Nov 11 2008
’tis That Season: Frugal Gifting
To further satisfy my writing addiction, I supplement my bloggery by writing articles at Hub Pages (they call them “Hubs”). A lot of my Hubs are also frugal-related and opinionated. Hubbing is a little different from blogging; it’s more like writing articles for a print magazine. And there’s less coding and techy stuff involved. If you love writing, check ‘em out!
But I digress.
I thought this seasonal Hub might be of interest to blog readers who have large gift lists and a fashionably recession-ized budget to contend with:
Frugal Gift-Giving for Groups: Family, Friends & Co-Workers
It’s not just for Christmas, but for all of those many, many gift giving occasions. Pretty good info, modestly speaking, but I did forget one great year-round source of inexpensive little gifts or stocking stuffers, gift wrapping supplies, greeting cards and ornaments: Your local Dollar or 99-Cent store.
Fortunately, a fellow Hubber (Dorsi) fills in the info gap:
Save Money by Shopping at Dollar Stores
My first wish for the season: May all of you enjoy a solvent season and a prosperous new year!
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As I child we spent years having Christmas at my Godmother’s at the rule was you couldn’t spend more that $5 / person: which was OK in the 1970’s but a bit tricky when she still insisted on it 20 years later - and you were in big trouble if you broke the rule LOL
Hi, Lissie!
We did something like that, too.
I had a few favorite stores that stocked unique little gifts, but frankly … I still cheated every now and then. We also had a rule that all price tags had to be removed and obliterated. That helped a lot. With the cheating, that is.
What didn’t help was, thrift store and yard sale purchases were under an unspoken, but solid taboo.
(And I’m finally taking your advice!)