Well this time of year can be a financial minefield. Stores are bursting with goodies and if you
were to believe the adverts, you can’t have a great time without spending
oodles of money. I once was hooked in, ship,
line and sinker when it came to Christmas.
I could easily spend a couple of thousand on gifts, decorations, food,
drink, entertaining, new outfit, parties.
Crickey it was a lot.
So can you have a cracking time and still be frugal? Of
course you can, because somewhere along the line some of us in this consumerist
age have lost the true meaning of Christmas and with just a little bit we
can have a cracking time.
Today we decorated the house, we used to buy a real tree
(hubby wanted to this year but I said no (I know how mean) I’d buy a real wreath
for the door, I would always buy different decorations etc and a few hundred
pounds later…..
This year however it has cost us zero, as we have decorated
the house with all our old decorations, 2 artificial trees (which I bought in
the sale years ago) and an artificial wreath I’ve used year after year.
It really doesn’t have to cost much, I have made decorations
in the past, and if you’ve got little ones it’s a great activity on the run up
to Christmas. I’ve embedded a link to
making decorations from recycled materials again no / little cost. http://diytotry.com/25-christmas-decorations-made-with-recycled-materials/
So reuse, recycle, make and mend. Your home may not look like the inside of a
glossy magazine but it will be fabulous and it will be you.
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