Christmas savings so far

MrsTinks

Well when it comes to christmas wrapping paper my favourite is very cheap but looks fantastically posh!

I use brown wrapping paper from the post office and I cut the "to: from:" cards from brown cardboard and write on them with silver pen. I tie them with either ribbon from the £1 shop or brown parcel string or best of all the raffia I think it is you buy to tie plants up and then stick some dried orange slices, holly or ever green under the knot...looks very rustic and posh... but it's dead cheap

MrsTinks

Well the preparations continue I have started buying the baskets (50p in wilkinsons! Was a bargain!) and also some bits to go in for most of the people I want to make special pressies for I'm lucky I live near a retail outlet that has a molton brown shop. There was a bargain bag in there with 8 bottles of mixed bits for £31. Ok might sound a ot but it isn't really for Molton Brown... And there is enough for a mousturise and either body wash or bath bubbles for 4 people (mum, my best mate, her daughter and my stepdads mum)

Also working on making Jam to put in baskets as presents for people And Sloe Gin (once the sloes have had the first frost) and blackberry vodka hehe

Gemmzie

Um, have list of games from brother coming next week - so I can find cheap one, never have a clue what he has/hasn't got.

On the hunt for mum's gift - hoping juicypanel etc will add up to enough for something.

Father - he's useless, will decide later

Friends, hmm probably skip as much as poss, will buy for two of them.

MrsTinks

Well for my brother I'll probably do a "staying in with gf for hot night" hamper
Candles
Massage oil
Some nice chocs
Some wine

etc

dottyanne

Hi all - im up to £17 morrisons vouchers (will use towards food at xmas)
also saved about £70 cash - this is pretty pathetic as weve 6 kids to buy for, 1 X mum, 2 X dad's, 1 X Gran, 1 X Brother and each other (DH and me!!) - im going to buckle down and save as much as i can to take a bit of the pressure off!!

dotty x

Gemmzie

Gemmzie wrote:

Um, have list of games from brother coming next week - so I can find cheap one, never have a clue what he has/hasn't got.

On the hunt for mum's gift - hoping juicypanel etc will add up to enough for something.

Father - he's useless, will decide later

Friends, hmm probably skip as much as poss, will buy for two of them.

One of brother's games is £11.49 - bargin in the bag!

beanielou

Ive got a pressie box
Also £20 on an Asda card
£33 in Tesco vouchers
£33 jonh lewis credit which will go towards my mums
Also very small amount in credit union that could be used at a push(am saving for friends wedding & hennie next year)

RVK2

So far I have
£2 Iceland vouchers
£33.50 Tesco vouchers
£2 Evans vouchers
£30 High Street vouchers
£144 cash

I don't count pigsback/quidco because you never know when/if you'll get that.

I have 8 to buy for, 4 gifts sorted, only the biggies left, Mum, sis, bil and daughter. Should be covered easily by what I have already