Money Saving Tips For Christmas Shopping
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toy store - With Christmas coming our thoughts are turning to Christmas shopping budgets and also how we can save money or at least make our money go further. With the economy in a slump the Christmas Bonus is a thing of the past for the majority of us, the fact is many of us are dealing with some wage reductions or worse still, unemployment. With small budgets in the christmas season, wouldn’t it be nice to know the way to save money and still retain the spirit of the holiday? toy store - Here's a few money saving Christmas ideas to help you do just that. 1. Create a list of all the people you buy presents for at Christmas. Search the internet for ideas and narrow down the list of potential presents gradually until you decide on your final choices and what they cost. This is a good starting point when you undertake your final, final, price checks. Remember! Don’t forget to take your list to the shopping mall when you go. 2. Start shopping early to give yourself lots of time to shop so that you are not rushed into making purchases resulting from loss of time and go over your budget as a result. It’s also much easier to get sitters to mind the little ones when you shop as their own shopping won’t get in the way. Shop on weekdays if you can as it is less crowded and the store staff might have more time to look after you. 3. Quite often you may hear people say they'll wait until the January sales to gift themselves as that often results in savings. However the period between Thanksgiving and xmas can certainly be the best time to snap up luxury electronic items as stores slash prices to bring Christmas consumers through the door and very often these prices could be lower than in the January sales as the competition for custom is far greater right before Christmas. 4. Try making your Christmas gifts. Most people enjoy getting homemade treats like cookies, fudge or cake. I had an old aunt who baked a variety of treats and gifted them at Christmas. Sadly she’s no longer with us and every year we always talk of her fondly and remember her special gifts. Gifts like these show how thoughtful and caring you are. Be inventive in how you wrap them, craft shops have a wealth of boxes and baskets you can decorate and use. 5. Buy an artificial tree as opposed to a real one. Your initial expenditure will be recouped the tree will last year in year out and you don’t have the problem of all those needles as well as getting rid of the tree afterwards. 6. Coupons and Discount codes. Benefit from sites such as Groupon.com and Livingsocial.com. Each have significant discounts on a whole host of things enabling you to be creative in your choice of gifts while helping you save a pile of money. Before obtaining anything on the internet check out discount codes at RetailMeNot.com, SecretPrices.com, and FreeShipping.org to find all of the available discounts for your store of choice. Use the discount code during the checkout process to get free delivery or to save up to 20% or sometimes more. 7. Use discounted gift cards. How would you like $100 of products for $80? You can purchase discounted gift cards for hundreds of online and offline retailers such as the Apple Store, Radio Shack, Sears, Home Depot, and lots of others. Discounts are anything from 5%-30% off the face value of the card. Take a look at GiftCardRescue.com and GiftCards.com to start the ball rolling 8. Come clean. If you can’t afford to give your usual presents this season don’t be worried to explain your financial restrictions to your family and friends. Times are tight for everyone today and they may also welcome spending limits. Also, if you have friends who care much more about the present as opposed to giver, you may want to think about whether they are friends worth going into debt for. 9. Watch for Food Deals. There are often great prices that can be had during the run up to Christmas in your local grocery stores. Assess the prices from one retail store to another. Stock up on sale items. While you might n't need much of one thing now, you are able to grab several cheap meal choices for during the holidays. 10. Social media can also be an excellent place to grab discounted items. Most big stores are on Facebook and Twitter so go try them out and look at their recent posts to check for offers. You might be surprised what you dig up. If you follow these money saving ideas you should be able to grab yourself some real Christmas bargains this year for sure. |
