Baby Shower gifts on a budget.
March 29, 2006 by kellys
Filed under baby products, budget, frugal living, shopping
It seems to me that there are a lot of pregnant women out there. In my church alone, there were 15 pregnant women due in the first 8 months of 2006. That is a lot of baby showers. The good thing is I am not invited to all of them. But I do have 4 baby showers coming up that I know of and hopefully 2 more coming soon. My favorite thing to shop for is baby shower gifts. I tend to spend way too much on these events. But I have developed a system. There are certain things like generic gas drops, infant Tylenol, diapers, and wipes that I usually give routinely. I know, they aren’t cute gifts but they are very useful. Anyway, I start buying as soon as I find out that a friend is pregnant. That way, I can get nice things and don’t have to take a big hit if I waited to get all of it at once. I currently have 2 boxes going now. Ok, I admit I am weird but it is fun to me to buy for others on a budget. See you at the next baby shower.
I agree. To give practical gifts like generic gas drops, infant Tylenol, diapers, and wipes are best. Those are actually the things that I appreciate the most. A lot more than those cutesie stuff that, more often than not, I can do without.
I used to give the cute stuff until I had a baby. I loved all the cute stuff I got at my showers, don’t get me wrong. But I also know how much I appreciated the practicle stuff as well. I just didn’t realise how soon I would need the medicines or the gas drops!
Well, great gifts does not have to be very expensive.
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