What are you getting him for Christmas??!

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We have set a limit of €50 (yes, FIVE 0!) seeing as we are both out of work at the mo and are extending the house and have bought a new car in the past few months.


I got a scrapbook today and put all the photoes and tickets and receipts etc of the past year, along with memories and lyrics, stuff like that.

Scrapbook: €1.00
2 pairs of PJ bottoms €14.00 (on sale in topman)
2 pairs of jocks €7.00 (on sale in Jack&Jones)
A keyring €4.00
A leather bracelet €4.99 (H&M)
a dvd of shawshank(which i stole from my dad!!)
Mango body butter x 3 (on sale in pennys, €1.50)
Fixed one of his chains that I had brokedn € 5.00
A €10 deposit on a weekend away for his Birthday in Feb

€47.49.... o baby Im good!

its funny, at first i was dreading it, because this time last year I spent a fortune on everyone at xmas... and this year I really had to think of stuff which were reasonably priced and that they would appreciate. just proves its not really all about the money

Libertewhite

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its funny, at first i was dreading it, because this time last year I spent a fortune on everyone at xmas... and this year I really had to think of stuff which were reasonably priced and that they would appreciate. just proves its not really all about the money

As I always say its the thought and effort that counts!:)

Silverfish

This thread is now Top Secret. No snoopy boyfriends. Out you get.

SeekUp

We're not getting each other gifts -- instead, I thought it'd be a nice tradition for us to start buying something nice for the house/something that we both can share each year.

This year, I'm thinking maybe a nice piece of art. (The flat-screen television is already on the schedule for next year!)

Silverfish

Last year I got him a PS3 and a few games and a mini-itx server pc, this year its I KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS GET OUT.

mailforkev

SeekUp wrote: »

We're not getting each other gifts -- instead, I thought it'd be a nice tradition for us to start buying something nice for the house/something that we both can share each year.

We're doing something similar, set a €50 quid limit on presents for each other and spent the remainder of what we would normally have spent on a sofa for a room that we've been meaning to do something with for ages.

minidazzler

Silverfish wrote: »

Last year I got him a PS3 and a few games and a mini-itx server pc, this year its I KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS GET OUT.

Lol, is anyone else wondering who SF's Beau is?? :P

Dude, she got you a HD TV! I guarantee it :P

Faith

I'm suspicious of being cyber-stalked so I can't post exactly what I got him here. It is in the moderator's forum though :P. I'm getting him one substantial thing, and then I keep seeing loads of tiny things he'd love, so I've been picking them up too.

Last year we agreed not to spend much on each other, but then he surprised me with a great gift that was way better than what I'd gotten him!

Angelandie

The past few years myself and the bf have been trying to outdo each other in the present stakes. Last yr I got him a MP3 player he wanted and he got me a camera. This yr though we're traveling and have very little spare cash but am keeping an eye out for something small that i can get him. Have suggested we take €30 each and go off and try get each other something small so we have something to open on Christmas day.

save_our_socks

Havent set a limit with himself, but since Im a poor student this year hes not getting much! Got him 4gigs of ram, guitar hero game and a few bits like shirts, socks, jocks etc. that I know he needs. Ill feel so guilty on Xmas day as hes gotten me a 32G iTouch (even though he didnt have to pay for it, damn him and his perks in work!) and a disney couture tote bag Ive been lusting after for some time and possibly a ring since I found out hes designed one to propose with but really dont expect that until next year sometime!

Das Kitty

Got him a few things, one of which being an Annual.

Don't make Victor annuals anymore so he'll have to settle for a QI one.

One of my gifts went badly wrong so I had to give up on it

Malari

Silverfish wrote: »

Last year I got him a PS3 and a few games and a mini-itx server pc, this year its I KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS GET OUT.

I think that's what he's getting this year...I've dodged that bullet for a couple of birthdays and christmases now

I'll never get him to turn off the console at night, so my tv-watching days are probably numbered, but hey, he reeaaaaalllly wants one :)

Morgase

He's getting a set of Sennheiser HD25's this year. He knows about it too cause he picked them out :pac:

I've had to stop trying to do surprises ever since the letdown that was a fluffy penguin.

OakeyDokey

I got my boyfriend a PS3 he has been wanting one for ages, Got him games aswell for it and I think I am ging to surprise him with a ticket for oxegen as he would like to go:D

I am such a good girlfriend:cool:

sporina

only seeing him 2 months..

was gonna get him a rally voucher but decided its a bit too early for that so getting him a mini model of his "if I won the lotto I would buy this car" - a bugtti veyron with personalized number plates..

then maybe a CD or something and a framed photo of us..

Pigwidgeon

Our presents this year are combined christmas/1 year anniversary present (stephen's day).
But seeing as we're both broke students, and I lost my job a while ago, we set a limit of €40.
So far I've gotten him a Will Ferrell boxset, that has his favourite ones in it, which was €14 for four dvds.
I'm either going to get him a new rockband game or something for his xbox, and a poster he saw a while ago that he wanted.

serenacat

tickets for david gray on 19th december! woo hoo! so excited

serenacat

OP love the scrapbook idea it is brill!! as ive already got him his christmas present i think ill do this for our 2 year aniversity it is really sweet!!

another idea is making a jigsaw of a photo of you two.

this is great thread for general ideas for buying guys presents as they are hard to buy.

H and m is great and budget friendly

The Big Red Button

I really, really don't know! It's the first year that I'm totally stuck for something good to get him. I mean, there's plenty of things that I could get him if I was stuck, but before I've always managed to get him something unexpected that he totally loved, and I want to keep that up! Will be watching this thread for ideas.

It's our five year anniversary on New Years Eve too, but I think we'll just treat ourselves to a couple of nights in a nice hotel or something as our present to each other for that.

By the way ... how much do people usually spend on Christmas presents for the OH? It's just that when the OP was saying about a limit of €50 ... we don't usually set limits, we just spend what we can afford, even if that means one of us ends up spending a bit more than the other. But we've often gotten each other birthday presents or Christmas presents for €50 or less. I'd say the most we've ever spend any year on each other would have been about €200-€300; definitely no more than that. And that would have been for big stuff like each others 21sts.

I'd say I can afford to spend about €100 on him this year .... just have to decide what to get him though!!!

Pythia

Going against the general theme of this thread... We spend a few hundred on each other at Xmas. We're by no means wealthy, he's a student, but it's just our thing. Part of what he is getting is cash towards some photo equipment he wants, a lens and a flash. We're going to NYC next month so he's spending it there. There will be some presents under the tree too to make the 25th special.

JaneyMc

I think I'm going to go with some bathroom speakers for his mp3 player, he likes to rock out in the shower, but does not seem to get the concept that electricity in the bathroom is dangerous :rolleyes:

minidazzler

JaneyMc wrote: »

I think I'm going to go with some bathroom speakers for his mp3 player, he likes to rock out in the shower, but does not seem to get the concept that electricity in the bathroom is dangerous :rolleyes:

That is a legendary present TBH!!!

psycho-hope

got him a christmas stocking and filling it with littl things so far have a new wallet, aftershave, a tiny remote control car and ordered him a teddy last night with his name on it

Faddymackshyte

I got him 2 tickets to see Arsenal next year and then a few other small things that I'm still looking at.

blahblah06

serenacat wrote: »

tickets for david gray on 19th december! woo hoo! so excited

god david gray is amazing. ill be there

Stella777

we are getting each other a top-of-the-line, super premium, ultra, kick-as$, pillow top, amazingly comfortable mattress of a lifetime.

lol

SexyD4Lady

I sing, so I recorded an acoustic version of Guns n' Roses "Don't Cry" in a local recording studio. One of "our" songs that has romantic memories associated with it. Dad's a photographer, will have him take some nice photos of me and choose one for the cover of said CD. Also got him a lovely jumper and shirt in River Island, iTrip for his car, Thinsulate gloves, vintage AC/DC tshirt, silly Christmas bauble that says "I love Ireland" on it (he's very patriotic and loves his soccer), and a Christmassy red cashmere scarf.