We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Ours was great, even with working around the weather. Now that it is over we have started preparing for next Christmas. Yep, that's right we've already started. I have gone through all the bags, bows and tissue paper and packed away all of it that is still nice. No sense to spend tons of money just on the wrapping! This year a lot of the good sales started before Christmas. We went to Michaels right before Christmas when they were running the 75% off sale and picked up photo ornaments (they make great grandparent gifts!), some wreath decorations (we went with a fake wreath this year to try to cut back on expense), scrap booking stickers, ornaments for Princess to paint and give out for gifts next year, a lemax house and few odds and ends for the Colonel's train set up that the kids love. We went to Walmart and got the Colonel a shirt ($2.47 for an xxl!), gift tags that are perfect for the kids learning to write, bows, a few ornaments, another piece for the train, a window cling, bath paint for the kids, candles, a gift set, a chapstick gift set. We went to Toys R Us and The Children's Place to get Christmas shirts for the kids and one of their cousins for next year. Some of these will be birthday gifts and some will be put away until Christmas next year. But by buying it now at at least half off if not more, it really makes a big difference in stretching our Christmas budget. Too help even more I had been saving up my swagbucks and redeemed them for a $25 Walmart giftcard. I put that toward my after Christmas sale shopping which helped us save even more! What are some of your best frugal living tips for Christmas??
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