I have been loathed by my close friends for years because of my advance planning for holidays. I like to be prepared and find appropriate and heartfelt gifts. I also like to milk my dollar. I have compiled for those of you still shopping a list of my favorite shopping links, as well as a few that I have yet to test.
1. Ebay---- if you brainstorm about the person you are shopping for, you will find something, oftentimes for a dollar or so, that they will love and cherish.
2. Overstock.com---especially good for electronics
3. Big Lots---You may have to go several times, but there is usually something worth buying.
4. yorkphoto.com----you can have personalized gifts made with your own photos for reasonable prices and fast shipping.
5. photostamps.com---- you can turn treasured family photos into useful postage stamps. Good for those relatives far away.
6. Clearance bins of any sort---This requires some time and ingenuity, but never pass up a clearance bin without a good solid look through.
7. Memory gifts----These also require a little thought, but the recipient will feel very loved (or so we hope). You just assemble a three ring binder with pictures and stories about the loved one and decorate.
8. Handmade gifts---With the help of stores like Michaels and AC Moore, even fairly unhandy people like myself can assemble a clock or paint some ornaments for a loved one.
9. Gifts.com----this search engine will show you what people in your loved ones general demographic might enjoy. Many of these items will be overpriced, but there is an occasional item that is either affordable or triggers another idea.
10. Gift certificates or cash---many people dislike these as impersonal gifts, but difficult to buy for loved ones may appreciate not getting those singing boxer shorts or dancing/singing fish to hang on the wall.
Enjoy my tips. But friends and family, please don't buy for me and mine. We are attempting to teach our children that Christmas is a time for sharing love and time with family and friends, not anxiously (and greedily) planning out what their haul might be.
Night all and Happy Holidays!
Heather
5 years ago
1 comments:
I love the idea of Christmas not being about the presents you get or how many. My parents never gave us many things and it was still a very nice and fun day. My Nephew on the other hand gets a ton of things. Mary has gotten him one of those Valosa raptor dinosaurs that is a robot . It is said on the box that it stocks you in the house. Now this I am not looking forward to at all. might be fun at first but not long term. Considering Tate that I keep has GREAT FEAR of anything that is a toy that moves,talks,sings, ect..
I Still think Aurelia needs a little kitchen LOL!!! Had to put my 2 cents in ya know:)Love ya
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