I bought too many gifts this year!!!

[lovinwdw]

I can't believe how much I actually bought. I am actually returning about 8 things (mostly DVDs). I wrapped all of the gifts I bought last night and I realized that I way way way over bought!!! DH and I made a deal that we would not go over board this year due to the fact that we just moved into a new home and our mortgage is mucho mucho dinero!! DH saw how much was under the tree for him and said that I was absolutely crazy!! Then, as I sat there and thought about it, I realized that I did go way far over board. So...off to the stores I go tonight to return some presents. Birthdays are right around the corner!!

 

[cinmell]

I over bought this year too. That's what I get for starting my Christmas shopping in August!

 

[chris1gill]

I've learned to NOT start in August... because those are the year's I go overboard....

To the OP, congratulations on realizing you went overboard!!! I can honestly say, perhaps for the first time ever, that I did not go overboard this year

 

[Trish Bessette]

So did I. I'm embarassed to say that I do every year. I get my Christmas Club check in early October and I just buy, buy, buy from then on.

 

[poohbear2]

I'm proud of you!!!

I think its worse when you start early because you end up having the extra weeks to shop some more! I really tried this year to buy gifts that would not be used on Christmas Day and then "tossed aside" for the rest of the year. So far, so good!!

 

[RUDisney]

I started buying already for next year.

This is how I don't overbuy... I have a spreadsheet with everyone's names on it for whom I will be buying. The second column is for what I bought and the final column is for how much it cost.

I can go back several years to see what I bought and I can compare one year's expenses to the others.

So, I confess, I am a little of a control freak and a little too organized, but I buy on sale, wrap as I buy and am not overwhelmed at Christmas.

 

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

Just don't be like my mom. She buys gifts and hides them in the house. Then when Christmas comes she can't find half of them. We always get presents like 2 years later when she finally finds everything. Thank god we don't get live gifts or anything of the food variety!

 

[newholidayx2]

I also over bought this year (like I do every year!). I'll be putting some items in my "gift closet" to be used during 2006.

 

[Captain Obvious]

Give some to me.

 

[RUDisney]

Just don't be like my mom. She buys gifts and hides them in the house. Then when Christmas comes she can't find half of them. We always get presents like 2 years later when she finally finds everything. Thank god we don't get live gifts or anything of the food variety!

My Mom bought my sister a book one year. Finally, when they were moving 8 years later, she found the book in the attic. Luckily, it was something that my sister still liked and hadn't read yet.