I put away about $600 total. I used to buy stuff throughout the year, but I am sick of being the one that does everything with xmas. I kept saying that I wasn't doing it next year. This year, I am dead serious. I am giving the boys $100 each (what we spend on them). They are totally fine with it and are planning out how they are going to spend it all.
It breaks down this way:
$300 - the boys
$100 - for family gifts (we draw names)
$100 - for DH and I to buy for each other (usually it is household stuff, like the electric griddle that I got DH last year. It is stuff that we need but giving it as a gift gives it double purpose)
$100 - for stockings (at Grandma's, everyone gets everyone else something small and useful for everyone else's stockings, usually from the dollar store or a small tool or something. Last year, I bought everyone credit card sized pocket scrapers for their cars. A few years ago, I bought all the guys pocket sized LED flashlights. DH uses his constantly still.)
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