Eltinwe wrote:My kids get new toys when I run across toys that I want to buy them at a price at which I am willing to buy them. Unexpected gifts are way better than gifts which someone "had" to give you because it was expected on some occasion or other.
While I similarly buy gifts when I find them at a good price, they get stored in the closet and brought out for holidays or birthdays. It makes the Christmas season (around which I, my kids, and my wife were born), much, much easier to cope with. It allows me to take advantage of deals when they happen, with an easier-to-manage budget. Books happen whenever, a new movie might happen if they were especially good for a week, but toys represent so much *CLUTTER* that I just can't indulge in that as often as I (or they) would like.
