What have you NOT spent on Christmas?

Odette

Great thread!

Regifted a cookbook I will never use.
Got some free Whiskey this year, one of those for my Dad.

Thats about it, other than that its been a bit of a spendy xmas so far

tallyhoh

I have not spent money on:

7 presents (recycled from last year)
Tags - cut from last years cards
Cards - left over from last year
Christmas day lunch, being treated
Groceries paid for by £22 Asda Points, £19 Tesco Points, £28.50 Nectar points (OH gets his points through business expenses).
Tree - given to us last year (artificial)
Bought most of the other presents in last January sale

jayss

I found a handbag I'd only used once or twice when I was moving so my sister gets that.
Paid for Mcdonalds with lunchon vouchers during the free glass promotion, filling the glasses with sweets for gifts.
Have reused some bag from last year for wrapping, though bought some more too.
Paid for a couple of things with boots points.
Will give mum my nectar vouchers and sainsburys 'you should have shopped elsewhere' coupons towards my share of xmas lunch.
Oh and regifting some wine my dad gave me.

Gettingtherequickly

I had a Sanctuary gift set from about 2 years ago, which was not only half price then, but also 3 for 2 so was actually a freebie! Bought some calendars on 3 for 2, which were also half price anyway, so 1 free calendar as a gift.

Most of my gifts have been on offer anyway, so not actually spent a huge amount anyway.

timefortea

Mainly saved through doing a £5 limit Secret Santa with my friends, instead of buying all of them a £20 present.

£10 - Amazon gift voucher earned through surveys, spent on a book each for OH and niece
Christmas cards and paper - some bough in January sales, some left over from last year
£3 - food vouchers earned from a survey, spent on Christmas food
£7.50 - Clubcard vouchers, will use them for picking up last Christmassy bits

MessyMare

Saved by not buying OH everything I wanted to (he's already got loads from me!) = £50
BIL present (voucher from VO) = £10
Bought one roll of kiddie's wrap to do everything instead of three rolls of posh stuff = £4 saved
Bought niece's main present in JMe @home summer sale = £9 saved
Bought Niece's and Sister's presents with staff discount = £20 saved
Oh oh oh and used Mr T double up for one of OH's pressies =£20

Hmm, not bad Love the McDonald's glass idea, may have to pinch that one for next year!

DorsetGirl_2

I have not spent

£26.97 on a La La Loopsy - used Tesco Vouchers
£29.97 on a 3DS Game - used Nectar points converted to Amazon vouchers
£24.99 on Beauty Flash Balm for my Mum - used Ad. Card points instead.

sickasachip13

Ooh, mine pale in comparison but, I haven't spent on wrapping paper as I bought it last year, from Tesco's in the Jan sale for 10p a roll. I've also been using the more generic colours/patterns as birthday wrapping all year too :-)

I've been making the most of the offers from Body Shop too - so, because of their offers I haven't bought 2 x £12 (?) body butters for the mum and mum-in-law.

Standingtall

Humm, well...

We can get a discount on gift cards (reloadable) through work so I got my son a £40 cinema one for £36. Got parents an M&S one worth £40 for £37.

Treated myself to some face cream with my superdrug points too but I suppose that is cheating as not Christmas.

Oooh, I also saved on postage by asking my mum to it my family cards in with hers....:rotfl:

kavics17

I did not spend anything on:

x alcohol -given up drinking 3 years ago
x £200 worth flight tickets -used Airmiles, just in time before the changes
x £100 on presents: agreed with adults that no presents this year, only giving to children and OH/brother
x any money on gift tags/xmas cards/wrapping paper - all saved from last year