The other hurdle is needing to wait for a birthday/holiday as they might just get the thing ahead of time. I have been doing my best to separate buying things from holidays with my wife and kid because either it sits on a shelf for months instead of being given or there is an urge to spend too much because of how gifts are wrapped up in commercialism.

We are pretty much down to consumables and spending on doing something together instead of opening presents, which is awesome.