What are you not going to buy this christmas

Muppet81

Liz3yy wrote: »

I am looking forward to Xmas, despite having my lost job this week....(I will get another soon, I'm sure) because I live in a comfortable house with an amazing fianc!. I have my health and am surrounded by wonderful friends and family who remind me constantly I am loved and needed.

You don't always need the material things to have a nice time

I think you have captured the real essence of what Christmas should be and what REALLY matters.
So sorry about your loss of job but hope that this is an exciting turning point for you and that there are wonderful things just round the corner.
Hope you and your fiance have a wonderful Christmas and wishing you all the very very best for 2013. xx

Popperwell

I will give in slightly and see if I can find alternative items that will be a treat over Christmas, I am no scrooge:)I can always get some small trifles, I have some puds from last year(that are quite small that should still be ok)and I can always eat sweets. I am quite good at making cocktails and still have some booze in the house I can get a bit merry.:rotfl:

thankfully I'm not bad cook or at least I find it easy to do...So I'll either do small meals or if I make too much perhaps I can use it up over the following days...

the_frugal_frog

I am on my own this Christmas, so I am not expecting to spend much at all compared to years before when I had to think of others

I love real trees but I have sourced a fake one from a bootfair last month, a fiver, and will last years.

No real wreath, no ponsietta plant thingys
No turkish delights
No booze, but I may buy some irish cream if I can see some on offer, I think its abut 3.99 anyway
No turkey, I am buying my christmas dinner in stages, with whatever is yellow stickered.
No christmas crackers, though I am going to make some for the tree
No pringles, if anyone is interested, morrisns have thier own version on offer for a pund.
No prawns/ham joints/vol au vents/pate

I am going to buy a few snacks that I like
though, just for me, but will be less than a fiver. I will also treat myself to some pg tips loool.

I am just going to have a lazy day with the cats watch christmas films, eat lunch and graze watch more films.

Tiglath

Not buying turkey, Christmas pud or mince pies as no-one likes them (except I like turkey but no point doing any just for me - guess I could get a small breast joint after Christmas). We tend to have beef or lamb with all the trimmings instead. Loathe crackers (the pull kind), Christmas cards except when demanded by family, and Christmas decorations.

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I'm hoping that with folks pulling their belts in a bit this year there will be lots of bargains yellow stickered in the supermarkets so I can stock up to see me through the bad winter months of January and February when all the bills come rolling in

Popperwell

Tiglath wrote: »

Not buying turkey, Christmas pud or mince pies as no-one likes them (except I like turkey but no point doing any just for me - guess I could get a small breast joint after Christmas). We tend to have beef or lamb with all the trimmings instead. Loathe crackers (the pull kind), Christmas cards except when demanded by family, and Christmas decorations.

Ok it costs in reality more than buying a joint if you think of what you can buy turkey wise but Tesco's have for a few Christmas had cooked sliced turkey with stuffing(8 slices I think)for £2-£3 could be ok for one person, enough for a couple of meals/sandwiches etc...

Then again I have seen some small joints for the same price and as said earlier I was lucky to get something reduced but you have to time it right...

THIRZAH

A gingerbread house kit plus a few sweets kept my three visiting nieces occupied for most of a wet Christmas eve afternoon-well worth the money but nobody fancied eating it on Christmas day!

We never buy tins of biscuits or chocolates . I just buy a couple of packets or bars of the ones that I know my family will eat.If there's chocolate in the house after Christmas I'll eat it even if its something like Quality Street which I don't really like.

It's hard enough losing the weight I gain over Christmas as it is.

snowleopard61

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Moser Roth finest truffles in a hexagonal box, they come in milk and plain varieties and cost £1.89. DH loves Lindor but they are now much too pricey even he says that these are better.

Thank you! I've seen them but never thought of them as being the same sort of thing as Lindor because the box is so different (Aldi's products usually tend to be 'lookey-likeys'). I'll definitely give them a try.

By the way, if you haven't yet tried it (and you probably have) the Choceur Hazelnut Heaven bar is delicious, and good value at 59p.

snowleopard61

Popperwell wrote: »

I will give in slightly and see if I can find alternative items that will be a treat over Christmas, I am no scrooge:)I can always get some small trifles, I have some puds from last year(that are quite small that should still be ok)and I can always eat sweets. I am quite good at making cocktails and still have some booze in the house I can get a bit merry.:rotfl:

thankfully I'm not bad cook or at least I find it easy to do...So I'll either do small meals or if I make too much perhaps I can use it up over the following days...

Popperwell, that's good to hear. You don't have to do Christmas traditionally, you can do it in the way that pleases you and lifts your spirits.

Some years ago, I had a Christmas where I had split up with my (then) husband just over a month before, and my Mum had died less than three weeks before (the year after my Dad). From spending Christmas with six of us (including my Dad) we were down to three in a pretty short space of time. I decided to ask my children, then 6 and 8, what they would like for Christmas dinner, since we only had ourselves to please and so that they would have something they'd really enjoy (their Dad came on Christmas Eve for a traditional meal although we'd just split up). They chose vegetable lasagne and ice cream sundaes with lots of sauces and sweeties, so that's exactly what we had, and it was great. A lot better than you'd expect in the circumstances.:)

flubberyzing

The last couple of years, it's just been me, mum and dad for Christmas. Mum always buys a christmas cake, even though she's the only one who will eat it (although dad will have a tiny slice to be polite on the big day). The same goes for sprouts!
Last year we just had a turkey crown for dinner, as that was enough for the 3 of us. But then mum did a full turkey the next day when sister and fiance came for boxing day. I suspect the same will be true this year.

As for me, because I don't have to worry about the food side of things (I drive the 2 hours to my parents on about the 23rd, then leave about the 28th), I'm trying to make savings in other areas this year.
- I always buy the 15p a roll Tescos wrapping paper. The design is simple, but fine, and for something that just gets ripped up and binned, I don't see the point in buying posh stuff.
- Xmas cards this year are coming from those random half-boxes of cards we all have and never get around to using up! It'll be a right random assortment. I think I've got 20 cards to send this year.
- Only buying gifts for 5 people this year (immediate family and best friend). 2 or 3 smallish, but thoughtful gifts for each of them. In the past I've gifted 3 or 4 work colleagues, but as I'm between jobs right now, that's a saving!