With the economic woes strangling the average shopper this year, it is prudent to take inventory of your shopping list, and cut the fat from your budget. I will help you do that by offering some great price cutting ideas. You can save money, and still cover the necessary items on your list.
1, Christmas cards. --recycle them--It is totally unnecessary to buy new cards each year. Try taking some white-out to the cards that you received last year. Now, go through your list, and send the recycled card to someone other than the person who sent it to you last year. You see, you not only save money, you are helping the "green" effort by saving a tree and recycling the old cards.
2. Gift wrapping paper. Instead of going out and buying new paper this season, think ahead, and start saving the comic section out of the newspaper all year long. The paper is colorful, bright, and cheery. Just right to wrap up that gift for that special someone.
3. Gifts for toddlers on your list. If there were ever any gifts that are waste of money, they are the gifts bought for toddlers. Try this instead. Save your bug cardboard boxes. Color them or wrap them in comic papers, and tie a bow on it. The toddler will spend countless hours of pleasure sitting and playing in the box. A perfect gift that for special child.
4. For the youngster who is scientific minded, instead of a high cost chemistry set or telescope. save your toilet paper rolls. Once again, color them or wrap around them with comic paper, and tell them it is the latest telescope. Watch their eyes light up with joy.
5. Christmas dinner.Every year thousands of dollars are spent on that special dinner. Let's have ten guests coming for dinner. Go to Wal Mart, and go to the frozen food section. There you will see the perfect dinner for the Holidays. I suggest "Swanson's Turkey dinner" and for $10.00 you can buy ten of them. Take them home, zap them, and mix them all together. Your guests will never know the difference.
So, you see. You need not go broke doing the Holiday thing. Use these ideas, save money, and out smile on hte faces of those you love, and have a Merry Christmas.
The Family all gathered together-the perfect Christmas dinner
2 comments:
Cedar: My Christmas budget is generally set by the amount of money in my account on the day before Christmas. HA! (err Ho Ho Ho, I guess)
That, my friend is a very smart Christmas budget. I used to do all of my shopping that way. but now, I just get online and bam, bam, bam, use the plastic, and all done. Ho, Ho, Ho
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