Ten Pound Christmas

MascaraMinx

You never know, they might be secretly relieved themselves!

Know what you mean about the kids though - my sister cheats with my niece and nephew and thats allowed!

LittleL_4

Mascaraminx I wasn't belittling the idea at all. I feel you took a little offence from my post. I think it's a great idea and it also stops us from buying in to the hyped commercial side of Christmas.

I've also just started e-baying, so I know there are bargains out there for £10or less. And it's the excitement of it all....

In fact my Mum suggests this every year (spending a small amount on each other) but we all need to be in on it. It never works coz my Aunts tend to buy their pressies in july!

I struggle at Christmas and spend roughly £300. If we did what you do then I could get it down to about £100.

Little L
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lissa75

:j Sounds like a really good idea - will try it with the oh and hope he doesn't stress too much this year.

Willsnarf1983

plymouth_janner_boy wrote:

But one little boy we won't be scrimping on is our darling 6 month old baby

Why? He's 6, wrap some boxes in pretty paper he won#t know or care

Will

MascaraMinx

LittleL wrote:

Mascaraminx I wasn't belittling the idea at all. I feel you took a little offence from my post.

Hi Little L - don't be daft I didn't take offence at all , sorry if it came across like that

LittleL_4

Ok I'll sleep better now..... :j

maybe my b/f has a point about me reading into things....:eek:

Little L
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belfastgal

If my kids spent a tenner on me id kill them....lol.. i spoil them all year round and i adore xmas and expect to be pampered and spoilt even for just the one day.

Brassic

I'd love to do this, and we've been trying to do this for the last couple of years, but no one seems to adhere to it, and I'm left feeling like a skanky moo (albeit a skanky moo with lots of nice prezzies).

Will no doubt try again this year though cos I can't afford to do anything else. Actually, will prolly just tell folks to buy for the kids and not worry about us at all.

Willsnarf1983

belfastgal wrote:

If my kids spent a tenner on me id kill them....lol.. i spoil them all year round and i adore xmas and expect to be pampered and spoilt even for just the one day.

even if they went into more debt?

Will

MascaraMinx

belfastgal wrote:

If my kids spent a tenner on me id kill them....lol.. i spoil them all year round and i adore xmas and expect to be pampered and spoilt even for just the one day.

I adore Xmas too and don't find that this takes away from the event at all. I like the fact that my family all think carefully about what to buy (because no-one wants to seem like a skanky-moo they do their best to get the best pressie they can for £10!). simple and great for DFW's