The Christmas cupboard

By Value hunter on Oct 3, 2020 | In In real life, Common sense, In the home, Frugal thinking, Thrifty shopping, Frugal victories

Living on a tight budget, means changing ways to approach different times of the year.
A little planning goes a long way.
One such planning, is around Christmas.

You know the score, it's all around you, friends, advertisements, etc.
Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!

The Christmas cupboard in our gaff, is one of many ways to alleviate the costs of a wonderful, but expensive, time of year.
Two weeks ago, it started with the sale price of a tub of roses.
Last week it was two bottles of branded lemonade, which is always in short supply during the festive period.

The rules are simple.
Is it a "sale" price?
Will it still be in date during the Christmas holidays?

You'd be surprised how it mounts up, not only helping the savings, but the heavy lifting and madness of the festive period.

UPDATE:
Week 3: Chocolate coins for the tree, Matchmakers (discounted and in date), good old after eights (reduced), tonic, ginger ale and soda water (bottle of each)