Preparing for eid!?

OH MY GOD, ppl in this country are just amazing! LOL they take a whole month preparing for three days. Its just amazing i mean it took me one day to buy whatever i needed. But when ever i go to al khoudh, Seeb, CC, Qurm or any where its all crowded of ppl buying and buying and BUYING again. Will they ever stop LOL. I mean ok even if you had like 5 kids you'll take each one in an individual day to prepare thats a calculation of 5 days add to that forgettin or not finiding what you need thats a max of two weeks. but would it take a whole month and the day bofore eid?! And what are the things you'r buying. I can see from ppl i know exmple"my cousing" shame on them LOL, they buy stuff they dont need. Over needed as i always yell at them. :S A new dress for the first day and maybe sum matching shoes would be more then enough in my opinion but for other ppl i just dont know what they have in mind?? :S Any ways i dont think the fancy cloths and stuff would bring the happiness and joy for us in eid. Its the spirit of eid it self that brings the happines we are looking for :) Eid mubarak ppl in advance..