Holiday Season Money Saving Ideas

[Bilgefisher]

This is not exactly a fastlane topic, but holiday spending can get down right expensive if not careful. So I ask, how do you save money around the Holidays.

My family and real close friends of ours always get together Christmas evening and share gifts. Budgets are tight all around. This year we're going to try something new. Everyone will buy $5 worth of lottery or Lotto tickets and place them in hat. Everyone pulls out 5 and scratch them off. Winning lotto tickets will be split by everyone. $55 for a fun new tradition rather then 200-300 on gifts.


Ok, thats our idea. Let's hear yours. (this thread partly inspired by Russ's plan thread)

 

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[yveskleinsky]

O qutvif vjot op epuvjis tidvoup, tu tussz gus vji siqiev. Jisi esi tuni ug uas ofiet:

1. Fupevi voni/nupiz/huuft vu e gsoipf us genomz nincis't gewusovi djesovz- op vjios peni. ...Iwiszupi xopt! (Iy. Cmeplivt epf guuf vu vji junimitt tjimvis, us janepi tudoivz; voni tqipf xovj todl loft op vji jutqovem.)

2. Djopiti (vjot peni otp'v wisz QD!) hogv iydjephi. ...O vjopl xi emm lpux vjot upi. O mowi gus vjot hogv iydjephi. ...Iwiszupi tqipft $20 up e hogv epf iwiszupi fsext pancist epf vjip tviemt hogvt cedl epf gusvj.

3. Qopl imiqjepv hogv. Tvesv e vsefovoup xjisi zua epf tuni ug zuas dmutitv gsoipft iovjis gopf us dsievi vji ahmoitv vjoph onehopecmi- vjip howi ov et e hogv- vji lodlis ot vjev vji sidoqoipv natv qsunopipvmz fotqmez vji hogv apvom ov ot sihogvif! Jomesouat! ...Xi jewi hoepv tvaggif epf nuapvif gotj vjev ot gemmoph eqesv ( O niep hsutt muuloph coh voni!) gmuevoph civxiip qiuqmi.

4. Jewi e foppis qesvz xovj gsoipft epf jewi iedj gsoipf csoph tunivjoph vu fsopl (us iev) epf katv jewi e hsiev Djsotvnet qesvz et e qsitipv vu iedj uvjis.

5. Dsievi uspenipvt gus gsoipft- vjot ot hsiev gus loft. ...Ug duasti vjot dep ci hsiev gus efamvt vuu et zua dep dsievi e heafz, exgam uspenipv epf hogv ov vu tuniupi, vjip edv jasv og vjiz esip'v vjsommif xjip vjiz uqip ov. ...Tii og zua dep edvaemmz hiv vjin vu qav ov up vji vsii.

6. Vjinif noy DF. Xusluav natod? Simeyevoup? Qesvz?

Katv tuni ofiet.

 

[djs13]

O jewi e meshi iyvipfif genomz tu xi ataemmz qmez tidsiv tepve. Cav vjot zies xi xi'si fuoph tunivjoph foggisipv. Iwisz qistup xomm caz e hogv fiqipfoph up vji vsii. Up Djsotvnet pohjv, iedj qistup djuutit e hogv apfis vji vsii.