As the Easter season approaches, that usually means lots of family parties for me. This weekend is my 16 y/o niece's 17th BDAY party, then sunday my other niece's 13th BDAY dinner. The following weekend will be another niece's 13th BDAY cook out, and sunday will be Easter sunday. In addition to that, the weekend after Easter weekend is my great-nephew's baptism and celebration. Sooooo...my dilema is how much (if any) should I spend on each gift for these kiddos.
Breaking it down...Both 12 y/o nieces are also my communial god-children so I gotta get them something special for Easter AND I have to get them a BDAY present. Thats already [4] presents I gotta give. Then the 16 y/o (who is basically like a best friend of mine who happens to be 10 years younger LOL) is telling me I better get her something good, so thats another one making it [5] gifts. Plus the baptism, making it [6] gifts. for me thats alot because Im on a tight budget.
AND thats not even taking into account all my other nieces/nephews that might be expecting something for Easter as well. All together I have 9 nieces/nephews and 3 great nieces/nephew. Yes, it can be overwhelming, I know!
Thats the major drawback to having such a huge family. But I love them all, they're family. I just dont know how much I'm willing to spend on each. Its either I spend practically a whole paycheck on them and buy them all something, or go cheap and hit the dollar store or wal-mart. Im leaning towards the latter but hey, Im a cheap bargain shopper. Would that be tacky or being money-wise?
(P.S. sorry for the long ramble and confusing counts)
i have a big family and ure right, gotta love em. i say, go to ROSS. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAHHH I DID go to Ross, but bought more for me than them LOL XD
ReplyDeletelol, yep ross is dangerous territory. Maybe you can buy them one good gift instead of two? Or find out if there's something they really want. If we are speaking in terms of numbers, I would say no more than $20 for the ones you gotta get a gift for. Oh, and candies or easter banskets for the rest. Keep it simple. I have like 20 nieces and nephews, so I gave up a long time ago.
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