What are you doing for xmas presents money savers??

SkintButHappy

I bought some discount canvases from a sale at the works, already had acrylics paints, I started painting my close friends and family paintings of things they like in June, only got a couple more to do now. Cheap and thoughtful

freebyfifty

linz wrote: »

...by the way, if anyone can think of other Scottish things I can put in my mums hamper please post them

I'm in Scotland.

You could try Moffat toffee, Edinburgh Rock, Scottish honey/Marmalade/Jam, irn bru, haggis, Highland toffee, Caithness Glass, Oatcakes with a Scottish cheese (Lockerbie cheddar), Abernethy Biscuits, Miniature of Drambuie.........................

..........that's all I can think of but should be something there to give you an idea.
Personally I do not like Edinburgh rock but Moffat toffee is the best

sickasachip13

Linz - get her a heather plant :-)

I've been upfront with my relatives that we're broke and we've all agreed to a fiver limit for each person. This is great and actually makes me think harder about what to spend my pennies on that they'll love.

Cherryjack

sickasachip13 wrote: »

Linz - get her a heather plant :-)

I've been upfront with my relatives that we're broke and we've all agreed to a fiver limit for each person. This is great and actually makes me think harder about what to spend my pennies on that they'll love.

its not such a bad idea.. nothing worse than being very skint in january.. think i am going to make better choices this year.. ive started the shopping early aswell so hopefully i dont need to touch any wages in december..

vintagegirl

Verbatim wrote: »

Robbie Burns book of poetry? I bought a mini one covered in tartan once, when I was in Scotland as a child.

sorry laughed at this, im in glasgow and we would cringe at the 'robbie'. haha RABBIE. My dad has one of these too

pixiedust09

linz wrote: »

Great idea for a thread;


Brother - a home made sweety hamper. Been trawling Wilko, Poundland and newsagents for rainbow drops, curly wurlys, refreshers, love hearts etc, candy cigarettes, wham bars etc. Will work out sub-£10 I think.

Love this idea, will make a hamper like this for hubby as he's so difficult to buy for but loves sweets.

wantnomoneyworries

Never thought of putting together a hamper style present - MIL likes lavender so I think I'll do one in this style. Already got a purple bed jacket - offer at Tesco.
Always got children in family selection boxes but thought they are a rip off so will do small sweet hampers - got some bits left from Halloween!!;)

linz

pixiedust09 wrote: »

Love this idea, will make a hamper like this for hubby as he's so difficult to buy for but loves sweets.

Does he have a favourite film ?

You could also do a film night in hamper, dvd, popcorn, doritos, coca cola/his favourite beer, m&m's/maltesers, nibbles etc.

vintagegirl

linz wrote: »

Does he have a favourite film ?

You could also do a film night in hamper, dvd, popcorn, doritos, coca cola/his favourite beer, m&m's/maltesers, nibbles etc.

thats a fabulous idea, might do this

MrsTinks

To add to the scottish list (married to a Scot ) Red Cola... anyone going up to the homeland gets told to bring him a bottle back lol I'm sure there is a sweet he normally asks for too but it doesn't sping to mind tonight