Man, I didn't know you have to buy the top piece of your x-mas tree early. Every damn store I went to was like basically sold out of angels and stars. Luckily, I found a store with like 2-3 angels left and I snatched it up
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| Author: | Yarr [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Christmas Shopping? Started? Finished? Expensive? |
Ill be first to admit that its December 19th and I have not started my christmas shopping. Well I did go to a huge mall in Mississagua (Square One) and look around at stuff with my girlfriend. I walked away with out spending any money but I have some idea's for people now. Luckly we draw names at my house (5 kids, so we each pick one person and spend 150ish on them rather then spending like 30 bucks on each person with a crappy gift) and I got my other brother who is going away to Calgary soon and just wants cash. So technically I have one gift. I'm going in on a LCD TV with my brothers for the kitchen for my mom. nothing fancy, should only cost 300-400 bucks. For my dad Id like to go out and get him a new Home Theater system. Nothing fancy, just a good reciever and a speaker set. Ive seen them for the same price range as the TV for my mother so I figure I'll just go in on it with my brothers again. Its nice now that my brothers and sisters are getting older and we have more money, we can actually buy nice things for my parents lol, not just some bath bubbles and cheap screwdriver sets that we end up losing a few weeks later anyway lol. So yeah then theres my Girlfriend, I have an idea of what I want to get her but I cant say it here since shes probably gonna read it. All I know is that I'll spend more than shes going to be happy about lol. Anyway, 6 days til christmas and I have so much to do lol. How about everyone else? |
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| Author: | Arnwulf [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:14 pm ] |
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I still haven't done any Christmas shopping either. Although with buying the house this year and then subsequently losing my job, I don't have much money to buy anything. I'm probably going to just make ppl cards with construction paper and crayons. Normally though, I don't start Christmas shopping until 1 or 2 days before anyway b/c I can't keep secrets very well and I just end up giving the gifts early b/c I'm so excited to give the ppl their gifts lol. |
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| Author: | Macabre [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:38 pm ] |
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same here, and what sucks is I am almost broke again, I had a bill to pay at college, then when I went to sell my books back I got 10 fucking dollars. Luckily I get paid of Friday so I can go friday nite :D |
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| Author: | Jimbean [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:42 pm ] |
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same as arn... i suck at surprises, i haven't shopped (tho i don't really have anyone to shop for). sorry to hear about your job btw, was it recent that you lost it, or do you now have another job and are referring to an old job you lost? and macabre >< college books is the biggest fuckign scheme ever.. buy a used book for $250.00.. sell it back the end of the semester in the same condition for $2.00 WTF |
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| Author: | Runefury [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:43 pm ] |
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Man, I didn't know you have to buy the top piece of your x-mas tree early. Every damn store I went to was like basically sold out of angels and stars. Luckily, I found a store with like 2-3 angels left and I snatched it up
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| Author: | Arnwulf [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:58 pm ] |
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Jimbean wrote: same as arn... i suck at surprises, i haven't shopped (tho i don't really have anyone to shop for). sorry to hear about your job btw, was it recent that you lost it, or do you now have another job and are referring to an old job you lost?
This happened earlier this year, I just still haven't recovered fully from the 2 months of unemployment that I had, right after buying a house....yeah, that sucked. |
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| Author: | Jimbean [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:22 pm ] |
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damn.. well glad to see you're back on your feet.. or kinda getting back on your feet.. rock on with your secksi matt talbott looking ass bitch |
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| Author: | Sniffles [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:27 pm ] |
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Just got paid, so I'm going shopping tommorow 
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| Author: | Iolanthe [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:31 pm ] |
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Finished a month ago, spent way too much...but I'm a mom, that's what I'm supposed to do. |
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| Author: | Purity [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:51 pm ] |
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I finished about a month ago too... ...just wanted it out of the way =P |
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| Author: | Hobo [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Christmas Shopping? Started? Finished? Expensive? |
Yarr wrote: we each pick one person and spend 150ish on them rather then spending like 30 bucks on each person with a crappy gift
This made me feel bad about buying a $30 gift until I remebered that Yarr was from Canadia and it's not real money. |
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| Author: | Eternus [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:00 pm ] |
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lol Hobo |
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| Author: | Yarr [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:08 pm ] |
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Hobo I laughed at that until I realized the Canadian dollar has been on a steady growth while the American Dollar has been steadily shrinking. Laugh it up yanks, its only a matter of time. God Bless President Bush! xe.com Universal Currency Converter ® Results Live mid-market rates as of 2005.12.19 19:12:35 UTC. 1.00 USD United States Dollars = 1.16711 CAD Canada Dollars 1 USD = 1.16711 CAD 1 CAD = 0.856815 USD |
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| Author: | Iolanthe [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:17 pm ] |
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oooh USD is worth 16 cents more... |
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| Author: | Arrowyn [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:33 pm ] |
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asdcfgvbhnj I have nothing so far and so much to do.. I have to buy like 5-6 presents and send them out to people in Chicago. No idea what I'm getting.. I'll prob. get something like $10 for everyone except for 2 people I have to spend like $30. I only want to get 2 people something but the rest are buying me things and it would be rude. Then for my friends we did a secret santa.. thank god.. so I got my person this really cute purse and got lotion and MAC makeup to put inside. One down! I think I'm going to buy a DVD for my brother. Either Sin City or the 40 yr old virgin, maybe both. Then my bf I think I'm gonna get him DVDs too.. perhaps the same ones haha. Then my brother and his girlfriend. I have no idea what to get him.. maybe a huge hug=). but I already know what necklace I want to get his girl.. it's like $60 so I hope I have enough. Last year she spent a good amount on me and I felt so bad 'cause I didn't get her anything... I just said my mom's present was from me too. Then for him maybe I could get a best buy gift card. For my mom I'm getting her lotion from Bath & Body Works. She has like OCD or something and she washes her hands constantly so they get super dry. Her record(because she counts) is like 52 times in one day and usually it's around 30. My dad would be happy with just a card but I think I'm gonna buy him his favorite chocolates. Forgot the name but it's some German one. I can't think of anything in the world that he wants. Yeah so this amounts to $300+ and I don't work lol. When I was younger I'd ask my mom for money and I'd go to the mall and buy my whole family presents including her haha. Last year I asked for money and I bought my friends presents with it but this year it's all my own. |
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| Author: | Thunderstomp [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:15 pm ] |
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Yarr, I've visited Square One. I've got family in Mississagua. Oh, and I have yet to start my shopping also, heh. |
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| Author: | Led [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:23 pm ] |
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im starting thursday |
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| Author: | Mikey [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:09 pm ] |
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yea i'm basically finished. Except i left one of my friends gift intentionally unfinished lol. I'm building on it. |
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| Author: | Sunshine [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Christmas Shopping? Started? Finished? Expensive? |
Yarr wrote: So yeah then theres my Girlfriend, I have an idea of what I want to get her but I cant say it here since shes probably gonna read it. All I know is that I'll spend more than shes going to be happy about lol. Anyway, 6 days til christmas and I have so much to do lol. You can say it here, I PROMISE I won't read it!  Just kidding...I like surprises. As for my shopping, it is officially finished. I just have the stocking stuffers to buy.
Oh, and here's a secret: I won't always be unhappy with you spending more money.
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| Author: | Jimbean [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:24 pm ] |
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eh no sweat I've tossed plenty of money away on girls I don't regret it.. at the time it was awesome. |
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| Author: | Hobbes [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:40 pm ] |
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I just have my sister left to shop for.... and I have no clue what to get her. |
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| Author: | Eternus [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:42 pm ] |
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I still need to do Christmas shopping as well. I have 15 people to buy gifts for... so that is gonna suck haha. I am pretty fast though and a few of them only want gift certificates from the mall lol. Only a few of the people in my family are difficult to buy gifts for. |
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| Author: | Ketrebu [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:44 pm ] |
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I don't have any money left for christmas presents lol, and I don't get paid til the 28th of December. Spent all the money I had left on Cyn's birthday present few weeks ago. :P |
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| Author: | Whisp [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:52 pm ] |
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i sent my dad and aunt christmas cards, wrote my mom a poem, bought my brother a chicago cubs mug, bought my ex-gf a tiny racoon painter figurine and wrote a poem, bought my friend mary a johnny cash cd/dvd, bought wes a.k.a Thunderstomp a dream theater Live at Budokan dvd, bought my aunt/uncle&cousins a gift basket, and bought my grandmother an engraved snowflake |
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| Author: | Runefury [ Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:54 pm ] |
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For those last min shoppers go with Gift cards... it's the lazy man way lol |
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