I have very generous families and we had our Xmas party yesterday. I was so excited this morning when I opened the cards and read their beautiful note and saw the money I received. Then my DH says 'perfect, we can get new tires for the minivan'. I wanted to stand up and yell 'it's MINE!' I know the money would just go to bills but it would be nice to dream for a few days of what I would do with it. I wanted to splurge and get myself some nice crazy expensive hand lotion or something just for me.

Well that was my official notice that I spend too much time with 2 year olds because I wanted to stomp my feet too ha ha!

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I hear you. I regifted every gift i received. I know that sounds bad but i truly appreciated the gifts and would have loved to used them myself. I have so many family members to buy for and money becomes so tight. My dc families gave me many gift cards and i had to use them to give to out myself.

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I have to do this, too!!!! It is very much appreciated, since it takes a huge weight off of my shoulders to not have to spend more money. I tease one parent, who brought a giant Santa bag filled with paper towels, trash bags, ziploc bags, tissues, etc. that it was the best gift I ever got because it knocked around $25 off my grocery bill for months. It was the gift that kept giving.

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Ugh, that stinks! My DH lets me help decide what to do with the money, so even though it goes to bills I can decide which bills it goes to.

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