I'm the money shy one in our house. I don't like to spend it, I hate to watch the tally at the grocery store and if dh is with me when I shop I always try to put stuff back. But my husband follows behind me and picks it all back up to buy, if I try again to leave it behind, he makes me EXPLAIN why it needs to be put back, and the answer must be better than "it costs to much", or he'll buy it for me anyway.
When he's not with me I tell him how much I spent, I'd show him reciepts, but he never asks. It's a fun guessing game we play when I think I've found a good deal.
Our best shopping day, was after work when we were still a pretty new couple, we went shopping and "happened" by the Christmas stuff (it was mid November), and I sat on the floor of that store and pulled out boxes and boxes of BEAUTIFUL handpainted ornaments, seriously we had piles of them all around us. Then when I was done I started to put it all back saying "okay well now we know what we like and how much it will cost". That man wouldn't let me put them back! He bought EVERY SINGLE box that we had liked a even just a little! (that year we had a 11' Blue Spruce which we put up infont of mirrors, so it was decorated on all sizes)
So now every year we put up our Christmas tree, I see all the beautiful ornaments and am once again reminded, what an amazing husband I have. Now can we all get a giant AWWWWWWW! :D
OH! I nearly forgot! Barbm! That old comforter! Use it as batting. Seriously a friend of mine saw this whole show on making old things new again, and they re"covered" old ugly comforters! That saves money and will soothe your daughter.