Frugal Friends’ Friday!
“Use it up, wear it out, make do or do without!”
Two weeks till Christmas! Many of you have gotten some shopping done, so you are probably wrapping presents here and there to get a bit of the work out of the way. I’m sure you can put to use these gift wrapping and exchange tips to help you stay within your budget (and maybe even make your presents more special).
“I have a quick holiday solution: If someone has an abundance of paper grocery bags, they can use them as wrapping paper prior to recycling them. I have often done this for my gifts.” Alecia, Fairborn OH
- “…brown paper packages tied up with string- these are a few of my favorite things…”. I don’t know about you, but I think a brown package with red or green paper ribbon is SO nice looking!
“I’m going to try to make my own tags using ONLY the papers from scrapbooking that I never use! Circles make wreaths, triangles can be trees, squares can be presents, etc!” – Sue, Springboro OH
- How cool! My mother in law reuses the fronts of Christmas cards the following year for gift labels. And I just recently found out my own mother did something very similar! Using things that might have otherwise gone to waste is a great way to help the environment too. Look at us, saving money, adding that “personal touch” to gifts, saving the earth…makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside 
“We draw names for the gift exchange among all the cousins, aunts and uncles, etc. We’d buy something for the little ones but once they turned 12 or 13, they joined the name draw. It cut way down on the expense with over 20 people in the extended family.” Patti, Wakeman OH
- I think that is a fantastic solution to buying gifts for extended family. Everyone gets to open a present and, I’ll bet since one person isn’t buying for 10, they can afford to get their person they draw something they really want!
Yay! What great tips everyone! Be sure to take a little time to enjoy your family, friends, and a nice cup of hot cocoa this week. All this frugal wrapping is going to leave you thirsty. Hmm….I should post my recipes for Homemade Hot Chocolate! Coming soon
Here’s to living- happier, healthier, more FRUGAL lives!
~Frugalmegan~
