrapped it, but he coudn't quite work out how to unwrap it himself. He likes to watch me wrap pesents and enjoys tearing up spare bits of paper.

binkyhoo · Jan 11, 2009

Ditto to much mentioned here. My fav is when my Moms cats send my cat a christmas card and buy her a gift. This year it was Greenies. Fun. She signs it with paw print stickers. Cute.

caitsith · Jan 16, 2009

I also keep their whiskers when they loose them,and put the into an album which contains their pics of them growing!Everyone i know thinks i'm nuts! Currently, daisy is in the lead,she looses a lot of them, while Tabitha hardly sheds any.

cat_lady · Jan 17, 2009

i do wrap oreos presants

mum thought i was insane

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