Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

MrsCD

All my Christmas cards were commandeered in January by DD to use at school in craft sessions!

London_1

greyteam1959 said:

Xmas ??
What's that ??

the next big money grabbing promo from supermarkets ,think they may lose out this year as folk will be a lot more careful with what they are buying 
JackieO xx

ladyholly

London_1 said:

the next big money grabbing promo from supermarkets ,think they may lose out this year as folk will be a lot more careful with what they are buying 
JackieO xx

I do hope so especially if you go near the day and see the amount of fresh stuff being and know a lot of it will be thrown away.

kimwp

ladyholly said:

London_1 said:

the next big money grabbing promo from supermarkets ,think they may lose out this year as folk will be a lot more careful with what they are buying 
JackieO xx

I do hope so especially if you go near the day and see the amount of fresh stuff being and know a lot of it will be thrown away.

I've got a note in my calendar to eat the contents of the freezer to free up space for Christmas bargains 😃

cuddlymarm

I work in a charity shop and as some of the stuff is virtually new a lot of people are getting their presents bought from us. 

NoraNoir

Instead of big presents at Christmas, we do a ’charity shop challenge’ to find the most bizarre/bad taste/funny thing we can find in our local charity shops on a budget of £5. We end up with all sorts of funny ornaments, cooking utensils, toys and clothing to unwrap on the day. There’s usually a stand out winner (I think last year’s was some dainty floral tea cups and saucers with inspirational messages full of spelling mistakes) They usually end up back in the charity shops but give us all a good giggle as well as a donation to charity. One person’s trash is another’s treasure!

Brambling

NoraNoir I know someone who does the same thing.

A friend of mine has a small family, usually 7 adults at Christmas so they draw a name and you have to make something, gift something of yours and buy something no more than £10 for that person. The makes last year included biscuits, fudge, knitted hat, lip balm, a painting from the artist in the family. My friend's husband gifted her one of his jumpers as 'she wore it more than him' Definitely means people have to think about gifts.  

leftatthetrafficlights

Just bumping this thread as I found it really useful and it's been silent for almost a year!! 😳 

In all honesty,  I don't have anything to add that I can think of at the moment but I'm sure reviving it will bring lots of tips from you all! 😁

Primrose

 For some reason I stopped receiving this thread when the forum format changed and I only recently clicked an option button ccidentalky whixh restored it.  I hope the ideas keep coming or even reinventing themselves as it's easy to forget some of the useful tips.

wr,ve  found we,re massively in credit with our energy provider and are unsure whether to leave the situation as it is to give us peace of mind if we have a very cold winter and need the heating on more, or to ask  for a refund, althiugh I resent them earning interest on our money on the short term money mwrket.

MrsCD

I've started to put a few pounds onto my Asda Christmas savings card. I've set it up to save a set amount each Monday so when it gets to the cut off date in November I should have enough saved for the Christmas food and some left over for most of January. I pay on a credit card which pays me back for using it and I pay it off IN FULL every month! So... Asda pay me for putting money on their card and my credit card pays me for using it! Win win! I don't save on the Asda card all year because I'd rather get some interest on it in my savings account. I can cope with a few weeks  because the difference is in my favour!