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Old 12-07-2006, 05:21 PM
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I agree with you, Phil, it's good to be really specific about what you want. My husband and I decided quite a few years ago that there's no point wasting time, money, energy, emotions, etc. over gifts that neither of us really wants. So we are now very specific about telling the other what to buy us.

Every once in a while, one of us will surprise the other with something that just felt like the right thing to buy...but mostly we decide on it together these days.

This year neither of us wants or needs much stuff. So we're going to take the money we would have spent on gifts and use it to create a memory, like by taking a long weekend trip to a nice resort.

Sue who has FINALLY lost that 20th pound
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