Taken off the shelf for a price check

looby75

isayoldchap wrote: »

At the start of the year I make notes in the diaries for upcoming events and keep special carrier bags of gifts for certain parties etc.Christmas seems to be a bit more of a giveaway in certain stores.There will of course be further invites from school friends which also will require gifts.
This makes it a whole lot easier to budget instead of rushing out at the last minute trying to find that gift which may not have been reduced in the sale.
Would you be tempted to buy now at say £2.50 instead of £10+ for an upcoming event?

I do this too, when ever I see a bargain I grab it and stash it away, the best one last year was when additions direct mispriced the crayola sticker makers down to 99p (should have been £13) and I managed to get 4. DSs mates in school thought he was very generous at the first party he went to lol

Only problem is that it caused one particularly nasty mother to go round telling her little clique and just about anyone who would listen that I am "on the fiddle" (I'm a lone parent on benefits at the moment) and I was rubbing it in everyone's faces buying so many expensive presents. :rolleyes: I gave her the url of this site