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Didn’t do as well with this one as I’d have liked. But I still did ok with it. Gave a few “chocolate & coffee” gift bags, local jams, wine and movie tickets. Plus Dunkin’ Donut gift cards for all the kids’ various coaches (coffee seems to be universal when it comes to coaches….) Gift cards to Five Guys were also coveted as was a gift card to the local chinese restaurant.

My best buy of the season was definitely the movie tickets, though. I was able to buy 20 tickets at a discount through my hubby’s work and then separate into gifts of 2 tickets plus 2 boxes of candy ($1 each at walmart). They were such a hit with the teens & twenty-somethings in my life, that I’m definitely going to order another set of 20 to have on hand for birthdays throughout the year. (Discounted movie tix can also be bought at AAA offices.)

I’ll often times have gift cards for months (or longer!!) before I use them. And to make matters worse, my kids are developing the same habit. Why do we do this?? I just read an article in the Times about how this is a common occurrence.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/science/29tier.html?_r=1&8dpc

So, tonight we’re going to all talk about it what ones we all have and then plan a day to use some up. Maybe coffee and shopping or lunch and a movie? I need to just plan it.