Are You Having A DFW Easter?

Lewby

I don't know if anyone else suffers with this feeling but I have had a little surge of disappointment today as I have parted with some of my 'cash' for Easter Eggs. It's not that I don't want to give them .... I love giving presents to people ... but this is the first 'festival' that I have had since becoming a DFW and I am struggling a little with the 'commercialism' of Easter.

I have compromised a little to compensate and have made Easter cards. I have also bought bars of choc from Lidl and have got the kids making Easter moulds of bunnies etc instead of buying the foil wrapped Lindt eggs I usually buy!

:EasterBun

Has everyone else bought Easter Eggs or have you got lots of imaginitive alternatives?

HAPPY EASTER :easter_ba

Lewby xx

lynzpower

great ideas there Lewby!!

Im not religeous so dont really bother with it. Tomorrow, Ill buy OH a little easter egg (hes not meant to have chocolate cos of his choestrol) and that will be it!!

Easter costs - about £2 lol

I could wait and buy it next week when there will be scores reduced, but i think that might be taking DFW that touch too far lol

Peppa_Pig_5

At easter I have 13 children to buy for including nieces, nephews and my own two children. So it can get quite expensive. This year I managed to buy 13 for just under a tenner. So not too bad.

Peppa
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CAFCGirl

Considering this year I only had three people to get eggs for, parents and OH, I still spent £20!

My mum has been really supportive just lately, even gave me £200 toward the bank charges which have come out of my account this month (even though they were only £150).

I tried to give it back but she has great faith in me getting my bank charges refunded, so when that happens she'll be getting whats she's owed first!

She's mentionned the Thorntons Eden chocolate that I got her at Christmas, and noticed they had an Easter egg, so decided that considering she gave me £50 too much, I'd treat her to that!

Felt a bit mean getting her one, and then getting my Dad one from woolies.So got him one from there too.

OH wasn't quite so lucky. But thats literally it for me!

I'm going to make sure the rest of my weekend is tightly within budget, as in NOTHING!!!

D&DD

My boys aren't really chocolate lovers I usually get them a game between them for easter instead or some books each.Sis in law doesn't like hers having choccie so usually get them a book each too.

K9cuddles

Lucky enough I don't have to buy many... I had my free Ice Aged 2 from The Sun for my nephew and my BF, gave my mum a box fair trade mini eggs that work was dishing out!! I defo wouldn't send cards etc!!

oops_a_daisy

I bought my daughter a easter egg ages ago and she ate it. My mum bought us both Lindt easter bunnies and yes you guessed it we ate them weeks ago too . I visited my Nana today and she was saying that she felt bad that she hadnt bought all the grandchildren easter eggs so I told her to go to woolies on tuesday and get them all half price LOL.

Callisto

lynzpower wrote:

I could wait and buy it next week when there will be scores reduced, but i think that might be taking DFW that touch too far lol

That's what I'm doing lynzpower! Tuesday morning I'm off to the high street (got to go anyway to the post office and library), so I'm going to be on the lookout for several bargain eggs for family and OH (and possibly me!) If I don't get any I won't really be that bothered and my family knows I don't have much spare cash, but it would be nice to treat everyone!

bunnybaby_2

been making my own this year!

not turned out too bad! but then i dont want the kids having too much choccy! at least we wont have to spend out on choccy for a while with all the eggs they have been getting from family rofl!!

skintchick

I am religious so I don;t buy eggs - that's not what it's about.

Years ago I used to blow real eggs, block up one hole with tape, then fill with melted chocolate to make solid eggs. Peel off the shell, wrap in foil, and voila! Lovely eggs.

Cheap if you use Value choccy at 25p a bar.

bizzy_lizzie

We hve lots of little eggs & hide them in the garden for the kids ( yes, i know they are 14 and 16, but they aren't keen on change!) but this year they suggested doing it on Monday so we can buy the eggs reduced. Thats my boys ! Adults dont get eggs around here, we are all carrying a bit too much padding already !

BL