Christmas budget

[Peachesflower]

My christmas budget this year is at about £550. I have already finished over half my shopping and just got the last £200 to spend once i hit pay day. Im worried i go overboard and i keep getting comments off people about how crazy it is to be spending that at 21 but let me explain how i budget. £25 per person whos immediate family or inlaws or nieces nephews, £200 for my partner, £85-100 for my mum because she has been my rock and i feel she deserves abit more of a thank you for everything she does for me through the year, £10 each 2 grandparents £12 on cats ( bad i know) £10 on the dogs ( cant leave them out of the excitement) and then i have spent £85 on wrapping. The wrapping cost worries me but alot of these presents have to travel so for me i feel like pretty gift boxes are a essential for keeping presents looking beautiful and tree ready on the long journey. Not to mention i have counted and i have 60 presents to wrap and gift bag up this year. I will have a fair amount of wrapping paper left over aswell and hopefully some gift bags. In my head that sounds like good budgeting for the ones i love but everyone thinks im mad. Im a big kid and still love all the presents under the tree seeing peoples faces when they open the gift i spent days choosing for them. I guess im just looking to hear some other peoples budget and looking for abit of reassurance☺️ Thank you!

I'd spend less on my partner and more on my grandparents. But I'm fairly close to my grandparents. The wrapping is quite a lot. But if it's affordable for you then do what makes you happy.

I'm quite amazed your cat gets a better gift than your grandparents

My grandparents hate gifts being bought for them and i have 3 cats

Thats £10 per grandparent and £4 per cat

Sounds like great budgeting to me, and if you can afford it without getting into debt then why not? The amounts per person seem reasonable to me, you’ve put quite a bit of thought into it. Everyone will have a different budget based on what they can afford, and I expect some people don’t even work out a budget! I’d only say it was too much if you then can’t pay bills etc because of it, or will be stressed about the money.

As long as it's affordable for you and you don't get yourself into debt, I say go ahead! I'm with you, I love to give presents - even more than receiving them, the look on peoples faces makes it all worthwhile. I will say however, you could knock down on the wrapping costs if it bothers you, there's some lovely budget wrapping ideas on pinterest. Have a lovely Christmas 🎄