Yesterday, I noticed that it's just three months until Christmas, so if you haven't started your preparations yet, now is a good point to start thinking about gifts, decorations, entertaining and the Christmas food shop. Those three months might not seem like a long time but if you want to/have to celebrate Christmas on a budget, there are still a couple things you can do to save money. Some of ...
Christmas shopping
Gift buying habits around the world – how do people shop for gifts?
Have you ever wondered how much your family and friends spend on gifts? When they start shopping for special occasions and which occasions apart from Christmas and Easter are the most popular for gift buying? I'm always wondering where people bought certain presents and how much they cost. Sometimes it's because I might want to buy them myself. Other times, it's simply because I'm incredibly ...
Mums are the Hardest Person to Buy Presents for
Christmas shopping is on the horizon and we have to start thinking about what is good for who and where we plan on getting them from. Some are easier to think of than others: dad will always enjoy booze, golf gadgets and slippers, brothers will take any video game going, and sisters crave accessories, but mums have a practical and fast get-stuff-done attitude that can make them extremely difficult ...
Recession Christmas: Are we spending too much?
The commercialisation of Christmas, as well as of other holidays like Easter and Halloween, has been a much debated issue long before the markets crashed in 2008. The fear of spoiling children in particular was the subject of many a newspaper feature, even during times of relative economic ease. With Britain still gripped by the credit crunch, has the time come to admit that collectively, as a ...