Christmas Present Challenge

charleybear

Hawkins bazar - not sure if I'm able to say the store names because of the rules.
I also brought a calender with a picture of some poop (I know just keep reading. I'll explain now) saying "same old sh*t different day" because my dad always says "SOS..same old sh*t" whenever I ask how his day has been after work.

pix-cola

SO far but think i need to get a move on

D3 100/ 15
D2 100 / 17
S2 75 / 2
S1 50 / 2
D1 50 / 12
Dogs 10 / 4
OH 25/
Mum 25/
Dad & SM 40 16
SMSon 15/
Sis 20 /
Sis OH 20/
C1 15/
C2 15/
C3 15 /
total 575 / 68

charleybear

I need to add every thing up again,
I know I've gone over my budget

kdalwayskint

I've made a little progress today.

I've bought some plain red and white stockings and some pieces of felt, going to cut the letters for their names and some other Christmas shapes and let my OH daughters decorate them in a couple of weeks, they will have unique stockings they can hang for Santa - cost for this was £2.25, we've already got some glue and it will keep them occupied away from the tv or game pad things for a little bit!

I couldn't find the little wash bags I was looking for so have bought a couple of the small sized clear pencil cases that you can get 60p each, so that was cheaper than I was originally budgeting for.

To go with the Champaign and Christmas pudding idea I have just used some B@@ts points on a 3 for 2 offer and bought some truffles, I had to pay for the delivery which was £2.95 I could have arranged for collection at a local shop, but we live quite away from the nearest one so paying is the cheaper option for me!

Feeling a little more positive about things

LuckyPenny

I am steadily chipping away at my budget.

I got the Glomour mag with the free nail varnish and Body Shop card. I had £3 on my card. I used it today to buy a pressie for a friend and the nail varnish will be a little gift for my niece. Someone recommended searching Vintage Necklace on 3Bay so I did and found one from 20 pence free postage coming from Hong Kong, fingers crossed it is nice for my niece to go with her nail varnish.

Still got to get pressies for my DD who I will spend most of my budget on. My DD buy's my OH a gift, I thought this year I might give her a £5 budget and go up to P0undl*nd and so she can get 5 small things, she will love wrapping them all up. Good stocking filler ideas this year.

Sunshinemummy

Emilou87 wrote: »

Hi Everyone

I am new here and thought I would join in this thread. I don't normally have a lot of people to buy for at Christmas however I will be spending my first Christmas with my boyfriend so he is new on my list. Also my friend has a 4 month old daughter I will buy for this Christmas.

My list is:

Mum 50/100
Step Dad 0/50
Brother 1 age 25 60/100
Brother 2 age 19 50/100
Partner 200/200
Godson age 5 45/50
Friends Daughter Age 4 months 30/50
Grandmother 50/50
Grandfather 30/50
Best Friend 50/50
Best Friends Partner 5/5
Friends x4 20/80
Friends Son Age 4 40/50

My budget is £1200 which is money I have saved up each month before November. Looking at some of the budgets on here today mine seems very high now

Be my friend! OMG

LeopardPrintsAndTea

Hey it's charleybear here I just wanted to change my username but ad to create whole new account , I still have my other account to edit this thread if I have have to.

LeopardPrintsAndTea

Just a new update.
I will go through my list tonight and
type it up on my computer I have a record incase i loose the list or
need to "cross reference" as I usually add information on one thing and not the other.


There's only 5 weeks left before christmas!

joee

Hey all

I am just quickly popping in to say that I have nearly got all of my presents except one and I have come in at around £70 under budget. I will update more later!

I hope everyone is doing ok

Jo

kdalwayskint

kdalwayskint wrote: »

Right then, my list! My other half normally sorts his side out and I do mine, so going off that I have my son, OH, mum, 3 nephews, 2 nieces, 3 sisters and 3 brothers in law, dad and step mum.

16 to get gifts for :eek: I've left it a bit late to get organised:(

So I've decided that for OH side we are doing the celebration hampers (Champaign, Christmas pudding & truffles) which are very low cost, using bottles that we already have! I'm going to extend this to my side for 2 of my sister's and their hubby 's as I have already got something for my youngest sister and her hubby. I think I may have to purchase a couple of bits but planning on about £10 to have them all sorted.

For my son I really want to get him an IPod or similar he is 15 so if anyone has any ideas they would be really welcome.

So looking at the budget then:

OH ~ £10
Son ~ £50
3 nephews ~ £30
2 nieces ~ £20 spent £3
Mum ~ £10
Dad & step mum ~ £10
6 couples ~ £25 spent £18

So my budget is £155 spent so far £21, I am hoping I can come in under this budget as this is a fair bit of cash for me and doesn't include OH daughters!