For DD, I've always done the whole "one thing you want, one thing you need, one thing to wear, one thing to read" which usually ends up being a couple of hundred although I don't really set a hard budget for it and that's what DP and I are continuing with this year. She gets so much anyway as she is the only grandchild on both sides and also has step-grandparents. Me and DP aren't doing gifts, we are going to have a super extravagent date night instead.
Parents and siblings we spend about $50 each, other family I give a $5-10 donation gift (and family knows that instead of gifts, they can donate in my honor to the Australian Marine Conservation Society), there aren't any other children in the next generation yet so all adults.
Me and my friends don't buy eachother gifts, we all go out somewhere nice for dinner instead.
we do not buy for friends or their kids. (although I am taking part in a secret santa this year with my belly buddies group - so I guess that is the exception)
We dont have a budget per say but we have set limits on how many presents. We've learnt over the years how many pressies are really enough for the girls. (Actually each year I always find pressies, for every event, that I forgot to bring out of hiding. This year both girls missed out on 2 easter pressies each, DD1 has 3 bday pressies that I forgot, DD2 had 2 bday pressies that I forgot to give them. Last year we had pressies for them left under the tree for days!! )
So this year we have set a number of pressies for each of the girls then theres the joint pressies. For ourselves we like to spoil ourselves because we dont normally shout ourselves anything special through out the year. We make things for other relo's and friends and buy few things.
I buy things throughout the year for Moo, I still have stuff from Mattel factory trips last year that I haven't given him! So I don't really have a budget for him. I don't spend as much as it might look like because it's mostly sale items or Mattel bargains.
With family we only buy for my sister's kids now and I generally spend $100 on the three of them.
DH and I used to spend a lot on each other but since we've had Moo we don't really exchange xmas gifts. We'd rather spend more on Moo!
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