I do not want to buy Christmas presents

[alarimer]

I simply hate shopping. And I have no idea what to get people. And I'm sick.

So I guess it's gift cards all around.

[Arugula Latte]

1. Every year it gets harder and harder for me to deal with it all.

We've cut down A LOT -- mostly we just buy for the kids in the family, but even that is overwhelming.

[alarimer]

6. I've been traveling a lot this month

And I simply haven't had time to think about it all.

Now, I just don't feel well and I'm running out of time.

I wish we would do something like draw names or whatever. Then I'd only have to buy for one person. A lot easier to come up with something.

[Arugula Latte]

8. I know how it goes. We had two sets of house guests and time slipped away from me.

Maybe after this Xmas you can propose the name drawing thing for next year.

[sammytko]

2. Give magazine subscriptions - then they get a gift each month!

You can find some as cheap as 5 dollars for a year's worth of magazines.

You will need their address though.....

This year we decided no gifts - just an enjoyable Christmas eve of food and conversation

[Xyzse]

3. If any one were to get me a subscription to magazines...

They would have made an enemy for life.

It took me so long to get rid of the Seventeen, and other craptastic magazines such as that.
I mean, I wouldn't mind it so much if it was the Modern Woodworker or an Architectural digest/art magazine, but no... I got f-in Seventeen, Glamour and stuff.

I am still wondering why and how.

[sammytko]

10. Then they don't know you. I ask my recipients - what do you like to read

I bought my brother woodworking and handyman/house type mags - those were five dollars a sub.

[Xyzse]

12. I don't know who gave me a subscription.

All I know is, they cluttered up my mailbox for a while, and kept harassing me to re-up a subscription.

[hollysmom]

4. so funny, I love Christmas shopping, wish I had someone to do it for.

and I am good at it.
For example = today I got a gift from my sister - a scented candle and a large rawhide for the dog.

I have frequently given my sister the scented candles others gave me because they make me sick and my dog has a soft mouth as I have often told her and cannot eat small rawhide, certainly not a huge bone - well, I will just regift them, the rawhide to a shelter and the scented candle to another friend.
Now what did I buy her and her husband? some fold-able storage pieces because they just moved to a smaller house and my sister occasionally works on projects that require her to make small items until she can gift them or sell them. My brother in-law has many things that are outside in the summer and need to be stored inside during the winter. When they need a box to store something, they can unfold it and used the plastic (recycled) boxes. when it is done, they can fold it up and store it. then end of tearable cardboard boxes.

[Duer 157099]

11. iRobot!

Please (jk)

I've wanted one of those Roombas forever and just saw a new "pet edition" at Costco! But $300? No can do

[hollysmom]

13. I bought them for gifts when they were 75$ each on woot.com

since amazon bought them they don't feature them a lot and not at that price. i have the scumba too, that is the floor washer. works great

eta - sometimes there are vacuums for sale here, not today, but maybe after Christmas
http://store.irobot.com/family/index.jsp;jsessionid=P3shSzgZLVvMG8SPqW839NL5Qvshcp8FLRG2tS7GqhyW7FJBmFpy!1268713634?categoryId=2804607&s=A-ProductAge

[alarimer]

16. I've always wanted one

I watch endless YouTube videos of cats riding on Roombas, and I think it would be very entertaining to watch my cat react. He hates the regular vacuum because it's so loud.

But they are expensive.

[BlueJazz]

5. I love Gift Cards and my nieces love Money. (Yaaaaa..Uncle Bud is here!!)

Gift cards say: I think enough about you to buy you something but I have absolutely NO idea what you would buy for yourself...so...Buy something YOU want!

[alarimer]

7. I agree

My nephew is easy. Game Stop or Best Buy.

The rest, I'm not sure.

[libodem]

9. Nobody I know

Needs more crap. I bought my married son's family a doghouse, last month. I'm making quilts and capes for the grandkids. That's it!

[hollysmom]

14. that;s great stuff though.

a friend mad me a quilt, it was too beautiful to use, I have it on my wall like a tapestry, keeps the room warmer too.

[libodem]

15. The baby quilt

Was for the new 3 month old. So now it is being relegated to Christmas status. The capes are reversable Superman /Batman style. Very cute. My friend made up the pattern herself.

.....And she wonders why we call her Martha Stewart, behind her back.


.....cuz she'd smack us if we call her that to her face. I think it is a complement. She thinks it implicates snobbery. Get over it, my dear friend!