Do you impose frugality in gift giving?
I do! When I purchase gifts for people, I often think "Can they use this?" I am going to a baby shower for a friend who is having twins. Diapers are expensive! So my shower gift is $50 worth of diapers. If it were me, I would rather have $50 worth of something I'd have to buy anyway than one or two outfits. I could go to the thrift store and buy an awful lot of outfits for $50!
I think about things like this at Christmas time too. I tend to buy practical things. Sometimes I like a few impractical things though...like a cute little Cherished Teddy. But not in excess!
Thoughts?
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