What are you not going to buy this christmas

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RockPaperScissors wrote: »

Baileys - I love it but last year my mother got a little too tipsy thinking it was just a flavoring for her coffee!

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That is the funniest thing Ive read lol :beer:

bossymoo

Well I wasn't buying Santa outfits for the tots, but having just been in to home bargains with them in tow, I now appear to be £10 worse off and have a 2yo in a Xmas fairy dress and a nearly 4yo dressed as the man himself, watching the grinch

Rsrohit

chessiex wrote: »

Chocolate advent calenders from the supermarket. Far too expensive!

You are right dear.

skint_explorer

Charliex wrote: »

A far-too-big bird for a family of two adults and two little ones under four. Last year I spent about £40 on a huge capon as we don't like turkey. It was so unnecessary and yes I know you can portion/freeze the left overs but who really wants the hassle of doing that?? This year I'm setting myself a budget of £10 and buying a big free range chicken and thats that! :rotfl:

Hi
Where did you get a capon from ? (its a man chicken with its nuts removed internally ) and supposed to be illegal in UK. Cant understand why France etc can still produce them. Blue eyed EU boys

sharnad

Not buying big Tins of anything, have bought per cooks chestnuts fro asda though as they are lush. Not buying a free decorations and refusing again to buy christmas cards not buying anything that's I'll price sale stuff only oh a could of praetns each and then can buy more in the sales. No candy canes or chocolates as I'm on a diet

skintscotslass

RockPaperScissors wrote: »

I won't be buying the following:

Advocar...Literally nobody drinks it but for some reason I always think SnowBalls would be a really nice idea. (They never are!)

Baileys - I love it but last year my mother got a little too tipsy thinking it was just a flavoring for her coffee!

Agree with the food! I will be making lots of the treats this year such as

- Peppermint creams
- chocolate truffles and solid truffles (so easy but saves so much money!)
- A Christmas cake
- homemade fruit and veg crisps (parsnip, beetroot, apple etc. - really delicious but they cost a bomb in the shops!)
- Home made alcoholic ginger beer - I have a recipe that only takes 2 days and it's delicious
- Sloe Gin (been fermenting away for a couple of months now!)

Basically - I'm on a mission to pay out as little as possible! I've even been making my own Christmas decorations out of ribbon, canvas, felt etc. so that I'm not tempted by the rustic looking (and frankly over priced) decorations in the shops!

Would you like to share your recipe for the ginger beer please?

oldtractor

Gift sets of "smellies", chocolate and gifts for anyone other than immediate close family.

bluenose1

Won't be buying
1. Christmas cards (must have over 100 spare from years gone by.)
2. Surprise presents for the kids as they don't even get played with half the time and end up in the a charity bag.
3. Smellies - ditto for the charity bag.
4. Wrapping paper- have over a dozen rolls unopened.
5. Any more tat christmas decorations. Classy decs only.

Sharon87

Well I never buy as I don't like them

Mince Pies
Christmas cake and pudding

This year I won't be buying:

Pringles - unless on special offer, too expensive otherwise
Christmas diinner food - not cooking Christmas dinner, as we went out with my housemates.

VfM4meplse

My only concession to Christmas this year are mince pies (good offer at Lidl atm) and Christmas cake, as I had kits left over from last year, and I really like it. Oh yes and stalking out the good offers on spirits, but that's to stock up for the year ahead.

Other than that, there will be no Christmas expenditure at the supermarket.