re: Christmas budget

Quoting Shibby.:" How much do you spend per kid ?"

I spent around 600 for both kids, it includes individual gifts, combined gifts and stockings.

I used to go all out. Spent hundreds per kid also as a sort of mom measurement I suppose. This year I've used that want, need, wear, read as a guideline and have kept it down to $200 each, including stockings. I'm actually impressed with all I was able to get for that.

Quoting ¡VinHautℰ!:" I used to go all out. Spent hundreds per kid also as a sort of mom measurement I suppose. This year I've ... [snip!] ... guideline and have kept it down to $200 each, including stockings. I'm actually impressed with all I was able to get for that."

I also spend around 200. I forgot about the stockings until now   If DD had $500 worth of toys at christmas my house would be a huge cluttered mess

Quoting .B.:" I also spend around 200. I forgot about the stockings until now   If DD had $500 worth of toys at christmas my house would be a huge cluttered mess"

True story! Thats one of the things I'm looking forward to, less mess and fuss. We can eat breakfast sooner