To want to know how much you have spent up to now?

[Babababababybel23]

On Christmas presents. I decided to keep track this year as I went a bit mad last time.
I've spent 110 up to now, that is between 6 people and I have nearly finished buying for three of them.
I seem to be doing well up to now but I always look at the presents under the tree just before Christmas and decide it doesn't look like enough and then order loads of crap

I’ve spent £380 and my budget is £460 so November’s pay will complete the buying. I bought my first present in August (new Hot Wheels cars for my nephew on eBay - the price too good not to).

I’ve spent £40 on wrapping paper/ extra tree decs from garden store/ organza ribbon and little plastic mistletoe /holly sprigs (I’m one of those “Pinteresty” elaborate wrappers - forgive me, I have no children and I’m single and it makes me happy )

I have a colour coded spreadsheet this year - I’ve gone in prepared. Last year I spent almost a grand as I didn’t bother to tot up what I was buying and on Christmas Eve went out at 3pm panic buying...

I usually spend the most on Amazon and eBay (bnwt is brilliant!). Because I live in a place with no VAT - money usually also comes off the Amazon advertised price too

I love Christmas.

We just buy each other a couple of nice presents each, I’m not a fan of stuff and try to buy people lovely quality gifts, I hate the panic buying of crap, even the kids will get only a few gifts, they get stuff all through the year so they arnt going without. I’ve bought about eight gifts so I’m up to about £300 so far , prob got about eight more to buy for family and a few token gifts. I refuse to get stressed by Christmas!!

@mollie85
I am a Pinterest present wrapper too, I've decided to wrap all of my present like the professional bows you see in stores. Which is costing about 40 quid on ribbon
But I will be rushing around collecting said ribbon on Christmas morning after all the presents have been unwrapped. Nothing wrong with reusing it again

£7.20 so far (just spotted a book on amazon this morning that my DD will like)
I have a lot of family birthdays in Nov and Dec so have had to buy stuff for those first.
But it's going to be a fairly frugal Chrstmas for various reasons - quite a few people are getting home made gifts from me (whether they want them or not !)

Don't know. Quite a lot but I'm almost done.
I put money aside every month for Christmas, birthdays and kids clothes and stuff and I'm well within budget.

We have spent around 110 pounds so fare. Have all advent gifts for both dds and saint Nicholas gifts for both and 1 Christmas gift for both. Need a gift for my parents, grandparents and great grandparents and a bit more for dds.

0 but have 4 birthdays before Christmas on 16th 21st 28th and 30th Nov

Aaaah baba- a kindred!

I’m going for a dark bottle green paper (with feint gold swirls) and gold organza with sprigs placed underneath.

Last year it was retro red and white with a small bell knotted through twine and large white, flat snowflakes... I didn’t get much love for the bells

Sorry to derail

Not too much actually - I usually buy few gifts during the year so I'd say total including Santa comes to €400? I spend €75 on joint present with siblings to do up a room in my parents house - that's been most expensive so far. Used amazon vouchers saved from doing surveys etc for DH presents so all good!

Well i have to start thinking about Xmas presents as I can't afford to buy them all at once so so far ds2 main present £80 and a second hand psp for ds1for £50 next week dh daughter will get her Xmas money and we will get ds1 main present on black Friday oh and its also ds1 birthday on boxing day .

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£320...will be Around £600 when finished.

That’s 2DC, 2 sets parents, brother & partner & 2 aunts.

I don’t think that’s 2bad.

Under £50 I'd say, although I didn't add up the cost of DGD's stocking fillers properly. Quite a lot more to go, but thank goodness I am not in a high-spending family/friends group. Altogether I expect to spend less than £200. Or maybe £300 . . .

Nothing at all. We aim to spend up to £50 on each child (we have two dc), less if possible. We are absolutely skint and can barely afford to eat let alone buy presents. I have £15 in tesco vouchers and have asked my mum to go halves on a gift for my dd (a hornby railway set that I saw in asda).

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£4 today on an advent calendar.

In fact, like a PP I have two major birthdays before Christmas and haven't spent a penny on those yet either!

I've spend £125 on DP (about £50 more than I'd planned but I've bought tickets to an event that I want to go to 😌 - he will like it too 😝).

Then I've randomly spent £50 on other things. I'm not sure if I'm the only person who does this, but I'll see things for a good price and buy it without thinking who I'm going to gift it to. I now have 3 random women's sets and I'm not really sues what to do with them.

So far - nothing. Planning to start soon though?

I do surveys on valued opinions and e-rewards via nectar, so far all Christmas presents & the food for all December will be free.

I bought Christmas cards half price in card factory last year.

I need a roll of ribbon so Christmas will be about £2 this year.

On presents so far I’ve spent about £80 and that is on surprises for dd , not done anything for anybody else yet .

Umm much already. But I have done a lot. Dc are more or less sorted. I know people are saying it's only November, but between October and Jan I also have dc X 2 birthdays, friends X 2 birthdays, family friends nieces birthday, mums birthday, sisters birthday, dad's birthday so it's always a really expensive time of year for me. Last year I panicked so much over the whole thing I decided to start early this year. I've had enough of it already! Can't think of things for people. Can I just give vouchers?

Oh god. So much. About £1000. But it’s all finished now (I think)

Approx £1600 but that includes presents for 7 dc, Santa grotto/meal, advent calendars ( beauty and playmobil) and the deposit for Christmas lunch at a restaurant.
Still have dh and family to buy for , plus wrapping paper, decorations , buffet food and drink.

£15 pounds on books for nieces and nephew.... nothing else. I have been mentally spending though!