lisamag

aww thats so sweet. you should be very proud to know you raised a son who's not selfish. a rare thing at that age. lol

As a single mother on a fixed income, christmas and birthdays are always the hardest to pull off. but as i finished my wrapping and looked at what all i was able to get my kids, i started to cry. if it wasn't for gottadeal i could never had gotten half the stuff i did for my kids and family. so i want to say thank you to brad and all the mods that help keep gottadeal running and for all the help you guys provide. i wish there was some way i could show my gratitued other than a thank you, but this is all i can do. so from our house to yours i wish you all a happy holidays. :

i wouldn't mind seeing one for myself but i wouldn't have one. i think it would get knocked over to many times with the cats always knocking off the balls, i think they would go nuts for something like that. and how would you put a tree topper on it? isn't the base much bigger on the bottom that would then be the top?

i think the mail will make the choice for me:( i'm missing one of the gifts i got for her youngest son and it has his name on it. i think what i'll do is when she has her baby at the end of next month, i'll be taking some things over for the baby and i'll give the other kids their gifts, this way they won't see just the baby getting and they won't feel left out. their ages are 2 1/2, 4 and 6. thanks for all the ideas they were really helpful. and i did speak with her today and she was telling me how or what her sisters have gotten for the kids so i know they'll have, plus she did get them a few things too. i'll do as she asks and i won't give them now.

gee i can't answer you poll. santa doesn't come to our house lol the kids know i'm the one that buys their gifts. and everything gets wrapped.

i tell the person to open it. i'm like you i want to see their reaction. you should call you SIL and tell her you want them to open them when your there, that it's part of your christmas that you enjoy and you feel like your missing out on that enjoyment.

i found this when i went to look for a pic of a tree that was in another thread. someone posted a pic of a tree thats upside down and in the stand well i wanted to see what it looked like in an upright position and i came across this thing, it's not what i was looking for but i had to share. i've seen white trees and even red ones but never a yellow one. http://www.christmas-lights-direct.com/product.php?productid=15378&cat=1652&page=2&ismapped=Y sorry still have trouble posting pics. upside down tree http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=95862

i need one of those trees that hang from the ceiling with all that i bought. especially those amazon threads

i agree with everyone else. get them gifts and tell them it's from him and send a note saying they only got 2 and what you got. or put his name on 3 gifts you got already and use the money for some clothes after the holidays when theres a good sale.

i've been on both ends and i do know how it feels to not be able to give to those that gave my kids. it hurt the worst when i couldn't send to my nieces even thou my brother and SIL put our names on gifts for them each yr it just wasn't the same. i don't want to make her feel bad. maybe i could talk to her husband and explain it to him. see what he says about the whole thing. maybe he could tell her that it would bother me if she gave in return, since i know what they've been going through.

boimajor you can try this they'll sleep all the way lol JK i know i wanted to clobber my 2 a few times lol

actually it's a little old lady in her 80's that sits outside and doesn't speak much english, butshe knows what she doing. i don't know anyone with a santa suit but that would have been nice to do that lol. thanks for the ideas

what kind of stuff is he into? what does he like? how about a bracelet or gold chain? i got my boyfriend lounge pants, leather gloves, basball hat, yankee cell phone holder, he's into the comics so i got him books on dc comics and marvel comic books, coglone (sp), i'm still looking for an electice razor,

i ordered from them once it was last yr.

well i missed out on the laptop, the dishwasher deals of BF, and i think i'll get the recliner next month. i still have hope for the no fighting lol.

i hope you get your wish and that she's doing better.

OMG looks like you got your wish lol congrats on the win.

thats what we do last yr my nieces were into bratz, polly and animal planet so i just pick something in those areas, this yr they wanted video games so they gave me 2 or 3 things for each girl that i can choose from.

well her husband had lost his job he just atarted working last week her family helped her get gifts for her kids. i did think about the toy drive but the schools already stopped those and i don't know where i could take them now. if i give her the gifts on mon the next time she would be out she would get something. as for leaving it by her door i got 2 major problems. 1 her bell don't work i have to call her when i pick her son up from school so she could let him in and 2 she has a land lord that throws everything out (even threw out her stroller she left in the hallway while she went up stairs for a few min and put a banana in it), so thats not going to work.

i need some advice. my friend has 3 kids and 1 on the way. her oldest son was in my dd class last yr and thats how we became friends. i got her kids somethings for christmas the problem is she don't have a lot of money and she's been complaining to me about how she had to go out and buy gifts for people who got her kids gifts. so the other day she says to me i hope you didnt' get my kids anything. i basicly kept quite and changed the subject. i didn't get her kids something so that she can buy my kids a gift, my kids have plenty, but now i feel bad i got them these toys. because i know she's going to stress about getting my kids something. so here's my question. what should i do? give the toys? i know if i tell her not to stress it she will anyway and i tell her christmas is for giving not getting. or save the toys for something else maybe for when their birthdays? if i don't give them smething for christmas then i'm going to have to avoid her and the kids this whole week because i don't want to hurt the kids, at least her oldest one who will be expecting something. she 8 months preg and i help her at times with shopping. any advice is welcomed.

my dd6 is getting a pig flash light. my son is getting a candy bar that gives shocks.

my brother and i always ask what our kids are into and we get just what the other one says to get. what's the point if your just going to get what you want any way. i think it makes it easier if they tell me what to get, then i don't beat myself over the head trying to find something that they'll like or if they have it already. i hate it when you ask someone and they say nothing or anything will be fine. WT? i don't want an answer like that. tell me what you want darn it! lol

lol i sure did. i've been looking at christmas trees, and k-mart has some nice one s on sale when i was looking last week 50% off on some of them and that was just online. i hope you can get something nice. my rabbit did the same thing 2 yrs ago, so i know what you mean. lucky it was just after christmas.

i love it! 2 yrs ago i got some great wrapping paper that was 75% off it was 75ft long i paid like $3.00 for them and i'm still using it. can't wait for this yr.

i order from them i never had a problem.