Christmas presents help...

[Rainbowhairdontcare]

Our Christmas budget has already been overblown. Not massively, there's only dinner left (although we don't do anything fancy just a turkey) and we have most of the drinks, although I think we probably need another case of bubbly, so maybe £150 on top. This includes an extra present for my DD (I felt bad that I only bought her clothes plus the usual tat so will get her an echo speaker, although I'm still undecided as I did warn her that the clothes were her present but I think she expects something in top). I haven't bought anything for my DH yet. He bought me a coat (nothing fancy) and I'd like to get him there things. Some Chelsea boots, some Dior homme skincare (he steals mine!) And a special frame for the album he released with his band 20 years ago. It adds up to £200. So maybe I'd be looking to spend £400 on top. This wouldn't get us into any debt but would be taking from our savings.
I'm beyond undecided

I got her a mug, some lip smackers, and A book. The rest are tic tacs, a plastic bowl.for cereal, bubble bath, a squishy and a small cuddly toy.

Stealth boast yawn

I would cut down the prosecco bill from £150 to maybe £30 (7 x £3.99 in Lidl) plus £35 for NYE Verve.
Then I would buy a game, a puzzle, a toy, arts & craft set - anything something that your poor 9 year old can do while you sit round getting pissed for the week.
Dd before dh too especially if he shares the prosecco, but still something to open of course ahead of any prosecco.

I really think this sounds like plenty to open along with the clothes.

She's already worn the clothes (which is why I feel bad in part). She chooses them and asked to wear them.

You can get a frame for a vinyl album from Flying Tyger for about £6. They're plain black and work brilliantly

Nothing fancy...just £150 worth of champagne 😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Rainbowhairdontcare am I correct in saying your DD is nine? That's pretty young to not only receive clothes for Christmas but to revive them early and have nothing to open on Christmas morning. I would suggest get your DD a nice surprise, one gift for your DH and cut down on your alcohol intake to balance the budget.

I can't get too uptight about the drinking. A bottle of fizz a day between two is about 3 smallish glasses each so nothing you'll get pissed on. More than most of its every day for a week but they certainly won't be incapacitated through alcohol.

Thank you Alaska it's really not that much!

Exactly *ineedto" besides I didn't spend that much (around £35) on said clothes.

Half a bottle of Prosecco is about 4.5 units. Over a week, that’s 31.5 units of alcohol. More than double what’s recommended. I know it’s Christmas time, but if you’re short on cash I can’t understand why you’d dip into your savings to drink so excessively.

You spend more on alcohol for yourselves than on presents for your daughter.
You can't see this is a problem.

This is either made up troll thread or you have an alcohol dependency problem. I am serious about both options.

It's for more than a week, it's for at least 10 days as I'm counting from this Friday til the 2-3rd. We might or not might not drink it all, but worse case scenario we'd drink it eventually. Traditionally we've never been big on presents, my family would get me a CD and that was it. Birthdays have always been bigger in that way (last year she got an electric guitar and this year some special.editiom shoes plus other things). She'll also get a video game from the secret santa. It all started because she's the only of the DC that got clothes for a main present.

Do the right thing, justifying your alcohol intake over a nine year olds merge Christmas seems crazy to me.

I'm hoping this isnt real. £35 on clothes she's already worn for DD and £100+ on alcohol, then £200 on DH. Honestly, this makes me sad.

Ok, hang on. You spent £35 on your daughter and looking to spend over £100 on booze? Plenty of people drink that amount of alcohol without even realising it over the festive period but I can't understand why you would prioritise that over your DDs Christmas presents.

Not sure about this one ...

I'm not even Christian, I'm Jewish! And I never said it was going to be £100 on booze just that it was part of it... Because I haven't bought dinner yet (rather just snacks for the week) and that another case of wine which yes there would be booze included.

She also has her Hanukkah presents (8 total which are some of the tatty ones). My DH never really buys anything for himself unless I buy it for him or I twist his arm.

We have eight nights of Hanukkah which is like a prolonged festive period (although a minor holiday) but every night we get together, light the candles, play the dreidel and eat deep fried food. As part of it we drink said bottle.of wine, plus the one we drink every Friday, so they do tend to add up to ten.

When you add up all the presents (including that Amazon echo) it's probably around £120? Which is way above what I'm comfortable with as I try to downplay Christmas as I'm not Christian myself but think getting clothes regardless of your religious background is kind of lame

Well that was a drip feed!
If you're not comfortable spending £120 on your daughter as you try to downplay Christmas how are you comfortable to spend £200 on your husband? Just don't spend any more.

I don't have a very good reasoning apart that he needs the shoes (he only owns one pair of trainers) and I thought the cream was a nice touch. (He just told me he uses mine). Most importantly I can never make up mind.