christmas box

mo1_2

just thought i would write about my box,every year in september i start a box for christmas with the odd tin or jar i pick up extra every week,by the time christmas comes i have a fairly good hamper,not to mention no last minite shopping for t bags and stufff i usually forget.

mary43

Good idea...........trouble is, knowing our lot they'd be dibbing into it all the time..........I'd have to hide it under lock and key..............lol

xabbyxlouise

mary43 wrote: »

trouble is, knowing our lot they'd be dibbing into it all the time..........I'd have to hide it under lock and key..............lol

exactly the same in our house, love the idea though ive always wanted to get a hamper at christmas time something with a bit of luxery in it but half of the hampers contain a lot of stuff my family would/do not like, this would solve that problem and getting a little something each week i wouldnt notice the extra cash being spent :money:

System

we do this every year and it works well , i usually go over board but im making a concious(sp) effort to ditch the excess tat/food.

me_and_the_cat

I do this too. But with all kinds of food not just the nice stuff for christmas. My tin cupboard is full of tomatoes and beans! A few months ago Asda has tinned salmon on offer so I bought a few with Christmas in mind and I'm always on the look out for special offers and BOGOFS on things I can squirrel away. Especially if it's in a tin or packet as they have long shelf life. I even buy UHT milk to have on standby so I don't have a mad dash to the overpriced local shop.

Part of it does come from I hate food shopping in December. I'm thinking of freezing veg this year towards the end of November so I don't even have that to worry about. And like ChrissyG I'm only buying what I need and not buying those little 'extras' that never get eaten !!

deborah64

Same here, i have a cupboard in the kitchen which is my xmas cupboard, and we have a long list on the computer, of everything we use, from loo roll to washing powder and everything inbetween, by christmas we have all our xmas/ new year food, and dont have to shop for a while, apart from the perishables, milk, fruit, bread etc.