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RE: Money-Saving Ideas for the Holidays? - 10/29/2009 7:25:26 PM
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coolfamily6
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I am regifting some things this year:
For my dd she is getting jewelry that was given to me when I was her age.
We are cutting back on giving to friends and giving family gifts rather than individual gifts.
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RE: Money-Saving Ideas for the Holidays? - 11/3/2009 11:32:17 PM
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Here are some of my suggestions:-
- Shop year round for gifts, taking advantage of sales.
- Use reward points from loyalty program to buy gifts
- Regift
- Make your own gifts (crafts, sewing, homemade baked goodies etc)
- Look for "green" ways to wrap your gifts. I use newsprint or a lovely silver paper salvaged from a label printery to wrap gifts. I've also made a few fabric gift bags from fabric remnants from my stash
- Make your own gift tags; decorate gifts with found items (shells, pine cones etc)
- Potluck family Christmas events
- Make your own gift baskets (dollar stores are a good place to source "basket fillers")
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RE: Money-Saving Ideas for the Holidays? - 11/4/2009 10:52:58 AM
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agapetos
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I take advantage of stores loyalty points through the year (looking out for where I can get extra points on products I need) and then shop for Christmas.
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This year my family is not giving everyone individual gifts (big family .......), instead, we are doing this. I'm doing something similar.
Drop change into a box or jar through the year and bag it up, bank it (or change it for notes etc) making sure you don't have to pay charges for it and use it to buy presents.
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RE: Money-Saving Ideas for the Holidays? - 11/4/2009 12:22:48 PM
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I have lots or people to buy for. I usually end up doing a lot of my Parents shopping too.
Last year I got all of the money I budgeted out of the bank and put it in envelopes. I put the amount for each person and then I went shopping. This saved me so much money because I have a habit of finding something, then finding something else later and saying oh no big deal, but it adds up quickly. Then when the cash was gone in that envelope, then that was it. No matter what else I found. It was a huge help last year. Kept me on a budget. This year I am not sure what we are going to do, as my "extra" money for Christmas was used for my parents to move. :( So I will have to lower our budgeted amounts I think.
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RE: Money-Saving Ideas for the Holidays? - 11/5/2009 12:53:42 PM
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W.O.F.
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I shop throughout the year.
I make a lot of the gifts for our parents...things like soup mixes, etc. Things they can use...they don't need or want anything ...so I make something that they can use at their leisure. I will often tat or quilt something for the mothers...something pretty for their homes.
I make things for my kids.
We don't give gifts to my siblings...there are too many of them...we instead make sure to pick out individual cards that mean something to each one of them.
We don't give gifts to all my nieces and nephews....again...too many of them!
We do give gifts to my husband's sister's children...as they are the only niece and nephew on that side. We keep it simple....10 dollars or less usually, or we get them a subscription to a magazine (literary...like Cricket, etc) that we KNOW they'll enjoy.
We make gift for hubby's sister and her husband...usually along lines of what we make parents.
We regift special things of ours that will mean something to the child we give it to.....
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RE: Money-Saving Ideas for the Holidays? - 11/5/2009 2:44:56 PM
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A few years ago we began to focus on spending time together, not on giving gifts. We planned fun activities and games. We have also concentrated more on giving to others and volunteering. This year we have less money than in the past because of a job cut, but we will not need to make changes as we haven't been spending much anyway.
We are also trying to eat healthier, so the candies and cookies are changing to homemade nut mixes and granola.
I also make homemade lotions and lip glosses to give away.
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RE: Money-Saving Ideas for the Holidays? - 11/7/2009 1:27:16 PM
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W.O.F.
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Or...write a poem or ballad (such as the adorable one that maggie's dad wrote for her son)...and do it up in calligraphy and have it framed for that person.
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RE: Money-Saving Ideas for the Holidays? - 11/7/2009 7:48:22 PM
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I'm saving the most $ on my dad's present...
Old book from a friend 0 dollars
Wrapping paper old target bag (he hates wrapping paper) 0 dollars
The fact that the book takes place near where he grew up, and that almost every other page mentions "the Packard"(his favorite car), and the fact he will be thrilled I spent no $-----priceless
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RE: Money-Saving Ideas for the Holidays? - 11/12/2009 1:04:38 PM
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Psalm22
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Partly I regift. Partly one friend and I have agreed to exchange cards only, no gifts, for both Christmas and birthday. And I'll admit I mostly do gift cards. I give to a limited number of people so that holds the cost down.
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