budgetting for presents

[nappyaddict]

i had already started a thread on this but for some reason i can't find it anymore.

anyway you know if you have a budget for each person's present say £20 but with things like 3 for 2 on in boots you can get 3 presents for £40 instead of £60, do you buy extra presents to make up the extra £20 or think well they have presents in value of £20 they just didn't cost that much.

i hope my babble makes sense!!

If I have a budget and get them on a 3 for 2, I just thank my lucky stars and don't add to the present!

I tend to try presents like that for the kids friends and aunties and uncles.

Dont get them something else. Just thank youur lucky stars the overall cost will be cheaper.

Keep it as cheap as poss

Currently I am spending £10 on stuff I need at Boots and getting the £5 off No.7 voucher (have got 3 so far) and then buying bits of make up and brushes for my niece. Have got £21.50 worth of stuff for £6.50 for her

also boots do xmas shopping nights where if you spend 50 quid you get a tenners worth of points and online its 10 points per pound and you can usually find a code for more on MSE.
I only do xmas for kids. Much cheaper. Less to landfill.

charlie how do i find out when they are?

A freebie is a freebie- you don't have to make it up!

Chances are ime anyway that if you ahve a tenner left Christmas Eve it will go on Christmassy stuff so it all balances!

But no, I dont feel any compunction to make it up- and neither do myfamily, lets face it, everyone has access to the same offers.

got some nice stuff in Smiths on 3 for 2, btw

sign in windows, or sign up to boots online? they always email me and sent an invite in the post, there is also a sign in the window of boots tho

I just take the saving and get the next gift!!! Too many people to buy for to start worrying about whether I go to the limit of my budget or not!! But then I do go out of my way to try and keep the amts down as much as poss otherwise it just gets out of hand!!!

what about if say you bought a pair of shoes for someone that were in the sale. original cost £20 but you buy them for £8. do you just give them the shoes or find something else to make it up to £20.

I would decide what I wanted to get rather than a monetory amount - so if I get 3 for 2, all the better.

I decide what I want then scour the internet to find it as cheaply as possible. If along the way I find something that I think would be just as good but cheaper then I get that instead.