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What are you not going to buy this christmas
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mother_noah
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The shops are filling up with all the stuff they are trying to convince us that we could not have Christmas without . It got me thinking of all the things I no longer buy and wondered how many things others had stopped buying .My list includes and this is not a full list ...
Christmas cake
Christmas pudding ( always found in the cupboard when spring cleaning )
Large tins of sweets ( they don't taste nice )
Dates and figs
Big tins of biscuits ( I choose a couple of packets of ones we really like but rarely buy because of the price )
As I said this is only the start of the list but now it's over to you ..
Christmas cake
Christmas pudding ( always found in the cupboard when spring cleaning )
Large tins of sweets ( they don't taste nice )
Dates and figs
Big tins of biscuits ( I choose a couple of packets of ones we really like but rarely buy because of the price )
As I said this is only the start of the list but now it's over to you ..
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Nuts still in their shells - can never find the nut cracker and end up using the nuts as toys for the cats to chase!!!
Normally find the nut cracker in a drawer around April and have forgotten where it is by December!!!0 -
Tins of biscuits, too. I am allergic to dairy so can't eat them and we don't get that many visitors...it ends up being only OH who can eat them!0
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I wont be buying a Christmas cake as none of us really likes it so it ends up getting binned eventually.
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A large tin of sweets - no-one likes the creams & we only eat them because 'they're there'
A goose - love it but not very good at carving - especially after a babycham or two
Brandy butter - yuk!0 -
I will add the nuts to my list , the bits of shell get everywhere and the brandy butter .0
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Christmas cake - make my own
Christmas pudding - make my own
Mince Pies - make my own
Tins of Biscuits
Tins of Chocolates
Nuts
We have everyone round for christmas dinner (14) and they camp out throughout the house/local motels. I do a menu for xmas dinner, and we have cold cuts and cheese board and left overs later in the evening. All the other bits and pieces get left and I end up eatting them until february so this year I am just not buying them!!!0 -
I am not buying a tin of roses, the tins is smaller now
And I will buy festive ginger buiscuits from lidl instead they are yummy.Ds2 born 3/4/12 8lbs 8.5:j
Ds1 born 28/4/07 9lb 8 :j
Frugal, thrifty, tight mum & wife and proud of it lol
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Wrapping paper...I hated the expense last year, knowing we were short having just moved/changed jobs/started studying, and knowing it was most likely going to be wasted. Our youngest is now 16, old enough to appreciate it is an unecessary waste. I will buy shinny red ribbon though, coupled with newspaper for wrapping I think it could actually look very unique and 'shabbychic-ish'.
Potions and lotions that I filled the girls stockings with last year, their bathroom is far too cluttered and they have plenty for now.
This year I have actually challenged myself to source as many presents as possible from charity shops, invested in things I know the girls really want or need, I am very limited budget wise so I find I can buy fewer better quality things that way, then cheap tat that breaks, goes out of shape or ends up being unused. It's a challenge we have taken on as a family so everyone is happy with it.No buying unnecessary toiletries 2014. Epiphany on 4/4/14 - went into shop to buy 2 items, walked out with 17!0 -
Loose nuts!!
Saw them in MrT's at the weekend, me and DH both instantly walked towards them...... I love them! Had to actually say out loud 'We don't need them. We aren't buying them. Absolutely not!'
Manged to not buy them lolCan't think of anything smart to put here...0 -
I don't actually buy anything different at christmas to what we have during the rest of the year. We might treat ourselves to cheese & biscuits a bit more often or an extra glass of wine because its christmas but I don't usually buy any of the "christmas" stuff. My gran used to make mince pies for us but she's getting a bit too old for that now so I suppose I should learn how to make them myself but that's the only once-a-year treat that features on our festive menu.0
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