Buying yourself Christmas presents

eth0

Do you indulge in this practice?

I don't. If I want to buy myself things I'll buy them other times of the year, to spread things out a bit and also so I have more to spend on other people's gifts. When I'm buying things for myself I have no reason to tie it to Christmas in any way

Someone I know used to actually wrap them, put under the tree and open on Christmas day along with everybody else without letting on it was self-bought.

starbelgrade

eth0 wrote: »

Someone I know used to actually wrap them, put under the tree and open on Christmas day along with everybody else without letting on it was self-bought.

It was you really though, wasn't it?

antocann

starbelgrade wrote: »

It was you really though, wasn't it?

what this guy said

eth0

starbelgrade wrote: »

It was you really though, wasn't it?

No I remove things from their house that I know have gone unnoticed for a while. Then wrap up and give back to them

Bookworm85

I treated myself this year.

I recently got a job after being unemployed for 18 months. I have all my xmas shopping bought and had a little bit left over so I bought myself a pretty new dress

HazDanz

eth0 wrote: »

Someone I know used to actually wrap them, put under the tree and open on Christmas day along with everybody else without letting on it was self-bought.

I feel sad for that person

MugMugs

By buy do you mean steal and pillage ?

Seachmall

When doing the Christmas shopping I bought myself a few books I'd been hunting for a while. Not sure if that counts.

laoch na mona

who buys themselves a present if i buy something for my self its not a present

Professey Chin

Big family so a couple years ago we started a thing where instead of buying everyone presents, we buy our own & have to spend a certain amount. And we have to wrap it and unwrap it in front of everyone :pac:
Makes things much handier. Less packaging crap to bring home, less fretting about what to get someone and you always get something you actually want

eth0

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Big family so a couple years ago we started a thing where instead of buying everyone presents, we buy our own & have to spend a certain amount. And we have to wrap it and unwrap it in front of everyone :pac:
Makes things much handier. Less packaging crap to bring home, less fretting about what to get someone and you always get something you actually want

Jaysus

Couldn't you just buy 1 present for someone else that they actually want? Can't be that hard.

Kiera

Yup always buy myself a really pretty pair of shoes/boots and some clothes. But its not like I'm buying them as a Christmas present to myself. I kinda see them as party wear and we all attend parties at Christmas so i need them

And no, i dont wrap them and stick them under the tree. My Mam Santa does that already on Christmas day with my real present

saa

Yeah my boyfriend said to me a few years ago after *a certain date around nov/dec that from this day on until Christmas I wasn't allowed to buy myself anything until after Christmas.

Basically what his parents told him growing up, some strange kind of stigma/practice of self loathing.

Other peoples families are strange..

chucken1

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Big family so a couple years ago we started a thing where instead of buying everyone presents, we buy our own & have to spend a certain amount. And we have to wrap it and unwrap it in front of everyone :pac:
Makes things much handier. Less packaging crap to bring home, less fretting about what to get someone and you always get something you actually want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dol5OsRqXdw

Professey Chin

eth0 wrote: »

Jaysus

Couldn't you just buy 1 present for someone else that they actually want? Can't be that hard.

You dont know my family.
"What do you want?"
"Ah I dont know"
"What do you want?"
"Ah I dont know"
"ITS CHRISTMAS EVE!!WHAT THE FCUK DO YOU WANT!!!!???ANYTHING!!!???""
".............Ah I dont know"

I should point out this is just for extended family. Not immediate :P

wandatowell

I usually start saving around August/September and then treat myself to a little shopping trip around crimbo. I buy myself stuff that is too expensive to ask somebody to buy me.

ShadowHearth

Yes. Bough my self pc components worth 1.2k eu to biuld new gaming tower.

That was my Xmas present. I worked all year, so I think I deserved it.

Siuin

Yeeep, treated myself to a cute asos mini dress -- don't understand why anyone would waste wrapping paper on it though-- kinda ruins the whole element of surprise when you buy it yourself...!

Jet Black

I bought my own and wrapped it last year as I was only getting a gift voucher. I knew my daughter would be asking why I didn't get anything off Santa so I picked up a 20euro Scalextric. She had more interest in it than she did all all her own toys which iirc cost about €200 if not more.

Apart from that I would buy myself something I wanted but wouldn't really be for Christmas, like a kindle last year.

--LOS--

a lot of people buy 'christmas clothes', is that what you mean? Never something that I did/was ever done for me but a lot of parents will buy their kids clothes to wear on christmas day. Think it might have something to do with dressing up for mass on christmas day ¬_¬

kfallon

Kiera wrote: »

Yup always buy myself a really pretty pair of shoes/boots and some clothes. But its not like I'm buying them as a Christmas present to myself. I kinda see them as party wear and we all attend parties at Christmas so i need them

And no, i dont wrap them and stick them under the tree. My Mam Santa does that already on Christmas day with my real present

Thigh high leather boots? :pac:

I bought a new top and hoody the other day, can't say I even considerd it a Xmas present to myself, if I want something and can afford it then I get it.

Nothing used to drive me mad more than when younger and I'd ask for a new jersey or something and me Ma would say "You can have it for your b'day/Xmas" and it'd be months away

And yes they were right not to buy it for me cos otherwise I may have turned into a spoilt brat :rolleyes: