Gift List & Budget Tracker

What you get

Gift shopping goes wrong in small ways: an idea you forgot by December, a parcel that never came, a budget that crept up twenty dollars at a time. This tracker gives every gift one line, from the first idea to bought, wrapped and given, and keeps the running total in front of you.

It also covers the parts most gift lists leave out. You get a page for the small gifts that are easy to miss (teachers, neighbors, sitters), an online order tracker with order numbers and delivery dates, a gifts received log, a four-line formula for thank-you notes with an example, and clear rules for running a Secret Santa or a white elephant swap.

What's inside

• Budget by person: total, spent and left, with amounts set by tier
• Gift tracker over two pages: recipient, idea, budget, actual, bought, wrapped, given
• Small gifts and thank-yous: teachers, neighbors, sitters, coaches, hosts and coworkers
• Six gift idea cards: likes, sizes, what they already have, ideas
• Online order tracker: store, order number, order date, expected date, arrived
• Gifts received, with a four-line thank-you note guide and a sample note
• Gift exchange planner: spending limit, who drew whom, wish lists, and how to run Secret Santa and white elephant