Oh my god!! Taking back what's mine (aka not spending without thinking from now on!!)

foxgloves

Re presents for people....I used to spend far too much on presents, particularly at Christmas, but now I have a 'present cupboard' which i add to all year. It is really working for me.....I put a pair of earrings in there this week that I picked up for £3 & I know a friend will love. It's not her birthday until February! Sounds daft, but I decided that as I was often seeing something & thinking ''Oh, so & so would love that', I might as well buy it & pop it away until time to wrap it up. I like making things too, so at the moment, I'm knitting funky socks & other things & into the present cupboard they go! I find this is good for saving money as the last couple of Januarys, I haven't been overdrawn at all & I always used to start each new year deep in debty do-do. Just thought I'd flag this up as you mentioned presents & this is something that is working well for us.