What did your husband get you for Christmas?

[ChristmasisinManchester]

Mine got me “what I asked for and more than the budget”… We don’t have a set budget that I’m aware of 😂 but if we did it would be more than that.

The good, the bad, the ugly. How did you do? I’d love to hear stories of spoilt mums 🙏🏻

Some furniture upcycling paint in various colours which I asked for 💗

Nothing - we both agreed not to buy for each other this year.
We are carrying out renovations to our house and prefer to spend on this for the time being.

A DVD I wanted - we don't bother with expensive gifts as we prefer to shop around for more expensive things, not in the run up to Christmas. I got him a shirt and slippers.

A new coffee mug and saucer I spotted on holiday a while ago which he secretly bought, a silk shirt, a few books, a canning kit I have been wanting, fancy chocolates, some luxury bath products, perfume, pasta bowls, a gold bangle and a fancy scented candle. I also got a stocking with a glass Christmas bauble, posh teabags, coffee beans, a coffee bean scoop, a notebook from a beautiful paper shop we went into on holiday, craft supplies for a hobby I do and a tub of my fancy face cream.

All extremely welcome - he’s a very good gift giver!

A beautiful necklace
A cashmere jumper
A Lego botanicals set
Two books

I was very happy :)

designer clothes which I don't normally wear

Mine hates presents and present buying. He bought me some M&S earrings that I'd pointed out and upgraded our holiday flight to business...

Nothing. We always spend the money on kids at Christmas not each other.

We decided to do handmade gifts this year. DH decorated Russian nesting dolls with our faces. It's absolutely beautiful, I was completely blown away.

Some bubble wrap, packing tape and shrink wrap. 😂 To be fair to him, I have a slight obsession with selling on Vinted and have raided our house of all useable packaging so I was pleased with that.

He also got me some Pandora charms and other bits that I asked for. Our main present to ourselves was a decent camping chair each.

Membership of the Tate and an Oyster card wallet covered in Japanese cat print.

Very pleased.

A vinyl record player and a couple of vinyl albums, some nice skin care sets, a book and a chocolate orange. Pretty pleased with it all, I've been wanting a record player for ages. He's always been brilliant at buying presents though, puts me to shame a lot of the time!

I was spoilt. I had really wanted something pretty and Victorian for ages and received a gorgeous silver jewellery box. Dh also brought me books, Versace perfume, beautiful candles, Wuthering Heights earrings and a fluffy cat bag and I'm still waiting for something Dh says is on the way from LA!

I forgot, I was also gifted ear defender buds for when we go to some gigs/music events.

Dh has always cooked tge roast - he's an amazing cook.

A train trip in Scotland and then an overnight train back south. It’s slightly odd but it’s what I really wanted. And some beautiful earrings.

Mine got me a Parlux hairdryer, a kindle paper white and some books I wanted. Very happy.

A jigsaw and some chocolates. He's normally much better but we've just moved house and it was insanely stressful for the last month. I couldn't even think of anything to suggest, all I really wanted was the house to look semi-sorted for Christmas and we did that.

OMG! This sounds amazing. I'm a bit sad it's something you can't post a picture of.

Nothing.
He walked out this summer. I guess he considers the child support payments my present.
I made some chocolates and DS picked which ones he wanted to give him for Christmas (because I'm not an arsehole and DS had already refused to give him a birthday present).

i asked for expensive skincare and said no more as that was more than the budget, but he got me 2 games I really wanted and chocolate from my favourite place, I felt very cherished. However felt a bit bad as I got him quite boring stuff but he never tells me what he wants!

I had a t-shirt I had spotted in a shop, a jar of crispy chili oil, a jewellery box (I’ve been moaning for ages about not having one), a face mist spray and an Arhoj ghost (I collect them). There’s was an also a stocking with little gardening bits and socks in. AND I’m a December birthday so he has his work cut out! He’s generally very good and starts making notes in September about it things I’ve mentioned.

Solid gold necklace, solid gold bracelet, Jo loves votive set, nougat, socks, Oliver bonus jumper, Pandora charm!

My birthday is just before Christmas and I asked DH for top of the range binoculars for birdwatching as a joint present. They cost way more than any present before and are such an upgrade on my thirty year old pair, which were state of the art then. I'm a full-time carer for DH so we don't go anywhere or do anything but I can slip out for an hour and see some birds.

A Japanese hydroponic system for growing fresh greens and herbs (welcome…I like to garden)

A wind chime for the garden. (I like it, and we are a 1/2 mile from the nearest neighbour so we aren’t bothering anyone, and we hung it far back in the garden).

A little armillary sphere for the garden…I’ve wanted something like this for ages.

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He received whiskey, a new fleece, some new wellies, and a figgy pudding food box as he likes food and wanted a really good Christmas pudding. We are having it on NYE.