Oh the family celebrations August-November!

[Jen12573]

We have 6 birthdays, 2 anniversaries and my uncle's wedding all from 8/9-11/1. Ouch. But, while I had some extra money this week, I hit the outlets today and picked up 2 shirts for the dads at Polo ($68), 2 sweater sets for the moms at Talbots ($70), now I just have my brother, husband and the wedding left. Heading back tomorrow to hit up Nike for the brother and hubby, and something random for the uncle and soon to be young wife. Darn family with everything all at once. Well I'm no better to DH. Within 30 days he has my birthday, Christmas and our anniversary. Oops!

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

Good job! I can sympathize. You should see my list for just Aug 1 - Sept 30. It is something like this:

Birthdays: 3 different nieces, 1 nephew, my dad and my father-in-law, my mom
Anniversaries: my sister & brother-in-law, and my in-laws

We typically just do cards for anniversaries and also, my best friend's birthday is in that time frame, but I'll just send a card. 2 nieces and 1 nephew will probably get iTunes cards, the other niece will get a gift. We visited the in-laws recently and left a shirt (bought on clearance!) for my FIL to have for his birthday. My dad and mom hate for us to spend money on them, but we'll get them something small.

Incidentally, I did the same thing to my husband with the birthday/Christmas/anniversary all being close together. My birthday is in early January and our anniversary is mid-January, less than a month after Christmas. This year, I told him if we could do this adults-only trip to WDW, that would be my Christmas and anniversary gifts!

 

[Jen12573]

Good job! I can sympathize. You should see my list for just Aug 1 - Sept 30. It is something like this:

Birthdays: 3 different nieces, 1 nephew, my dad and my father-in-law, my mom
Anniversaries: my sister & brother-in-law, and my in-laws

We typically just do cards for anniversaries and also, my best friend's birthday is in that time frame, but I'll just send a card. 2 nieces and 1 nephew will probably get iTunes cards, the other niece will get a gift. We visited the in-laws recently and left a shirt (bought on clearance!) for my FIL to have for his birthday. My dad and mom hate for us to spend money on them, but we'll get them something small.

Incidentally, I did the same thing to my husband with the birthday/Christmas/anniversary all being close together. My birthday is in early January and our anniversary is mid-January, less than a month after Christmas. This year, I told him if we could do this adults-only trip to WDW, that would be my Christmas and anniversary gifts!

That sounds like the perfect birthday, anniversary and Christmas gift. We don't have kids yet, and no nieces or nephews. August through November is my brother, in-laws birthdays, both anniversaries for parents, both of my parents birthdays and DH.

We usually do the same thing for Christmas and anniversary - Disney. This year we have a bonus, near free trip. DH is a full time soccer coach and his older team is going to the Disney showcase. So for the price of our park tickets, my flight and my meals, we're heading back to WDW!!