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General Gift Ideas « Resident Moron — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:52:58 +0000

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By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:47:11 +0000

Thought of one more: a very heavy comforter so that they can turn the heat down at night.

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Christmas Gift Planning « Mobile Mommy - My Life on the Run — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:48:07 +0000

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By: Laurie/Halo Secretarial

Laurie/Halo Secretarial — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:59:57 +0000

What great suggestions with Christmas coming up especially. I have some really hard to buy for people on my list and I’m pretty sure I will be using your ideas for them! Thanks so much!

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:07:35 +0000

Thought of a few more: picnic basket or bag, lunch box, and thermos.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:04:37 +0000

I thought of a few: Reusable coffee filter, slippers and housecoat, throw rugs, thermal pajamas, and alarm clock (for young ones just starting out).

By: jessica

jessica — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:22:58 +0000

Those are some good ideas! Here are some of mine:

*Membership to a zoo or museum, this way rather than paying $10 per person, you can go whenever you want, for how long/short time you want for free! Plus, it’s less clutter, you don’t have to clean it, and it won’t break!

*Art supplies- finger paints and paper and crayons for kids, yarn and sewing things, etc. Or a gift card.

*pay for a class- knitting, cake decorating, ballet, belly dancing, whatever.

*an appliance. My parents bought us a chest freezer for christmas one year. i don’t know what I’d do without it!

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:43:21 +0000

There are a lot of nice ideas here! I would appreciate a lot of them. I used to dislike gift cards because they are kind of impersonal, but although I still try not to give gift cards, I have to admit I like receiving them so I can buy something I want without having it hit my budget.

Another idea — something I received as a gift after putting it on my wish list — is a Kill-A-Watt electricity usage monitor. It helps me save money by showing how much electricity various items use (and whether they use electricity when turned off but plugged in), but I didn’t want to buy it myself as a money-saver because it would have taken a long time to break even.