Thank you all for your responses. I've been thinking about why I enjoy this so much and it is truly the joy of giving to my family. I just like to do that. Today, I took my granddaughter to get new shoes. She's only one so she really didn't care about getting new shoes but her mom has been so busy with work that I wanted to do this as a gift for her. She repaid me for the shoes. I enjoyed shopping with and spending time with my grandbaby and I get to give the gift of time with her daughter to my daughter. I have given season ski passes, horseback riding lessons, etc in the past. I try very hard to give them something they will truly enjoy. I tried for a few years to take them shopping and get them outfits - this way we could spend time together and they got presents that fit and were what they wanted but we stopped that when they started working - no time.