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So...have you started your Christmas Shopping?

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I've bought a couple of toys to put a way for little ones birthdays or Christmas (not sure which yet) but I do try to start very early, because then I don't notice a pinch.
If my typing is pants or I seem partcuarly blunt, please excuse me, it physically hurts to type. :wall: If I seem a bit random and don't make a lot of sense, it may have something to do with the voice recognition software that I'm using!
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  • jasmine33
    jasmine33 Posts: 271 Forumite
    Of course! Started it on Xmas Eve with the Lakeland sale !!!
    Jasmine
  • wendywitch
    wendywitch Posts: 1,359 Forumite
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    Yes! I had stuff ready before this Christmas for next Christmas! :o
    And I've brought a few bits since as I've seen them.

    I'm determined to be totally organised long before Christmas this year!!
  • jem1276
    jem1276 Posts: 401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I have bought my Christmas cards for next year but that is all so far.
  • tigzem
    tigzem Posts: 2,361 Forumite
    I have started a present box for birthdays throughout the year, but not actually for christmas. Started thinking about it though and saving £2 coins for Xmas 09.
    "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." Edmund Burke
  • trish123
    trish123 Posts: 134 Forumite
    Bought some stocking fillers,crackers and wrapping paper today.
    :rolleyes: Jan grocery challenge £300/£210 spent so far.I can do this:T
  • Abbafan1972
    Abbafan1972 Posts: 7,214 Forumite
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    No, but am going start saving ready for Xmas 09.
    Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £10,153.44
  • she_grinch
    she_grinch Posts: 1,469 Forumite
    I have bought next years Crackers, wrap and a few gifts in the sale. I am going to make a lot of my gifts through the year so hopefully won't have the shocking expense of christmas' past again
    Pucker up and kiss it Whoville! - The Grinch:kiss:
  • ladyfalco
    ladyfalco Posts: 1,049 Forumite
    I bought some bratz roller blades for my daughter next year in woolies sale for £4 then i found the pressies my hubby forgot to deliver xmas 07 (shocking i know) so thye have been put away for birthdays etc.

    Gonna start the £2 morrisions saving stamps and collect £2 coins
    :xmastree: :rudolf: :xmastree:
  • ive been to the boots sale and bought a few pressies for bdays think ive got about 6poeples bdays done. didnt cost me anything as i used my points i had left over from xmas
  • sethsgran
    sethsgran Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    In ASda yesterday I bought 4 books £1 each for my young grandchildren. They are soft back and simple stories aimed at approx 3yrs lovely quality with nice illustrations definately worth more than £1
    Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes
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