Are you one of those who plans ahead for birthdays by setting money aside and buying gifts ahead of time or do you just wing it when the special day comes along?

If you are in the first group, I commend you. I'm great at budgeting, but for some reason I always seem to forget birthdays. I fall into the "wing it" category for birthdays, so I need to do better with my planning.

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I'm in your first group i all ready have most of ds's gifts(may b-day) except for a new digital camera. I will start looking at his party here in april and have that nailed down by the 2nd week. I like to be prepared as much as possible.

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I definitely do this.

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We have a seperate "gift" savings account and this is used to buy birthday gifts, holiday cards and christmas.

I have a limit for each child but I buy when I see something on sale that I know they would like. I already have all of the party goods and the goody bag stuff. I found it all deeply clearanced and got it for them then.

I hate having to put out large chunks of money at b-day time (we have b-day season here all three of my kids have b-days 3 to 4 weeks apart) so I do it a little at a time and keep a running tally of what I have spent.

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A Family of 5's quest to forget the Joneses.

I have a separate ING account set up for birthdays. I don't put much in there, $5 every pay check, but by the time a birthday rolls around we have enough to pay for the party/gifts.