I make no apology that it’s too late for this Christmas, but many of these tips will save you a fortune in not only pennies but in stress.
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With no exaggeration at all, today I purchased just over £300 worth of shopping and I didn't feel a thing. Honestly!!
How?
Firstly, because - as I have said time and time again - the 25th December happens at the same date every year. It's no surprise.
So I plan and prepare all year.
Today I cashed in my Coop stamp cards.
The Coop have stamps you buy for £1.
You fill a card with 48 and they give you £50 in return when you spend it in December.
I do this all year, in fact I make a plan to fill as many cards as I can.
This year I filled six.
So the Coop 'gave' me £12. For free.
And I really did not notice the little £1 spends over the year.
Each shop, I added on one or two savings stamps.
Simple!
Next: I bought nothing seasonal with my money.
What??!! I hear you cry! What did you spend your money on then??
My store cupboard.
The long term food stores for the two of us.
Tinned and jarred goods, frozen and dried foods.
To be specific; kilos of rice, gluten free pasta, lentils and chick peas. Tins of baked beans, potatoes, tomatoes and tomato purée.
Dried spices and cooking oil, packets of teabags and coffee, and long life soya milk.
The freezer is full of Quorn and vegetables.
It's my Christmas shopping.
And I heartily recommend it.
We don't eat wildly extravagant foods at Christmas - I make vegan Christmas cake and gf mince pies - but we love cooking at home each night and eating well together.
Dinner tonight is leftovers curry.
When we have food leftover from dinner it gets frozen. Because everything we eat is vegetarian, gluten and dairy free, it's easy to mix together. So the leftovers bag has vegetables cooked in different styles.
Tonight I defrosted the bag and added 2 tbsp curry powder.
Absolutely delicious!
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