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Save money while holiday shopping
You’ll soon be tempted to buy lots of things for the holidays. Here are a few hints to help you keep the shopping more practical and less expensive.
Try especially hard to hit the post-holiday sales and use lots of coupons, but only for stuff you really want or need.
Buy gifts that have extended lifetimes. A baby sweater with Santa and Christmas trees on it will soon be out of season. A similar adorable sweater with snowflakes embroidered on it will still be cute and snappy in March. As for toys, try to find classics or well-made designs that you can hand down to other children.
Think one year ahead. You can do the math in your head to figure out what age toys and rough size clothes your kids (and your nieces, nephews, friend's kids, etc) will need for the holidays of 2009. Buy a few classic toys or clothing pieces for next year during the huge sales that occur just after the holidays and pack them away carefully. Then write yourself a note on the November page of your 2009 calendar so you don't double-buy!
Always shop with a list, and do your very best to stick with it.
Don't wait until the last minute. Shopping for the holidays while desperate is like going for groceries while hungry. It just makes life so much harder!
We'll have some great suggestions for you in the Polliwogged Holiday Gift Guide, which comes out very soon!
- Leigh G.
Try especially hard to hit the post-holiday sales and use lots of coupons, but only for stuff you really want or need.
Buy gifts that have extended lifetimes. A baby sweater with Santa and Christmas trees on it will soon be out of season. A similar adorable sweater with snowflakes embroidered on it will still be cute and snappy in March. As for toys, try to find classics or well-made designs that you can hand down to other children.
Think one year ahead. You can do the math in your head to figure out what age toys and rough size clothes your kids (and your nieces, nephews, friend's kids, etc) will need for the holidays of 2009. Buy a few classic toys or clothing pieces for next year during the huge sales that occur just after the holidays and pack them away carefully. Then write yourself a note on the November page of your 2009 calendar so you don't double-buy!
Always shop with a list, and do your very best to stick with it.
Don't wait until the last minute. Shopping for the holidays while desperate is like going for groceries while hungry. It just makes life so much harder!
We'll have some great suggestions for you in the Polliwogged Holiday Gift Guide, which comes out very soon!
- Leigh G.
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