Posted By: chubbyalaskagriz
Dec 10 # 6 of 13
RE: "A member of my family receives Food Stamps and has no money for gift buying"
Cath, does she have an "Aldi's" grocery store in her neck of the woods? We have them here and they are fantastic. Their prices are typically lower that ANY other store- even the Super Wal-Mart. MANY items for a buck, etc. A regular grocery store that carries about everything. They carry many off brands, so some of their items are a little "questionable" in quality at times, so one has to try and sample everything- some items are fine- others I won't buy again. But item for item a cart of groceries from Wal-Mart that would cost a hundred bucks, would only cost maybe $60.00-$70.00 at Aldi's! This time of year they also have some good gift items...
Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy
Dec 10 # 7 of 13
No Aldi's here but we do have Sav-a-Lot it is alot cheaper. But you gave me more ideas and when I talk to her next I will put her onto Big Lots and the Dollar Tree, I just have no idea if they accept the Food Stamps!
Dec 10 # 8 of 13
chubbyalaskagriz wrote:
Well, I went w/ my sis to Crate & Barrel today and bought several pairs of beautiful over-sized holiday enamelware coffee mugs. (Normally $18.00/pair marked down to just $3.00/pr.!) So my plan is to mix-up a big ole batch of simple instant hot-cocoa mix, bag it up with fancy bows & ribbons and include a pair of the bright & cheery colorful mugs w/ ea. bag of coco mix- and maybe even join these w/ a pair of fun chocolate-dipt, peppermint-sprinkled plastic spoons to make the hot cocoa extra-cheery! Something like these will be neat to have on hand for those folks who unexpectedly gift us w/ l'il things at the last minute...
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I had the same sort of idea. I have 15 people who work for me and I wanted to do something for them with out breaking the bank. I went yesterday moring to the Dollar Tree. I finally found one near me. I found the nicest mugs. They are white with a black reindeer and woods scene on them. I'm going to fill then with homemade gluten free nuts and bolts like my grandmother used to make. Our string on chex mix gave me the idea.
Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy
Dec 10 # 9 of 13
Yes the Dollar Tree has some neat little items and you can fix them up into cute and nifty little gifts that don't break the bank!!! I paint and so many in my family have received Watercolor paintings over the years when $$$ was tight.
Dec 10 # 10 of 13
Cook Chatty Cathy wrote:
Yes the Dollar Tree has some neat little items and you can fix them up into cute and nifty little gifts that don't break the bank!!! I paint and so many in my family have received Watercolor paintings over the years when $$$ was tight.
That's another thing we have in common then. I went to Art school so I also have given some of my works to people over the holidays. They are always extremely well recieved. I just need to get busy now and do some more for my own house.