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Ive bought some real crackers from Ebay. So far got about 20 pressies for my laddo ! Spent about £80 on ebay. Now if i had bought these from the shops you would be talking at least £300 +
Designer t-shirts (Bear USA, Umbro, Adidas, Nike, etc) from 0.99p all brand new with tags !
PS2 XBOX games, still in shrink wrapper from 0.99p
DVD's also from 0.99p

I just won a pair of Nike tracksuit bottoms, brand new, still in shrink wrap with all tags on...shop price £46.00 for £1.20 + £1.99 postage....cant grumble at that, not with teenage sons !

Cant wait for crimbo again !

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Have surprised myself this year and have actually bought a couple of pressies already. I will probably be panic stricken on Xmas Eve trying to buy the rest...:)

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I have been having a look round today for ideas of what to get my son & Grand children. Has anyone else noticed how many gambling games there are? I went in one shop and there were 4 different things one armed bandits roulette and others. Are we supposed to teach the young of today to gamble? So that once they are old enough they will know what to do in the big casinos? Will any one teach them responsibility so they don't end up as addicts with huge debts? Don't get me wrong I'm not anti gambling I like the odd flutter but only if I have got money to waste (which isn't often)But I don't think enough parents will warn kids of the pitfalls of gambling & just buy the games without thinking of the consequences in later life. Which is great for the owners of these establishments and the Government (taxes) but not good for those who will be mugged robbed e.t.c to fund the addiction.

OK rant over

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Puts a note on PC.... dont buy any gambling games for Debbies little un ! lol.

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Nope I haven't, not a sausage, I don't even want to start thinking about Christmas yet :rolleyes:

I'll be rushing around at the last minute like every year before!

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Why not gamble the money and if you win give it to them. if you lose tell them they would have had a present if you hadn't gambled it away That way they win either way, either a nice big pressie or a valuable lesson in life :)

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Nice bit of moral education there but my daughter would want me strung up for doing it as me and gambling are not suited. Cannot even win a fiver on the thunderball. :(

I think I will get the bike she wants and then i get a bit of piece.

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theres a shop in the arndale at BLACKPOOL called half price or less,, they get some real bargains in there,,,but you have to be there at the right time or there gone,, got a load of barbie stuff there last year at a fraction of the high street prices

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GC do they do mountain bikes?

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havent seen any bikes,,i dont think the shop is big enough for those,,,
they have some enormous teddy bears for £14 .99..they are like the forever friends ones...
still bikes and teddies ,,bit of a differance,,lol

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Pity it sounds like the ideal place to shop.

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Phew ... ive got a sweat on. Ive just finnished wrapping up 23 pressies !

I love this time of the year when the postie van is here nearly every day ! its that time of the year when the neighbours grass you up to DSSS for buying off the internet. Well they did do last year :D . What my neighbours dont understand is i save my family allowance up and then from Sep-Dec i go mad on ebay for his pressies !! hehehe.

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Smart way to do things. :D

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Oh shhhhsssshhhhhhhh i dont wanna think about all that yet besides ive birthdays to sort yet :(

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OK we will keep it quiet until 22nd of DEC. :D :D :D :D :D :D

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Waaaayyyy heyyyyy!!!:D :D :D now thats xmas shopping day the fun of hustle & bustle:cool:

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mmmmm *cough* the 22nd is also another Birthday asm :rolleyes: postpone til 23rd please :D

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Tinks is that a hint or would you want reminding on crimbo eve that you need to do the shopping? :eek: :D ;) :rolleyes:

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lol Spug it's my daughter's, who is asm's god daughter's birthday on 22nd and Christmas Eve is no good that's my Christmas films and choccy time ;) . Nope can't fit Christmas shopping in this year ..... Oh well :D !!

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Whats wrong with doing the shopping on the 23rd? :confused: Kids need pressies. :(

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Nope no good we take them to the theatre to watch a pantomime, Father Christmas brings the pressies ;)

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Aye & cant forget the said goddaughter & teen so its not cheapo LOL:D

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Maybe crimbo could be flexable as is easter then it would be cheaper. :D

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Blimey xmas time aint good for birthdays mine & my sons are straight after new year:(

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Ahhhh great i dont need to bother with pressie buying after 22nd LOL:rolleyes:

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Well thats settles it lets hav e a russian orthodox crimbo as its after the new year

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Well I am not buying my niece anything this year!!!! the only pressie she needs on her Birthday is me as her Aunt!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehe (shhh don't tell her tinks, that can be the suprise)!!

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Slinks what preesie is your baby getting then? And what about ging he needs a present too.

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For as long as I can remember I have had a 'treasure' drawer....I buy stuff all year round...and when a birthday comes along I go and see if there is anything suitable in my 'treasure' drawer...if not then i have to go out and buy.....but I am buying christmas presents all year round. That makes me sound very organised...but I'm not really.

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Well if I get stuck Margret can i give you a shout? :D

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Sounds like a great idea Margaret tho will need to keep it from the little rugrats LOL

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That used to be my problem too....in fact sometimes some of the hidey holes that I found for presents for my daughter when she was little were so good, that when Christmas came I couldn't find what i had bought......!

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There is only one little rugrat who visits here......and if he can get into my treasure drawer then I will enrol him on the 'World's Strongest Toddler Competition..... the said drawer is under my bed....but to get into it it means moving things so that it will open.

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LOL Margaret im lucky that my xmas stash has been safe but every year the more nosey they get & they are big rugrats i meant to say lol:)

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When my daughter was little, I used to put the Christmas tree up on Christmas Eve after she had gone to bed....she would come down Christmas morning...see the tree and the presents.....she thought that Father Christmas brought the tree and the presents, and she thought the fairies decorated the tree.....One year when she was about 6 she climbed up to the top cupboards in the back bedroom and the tree fell out.... I had to tell her that the fairies had left it there because with so many children in the world they had too much work to do.... and that from then on we would have to decorate it ourselves. She always thought the fairies did it better than us. Aah, the death of innocence!