The first step is to make a list of each
and every person that you need to purchase gifts for for the entire year, and
write down each gift giving occasion that is pertinent to them beside their
name, along with dates of the events.
This makes it easy to keep track of who you need to buy for, and when
you need to have the gift by. Next, put
the list in an easy to find place. A
notebook, your purse, on your computer, etc.
This way, you can write down the gift you purchased for the person
beside their name when you bought it – no confusion or double buying. I post mine in the inside of my Gift Closet.
The Gift Closet may be one of your biggest
money savers, period. It can be a
closet, a shelf in a closet, the space under your bed, wherever. It just needs to be a space that is
completely dedicated to putting gifts that have been purchased. This is where you will store all the gifts
you buy – no more hunting, or running out last minute to buy a second gift
because you can’t find the first!
Another way I utilize my gift closet is that I put potential gifts in
there. When I am out and about and I see
a great deal on something I know someone will love, or that I think would go
great in a gift basket, etc. and it is a
great price, I will buy it and put it in my gift closet. I have gotten many amazing gifts for people
this way ($30.00 wooden recipe boxes for $5.00, $25.00 reading slippers for
$3.00, $18.50 porcelain vases for $2.75, $34.50 recipe binders for $1.75 – just
to name a few). Then I shop the gift
closet before an event, because I very well may already have something in
there!
As you can see, I’ve gotten some incredible
deals on beautiful, and expensive, gifts and have gotten them for pennies on
the dollar in some cases. And the people
who received them absolutely loved them!
It doesn’t matter how much you spend, but the thought that goes into it. It always helps when it’s worth much more
than you paid for it! Haha..
Using this method keeps holidays and
events stress free. You always have the
perfect present, you don’t have to break the bank by running out and buying a
last minute gift, and you always know what you need to buy and for when. I cannot believe the amount of time I
tortured myself by using any other method than this. Give it a try – I promise you will never turn
back!
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