All I Want for Christmas

Aw man, I remember being a DINK. Life was full of options. We could eat out regularly, go to the movies whenever, and buy gadgets incessantly. We still had enough money left over to put into our baby fund saving account. I am now in a SI2K and there isn't any extra loot anymore. :(\r \r Oh, for a gift idea - nice vacation somewhere tropical.

Dean and I are right along with you...There's really no fun in buying stuff for each other...We like to use holidays as an excuse to splurge on a nice dinner with butter knife steaks.

@ TDrag - Yeah, we've gotten to the point where we tend to do that for Birthdays now.

You could always buy back up 360's for the inevitable failure.

BigOne. I hope for Christmas that you may able to find something not just to give money to, but something to DO. There have been projects I have done (shoebox Christmas for example) even though I have never been financially 'well off'. I don't do something every year but when I do, it is always rewarding. I remember one year when my oldest son was about 8 or 10 or something and me and teddy were wondering how we were going to get them anything for Christmas (not that we told them of course). Just out of the blue one day he said I want to do something for those who don't have as much as we do, like that kid who gave away blankets to the homeless in Chicago. Blew me away. \r \r BTW - I agree with you on the No Holidays until after Thanksgiving thing. One thing at a time please!

I think you should take your wife to see Graceland for Xmas.

I hope all your DiNKs are putting the full amount you're allowed into 401k's every year. There isn't going to be any social security by the time we're at that age so you need to look after yourselves.\r \r Im about to become a DiNK once this last brat GTFOs . And we're going to celebrate by buying a house. Unfortuniatly houses here cost half a mill so we'll be dual income with house instead :lol:\r \r

We're Part-time DINKs. My wife may work 6 or 7 months out of the year, mostly for extra spending money. When she is working, we spend money in ways that would cause families with kids to stone us if they saw us on the street. When she is not working, I scale way back and is the shopper. This year, she is working, and we have plenty of dough for Christmas. We have the 'problem' tho - no one needs anything. We are upping donations and getting something nice for a friend who lost her mother this year and is buried in expenses.\r \r Good call here biggie. Christmas is different these days, but still good.\r \r @Tank, oh yeah, lots in the 401k, although I am way below the 29 percent max (company match is up to 6 percent).

I think that Lisa should start taking things away each gift-giving season to make you appreciate things more. Maybe you could do a list of \"Protected Items\" - you can protect 5 items in the house. Everything else is fair game to be taken away and donated to charity... That'll spice things up again...

If you are looking for a charity my tv is could use an overhaul towards an HD =D

If you feel lik giving please buy the follwing...\r \r - Wigs for Grim and I\r - Prosthetic Fingers for Castle\r - A manly man voice for Rock\r - A good COD4 connection for MTK and PP2\r - A cookie dong for Capn & Teddy\r - A \"maid\" for Gaius :D\r - Faux muscle shirt for JRO\r - Buy Tait his own Starbucks\r - Wally could use some help with Home Theatre related items.\r - CMA needs Halo training classes\r - New t-shirts for KidMach and the rest of 2o2pwn \"We got pwn'd by OMM and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!\" \r - Lonewolf needs a new tent, he wore the other out camping so much last year.\r \r :D

:lol: Nice Stryker.

[quote=\"Stryker\"] Buy Tait his own Starbucks[/quote] lol

I can fondly remember those Days....\r We had a Ford Superduty Crew Cab Dually 4x4...SOLD IT\r My 40 foot trailer....sold it\r My 40k in a wheelin rig...SOLD IT\r Hot rod...sold it\r RC cars...GONE\r Wheelin trips every month....DONE!!!\r \r I wish we would have saved better. Maybe it would be easier now!!! I say this though, I wouldnt trade anything for the world!!!\r \r