i remember sitting down withy my brother when i was younger with the Argos catalogue and writing the longest list in the world of what i wanted....of course i hardly ever got any of it, but it didn't stop me wishing! I remember our first proper BIG present, i must have been about 8. It was a video player between my brother and me (more for my Dad really looking back on it!) and i was so gobsmacked that we had one that i cried!! I think it was because my Mum even refused to get a tv until i was 7, and even then it was B and W, so i never thought we would get a VCR.

Up until last year the majority of my xmas presents for my kids have been from charity shops, mixed in with a few new things. It's always been a pretty cheap affair in my house, up until last year. DS is now 8 and has only ever wanted one thing, some sort of games console. I finally decided that he was old enough, and bought him one (ahem Father Christmas bought him one if he ever reads this!!) So for the first time ever, he got a BIG present, a Wii. It of course went down brilliantly, although a few tears akin to my VCR experience would not have gone amiss!

So this year, am pretty stuck. Cant top the wii again, so were thinking that as a family we might go 'up town' and see a show instead...something different instead of pressies.
But will have my stocking of course, as it just wouldnt be christmas would it?!

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