Shoppin for others

I really get frustrated with buying gifts for others because i never know what to get them. I have to finish up all my shopping this weekend...just wondering who enjoys christmas shopping?

I have one suggestion: AMAZON.com they evern gift wrap for a couple of bucks. I did all my shopping on amazon this year. I cant stand going to the stores. I cant wait until after christmas sales though.

I LOVE Christmas shopping!!

well i admit, i have shopped on the internet--and its great but i have those few people that i just have no idea what to get them!!! Also, some shipping charges with get ya if you're not careful!

Ohh funny thing-- i bought a Target gift card and they wanted to charge me shipping for a gift card!

I love christmas shopping....Most of the fun is buying presents for others......

I'm sorry you arent having any fun....cheer up its almost over....

Shpping online is definitly an option....you will pay more due to shipping charges owever you dont have to enter a mall...Heck you dont even have to leave your house.....

Happy holidays

Originally Posted by babyharley

I LOVE Christmas shopping!!

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I love to give gifts. I hate to shop. For many years I made homemade gifts to give to my friends and family. I don't have a lot of time to do that anymore so always feel that sense of guilt at Xmas that I'm not doing things right.

I finally started buying presents for folks today and have to ship most of my presents to family all over the country. I avoided the malls and bought locally produced food items - what better from Kansas City than barbeque sauces and seasonings? I'll take a grocery store over a mall any day! LOL

this is my tip, buy one present for someone buy one for me... you wonder why im running out of money all the time

I like shopping for others because then I feel less guilty about spending so much. It's somehow justified if it's for someone else. However, I have been known to buy something for my sister then end up keeping it for myself!

I usually go all out for my friends and family. and find a few things for myself....

I shopping for any reason. Christmas shopping is easy for me because I buy everything on-line, all throughout the year when I happen to see something when I'm getting something else. Then I go to the bookmarks at Christmas and order them. Even if they're not available anymore, there's always enough links for everyone to get something I picked out for them because I pick out a lot; the hardest part is not actually purchasing all of them.

The shopping I did for my SS recipient is the most shopping I've done for others this Christmas because I didn't have hers picked out already.

I love buying gifts, I have strategies all planned out like how I'm gonna present them and everything. It's having the money that I have a hard time with!

Originally Posted by yasmine

Ohh funny thing-- i bought a Target gift card and they wanted to charge me shipping for a gift card!

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Sounds like my local mall having a $2.00 fee per item since they switched from paper certificate to plastic card.

Yes!!!! I Christmas shopping. I try to turn all the stress of 'black friday' and last-minute sales and shopping into excitement and it works most of the time. I just think of the face the person will have and how much they will love it (or so I hope!) and it motivates me. I like to get into the Christmas Spirit!!

I adore shopping for my dear friends! This is probably my favorite aspect of the Christmas season! There not much of anything, just something special to me that I feel my loved one will enjoy, but I get so excited with each gift I send!

I love to shop. It must be genetic - before her stroke, my mother was a compulsive shopper. I don't spend nearly as much as she did but, when Jen and I hit the sales, the trunk of my car gets pretty full.

Online shopping is fun, too. I can find so many things, not available in Tucson.

Originally Posted by pushylady

However, I have been known to buy something for my sister then end up keeping it for myself!

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I do enjoy shopping for others, but I avoid the mall.

Originally Posted by yasmine

I really get frustrated with buying gifts for others because i never know what to get them. I have to finish up all my shopping this weekend...just wondering who enjoys christmas shopping?

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I am leaning towards just getting gift cards for everyone, and they can just get what they want. Unless someone makes a specific request, that will be what I do from now on. Ususally my GF knows well in advance what she would like. A lady in one store told me that is becoming more and more common each year for people to get gift cards.

I voted No.

For one, I don't think it fair that I have to buy for people I don't even like, but have to because it is not right to show up with gifts for everyone else and not a select few.

I feel like crap because I know my family can spend a ton of money on me, but I can only afford $20/30 per person. I feel cheap.

Sure, giftgiving is fun, but I hate the way it makes me feel when I realize that I can't afford to buy what I want to buy them.