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CPW: Christmas spending

RockAByeRockABye member
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edited December 2013 in Getting Pregnant
What do you typically do?

In Christ alone my hope is found. He is my LIGHT, my STRENGTH, and my SONG!


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T-TTC since Dec 2008. PCOS/nonexistant cycles(anovulation) and endo. HSG in '10 revealed both tubes blocked. Lap surgery in Dec '10 to correct. Failed Clomid/IUI and injectable(Bravelle)/IUI cycles so far.  


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CPW: Christmas spending 46 votes

Pay with cash (debit/check/cash)
34% 16 votes
Pay with credit card(s)
30% 14 votes
About 50/50
6% 3 votes
Mostly cash, a little on the credit card(s)
15% 7 votes
Mostly credit card(s), a little cash
4% 2 votes
We pay in chickens and pigs.
2% 1 vote
We don't buy gifts at all.
4% 2 votes
I use gift cards that I've been given to buy all my gifts
0% 0 votes
I only do homemade gifts.
0% 0 votes
Something else that I'll explain below.
2% 1 vote
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  • Uptowngirl2009Uptowngirl2009 member
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    This year we didn't buy gifts at all for anyone. Fa la la la la it's going to be a boring Christmas at our house.

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  • mrshall1027mrshall1027 member
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    iwalktheline said:
    I voted paid with credit cards... But to put it in better context, 99% of everything we buy is on a credit card. We then just pay off the cards every month.
    We do the same thing.  We were actually able to get about half of our gifts from the points we've accumulated over the last couple of months.  So, we charge everything that we can and pay it off each month.
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  • islandmonkey8islandmonkey8 member
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    I charge everything. I rarely have cash on me. We pay it off as soon as the bill comes each month. So cash, with points? lol
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  • PandPMeant2BPandPMeant2B member
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    islandmonkey8 said:
    I charge everything. I rarely have cash on me. We pay it off as soon as the bill comes each month. So cash, with points? lol
    Exactly this.
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  • LittleLady77LittleLady77 member
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    We put everything on a credit card but pay it all off each month (I voted Credit card). 

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  • cloudymeatballscloudymeatballs member
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    I work as a server, so I most always have cash. So we try to pay mostly cash. If need be we will put it on a credit card. Uhhgg, I am still not done. So much more to do, so little time...

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  • sparklingdiamondsparklingdiamond member
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    Since we are trying to pay off our credit card debt, I am trying really hard to not put any more debt onto them!  In the past I did use them though.
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    Femara+Trigger+IUI #1: BFN :-( (July 2013)
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  • brij2006brij2006 member
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    I always used to put them on the credit card to get points, then pay it off immediately. This was the first year I used our debit card instead and I feel like it made us think twice about how much we were spending. So I voted cash/debit.

    TTC since 1/13  DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
    Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
    1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system. 
    Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
    Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340  Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
    Riley Elaine born 2/16/15

    TTC 2.0   6/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 9/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
    BFP 9/16  EDD 6/3/17
    Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
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  • sgautschisgautschi member
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    I build up a savings for Christmas spending each year, and if I go over that amount I just use my debit card. I start shopping in October so it doesn't hit our account all at once.

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  • LuckyAngel07LuckyAngel07 member
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    This is the first year I'm being 100% committed to using my debit/check card for every gift purchase. I paid off my CC back in May, and I don't earn points for using it, so I've just stopped using it altogether (unless something significant comes up unexpectedly, which happened once over the summer, but then I immediately paid it off with my next paycheck).

    DH's CC earns him points, though, and we've gotten some great rewards from them, so he may or may not be buying gifts with his CC and then paying them off right away (he's working on paying down his balance right now, which got pretty out of control, so I'm not sure he's using the card at all if he can avoid it for the time being).
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    B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
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  • lindsayandjamielindsayandjamie member
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    I voted CC with some cash.  I order 90% of our gifts online, so that all goes on a CC and then gets paid off every pay.  The other 10% is bought in person and with debit.
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    TTC#2 June 2013 MMC Sept 2013 (partial molar), CP 02/2014 DS2 born: December 5, 2014
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  • DangerMuffin23DangerMuffin23 member
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    I don't do gifts, DH still does some for his nephews and he buys them online and has them shipped.

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                                  Starting IUI#1 procedures Nov '13
                          IUI Cxl'd due to surprise natural BFP 11/1/13
            Calvin born on June 19th, 2014 via emergency c-section at 3lbs7oz
         
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  • LooneyLifeLooneyLife member
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    I have the cash in savings but I pay with my credit card to get the points.  I pay it off immediately when the bill comes.





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     TTC since May 2011, 1 year trying, and then 3 TI, 2 IUI = BFN

    IVF #1 (May 2013):  Antagonist Protocol: 
    24R, 18M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 2 early blasts, no frosties = BFN
    IVF #2 (August 2013):  Lupron Stop Protocol: 
    28R, 23M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 1 partially hatched blast, 7 frosties = BFP
    EDD 5/23/14, blighted ovum (6w6d), D&C (8w6d)
    FET #1 (April 2014):  transferred 2 5d blasts = BFP

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  • stephkfstephkf member
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    We're not doing gifts this year.  This will be the first Christmas DH and I have actually spent together in the same place so we'll just make a nice dinner.  My parents told us not to buy gifts for them since we just got married in July and spent a ton of money on that plus moving myself and the horse out to Montana afterwards.  Last year I put it on the credit card and paid it off at the end of the month or if I had cash I used that first.
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  • mrsvedomrsvedo member
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    We also buy it all on the credit card for the points and then pay it off.
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  • poppies717poppies717 member
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    Another vote for CC to get the points and then pay it off immediately!
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    After 2 shitty IVF cycles and 1 loss at 6+2 (EDD 11/7/14), DH and I are pursuing DIA.
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  • Xan921Xan921 member
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    I use my debit card for everything. If we don't have the funds available at the time we want to buy something then we don't buy it. I have a few credit cards but very rarely use them because I got myself into a lot of debt when I was younger and don't even want to take the chance of that happening again.
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    Moved to an RE October 2013  HSG- All clear , S/A- Normal , Bloodwork -Normal
    Uterine polyp found-  Hysteroscopy and D&C 12/6/13  DX w/complex endometrial hyperplasia
    Endometrial Biopsy 3/21/14 - Hyperplasia still present  Endometrial Biopsy #2 6/24/14 - All clear!
    IUI #1  w/stims and trigger - Started stims 7/7/14 - IUI 7/24/14 = BFP 8/7/14
    Beta #1 8/8 - 47  Beta#2 -137  Beta#3 - 96 Beta#4 -287 Beta#5 -519 Beta#6 121 = early miscarriage 5w4d
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