Who does the Christmas shopping at your house??

[shopping mom]

I often wish my husband would go Christmas shopping with me, but he really does not enjoy shopping at all. When the folks were in Bolivia he would do their shopping for me, but not with me. ( He had a list of what I wanted, size, color,etc, what store it was in and the cost.) I always made a big list so I would not know exactly what I was getting from my parents. He does go out and get a Christmas Eve gift for the kids, so he is not a Scrooge, he just doesn't enjoy shopping. My Sister-in-law and her husband shop for all their gift giving together. My dad loves to shop too. How is it at your house?

[outnumbered]

It's all done by me, but I like it that way. Well, I wish dh could shop for his parents, but other than that, I like to do all the shopping.

[gisellerol]

i do the shoppin and i would not have it any other way

[Jenniferharrison82]

It really depends..sometimes dh comes with me. He likes to shop, but I pick everything out :)

[toninjack]

I do all the shopping for our house, all my mom's and grandmother's shopping too. They hate shopping, so I buy everyone gifts on their list and wrap them up. They never even see what they have bought until Christmas Eve when everyone opens their gifts. I really like shopping, so it gives me an excuse.

[best4less]

I'll drag DH along but I am the one doing the planning and the shopping ;)

[Mommie2one]

I do all the shopping myself. My husband does his shopping for me usually the week before christmas.He hates malls

[snakeswiff]

That would be me....I even buy my own gifts! I like that way actually!

[WELUVKDS79]

98% me....

[treasure60]

I do most of the shopping for the household, but hubby goes out and buys each child one gift, gets my gifts and gets one for each of his parents besides the ones I get for them. I do the rest for family and friends outside of the household.

[tootsieroll23]

Me of course unless it is some kind of electronic gizmo, then I get help from DH :)

[all2tired]

I do all the shopping except for the gifts for me. Hubby does that

[peanut92973]

i do all the shopping and wrapping. the only time DH helps is if theres a big item i can't carry. one year we got tv's for the kids and he did get those.

[biomajor]

I do all the gift shopping and the grocery shopping and everything else. If it's electronic or a game for himself, he usually picks it up himself. Sometimes I have to pick up the games he wants too. Electronics, he usually does himself. I'm cheap and he's not. He takes the kids out Christmas Eve around 2 PM to get my presents. Nothing like waiting till the last minute to show how much you care.

[sunprincess831]

It's all me....wish hubby would do some with me, but oh well can't win them all!

[rbellville]

I do it all, but on Christmas Eve my DH takes all 3 kids (6, 4 and 2) shopping for my presents and the last odds and ends for everyone else. :holiday08 :holiday08 While I'm home wrapping all the gifts. :holiday02 He would stop at my mom's and she would insist to keep a couple of kids while he finished. :g_laughin I think that was planned on his part. She has passed recently so I don't know what he'll do this year.


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[Spooot]

Most of it I do, I took him with me yesterday and thought I was going to have to hurt him before we got out of the store. All I wanted was for him to pick out a wagon for our 2 1/2 yr old grand daughter, it turned inot a big production. So I brought him home, he isn't allowed to go with me ever again to Christmas Shop for the grandbabies. He can shop for his two boys and of course Moi but the rest I will do.

[Momto32003]

I do all the shopping so I can get what I want the kids to have and what they want. DH and I have a very different point of view of what the kids should and shoulnd't have.( I do of course run some of the bigger and more expensive items with him though as we don't want it to be an arguement) If he were shopping, he probably wouldn't have over spent like I did this year though. LOL

[huseboy]

I also do the shopping. My hubby will go with me on bf if he is in from driving truck over the road. He's saying is "I will pay full price". But as more time passes, this has become a little joke he always says to make me laugh because he knows how I love to go on bf. He's mom told me the other day he said this and I was rolling in laughter because she has no idea it is an inside joke. :)

[juliegirl]

It's all done by me and that's the way I like it!

[WELUVKDS79]

I agree that's the way I like it!!

[erh12275]

I do it mostly by myself...but hubby will be w/ me BF this year.

[jlfuzzbutt]

My DH works all over the country and is rarely home. (68 days so far this entire year) So...I make the list, I brainstorm the ideas, I budget, I go to the store and get the gifts, I wrap the gifts, I package the gifts for shipping, I take the gifts to the postal place and mail them.

Since I do it all myself, I don't have to put up with him complaining about what I spend or his procratstination that leaves us freaking out at the last minute. (and spending TONS more to rush deliver gifts)

So far, I am finished shopping except the 3 items(big ticket to boot) I plan on getting on Black Friday. He will be home for that day so he can complain about how much we spend that one day. LOL

[ebony0421]

I do alot of the shopping and then he pitches in when we get things for the kids.

[SuperMommy]

DH has to work on BF so I do all the shopping that gets done that day. But what is left (which is usually at least half) he does with me!!

[ajburlingame]

I do all of the shopping except for a few gifts for our daughter which my husband and I will do together.

[amosb1]

Hey shopping Mom, I love to go shopping with my wife.

We shop after holiday sales for the following year's gift giving.

I have 8 brothers/sisters and several cousins.

[susiejwp]

...are you kidding? Hubby is as surprised as the kids when they open their gifts on Christmas morning!

[eve]

just me ;)

[Peshua]

I often wish my husband would go Christmas shopping with me, but he really does not enjoy shopping at all. When the folks were in Bolivia he would do their shopping for me, but not with me. ( He had a list of what I wanted, size, color,etc, what store it was in and the cost.) I always made a big list so I would not know exactly what I was getting from my parents. He does go out and get a Christmas Eve gift for the kids, so he is not a Scrooge, he just doesn't enjoy shopping. My Sister-in-law and her husband shop for all their gift giving together. My dad loves to shop too. How is it at your house?
I am soooooo glad my husband does NOT go with me! He has to look at everything and I do mean everything even if we have no use for it! I end up walking away from him! So Xmas shopping I usually do!!

[JazzMama]

I don't think my husband would know what to do if he had to buy presents for his parents! :runaway:

I pretty much even do my shopping for MY presents ... I scout out the best deal and write a very detailed list and then put post-its on his wallet when one of the items goes on sale somewhere.

[Gloey]

My DH go into a store? hahahahahahahahahahahah. Me of course

[dorkydiva]

I'm the shopper. Every year dh says he wants to help with the shopping but whenever I want to go shopping he doesn't feel like it.

[shopping mom]

Hey shopping Mom, I love to go shopping with my wife.

We shop after holiday sales for the following year's gift giving.

I have 8 brothers/sisters and several cousins.

I think it's great that you go shopping!! Keep it up!! By the way who is the better bargin finder??

[alimfp]

DH and I talk about what to get the kids and other family members first, then I buy it usually. :)

[berry1014]

I do most of it. Hubby and I will shop together for our daughter but usually I do the shopping of gifts for our family and friends.

[daworths8]

Me Me Me :bounce_fl

Hubby goes whenever we can manage a sitter, but were on the same page for shopping for the kids so not a big deal. We make lists and were in and out of there.


I do wish he would shop for his parents and sister I always end up doing it and my head just spins. If I left it to him he would stop at the store on the way to us going to their house on Christmas Eve:banghead:

[Karmon]

I do it. My DH would come home with a bunch of stuff the kids dont need. My DH is like a kid. LOL