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Holiday Gift Giving Ideas For the Financially Challenged by heidi haller
Jingle coins, Jingle coins; Jingle all the way ends of each can with an opener. Attach
No dollar bills, For gifts that thrill a very long string from one can to the
My holidays look gray, heh!... other….Oh, your kid wanted a cell phone?
Get rid of the string!
If the only thing in your wallet this
Christmas is an I-O-U from Santa, rest for your
assured, you’re not alone. I, for one, began mother-in-laW
feeling the pinch of the holidays clear back CUSTOM JEWELRY
to Halloween when I was forced to cut Find seven pipe cleaners in assorted
up a bag of fun size candy bars and pass colors; bend each one into a circle,
them off as Tootsie Rolls. Yes, everyone twisting together the ends. Presto!
these days seems to be tightening their A bracelet in a different color for
belts, cutting out coupons or eliminating every day of the week.
the little “extras”… like dinner! And just as Feeling extravagant?
stocks plunge, the employment rate is in the Make a matching set of
tanker and the phrase “home-appreciation” hoop earrings and a necklace.
has become an oxy-moron, we’re now hit
with the shopping season. Now, in better for your
economic times, I would go into debt like husband/boyfriend
everybody else and not give a ho. But what’s SWEET TREATS
a gal to do this year when money is scarce If a way to a man’s heart is through his
and your gift list long? stomach, impress him with some homemade
Drastic times call for drastic measures cookies (just not yours!) Prior to your gift for your PaPerboy
so this Christmas I’m going “homemade!” exchange, take home a pocketful of cookies GO GREEN
I recently sat down with a stein of spiced from every festive holiday party you have Everyone knows you’re supposed to tip your
eggnog and put on my old thinking cap attended this season. Store them in air-tight paperboy during the holidays. He works
(I had plenty of time because I just got plastic bags and freeze. Repeat until you’ve hard and deserves a couple of extra bucks,
laid off) and came up with some great assembled enough cookies for a holiday right? So take out a few crisp ones…and
gift ideas using items easily found around platter Martha Stewart would envy. throw them in your bushes…and see if he
the house…or your neighbor's…if their can find them!
security system isn’t on. for your best friend
Here’s my list of “Perfect Presents For A RE-GIFT From your child’s school teacher to your
People Pinching Pennies.” Go shopping…at home! Pick out gardener, mailman or hairstylist, there are
something in great condition you got as ways to cut corners while still giving a gift
for your teenager a gift that wasn’t exactly your taste like a that has meaning. Only have one dollar to
A NEW PHONE vase, wall picture, handbag, etc. (Just make spend? Buy them each a lottery ticket…and
Get two small cans of V8 Juice, empty sure you don’t gift her what she gave you maybe, just maybe, they’ll get what they
contents, rinse cans. Remove one of the last year!) really wanted!
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