tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166949416950161358.post9068939419532019239..comments2023-11-16T08:19:42.110+00:00Comments on ~ EssexHebridean ~: Frugal Friday...Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04175531371914205163noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166949416950161358.post-66226640453533455742013-11-18T13:59:52.849+00:002013-11-18T13:59:52.849+00:00ROFL at people's approval of Value jaffa cakes...ROFL at people's approval of Value jaffa cakes! <br />Wilit make you shout at the TV Scarlet? Hmm...probably not - it's all done with Martin's usual down-to-earth "You don't HAVE to spend any of this at all, but if you must, at least spend it wisely" approach which I find pretty sensible.<br />practical presents rock so far as I'm concerned - I'm currently saving up to buy a new lens for my camera - a very un-frugal, expensive new lens - so if people want to buy me presents for christmas I'd far rather they bought things which I would otherwise have to spend my own cash on, leaving me extra in the savings pot! <br />Dreamer - we've done that before with presents too - when our TV needed replacing we just bought one another a little token something to unwrap as a present, and then combined our finances to buy the TV - works, well, doesn't it! <br /><br />Alison - glad the flapjacks came out well - they are absolutely GORGEOUS with cranberries - I've used those before too! Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175531371914205163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166949416950161358.post-36944833257854557532013-11-15T22:02:59.938+00:002013-11-15T22:02:59.938+00:00Completely off-topic, but just wanted to say that ...Completely off-topic, but just wanted to say that the flapjacky things are simply scrumptious, lots of pumpkin and sunflower seeds and dried cranberries that I had rather a stash of. Thank you for your recipe, this will be a regular in our house from now on. Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773144442384424888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166949416950161358.post-76049324593036364842013-11-15T21:26:23.724+00:002013-11-15T21:26:23.724+00:00I haven't bought anything for Christmas yet an...I haven't bought anything for Christmas yet and plan on spending very little, not because I am too mean just because it isn't really necessary. I have made several gifts ; decorative cushions, pencil rolls, baby quilts, bears, lots of home made preserves and liqueurs, mini Christmas cakes, and a few surprise gifts I can't mention. I have also traded for gifts through LETS, stuff like lavender mice, lavender syrup, rosehip syrup, handmade soaps, fabric bottle bags, some really nice frames for photos, a handmade quilt,a cushion, and lots of other bits and pieces.<br />I have enough nectar points to pay for a large chicken, gammon and beef joints as well as a few treats and apart from that it will be our usual food stores being used. I am hosting a small family get together from Christmas eve to Boxing Day night down at my mum's house (whilst she is abroad), and the meats will be enough for hot and cold dishes over those days.<br />I prefer practical gifts but really don't need anything just now and can't think of anything I want that much, Ian is the same, so we probably won't buy each other a "big" gift, but if we think of something later in the year that we would like, probably for the house or garden, we will just buy it from the household budget as our joint pressie - it works for us :)<br />We also stop buying for kids at 18,this year I have a couple of nieces and nephew who have "fallen off" my list :) dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569512066931951883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166949416950161358.post-195544552192097442013-11-15T19:26:05.821+00:002013-11-15T19:26:05.821+00:00I've got Christmas almost sorted now. K and A ...I've got Christmas almost sorted now. K and A asked for a secondhand dining table ( I got chairs too and Mum said she would buy it at auction if I would renovate it so it's a joint present), my Mum is having a tea trolley renovated by me ( she rang during the week to commission one, but I said I would do it as her Christmas gift), KL has had a hat (I bought it on our shopping trip to Liverpool last week), and I'm making her a quilt, and the MIL will get a plant or some bulbs planted up. There'll be a few other hand crafted bits to go with things, which just leaves lunch. I spent around £5 on 'extra' stuff last year, and anticipate this year being similar. I used to love value jaffa cakes!<br />Will the Martin Lewis programme make me shout at the TV?Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166949416950161358.post-64761861899396848172013-11-15T10:39:20.980+00:002013-11-15T10:39:20.980+00:00We too buy presents throughout the year. There is ...We too buy presents throughout the year. There is no way we could afford to buy presents, food and all the other "Stuff" associated with Christmas in December so we spread the cost throughout the year. We don't go overboard either, especially on food. There is no need. People come to see the kids at Christmas, not which brand biscuits we've bought!<br />In our family we have always written lists of what we want for Christmas and when I was first going out with Hubby, he thought it was cheeky giving people a list. He now realises that list giving is much better as people actually get things they need/want. We very often ask for practical things or things that we wouldn't actually buy for ourselves. <br />(And by the way value jaffa cakes are much nicer than the branded ones) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com