Happy 1st Day of December!Today not only marks the official start of Christmas (according to my advent calendar at least), it also marks the first day of the most expensive month of the year for most of us.I've written lots of posts over the past few years about my ways to save money at Christmas but I know there's lots of ways that I've never even thought of which is why I thought it would be nice to have a bit of a Christmas money saving linky going on. I'd love you to link any and all of your Christmas money saving posts up this year so we can all share each other's ideas about how … [Read more...]
How to have an organised December….
Not only can December be an expensive month it can also be an extremely busy month and looking at my diary, this year it's going to be even busier than usual! Between work, two different school's Christmas activities, doctors and orthodontists appointments and Christmas nights out I don't think I'm going to have chance to sit down all month. ;-)The problem I have is keeping track of it all!I need something that we can all see what's happening at a glance so we know exactly what everyone is doing and when!Mr Frugal for example needs to know if he can swap a shift at work at the … [Read more...]
How to answer the ‘Is Santa Real’ question (and how not to)….
Over the years my two have asked me many, many times if Santa was really real and I've always given them the answers I think they wanted and needed to hear.Miss Frugal for example stopped believing years ago, before most of her friends did, and although I tried to tell her otherwise, she just knew that Santa wasn't real. She's a very logical child and lots of things just didn't make sense to her so we had the talk about that quite early on.It didn't stop Christmas being magical for her though and she became my helper to keep the Santa magic alive for Master Frugal.And then last … [Read more...]
Do you waste money on presents at Christmas….
I'm not going to ask you how much you spend on your children at Christmas because, let's face it, it as nothing to do with me how much you spend.What I wanted to ask you to do today is to consider if some of the things you buy are a waste of money?Every year I see toys and gifts being advertised on TV that I look at and think are a complete waste of money. Toys that look amazing but will rarely live up to expectations - they'll be played with once or twice before being relegated to the back of the cupboard. And don't even get me started on the huge range of novelty gifts that have … [Read more...]
{Free Printables} Letter to Santa templates and how to get a reply from the big guy himself….
Writing our annual letters to Santa is one of our Christmas traditions and probably the only Christmassy thing that we do with the kids before the 1st December.We always do it at some point in November because (a) I like to be all bought and wrapped as early as possible so the sooner I know what they want, the better and (b) we generally send their letters to the Royal Mail Santa Service for a reply and their deadline is usually early on in December.This year is the first year that we have no Santa believers in the house so trying to get them to write to Santa with a wishlist didn't go … [Read more...]
A controversial get ready for Christmas post…. (Yes,I know it’s only just September but I think you should read this anyway)
I am fully aware that you hate me right now and that your finger is hovering over the X in the corner of your screen but I have some very good reasons for using the dreaded C word so early in the year.Shall I tell you my reasons why?It's because for those people who are paid monthly, Christmas is now only four paydays away and that's if you're counting December payday which is usually right before Christmas and has to last you until payday in January. That means that in reality, you only have three paydays left until Christmas.Are you still with me?There's also the fact that … [Read more...]
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