A spending I will go…
I love to shop. I’m actually a recovering shopaholic. I was in my glory way back in the day. Now with more kids, there isn’t as much money to freely throw around. Ryan’s boss at work always has a elephant gift exchange for Christmas. He buys 100 gifts. One gift for his employee and his wife worth between $75-125. The gift exchange happens after he takes the entire company out to dinner at a really nice restaurant.
The boss is letting me buy some gifts this year cuz I told him how much I love to shop. He doesn’t enjoy shopping or like to shop for all the gifts. I’m just thrilled to pieces! There’s nothing better than going shopping and spending someone else’s’ money! Yipee!!!!!!! I’m soooooooooo excited! I LOVE to shop!
He’s letting me start off with 5 gifts to buy. I’m sure to test to make sure I can buy original gifts. I’ve made a list of 40 things that I was thinking of buying. I’m trying to narrow down the best 5 as my first pickings. I’m trying to figure out what guys that change tires all day and sell tires all day would want. Also what their wives/common-law/girlfriends would want. Besides the owner, the manager, Ryan and another salesman everyone else rents. I’m trying to get Ryan to casually ask them what they would like to see in the Christmas pile and what they are looking forward to, but so far he hasn’t done that for me.
There are always TV’s and VCR’s in the pile so those things are a naturally given. I want things that are original that would appeal to working guys.
So these are the 5 I’m thinking of picking up…. hehe.. and I’m planning to spend $120 on each item. I figure go big or go home.
1. Tommy Hilfiger watch for men.
2. Leather jacket from Danier Leather.
3. A huge basket of lotions, body wash, bubble bath, bath bombs, etc. from Fruits and Passion.
4. A BBQ.
5. A down duvet with 2 pillows.
Those are the top 5 that I figured are original and different from the regular stuff that’s in the pile every year. These are my other ideas.
6. A deep fryer with a jug of oil.
7. Portable DVD player
8. Spotbot and the carpet cleaning liquid. A little green machine carpet, car cleaner. There’s a guy who works there that’s a clean freak and the big fight over gifts was a vacuum cleaner!
9. Robot vacuum.
10. DVD
11. DVD/VCR combo.
12. TV/VCR or DVD combo
13. camcorder
14. Record player, CD/radio machine. (I want this to play my Raffi records.)
15. Coffee maker/Espresso machine with starbucks coffee
16. Mountain bike
17. Gift certificate to Chinook Mall,
18. Gift certificate to Sport Check, hidden in a baseball mitt
19. Gift certificate to Home Depot, hidden in a pair of work gloves.
20. Gift certificate to the Merle Norman spa.
21. Olympic weights.
22. Water cooler
23. Digital camera
24. Lawn mower
25. Keg of Beer (LOL… since the boss and manager is mormon this sooooo isn’t going to fly, but I thought it would be fun. I’ll prolly never get the go ahead for this gift.)
26. Car stereo
27. Gold chain with a pendant
28. IPOD
29. radio/CD player for under the kitchen cupboards.
30. TV
31. Stereo
32. Speakers for a home theatre system.
33. Drill or power saw
34. Foot spa manicure centre facial sauna and body massager
35. Guitar
36. Sony portable CD player, MP3 player, radio with remote
37. Mini Fridge
38. Microwave
39. Hand held gameboy
40. Gamecube
41. Exersaucer and highchair
42. Swing and car seat (There are 2 couples that are prego for the first time.)
43. Hockey game and soccer game table top
44. Tennis Table set.
45. Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ
46. Chocolate Fondue Fountain with chocolate
47. All in one Bread Maker
48. Convection toaster oven.
49. Hand held Two way Radios
50. Micro Audio system.
51. Radar detector.
52. Guess or Timex or Tommy Hilfiger women’s watch
53.
What else could I buy???