Way back in the summer, I won £60 Tesco vouchers in a twitter party. I’ve been saving them for Christmas shopping. I’d have gone and spent them last week, but I was busy being ill, along with all the kids. So today, I finally went.
And it turned out that only one of the two vouchers was validated. So I only had £10 to spend, instead of £60.
Now, given that I managed to scrape the side of the car a couple weeks ago, and that bill has come to £300, I’ve been trying for a *very* frugal Christmas. Most of what I’ve got is from vouchers, competitions and from stashing what I’ve saved on cashback sites through the year. That £50 was for all the extra bits like knickers, socks, chocolate coins, stocking stuff, that between 4 children mounts up into a surprising amount of cash.
I know in the grand scheme of things, no stocking toys isn’t a big deal. But stood in Tesco this afternoon, it felt like it. It’s probably the head cold that’s making me a bit fragile. That and the whole Christmas expectations thing.
Tomorrow, I’ll fix what I can. Poundland will come to the rescue with some cheap bits to put in stockings, and no doubt some chocolate coins. I’ll rootle around and find some craft kits or something, and it will all work. The kids aren’t that material to be honest, and they won’t be counting presents, they never have.
It *will* work. The only person that makes Christmas hard here is me. And I need to get over that.
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