slightly more important dilemma

[deird1]

Remember when Christmas meant buying presents for maybe four people, and most of those your mum would get for you and then put your name on the card? That was nice.


Last year, my present-buying circle was 9 people; this year, it's 18.

Yep. DOUBLE the number of presents.


And for most of them, I still have no idea what I'm going to give them.

Comments

[velvetwhip]

I know how you feel.


Gabrielle

[glorious-pancake-morning.blogspot.com]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400174275035&category=38142&sspagename=rvireg:1:1#ht_500wt_922

[glorious-pancake-morning.blogspot.com]

Ooh, or
http://www.etsy.com/listing/37163539/knitted-mini-mate

[bruttimabuoni]

www.iwantoneofthose.com? Not perfect, but has some things I quite like.

It's times like these that putting a cash limit on presents is handy - not just because of costs but because it makes it okay to get people fun little things they might like instead of trying to find something perfect. My family puts a £10 absolute max on adult presents, and £5 is more usual. (Though my dad and my uncle exchange bottles of much more expensive whisky, which is cheating. But it's a fair swap at least, and they drink half of it at Christmas...).

I'm also making chocolate barks again this year: melt chocolate, flatten into big slabs, sprinkle with interesting stuff (dried fruits, ginger, chopped nuts, salt crystals even), cool and then break into bits and bag festively. A bit generic, but tasty!