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Have you all spent more money this year than last on Christmas? Are prices going up? Man, I am broke. Is this common?

lol this is my most expenssive X-mas year, so far, but this is the year I bought the most cards and gifts ever so I dont mind

last year i was away from home for all the time around christmas so i didn't have to buy presants and the year before my mum still bought my prezzies for me but now i'm aparently too old for getting money!

This year I'm spending less on Christmas gifts and still short of cash. Not enough bargains or sales this year.

Then last on Christmas??? Since uni started again, I spent more money this year than I did in the same period last year

i spend about $100 dollars and i still have about 5 more presents to buy.

I have been frantically searching for free shipping/volume deals and that stuff. I got hooked up on my GF's present this year. Diesel Jeans from bluefly at 1/2 off (BIGTIME SAVIOR). Other than that, I had good deals and free shipping from Staples, got killed at the mall. After shopping, I went to hallmark and bought paper/bows/cards/all that crap and ended up spending another 80 bucks. SO SAD. Anyway, I think I have doubled my expenses this X-mas other than those few deals I had. What was the most expensive thing you guys have bought so far?