Is your Chirstmas Shopping Done?

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Registered: 10-30-2007
Is your Chirstmas Shopping Done?
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Wed, 11-28-2007 - 3:46pm

Is your Chirstmas Shopping Done?



  • Yes all done
  • Yes exept for stocking stuffers
  • Almost completely done
  • Half way finished
  • Have some more people to shop for
  • Havent even started yet
  • Oh shoot!? Its chirstmas already?


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 6:26am

I know I'm not supposed to go there, but I missed the thrift store thread.

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Registered: 08-18-2007
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 6:46am
It's pretty obvious why you bother!
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 6:48am

I believe -- that you're reading her wrong. THEY didn't buy Christmas gifts -- the grandmother gave the money that WAS ultimately used for stocking stuffers and for some savings. I don't see anything wrong with that.

"If gay Americans are not allowed to get married and have all the benefits that American citizens are entitled to by the Bill of Rights, they should get one hell of a tax break. That is my opinion,"

- Jeane "Dear Abby" Phillips, in an interview with Lisa Leff.

 

Yes. We. Did.

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Registered: 08-18-2007
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 6:48am
Finally a post I can completely agree with.
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Registered: 07-26-2007
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 6:53am

Heh.

Well, it all starts here with her declaring herself NOT a "thrift store" person.

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-pssahwoh/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=17398.500

Which she then defines, thusly:

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-pssahwoh/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=17398.507

as well as:

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-pssahwoh/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=17398.513

And then tries to hide behind it with:

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-pssahwoh/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=17398.514

Then another poster, twsetters, decided that shopping at thrift stores when one was not destitute was akin to stealing from the poor:

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=17398.548

And Hazel agrees with her here:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=17398.700

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 6:55am

I think a game or two for each child in a house that also needs heat and food is plenty -- the kids sound like they have good heads on their shoulders and probably agreed.

When Liza made her first communion I bought her the worlds TINIEST (i mean TINNNNYYY) gold cross with a (most likely fake) diamond chip in it. When i gave it to her that morning she said "momma are you sure about this? We don't have money for stuff like this." I assured her I was sure and I wanted her to have something really special from me to always remember this day.

well then of course she got no less than FOUR other cross necklaces from extended relatives , each one bigger and more expensive than mine but she said "momma yours is the one that sparkles the most and I love it the most" when your kids grow up knowing money is tight and real necessities come first then they DO understand that one or two toys or a small gift is just as special. they really do.

"If gay Americans are not allowed to get married and have all the benefits that American citizens are entitled to by the Bill of Rights, they should get one hell of a tax break. That is my opinion,"

- Jeane "Dear Abby" Phillips, in an interview with Lisa Leff.

 

Yes. We. Did.

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 6:58am
Oh, you're just going to make us forget about her faults so we come kidnap her and take her away from you, aren't you? ;)

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Kitty

"Armour.com also has some wonderful tips for emergency preparedness, which include laying in a big supply of canned meat products. When the end comes, you can ponder whether you've been eating the Four Horses of the Apocalypse."--Moon.Pie.Zappa


Click on the Virginia Rescue Center and search for Roxey, VA5165

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Kitty

"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 10-30-2007
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 7:17am
If it was a choice between heat and food and gifts for my grandchildren I would hope that my children would be smart enough to buy food and heat first.
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Registered: 10-30-2007
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 7:27am
I remember that thread.
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Registered: 08-18-2007
Thu, 12-06-2007 - 7:27am

I agree.

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