Sentences with phrase «expensive gifts given»

A bunch of expensive gifts given at his birth.

It's so easy during Valentine's Day to get wrapped up in expensive gift giving.

It's so easy during Valentine's Day to get wrapped up in expensive gift giving.

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He added that, in Singapore, some indicators of Chinese New Year spending that give him signals for the health of the economy are the demand for gift baskets and hampers and the queues for bakkwa — a sweet barbecued pork jerky in Singapore which sells for about $ 38 (S$ 50) per kilogram, and gets more expensive the closer it gets to the actual holiday.

But if «giving» means treating yourself, family and friends to absurd and absurdly expensive gifts, then Neiman Marcus is probably in luck.

It is worth more than the most expensive gift that you could ever buy in any store, and it comes absolutely free to us, but it was paid for by not money, but by a life that was freely given in our place.

Sure the Gosselin kids have matching clubhouses and cute clothes and constant activities and memories from expensive vacations, but now they don't have a strong marriage to look up to... which is one of the greatest gifts parents can give their children.

Somehow we've bought into the lie that the giving and receiving of expensive gifts is the best way to express love.

It's very expensive to buy and so easy to prepare - I've even given it as a gift in a spice shaker when people have us over to dinner!

Gift - giving doesn't need to be elaborate or expensive, which makes this chocolate bark a colorful and sweet way to say Merry Christmas (and Happy Birthday) to someone you love.

Even if they aren't expensive, those gifts do help bring joy to our holidays — when we receive them, and even more when we give them.

Some of the most common baby care gifts given by more financially established family members were expensive items such as cribs, playpens, baby carriages and changing tables.

Ideally, you might want to give gifts that look spectacular but aren't expensive, and you want to... MORE give unique gifts that no one else has already thought of and given to the recipient.

They may not give more gifts than the parents do, or give more expensive gifts unless the parents agree.

As a result, parents are looking for ways to give their children lasting, wonderful gifts that they will treasure - not necessarily the biggest or most expensive toy, but one that has some meaning.

«Clearly we would not advocate giving expensive gifts for small improvements in behaviour and obviously not to pupils who have behaved badly, on the contrary we fully back teachers in taking swift and firm action against trouble makers,» he continued.

Anyway, whether your child's teacher is Irish or you happen to have a child like mine who will find any excuse to give her teacher a gift, putting together a special St. Patrick's Day gift is fun and doesn't have to be expensive.

We're both cynical and a little too practical for gift giving and celebrations, but I forced us to go out and try a new restaurant and buy expensive pasta.

Men are also happier to give big items earlier: 14 % of men (and just 6 % of women) think it is ok to gift something big, expensive, and / or meaningful within the first month of dating.

Then they weren't getting back together, and now there were all these expensive gifts that should never have been given in the first place and probably not accepted either.

The one who received the overly expensive gifts will feel guilty and the one who gave too much will feel used or just plain stupid.

Even if you share the same passions for the same accessories with your new biker friend, don't fall for hints at giving gifts of expensive parts and accessories for bikes.

If you are still in a new relationship, avoid giving a very expensive gift because even if it will come as a big surprise, it might scare off your online date or future partner.

Others seem to think that they must give Russian women expensive gifts all the time.

This does not necessarily mean to give quite expensive gifts.

With more money you can buy better gifts for you dates, go to more expensive locations and buy accessories for yourself that will give you an edge when pursuing your dates.

Giving this expensive gift of sex to someone, or letting them take it from you, can feel like getting robbed if you give to someone you do not have a decent committed relationship with.

The most expensive gift I was given would be a combination of things.

Ruth's perfectionist impulse to have the best decorations and give the most expensive gifts is an overused conceit in holiday - themed films, but A Bad Moms Christmas at least attempts to mine the deep insecurities that drive Ruth to demand perfection from herself and her daughter and still garner laughs while doing it.

In Israeli - American director Joseph Cedar's masterful film, Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer, a ridiculously expensive pair of shoes given as a gift leads to a friendship between rising Israeli politician Micha Eshel (Lior Ashkenazi, «Encirclements») and Norman Oppenheimer (Richard Gere, «Time Out of Mind»), an American businessman, consultant and, in the Yiddish expression, «gonif,» defined as a disreputable but not entirely crooked individual.

You can amass a lot of books in the same genre from different authors, for instance, for a more impressive prize, or chip in and give away a more expensive gift than you could manage on your own.

Give the gift of one great pair of upscale earbuds or headphones, or get a rainbow collection of less expensive ones that your author won't mind forgetting at Starbucks.

As college becomes increasingly expensive, many of your family and friends may opt to give you a gift of cash to help you offset your costs.

Another way to save money on gifts over the holidays is to give things that are less expensive, but more meaningful.

Their job is basically to get Reps with the program, and they give out all kinds of expensive meals, entertainment, gifts, and freebies when they «play ball.»

Like the iPod and iPad before it, the Apple Watch is the perfect holiday gift: it's just expensive enough to prove that you love / care about the person you're giving it to, plus there's games on it or something, right?

Consider less expensive options: Financial advisor Neal Frankle, who blogs at Wealth Pilgrim, said that one of the best gifts a parent can give isn't saving the money for them — it's helping them spend less on their education.

Driving school are encouraging parents to let their sons and daughters enroll to formal driving education before giving them expensive gifts like cars or motorbikes.

Oftentimes, we will be given expensive jewelry or watches as gifts or handed down from family members.

If your man's primary love language is Gift Giving, long distance can be fun — but perhaps a little more expensive because it typically involves shipping.

Don't get into the habit of giving or expecting expensive gifts for every occasion.

A $ 10 gift card could be less expensive than sending out postcards or an ad in a newspaper, depending on how many you give.

I didn't do a lot of holiday baking last year, but I am considering giving cookies and cakes away instead of expensive gifts this year.

I live in an old victorian and when we moved in, someone gave us a kohler black toilet and black pedestal vanity... it was an expensive gift so we made it work.....

No matter what your budget this season, giving gifts doesn't have to be expensive.

It actually wasn't a «true» cedar chest, it was just veneer which had been almost completely ruined over the years, but there was some sentimental value as it is probably the most expensive gift my mother was ever able to give to me.