Help £35 till end of dec and still need to buy step daughter christmas present

dlt123

Hi
hope some people can help we have struggled this month with money due to changing jobs to less income. so we need some help we still have DH daughter to buy for and food for the rest of the month any ideas??

MrsE_2

dlt123 wrote: »

Hi
hope some people can help we have struggled this month with money due to changing jobs to less income. so we need some help we still have DH daughter to buy for and food for the rest of the month any ideas??

Cash for food & present from a friend with a catalogue?

kate_pixie

Can you let us know how old she is?

I recently purchased some pink tools for my sister in law who is early 20's. They were all from poundland and I got a wicked set of them for £5!!

I am a recent Poundland convert/addict!

BitterAndTwisted

Sell some stuff in ebay double-quick.

Pawn your jewellery

Negotiate a £100 overdraft facility

Check charity shops for an inexpensive gift on the promise of another when the pay-check arrives.

LilacPixie

if she is a teenager/older there is a few things on the grabbit boards for jewellery

dlt123

She is 9yrs old,
had a mad ebay session last night just hope everything sells to raise a bit more cash in time

OrkneyStar

Can you make her something ?
Can you raid your make/up-cream/shampoo etc stash for anything new ?
Charity shop ?
Ebay ?
I would be inclined to spend most of the money on food tbh, depending on what you have in already!

dlt123

yeah going to try and raid the toiletries and see if i can do her a hamper and yes i was thinking most of the money will have to be used to food.
have got quite alot of store cupboard foods and a frezzer with LOADS of fish in it so just the little things to with stuff really,
its just a pants time of year to run out of money

VenusFlytrap_2

Hey there OP

You've had some fab ideas for presents already, as for your food budget there are loads of super cheap recipes on this site cheap-family-recipes.org.uk, and there are loads of great threads here on OS for meals on a budget too, well worth having a read through.

Hope it all works out and you have a great Christmas xxx

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

can you knit? If so how about knitting a hot water bottle cover and wrap it up with a hot water bottle? Or a mobile phone cover as you don't need much wool for that.

What about making some vouchers on the printer promising a day out for a future date?

Have you got any tesco vouchers to spend they do cinema tickets which you could wrap up.

Look round the charity shops for bargain games, it doesnt matter if they are not new.

Are there any jumble sales in your area?

could you get a cheapo bar of choc (sainsburys basics is very cheap) take off the wrapper and cover with foil then print out a new wrapper with whatever message and make it personal to her with her name on or a photo.

look on freecycle?

ask around friends and family to see if they are selling anything off cheap?

Good luck, whatever you do I'm sure she will appreciate it as its from the heart.

OrkneyStar

dlt123 wrote: »

yeah going to try and raid the toiletries and see if i can do her a hamper and yes i was thinking most of the money will have to be used to food.
have got quite alot of store cupboard foods and a frezzer with LOADS of fish in it so just the little things to with stuff really,
its just a pants time of year to run out of money

Could you do her a voucher of some sort....like you print it out and give her eg a shopping trip with you in the new year and up to X amount to spend ? Give her a wee thing, like home made fudge or something with it ?