christmas advent calender idea

robpw2

i have come up with an idea of a challenge people could get involved with starting the 1st December
it works a bit like an advent calender each day you don't purchase one thing that you usually purchase and instead put the money in a pot sealed that will be opened in January 1st .
so for example if you purchase coffee out a lot you would skip one of these and save the cost of the coffee
it could be that you don't buy a branded product but instead went for a cheaper alternative and saved the difference ( It all depends on how much or little you want to save to spend in the January sales)

so if i saved the money from one bus journey to uni for 31 days i would have £46.50 in january

to make it a bit more fun you could buy a cheap advent calender and reward yourself with a chocolate every time you save

anyone want to join in ?

nikki.paul

Hi

What a great idea, I always buy stuff I could do without and then I can open it and spend it on me in the january sales.:D
Tuesday I will do without my latte and pastry thats £3.49 (i'll take a tea bag in and have breaky before i leave:A)

mary-op

That sounds like a brilliant idea.............make a note of what the money would have been spent on and it would maybe show us what we spend when we really needn't.:j