Christmas 2007 savings club

mummytummy

:xmastree: Just updated sig, this is where I am at present with xmas preparations.

Shortie

Hi everyone

I've been buying some bits on EBay and will update on those when I get them in (in case they end up not as suitable as I thought they were...)

Mainly updating to say I forgot a very important person.... the chilldminder. Ooops :eek:

Assigning a £15 budget and have spent £5.66 last night on bits which will hopefully be just what I think they are and I'll only need to buy a couple of bits

Shortie

Two baskets completed now.

MiL for £14.32 and Sis for £20.45. Both will need sweets/hot choc nearer chrimbo to fill their mugs but I'm really chuffed so far at (a) not spending ailly money (b) not having to rush at Christmas (c) buying while I have the spare cash as I won't at Christmas. Will do the same next year though I won't have to have it all done my end of July admittedly...

Hoping to get another EBay purchase of Lush stuff early this week so I can check out if I can finally finish my Mum's hamper - the last lot wasn't quite what I thought it was so I haven't included that mistake in the budget. I'll update as soon as I get it to hopefully say 'yeeeaaahhh finished' and I can then update the hamper total

Devizeslass

Nice to see everyon'e progress. I keep thinking I must make a start as we are halfway there now! We have recently reduce present buying for most adults to an Oxfam voucher (eg a goat) and a bottle of wine. Debating buying a dozen bottles of wine in Tesco's this week as they have 30% off. Would I end up drinking them? Might be OK if I bought them in the boxes (as I would probably get all the same, or six red and six white) and hid them (from myself!) in my wardrobe. Also thinking of getting a voucher from Oxfam now and then, so they're not all to buy in December.

Other than that, I have started collecting £2 coins, and am up to £12.

minimacka

Just thought I would make me contribution to this thread, We are all going on holiday from 14-22nd December :eek: so this year i need to be really organised as we dont arrive back until the early hours. So far this year I have managed to collect £20 boots and £20 wallis vouchers compliments of pigsback. I have got £15.00 worth of wh smith points thanks to the 200 points vouchers, £20 boots points thanks to the boots thread and loads of makeup and things to give to girlies. I also have around £15 worth of (nectar points) and if i need them up to now around 4500 tescos points (hoping to have at last 5000 by the next redemption time. Im hoping that my wh smith, nectar and boots points will dramatically go up throughtout the year. I do have a lot of people to buy for at Christmas but because of our holiday I am cutting down the cost. I loved making baskets last year for people who loved receiving them but this year I wont be making any because we have agreed not to buy for each other. One thing I did enjoy last year which I will definately be doing this year is a sweets box. I bought a plastic sewing box and filled it with sweets for my 2 d/s's who loved them. There are some pictures somewhere on here if anyone wants to see what I mean.

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MrsTinks

As for wine - wait till they have some on 50% off and free delivery as well as using one of the 1000 or 2000 points if you buy £50 worth or more
I really really must make that list of people to buy for and then go through my present box... *sigh*

Queen.Bess

To date I have:

5640 pigsback (3000 me 2640 DH) (debating Boots or John Lewis?)
£15 HMV from test and vote
£18.19 in Boots points
£20 Game voucher (from selling old PS2 games)
£14.50 tesco clubcard
7000+ nectar points
Latest addition - £5 Asda voucher won in a raffle!

Plus recycling presents and making up little hampers by buying Avon items each month

lollyred1

just found this thread and dragged my partner to look at it as he thins im barking.
i so far have
£45 nectar points
£30 boots points
£9.30 pigsback

present wise ihave bought
3x No7 gift sets @342 costing approx £2 each
book for partner
12 pairs of socks (2 per pack) @25p each
3 x FCUK gift set @£3.50 each
1x photo album @£1
3x hair care sets

so that is my sisters and partners daughter sorted mostly,

i plan to get as much as i can now as come xmas i will just be on smp i can then use boots points to buy stuff in the sale to put away for next year yipee

sammy_kaye18

Hi AllWell here is my christmas updateMoney in saving pot - £????Tesco vouchers - £5Pigsback - £5.65 at last checkAs far as gifts are concerned Im planning on making 7 hampers this year - my sister, my mum, my dad, my step mum, my step brother and sister (joint hamper), my nan, my grandad.So far i have my sister and my step mums gifts completed. They are having pamper hampers and all i need to add to these are a few candles, a bottle of wine and a little box of choccies each.My nan, my grandad and my mums are started but i still need a few pieces to go in themMy step brother and sister and my dads i havent started yet. My step brother and sister i can pick up with my tescos vouchers or with my weekly shopping as its only a movie night in hamper

MrsTinks

I nearly have £50 worth of savings stamps for Tesco!!! YAAAAAY! I will take all my change in to be swapped for hard cash and that should take me over the £50 Woohoooo

Have also decided that this year we'd probably like to have a quiet christmas at home just the 2 of us and enyone else who wants to invade the house are more than welcome to - kinda thing Last year we had my family invade from Denmark, and although it was nice I prefer a quiet christmas... Next year though the is every chance I'll be quite pregnant (if all goes well... we're not planning on starting trying until after the wedding in May) so that might be a drive/boat trip home for christmas... Wouldn't fancy flying if very pregnant! :eek:
Anyway that should make everything a little cheaper in some ways... Will only have to send presents to close family which ofcourse will add a little on the cost side... but again save loads in that I won't have to buy for everyone that I never see anyway...