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Knit Your Way to Next Christmas
Christmas may be over for another year, but if you are a Christmas-a-holic and you knit, here’s a project to keep you going until December. These are the Twelve Days of Christmas, in knitted form....
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A Few Handmade Presents
When I posted last week about how we managed to buy Christmas presents for 16 people on a budget of £180, I promised to post a round-up of some of our handmade gifts, created by my husband in his...
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How to avoid missing the last posting dates for Christmas
YES, I KNOW IT’S OCTOBER. But the Post Office has come up with a really good idea for the last Christmas posting dates that I want to share with you before I forget. In fact, I am just the forgetful...
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3 ways to get cut-price Christmas presents from The Body Shop
Hot on the heels of September’s hand cream freebie, The Body Shop is going all out to draw shoppers in. If you popped into a bricks-and-mortar store for the first time in a while when you picked up...
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Don’t even THINK about paying full price for flowers this Christmas
Seriously: if you are planning on having Christmas flowers delivered this year, perhaps to a friend or a loved one far away, don’t you dare consider paying full whack. December isn’t the busiest month...
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HOW TO: make salt-dough decorations for your Christmas tree
So, let’s recap an event that has probably taken place in your life at some point over the past few weeks. You have been in a shop, seen a rack of DARNED GORGEOUS Christmas tree decorations dangling...
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How to get money off at Currys & PC World EVERY TIME.
Currys and PC World, or Currys/PC World or whatever they are called these days, are busy at this time of year. And they are expensive stores! Electricals and white goods don’t come cheap. Whether you...
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THE ULTIMATE LIST: last order dates for Christmas delivery
Yes, Christmas Day is looming – but don’t panic! If you still have presents to buy and voucher codes to use, here is your toolkit. It is a master list of all the major UK retail websites, and the last...
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Happy Thrifty Christmas 2013
Merry Christmas! Here, it has been go go go all day. This year we are with my husband’s family – and Thrifty Kid’s two cousins, aged three and one, whom he adores. We got up very early (thanks, kids)...
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Thrifty Christmas: How To Make Brown Parcel Paper POP
This is how I wrap my presents every year: I like how it looks, and I also like saving money on Christmas wrapping paper. When you tot up the costs of Christmas gift-buying, it is easy to forget to...
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