Secret Santa help

Guinea_2

We are having a Secret Santa this year at work. The maximum you can spend is £2.50 on the present. We are a smallish staff (35) with only one man. I've done the candles, smells, alcohol, socks, scarves; etc route. I was just wondering if all you wonderful money saving people could offer some interesting suggestions of what I can buy as a pressie for £2.50?

Any ideas gratefully received! Thanks

Gillyx

Christmas Cupcakes, providing you could get 4 for £2.50, may struggle.

elsien

Chocolate! If it were me I'd be perfectly happy with a large toblerone (currently on offer in Sainsburys for £2.)
It may not be the most exciting of presents, but I'd rather that than something that's just going to end up in the back of the cupboard.

shell_girl

Two christmas scratch cards and one of those dairy milk stars... the dairy milk stars are usually on 2 for £1 so you'd have to eat the other one to make sure you didn't go over the spending limit...

emg

shell_girl wrote: »

Two christmas scratch cards and one of those dairy milk stars... the dairy milk stars are usually on 2 for £1 so you'd have to eat the other one to make sure you didn't go over the spending limit...

haha! I like your thinking! You might be able to pick up a nice mug for £2.50. I also quite like buying people a nice christmas decoration for secret santa as they are generally opened a few weeks before christmas (I like looking in paperchase or accessorize).

balletshoes

keyring, mini-torch, alarm clock etc etc etc

Red_Cat

A couple of things from Poundland like craft stuff, garden stuff, bike stuff etc. if you know the recipeient is into craft, gardening , cycling etc.

TeaCake

If you could get some fancy shredded paper from somewhere for nowt, you could get an Xmas mug from Poundland and fill it with said paper, put a scratchcard at the back and lay a dairy milk star on top of all the paper. Ive picked up a box of mini candy canes (36 in a box) to go with some small presents in Poundland. Maybe get a box of those and put a few in and share the rest with your family at Xmas (they only cost 2.8p each).

bylromarha

Am stealing the scratchcard idea for our secret santa. Thanks!

Guinea_2

Such great ideas from everyone...thanks. I think I'll actually do the scratch card idea with some 50p chocs to go with it.

Thanks to everyone

GlasweJen

I'm actually stuck for a SS idea. I've made a little pampering kit with bath salts (freebie), nice moisturiser, small bottle of rose (one of the 1 glass bottles), a hot choc sachet, and I'm going to pick up a miniature chocolate set to pop in tomorrow. Does this sound like a good gift? Our limit was £8 and I don't know the person I got as its the person covering my sick leave!