All I want for Christmas is this baby out of me. REALLY had enough now.

We're not having a big Christmas this year as a) the baby could arrive any day and b) we're poor because of previously mentioned baby I'm not even doing a tree or decorations.

The kids are getting a drumkit and laptop off us as well as various games and other gifts off family members (their Grandparents spoil them something rotten ) My DSLR camera is arriving just before Christmas and I will have that before the day and my husband has just got an Xbox and two games so that's his Christmas pressies.

We've got two invites to Christmas dinner (one at the kids grandparents house and one at hubbys parents house) and Jon is thinking we can wangle it so we can get two dinners, lol. But everything is up in the air so we're gonna play every day from now on as it comes.

Despite all the chaos and lack of plans I'm pretty sure this will be my best Christmas ever. My first as a wife and (hopefully) with my newly completed family.

We're not spending as much on each other as in previous years by a long way. We've budgeted £150 on each other.

Last couple of years I've got Dean tons of 360 related stuff but he's not really asked for much this year as he's just bought Gears 2, CoD5, Tomb Raider: Underworld and a new controller, so all I could really add to that is some Microsoft points.

Got him some Human League albums and dvd, Alien Sex Fiend t-shirt and cd, couple of F1 t-shirts, some other dvds and stuffs. The pressie I'm most proud of is some socks with Grumpy Old Git on them. Well he is 40 after all! Not sure he's gonna see the funny side!

I'm struggling to put things on my list, there's nothing I REALLY want to be honest. I just wanna splash out on my son...

Christmas is gonna be abit crap for me this year, im working at the club xmas eve and boxing day, and normally i spend all 3 days with my kids.

Also its my first christmas in my own home but my housemate is working over christmas so itsnt feeling festive so we dont even have a tree But i got to decorate one at the club

As i need a new washing machine im not spending much this years, ive got the kids arty stuff and one big pressie each.

Ive got Dan, my housemate, quite a few things, even tho hes not celebrating it. Ive organised my friend to come and tattoo Thai in her house for her christmas pressie and hes doing me a freebie one at the same time, so thats gonna be my main cxmas pressie.

Other than that i bought a new corset which my mum paid for for my xmas/birthday pressie and my dads bought me some fags...thats gonna be about it lol.

Im not really buying for friends this year, just close ones and some of my djs.

Giving? What I can afford, spending about a tenner a person (which is less than I'd like to be able to spend on family and close mate)...

Receiving? Not a clue, but I hope it ain't coal.

I bet its coal...or an orange

At least oranges taste OK... coal? I'm guessing not so much.

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by Alan
At least oranges taste OK... coal? I'm guessing not so much.

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I suppose it depends if you're pregnant or not!

Also with current gas / electric prices some coal might come in very handy if you consider the current temperatures

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by Chambler
Also with current gas / electric prices some coal might come in very handy if you consider the current temperatures

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Why, is it cold?

I got my sister & mum 3 sari's for my mum, for my sister's wedding next year, and a hand carved chess set for her fiancee.
Other than that everyone'll have to make to with happy thoughts...though I might be able to stretch to a tenner each for gifts - we'll have to see after I get paid today and pay all my bills....

We spoiled the youngest this year with a Wii and a DS...i know, i know... so she's either playing MarioKart or a Sonic game (right now she's playing the Secret Rings game). For the eldest, we got him a humungous keyboard as well as CD's (he's into music, loves Madonna) and he got a lot of cash...the joys of being 15 i suppose.

I got DVD's, slippers, Lush stuff (as in the bath bomb/lotions etc store), a book, etc etc and i bought a lot of female family members Lush stuff too.

My Christmas went semi to plan. We got to visit the relatives, kids happy with their pressies etc but I still have this bloody child inside of me!!!