Buying presents

I have found it easier to buy presents for my daughter by going to big name outlets when they've got specials and discount's on, and layby'ing things, like  a few hundred or more dollars worth, and then only give her 2 or 3 present's for each occassion, and keep the others stored away somewhere. We buy her things ( and layby ) that are older for what she is too, so when her next birthday or xmas comes around, she's old enough by then to have that particular present