Thrifty Mommy » birthday parties http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy Time and Money Saving Tips from Thrifty Mommy Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:06:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Birthday presents … Smurthday Presents http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/birthday-presents-smurthday-presents/ http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/birthday-presents-smurthday-presents/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:25:20 +0000 kellys http://www.thriftymommy.com/birthday-presents-smurthday-presents/ Post from: Thrifty Mommy

]]> As I am trying to wrangle the toys today, I got to thinking.  My oldest is 3 years old and we haven’t bought her a birthday present yet.  She has a really big extended family so she hasn’t missed out yet.  But I was thinking that instead of getting her a present, we should just keep giving her nice parties.  We would spend the same amount of money and she would still have gifts to open, but I would have one less toy to clean up.  This way, if you are really frugal, you can give your kids a really nice party for cheap and then not have to spend $ on a big gift.  That way you can save money and be the hero for giving a really cool birthday party.

Why do we, as parents, feel it is necessary to give a gift every year when we hate picking it up the next month? Am I crazy or do you think I am on to something?

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