Christmas- Is it just me?

LuciferTDark

Being on Benefits here we can't go mad buying £100+ presents for anyone even ourselves, so we've been really creative this year, freebies combined with raffle prizes & cheap smellies is what we're giving people, rough cost per person has been £10. Anyone complains they'll get nothing next year.

lauradora

I know what you all mean i'm on benefits this year and have had to be really careful.

But all the losers spending hours in the shops is making me :rotfl:

I stumbled round the asda last night after the pub! (My mum made me i promise x) and it was still packed!!!

Merry christmas everyone but lets all remember its just a sunday dinner with crackers! Its all really about being together

moanymoany

There is a thread about how to tell family and friends that you aren't buying big pressies this year because of paying off debts. I'm sure that people who really push the boat out with grand gifts for lots of people are often paying on cards already overloaded.

We don't do this as we don't have any friends - no, not really, she says quickly - but for many people the cult of gift buying is overwhelming and the first step of saying 'we are not giving expensive gifts this year, but having a limit of £5 and only for close friends' is a huge step to liberation and debt free Christmases.

Infidel

Live for the moment! :santa2:

yellowmonkey

Bu**er off

Spam head

PS Just like to mention that there was a spam post above. I was not calling infidel a spam head

Buffythedebtslayer

I went out yesterday and it was AWFUL.

so many people and then so many of them moaning about what to get everyone. I also wondered how people were going to pay for it all. I did use my Credit card but its a Tesco's one so I get points.

everyone I saw looked so tired and fed up.

xx

In_Search_Of_Me

theunknownstuntman wrote: »

lol, well, my mates misses wanted to go to MrT's and do the big Xmas/New Year shop, and as Phil (my mate) was in work he asked me to go with her to make sure she was ok in the mad rush.

It wasn't THAT bad when we got there, but it WAS busy, food was getting put back on the shelves as quick as it was being emptied... (I actually saw one woman with 20 loavesof bread...) Sharon (mates mrs) picked up the last pack of sprouts and put them in her trolley and wandered off to pick up something else, as I looked back at the trolley this woman picked the sprouts OUT of Sharons trolley and put them in hers! Sharon saw this and protested at the woman to put them back, the woman said "Here's my husband, argue with him then" and this oik turned up and started to get all shouty at the poor girl, so I stepped in and told this idiot that they could wait for the next batch of sprouts. He tried to get physical (I really didnt want a fight over sprouts for christs sake) and I ended up having to grapple him out of the store with the store security as he went totally nuts, screaming obsenities and threats. Over sprouts. Christmas is mental.

what a hero - just as well youre a stuntman!!!:rotfl: :rotfl:

sharon59

I got last bits yesterday and nearly lost the will to live after beinng buffeted up b*m by trolleys,elbowed etc!!!! Looking at some trolleys l wondered if the end of the world had been announced and ld been on other channel!!!!!
Love sprouts myself-BUT there will be more......!!!!!

Sea78

Oh dear - I still need to go to MrT's to get stuff for our xmas dinner. Wondering whether to go now rather than leave it to try to avoid the horrible crowds...what do you think?

theunknownstuntman

well, you know ISOM, I try...... lol, it was quite scary for the poor lady, this guy just lost it. He was quite prepared to hit a woman, and had a go at me and he was way smaller than me (I'm 6'5"), and still he wouldn't leave it.

I'm available for hire. lol