<p>This year our family is getting clean and dry clothes (dryer died, washer in hospice/replaced in October), warm rooms and hot showers (found a hole in the furnace exhaust vent/replaced system in November), safe food (18 year old fridge not holding temps/new one comes next Tuesday).
Hubby and I will continue the tradition of a book and something to wear for each kid.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know what in the world we’re going to do for Christmas this year - money is beyond tight, it is gone.</p>
<p>In the past we generally spend $25 to $50 per child at the most. We have a <strong>big</strong> family and by the time you add up all the Brio and Legos the olders have gotten over the years, even spending that little amount, we have more toys than some toy stores.</p>
<p>I look for bargains all year and it’s amazing how much you can get for how little if you are thinking ahead. Some things get tucked under my bed for a year or two until they are needed.</p>