BankerGirl’s Holiday Shopping Budget
I am taking this afternoon off to do my holiday shopping. I need to buy gifts for six adults and two children (my nieces). My budget is as follows:
Mom: $50
Dad: $50
Future Mother-in-Law: $50
Future Brother-in-Law: $40
Sister: $25
Nieces: $30
Honey: $175
As you can see, I plan to spend just over $400 for the holidays this year. My partner and I got each other a Wii and three games, and all that is already under the tree - I have to purchase the rest today. I am notorious for overspending on gifts - but this year I have vowed to stay with my plan for the first time ever.
I’ll come back tonight and let you know if I stuck with my budget.
Stumble it!
December 19th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Try cash…no not giving them cash, but getting cash and using that. You won’t go over budget and you will know exactly how much you have left per person.
Here is what we did. We had the amount for each person in a big legal size envelope with 3×5 card seperating each person. each card had a name so you knew you still had what.
If we went over on someone we knew that would short change another (sometimes we did it anyway as we found the perfect gift!)
Just a suggestion and good luck!
December 20th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Hey there!
Just stopping by to hope the shopping went well! (I’m hoping for an espresso machine this year!) Lol.
December 20th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Good luck! I can’t wait to hear how you do!