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Posted: Nov 10 2009 at 8:00am | IP Logged Quote StephanieA

With my husband's salary cut and expenses up with this pregnancy, we are scaling back too. But for years, the kids have loved to open presents....any presents. So I purchase one nice gift and then comes the stuff I buy that I don't normally buy....like

my 22 year-old loves Capri juicies (what's with that? :)
Son #2 likes Starbucks cold coffee - whatever you call it. There are 4 in a package.
Son #3 likes junk cereal - so I purchase Captain Crunch for him.

Etc. Etc. Each of these may only be $2-5 each, but it is fun for them and ME :)

Plus with 8 kids, it still looks like a lot under the tree :)

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Posted: Nov 10 2009 at 8:08am | IP Logged Quote Bookswithtea

StephanieA wrote:
With my husband's salary cut and expenses up with this pregnancy, we are scaling back too. But for years, the kids have loved to open presents....any presents. So I purchase one nice gift and then comes the stuff I buy that I don't normally buy....like

my 22 year-old loves Capri juicies (what's with that? :)
Son #2 likes Starbucks cold coffee - whatever you call it. There are 4 in a package.
Son #3 likes junk cereal - so I purchase Captain Crunch for him.

Etc. Etc. Each of these may only be $2-5 each, but it is fun for them and ME :)

Plus with 8 kids, it still looks like a lot under the tree :)

Blessings,
Stephanie


We do this too! Big hits at our house are a $1.99 6 pack of pop (for those old enough to drink pop), a box of pop tarts (teen favorite), and things like protein bars (bought on sale $1 a bar) are also popular with older children. Dd loves Fiber One bars, and the 7 yr old lives for those silly "fruit" jellies that come in shapes like cartoon people (we found Veggie Tales ones last year which were a huge hit with the 3 yr old). The littlies love an .89 single serving carton of gold fish or box of animal crackers. What's fun about this is that the child gets his or her *own* box that they don't have to share. My kids tend to save them for days when we pack lunches for hs activities.

I think this is a great way to round out the gifts under the tree. The kids are so excited to see otherwise contraband food in the house and the bonus is that once its consumed it doesn't have to be stored!!!

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