Blowing the holiday budget - Is it worth the fight?

Poly 30286 · 2015-11-28T15:30:57.000Z

I do all the holiday shopping in my house for my 4 kids, my husband, and even myself. Each year, around September, I start planning and deal hunting and buying. The past few years, I have managed to "finish" by early November, but then tack on a bunch of must-have family gifts. This year is a new record. I decided I wanted to buy Lego Dimensions, and then it all went downhill. I started out trying to get about $200 together to buy the game, and ended up convincing myself that we needed a PS4 too. Here's what I bought: PS4 500 w/ Star Wars Battlefront (std) and Guitar Hero (single guitar) - $340 Extra controller $40 Lego Dimensions Starter $50 LD Level x 4 $20 ea LD Team x 1 $17 LD Fun x 3 $10 ea Lego JW w/ Dr Wu mini, Batman AK, Elder Scrolls $25 ea Until Dawn $20 Little Big Planet 3, FFX & X-II HD $15 ea Approx $700 over budget, but all for great prices. My husband knows about most of it, but is probably thinking more like $500. After the big show, he'll probably say that I should not have bought ______ for him, so that we could pay for the rest. My question is, should I just suck it up and take the flack for over spending, or is this really too much? I hate to let these deals escape me.