alisoncooks Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Actually, I thought I was finished a week ago, but then I decided DD10 would get Calico Critters after all. Aaaand I got carried away and bought too many Critters...and suddenly my gift piles were lopsided (DD12's gift pile looked like that of an unloved, distant relation). So Amazon to the rescue! I decided to indulge a few recent wishes that hadn't made it to DD12's Christmas wishlist: black combat boots, a skateboard (!!!) and "cool" leggings (sugar skulls). She is going to be so stoked! (Note: add "stoked" to the list of outdated slang I use...) What gifts have you left to get? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 My last few things are straggling in. I got some snazzy Crocs for my mother, a few books for my dad... I need to wrap the LED thin light dh got for a sorta-nephew. What I DON'T have is anything for me. Dd got me a new electric tea kettle, but ds wants to buy me something. I'm sure dh has nothing. I even told him just give me a budget... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 Ah, DH doesn't think about gifts. At all. Luckily, I don't mind buying stuff for myself. :p So this year I got the Harry Potter Advent calendar (which the girls and I have been LOVING), a Niffler keychain, and a few books. ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I have one more gift to buy, and I’ll be done. (Other than DH’s stocking.) However, I have wrapped nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Stockings may be thin this year because I'm not sure how much of what have gotten will fit in stockings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I have very little shopping to do that doesn’t involve gift cards😊Hubby picked out his own gift, something very specific to his new hobby, I added to my outside manager scene and told DH thank you for my early Christmas present. Still waiting on oldest daughter’s decision of gift card or money on the principle of her student loan. After both daughters moved out, I stopped doing stockings🎄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I finished last week too, although I'm still waiting for a few things to arrive. We're doing a much lighter Christmas this year as we're going on a huge Disney trip at the end of January. I'm even mostly done wrapping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) I thought I was farther along than I was. Today I finally dug out the presents I had already bought. Some of them from the time I was gone on Black Friday and had them sent to my home. So I made a chart with everyone's name and started unpacking boxes. After everything was out, it turned out I didn't have much at all. Amazon is gifted at putting little things in big boxes. I just finished going through a couple of people's Amazon wish lists and picked up a few more things. I think I'm done now. Hopefully. Fingers crossed. Pretty please with sugar on top. ETA: Oops, and just that fast I realize I need one more thing. And if anyone can help, I am all ears. What would you get for a newborn who doesn't need clothes, toys, books or really anything but diapers and formula but this is your first grandchild and are excited to buy her something? Edited December 11, 2018 by stephanier.1765 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, stephanier.1765 said: And if anyone can help, I am all ears. What would you get for a newborn who doesn't need clothes, toys, books or really anything but diapers and formula but this is your first grandchild and are excited to buy her something? I'd buy diapers and formula...but I'm boring like that. Or a Prime subscription so diapers can quickly ship to them (or Costco). Or gift cards (my toddler nieces will get Honest Company gift cards this year because my SIL buys froufrou baby products). 😉 When my girls were newborns, my granddad gave them savings bonds for Christmas. 😄 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I still need to buy MIL's gift, a white elephant gift dh told me about last night, and a few more treats for the stockings. I also need to mail one package. Otherwise, I am just waiting for the last few online purchases to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, alisoncooks said: I'd buy diapers and formula...but I'm boring like that. Or a Prime subscription so diapers can quickly ship to them (or Costco). Or gift cards (my toddler nieces will get Honest Company gift cards this year because my SIL buys froufrou baby products). 😉 When my girls were newborns, my granddad gave them savings bonds for Christmas. 😄 Costco does subscriptions because I love the idea of that for either diapers or formula? I've glanced through their website but can't figure out where to go to do this. Do you happen to know under what category it is listed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 35 minutes ago, stephanier.1765 said: I thought I was farther along than I was. Today I finally dug out the presents I had already bought. Some of them from the time I was gone on Black Friday and had them sent to my home. So I made a chart with everyone's name and started unpacking boxes. After everything was out, it turned out I didn't have much at all. Amazon is gifted at putting little things in big boxes. I just finished going through a couple of people's Amazon wish lists and picked up a few more things. I think I'm done now. Hopefully. Fingers crossed. Pretty please with sugar on top. ETA: Oops, and just that fast I realize I need one more thing. And if anyone can help, I am all ears. What would you get for a newborn who doesn't need clothes, toys, books or really anything but diapers and formula but this is your first grandchild and are excited to buy her something? You could give her a Christmas tree ornament and start a 529 for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Sherry in OH said: You could give her a Christmas tree ornament and start a 529 for her. I did the ornament even before she was born. I was too excited to wait. I'm not sure how to do a 529 but I will look into that. I know they are already trying to figure out the best way to start a college fund for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 50 minutes ago, stephanier.1765 said: I thought I was farther along than I was. Today I finally dug out the presents I had already bought. Some of them from the time I was gone on Black Friday and had them sent to my home. So I made a chart with everyone's name and started unpacking boxes. After everything was out, it turned out I didn't have much at all. Amazon is gifted at putting little things in big boxes. I just finished going through a couple of people's Amazon wish lists and picked up a few more things. I think I'm done now. Hopefully. Fingers crossed. Pretty please with sugar on top. ETA: Oops, and just that fast I realize I need one more thing. And if anyone can help, I am all ears. What would you get for a newborn who doesn't need clothes, toys, books or really anything but diapers and formula but this is your first grandchild and are excited to buy her something? I always really appreciated my parents giving us cash to buy presents for our kids. WHen they were little, that cash went into savings account for them and I wrapped up something I was going to give anyway and wrote "From Grandma and Grandpa" on it. (I also appreciated all the diapers we got just because Mom was in town and would make sure she got a box of our diapers when buying us groceries) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 35 minutes ago, stephanier.1765 said: Costco does subscriptions because I love the idea of that for either diapers or formula? I've glanced through their website but can't figure out where to go to do this. Do you happen to know under what category it is listed? I don't, sorry. (I've actually never shopped at Costco! But I know lots do so I threw it out there. 😉 ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 14 minutes ago, alisoncooks said: I don't, sorry. (I've actually never shopped at Costco! But I know lots do so I threw it out there. 😉 ) That's okay. Amazon had a pretty good deal on it so I went with them. I'm sure mom and dad will be grateful to have a little bit of the financial strain with a newborn relieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I still have quite a bit of shopping do, unfortunately. Still need two gifts for each of my four kids (waiting to hear DH's opinion on something he has been researching), plus stocking stuffers. And I need to take my kids out to shop for each other (they draw names). I only have two things for DH (well, three, if I count each shirt as a item instead of lumping them together). I'd like to get him something else, but his birthday was yesterday, and I am plumb out of ideas (he never gives me a wish list). I have nothing yet for FIL and MIL. SIL told me she was waiting for them to give her a list and would share it with me, but I haven't heard back about that yet. I very well may tell DH that he is on his own for picking out their gifts, since they are his parents. He also has to get his sister something for a name-draw gift exchange. Dh tends to just consider shopping my job, but recently I've been rebelling against that attitude and having him come up with things on his own, because he is capable, and I am stressed. My dad, who lives two hours away and is 84, has been moving this week, so I have been away from home all week and helping him move, and we are not done with that yet. ACK!! I'm thinking now that I need to get anything ordered online that I need to, or I will run out of time. We have Prime, but delivery stinks around the holidays and the two-day window can turn into a week or more. ACK!! again. Then I will still need to wrap and prepare my home for guests. While doing more out of town trips to help Dad. In addition to usual life. I really don't enjoy the holidays any more, I'm sad to say, because of the stress. Actual Christmas day will be fun, though still a lot of work. But the preparations have become not fun for me in recent years. Sorry just needed to vent a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 4 hours ago, stephanier.1765 said: ETA: Oops, and just that fast I realize I need one more thing. And if anyone can help, I am all ears. What would you get for a newborn who doesn't need clothes, toys, books or really anything but diapers and formula but this is your first grandchild and are excited to buy her something? My newborn grandkids have liked these Tummy Time Playboard and Art Cards and board books like this Hello, Bugs! and this is a hit, too Skwish Rattle and Teether There are so many fun toys for newborns nowadays! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 For a newborn I'd buy clothes. It's amazing how cute even the little boy stuff is these days. Next year, get this kit, it's the best toddler present EVER because it's the gift of mom & dad's attention: https://smile.amazon.com/Tickle-Monster-Laughter-Josie-Bissett/dp/1932319832/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544580497&sr=8-1&keywords=tickle+monster+kit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I will not be done shopping before the very last store closes on Christmas Eve, whether I still need anything or not. I love shopping! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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