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We probably spent just over that this year but that included food as well. There was supposed to be a 50 pound limit on buying presents for me and my girlfriend but she broke that rule this year.
By far the biggest expense this Christmas was the repair bill for the car. ![]() We also had my mum's 75th birthday meal which we paid for and my son's birthday is today. We also spent too much on food but as most of it is frozen it won't go to waste - we won't have to shop apart from fresh food until March at this rate! |
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Didn't buy any presents and didn't get any, and I'm all the happier for it.
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I bought a second hand car I wasn't expecting to buy. After trade in, new tyres, tax etc I am about £3k worse off.
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We rebelled against consumerism this year. Token presents (maximum value of £20) only for us and our grown-up kids and apart from gifts for two relatives who had already bought for us, and three children in the family, we skipped exchanging gifts with other family members.
Instead we bought items from Oxfam Unwrapped to donate, such as goats, soap, honey bees, a toilet, manure etc and we also made donations to various charities which we wished to support. Far more worthwhile than trudging around trying to find suitable gifts for people who neither need not want them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Quote:
Didn't buy any presents and didn't get any, and I'm all the happier for it.
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I bought a second hand car I wasn't expecting to buy. After trade in, new tyres, tax etc I am about £3k worse off.
Do I win ?
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I didn't spend anything. The shops were shut
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You win. Sort of because your present was to yourself. ![]()
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I spent about £15. That's what happens when you buy all your presents in Home Bargains.
I have never heard of Home Bargains ![]() How many did you buy for? |
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I spent about 4x more on gifts for other people than I received
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Didn't buy any presents and didn't get any, and I'm all the happier for it.
I mainly buy for family & two friends. I have stopped buying for the adults when they had children, I buy for the kids instead, apart from my own children that is. |
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Didn't buy any presents and didn't get any, and I'm all the happier for it.
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We also spent too much on food but as most of it is frozen it won't go to waste - we won't have to shop apart from fresh food until March at this rate!
![]() I too, bought too much food, enough to last me until the summer, but unfortunately its all sweet stuff left that I bought for my guests who were too stuffed after dinner to eat any of it. |
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I have never heard of Home Bargains 