Want a Sure Fire Good Gift This Christmas? Buy It Yourself

When I start off with this, I just want you guys to know - I've done this.
Basically the idea is, instead of waiting for someone to gift you something, returning it, and then getting what you actually wanted, you just buy the gift yourself.

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A new survey by eBay found about one in three people have bought someone a Christmas present,  then decided to keep it for themselves.  And women are more likely to do it than men, 34% to 26%.

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Now I gotta say, I have bought some presents over the years that were pretty dang sweet. I try to put some effort into thinking about what people want. I have bought presents for myself, yes.  Mostly because I'm the Financial Director of the house, if you will.  But partially because I kind of feel like a jerk for saying 'BUY ME THIS SPECIFIC PERFUME GIFT SET'.

And to be real, I'm sure some of you have dealt with this - if you have one of Those Husbands, you won't have a Christmas Gift under the tree unless YOU put it there. And shouldn't Everyone have something to open on Christmas?  I mean, come on.  I'm worth a few little trinkets here and there.

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The survey also found about half of people have bought themselves something while they were doing their gift shopping this year.  And... I admit I am guilty of that one. So many times I have been out shopping for "the family" and ended up finding that sweater I just had to have or a cute calendar for my office, or whatever it is.  This is why I don't like to go shopping very often.  I end up spending more money than I should! Well, really, any amount of money that I spend on personal stuff for me is probably too much.

Have you ever kept a Christmas present for yourself?  Have you been tempted to maybe a couple of times?

Giftingly yours,
Behka