When people question me on how much I've spent, I tell them I HAVE to spend that much because all our family is interstate and DD isn't likely to be as spoilt by them because of that.
Yep I tend to get more things for this reason than we do when we're 'back home'.

This year Santa's spending $200 on a trampoline which is by far the biggest christmas purchase ever. Usually spend upto about $150 on DD1, although I'm pretty thrify and buy throughout the year when I find bargains so it always looks a lot more than I've actually spent. Especially weak when it comes to books... In the early years I mostly spent no more than $50 or $60 but always managed to have some nice things under the tree so it's not always about how much cash you splash, KWIM?