How much do you spend on gifts?

mofe · January 2010

Just curious to see what people spend on their H's for their birthday and christmas.

It depends for me. If there is something that M wants I will usually buy it. Some years I spend $100 and others $300-$400. He's hard to buy for b/c he usually buys whatever he needs.

mamie329 · January 2010

This past year it was like $20 because the wedding was so soon. The year before (his 30th) it was around $300. I'd say normally I spend about $50 most years.

Leigha12 · January 2010

Birthday is usually a couple video games, so about $100--if he gets anything at all. Sometimes I get him something too expensive for Christmas and tell him Merry Christmas AND Happy Birthday (his bday is in March). Christmas is usually around $300, but things like a nice camera and bike have gone over and spilled over to the birthday combo gift.

This year I sorta behaved at Christmas (thanks to Amazon and their amazingly low prices) but it's his 30th birthday, so birthday is a huge splurge trip to Vegas. On the flip side, I get a huge splurge 30th birthday trip in Sept!

kaleyandjason · January 2010

For J's birthday in December, I only spent about $30. Usually I spend a little more, but I had only been working a month and didn't have much saved up. Plus we were trying to save other places, as well. Things have really turned around for us, and now DH spent about $300 on my birthday. I guess a lot of that was for both of us, so that doesn't really count, right?

Anyway, it really varies from year to year.

chrissyvcm · January 2010

Mike is really hard to shop for and has really expensive taste...and I spoil him rotten! If there's something he really wants, I'll usually sacrifice eating out/shopping/etc to be able to buy it for him. So, spending over $1,000 for a particular gift happens more often than I'd like to admit.

hawkilady · January 2010

One year I spent about $1000 taking him to chicago for the weekend and getting him Cubs tickets. Most years I spend $100 - $200 for birthdays.

stjoespirit04 · January 2010

Usually about $250 for birthdays. This year we're splurging and going to Mexico as our presents to each other (our birthdays are 2 weeks apart in Feb). Christmas, depending on what we want/need and the economy, could be anywhere from $300-500

angelfire0412 · January 2010

He usually tells me not to get him anything, but I buy some clothes anyways. We like to do big gifts too, like family vacations.

SBS0628 · January 2010

DH doesn't celebrate his birthday, so $0 for that.

I like to go all-out at Christmas, but this year I just couldn't. I spent about $30. I will also try to surprise him during the year randomly with gifts (for things like "Happy Anniversay of Our First Trip together" and stuff.)

keb270 · January 2010

We tried to set a limit of $100/occassion when we were in school and pre wedding but neither of us stuck to that. This year, I bought him an iPhone for his b-day along with about $100 worth of other stuff and then about $100 or so for X-mas (B-day is a week before X-mas). Last year, I broke the rule again. Oh well. DH got me a cruise so he broke the rule too!

sarajoy12345 · January 2010

Christmas is our big holiday. We spend $200-$300 on each other for Christmas, and maybe $50-$75 for birthdays (not counting a fancy dinner out).

I think we are planning to take a trip each year for our anniversary in lieu of gifts (well I will probably insist on cards too because I love them)

gmk1784 · January 2010

For christmas I spent around $150 and I think for his bday I spent $75. We usually like to keep it around that price range.

Except for this Valentines day. I'm splurging and getting us a $200 couples massage

LarkNow · January 2010

hawkilady:
One year I spent about $1000 taking him to chicago for the weekend and getting him Cubs tickets. Most years I spend $100 - $200 for birthdays.

If I wasn't so happily married myself, I would totally marry you.

As for gifts, we usually keep it around $100, though I guess it varies.

barbnsteve · January 2010

Anywhere from $100-350ish depending on the holiday what he wants (he likes big ticket items). This year (the year we said we weren't spending any money)....I had already spent close to $200 and then he went and bought himself a $550 MUST have purchase. So needless to say it depends and we never stick to what we say we're going to spend.

mrscdobs · January 2010

I just realized that this year I gave my husband $700 in birthday presents. His life rules.

luckycooky · January 2010

We generally spend about $100. If we want or need something we just buy it. And his birthday is the day before Valentine's Day so when we total up the weekend it ends up being quite a bit more.

clarisa_b · January 2010

It varies when it's just gifts usually $50-$150. When we go out of town it ends up around $500

MsWildcat · January 2010

generally $200-300 per occasion, but sometimes more (if we take a trip) or sometimes less. We have Christmas, my birthday, his birthday, and then Valentine's day so it gets to be a huge expense quickly.

For our anniversary, we plan splurging a little more every year (nice trip, big ticket item for house, etc).

How much do you spend on gifts?

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