Today I did do - Christmas shopping

[Blue_SV650S]

I hate it ... no I actually loathe it

I think the main problem is that I have no interest in going round shops with the masses, but more importantly I never know what to get ...

It is also a minefield as I end up getting cr4p for myself that I didn't really need/want!! ... like today I bought a 'cheapo' SAS plastic BB gun set!


So x-mass shopping, love or loathe??
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[Whosthedaddy]

Internet shopping, nuff said.
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[Skudd]

The only reason I go to the Trafford Centre is to sit with a cup of coffee and watch the tight bodies with pert breasts, nice hips, showing a bit of flesh, hard nipples, camel toe, ripe arses, the three finger crotch gap, nice hair, big deep eyes, nice smiles, toned and tanned.............. what was the question?
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[Dragonfly]

Where is the option for, I hate shopping and get all my stuff online and for the first year I have actually bought my family so that I wont feel guilty when I get pound shop tat back again. Breath. And I have all my presents paid for and waiting on some to arive and I just went and spent a lot of money on cool decs for the house even though my attic looks like an xmas shop as my brother is an xmas fanatic and left them here but I dont fancy using them as it will probably blow up the town grid in electricity usage. And breath again.


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[kitty kat]

I went to the Trafford centre the other week to browse for ideas ( had a nice breakfast and lunch there ) then did all my shopping online. Just waiting for a few bits to arrive. I have even bought all my cards online and they are now written and put away until December.
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[t121anf]

dont love it, dont loathe, no option so went for love and loathe.

i start usually in July, so i dont really suffer when doing xmas shopping

[Hetzer]

The thing that most pisses me off is how, even this close to xmas, I hear the all too familiar whine from the staff "Sorry, it's out of stock. Butwecanorderitforyou! "

Fvck OFF! If I was happy to wait for it to be ordered I'd get it online. Which you'd think would be cheaper, but how many of these online retailers are now charging full high-street prices?

So yeah, I absolutely loathe xmas shopping. Went to Model Zone to get stuff for my son, they had not one single item that was shown on their website, but they did have a load of similar stuff that was about twice the price. They got not a penny of my money, and won't now.

It's almost as if the useless cvnts don't want to make money.
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[Poseidon]

I love shopping for my wife... I spend a day wandering around all the little boutiques in York buying her stuff I know she'll love.

As for family, I started a tradition when I got married where I buy everyone a Christmas decoration. There's a shop in York called Christmas Angels, it's an all year round Christmas shop. It takes all of 5 minutes to wander in there, pick up a load of little wooden decorations and then pay for them. They look bespoke and hand-made so everyone goes nuts for them, thinking I've put in loads of time and effort... when actually they're about a fiver each and I barely looked at what I was buying when in the shop!
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[Barry_M2]

My Mrs does the shopping, I supply the money.

I can't stand walking around shop after shop. She loves it so I'm quite happy for her to do it!
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[Bofh5]

Never could stand christmas shopping !
5 minutes is a crowded shop and i'm close to going postal.

This year is going to be great. No wife and her deranged family to deal with just me and my son

As is birthdays close to christmas i'm getting him one big present for both and were going away on holiday.

My family just send cards its simple. No worrying about what to get each other and ending up with mountains of de-icer
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[Blue_SV650S]

[Tonka]

I love buying presents for my friends and family, but I hate shopping in crowded shops. All my presents are either bought or ordered now and I always aim to have them all bought and wrapped before the end of November.

As for Christmas Cards I have always made my own and again they will all be made and written by the end of this month. I then post or deliver closer to Christmas, as I hate sending them too early.

Present buying is easy if you take a genuine interest in the folk you buy for. Only time it gets tricky is when money is tight - it's the thought that counts though and as long as I've put thought into it and wrapped it nicely I know nothing else will matter - my folks are great like that, thank goodness!
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[silky666]

I love Christmas shopping ... in fact I look forward to it all year.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

I tell people that my gift to them is that they do not have to get me anything, and that anything they intended spending on me should be spent on themselves.

Funny that the MoneySavingExpert blog has a post on the subject this week :-

https://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2009/11/10/is-it-time-to-ban-christmas-presents/
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[Harold_Shand]

Before I was married, I used to go Xmas shopping with my mates, always ending in an afternoon in the pub. Went into Debenhams first one year and bought £150 worth of vouchers and rather smugly said, "See you in Yates's".

Got the idea off my uncle who really ought to write a book on succesful batchelordom, but this would require effort and is thus completley out of the question.
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[Blue_SV650S]

All x-mass shopping completed and wrapped!!

Christmas can now be forgotten about ... well until Christmas that is!!

Am I the first on the .org to be all done?!?!?
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