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Control Your Xmas Budget

With Xmas fast approaching I thought you might want some handy hints on how to control your spending and not let your finances go off the radar.

First, make a list of all the people you would like to buy gifts for. Second, write down next to each name the amount of money you feel is the most you can spend on each person. Third, stick to your plan! Fourth, it is not a sin to spend less than you planned on a person so don’t go buying something extra just to make up the money factor.

Points to consider:

• Try shopping online - gifts are often cheaper and it will save you time.
• Try hand made gifts if you are good with your hands. People appreciate it more and you save tons of money.
• Use Cash!! This is a big one. If you use your credit (or debit) card, you don’t see the physical cash leaving your bank account which makes spending far too easy. It is a fact that if you use cash, you will spend about 30% less.

If you have some good tips for Xmas shopping, please share your tips with our readers. If you need some ideas then look at our section on Xmas Gifts.

Have fun and keep control.

by Angela

Christmas Shopping Online

I have just been looking at the calendar and I cant believe that we are now more than half way through the year.  Anyway, my thoughts then turned to Christmas.  I am never organised and always leave my Xmas Shopping until the very last minute.  I am determined not to put myself under that pressure this year. 

Now if you thought I was just being conscientious then I’m afraid you are wrong.  My main motivation is this… I am going to be living in New Zealand this year and will need to ship most of my gifts off to the UK, the USA and South Africa so I need to be more organised than usual.  Also, if I shop online I will have time to do some interesting shopping like the two sites I have just come across now… See below.

Let me share this with you. I have never really taken the time to get to know what feng shui is all about but I do find some of their goodies interesting, so I am going to read about it, match the gifts to the meaning and then match the meaning to the person.  Then I can send my little gifts to my family and friends along with the interesting stories attached to the items.  I think that’s a great idea and different.  Look at: feng shui shop in Australia and feng shui store in the UK. 

Or if you want to stick to what you know, you can shop online with Pinkfridge for the usual stuff like perfume and jewellery.  We also offer information on things like unique and unusual gifts to give you some ideas if you are looking for ’different’ Christmas gifts.

If you find anything really different and interesting out there ladies, let us know please.

by Angela

Christmas Gifts Post

We will start to add tips, advice and the latest updates from the 9th of May 2006 - this post refers to the Pink Fridge section of the main site here - http://www.pinkfridge.com/s_xmasgifts/