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Pls help, DD6 Xmas gift dilemma

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Stumpfest · 19/12/2021 20:58

I've been dithering for weeks about what to get DD6. She's asked FC for...

Phlat ball £7
Glow pad £15
Magic mixies £70!!!!
New bike: £100+

And that's pretty much all she's asked for. She only mentioned the new bike idea a week ago (although did mention it a few months ago) and before that just wanted the magic mixie thing. The bike is a bit on the expensive side and she would literally have only 3 gifts with the bike. I really don't want to get the magical mixie thing as they just look like something she would love for a day and then stop playing with (just like the hatchimal from last year that only comes out on the odd occasion) and they are just so expensive for what they are. However she wants the mixie thing the most she said.

However I feel unreasonably guilty for not wanting to spend over a hundred on a bike that won't get much use yet but also feel like the mixie is such such waste of money. I have a budget of around £150.

I do want to see her happy, just not sure what to do. Should I just get either the bike or the plastic crap as it what she wants?

I had planned to just buy a second hand bike off Facebook later in the year.

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DoucheCanoe · 19/12/2021 21:04

I'd get the bike from marketplace later on in the year if she's only just added it to her list but would definitely get the Mixie thing if you can.

LadyCleathStuart · 19/12/2021 21:07

I would tell her its too late to add things to the list at this point and get the bike in the spring. You could always do an IOU for a bike later in the year.

The other things I would get if she asked.

M0rT · 19/12/2021 21:11

I don't have children so this is coming more from memory of being the child on Christmas morning.
I think get her the mixies thing if you can bear it or the bike.
I got a bike for myself a few weeks ago and they had the children's bikes in the shop for Christmas with the streamers.
Took me back to getting my first bike at 6, it was red with a bell and a basket but no streamers. Was also secondhand but I didn't know or care about that as a child. I just loved it!

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