Nothing is worse than going WAY over budget for Christmas Gifts… or running out of money before you actually get everyone’s gifts purchased. It’s super stressful!
So I wanted to give you guys a friendly reminder to put together a quick Christmas Budget/List, if you don’t already have one. This will help you see everything in visual form of what you need to purchase, what their regular prices are and what your overall spending amount will be. Then when you see a great deal for a lot less than the regular price on your sheet, you will know to grab that item ASAP to help you save money.
My goal is to help you guys come in UNDER Budget! So hopefully all of these crazy deals that have been posted and will be posted on Freebies2Deals.com can help you get there. All you have to do is remember to watch the website throughout the day until the deal you want pops up…. and it should over the next 5 weeks!
Steps to Set Your Christmas Budget:
1- Have your kids put together their Christmas Lists NOW. The longer you wait, the harder your job will be. Have it be a running Christmas list that they can add items to if they want. You can even give them a cutoff date so the list doesn’t become never-ending. Tell them that Santa needs time to find all of their toys so they can’t keep adding new toys to their list. This should help your sanity too!
2- Write down all of the people you need to purchase Christmas for and what items you are thinking of getting. Include how much you think you might spend on teacher gifts, neighbor gifts and anything else like that.
3- Do a little online research over on Amazon right now and see what price each of those items normally cost. You can then write those prices next to each item/person on your list.
4- Total up all of the prices you have listed to get an idea of what your grand total for Christmas might be. If that number is too high, go back to your list and replace more expensive items with less expensive options. Then Re-Total.
Now you should have an amount to budget for Christmas. Your job now is to not pay full price for any of those items. A deal will come for every item.. it always does. 🙂 Use Amazon’s Lightning Deals, watch for deals on your own or check Freebies2Deals.com each day.
Like I said earlier, my Goal is to help you guys find deals on all of those items on your list at a lower price than what you have listed as the regular retail price. So as long as you stick with me, we should be able to get that accomplished!! During the Holidays, I post 50 deals or more each day on everything from toys to electronics to home to clothing… if it’s an awesome deal, I post it.
Jana Sohm
Great idea!! Thank you!!
Samantha
I have been following your site for a year now. I always want to save money. But I’ve never really known how. I have become much more savvy on how to get the best deals because of your site. Thank you for all of your hard work in helping us find the great deals! I’ve already saved money on Christmas gifts that I need this year! Love your site.
Emily
Thanks for the reminder, Melea! I need to get my sons started on a list! I love it when I’m reminded that they can ask Santa for anything they want…”cause Santa doesn’t have a budget” um, right….
Julie A
This is exactly how I’ve done it over the last couple of years and I have LOVED it! It has helped me to pass on the deals that are awesome, but not on my list.
Thanks for all you do to help! Now, if Hobbit and Lego Movie Lego sets will just go on sale, I’ll be set!
Amy
I’ve never let my kids make lists-just the idea of it is so greedy to me! I know I’m in the minority on that, but I just listen to them through the year as they mention things they like. It’s fun, too, because I think they are more surprised rather than handing over a list and thinking that’s what they will get.
Kristine
Love this! I agree
Melea Johnson
I think this is great too, Amy! I tell people to have their kids make a list mostly because a lot of moms tell me they have no idea what their kids want. If you already know that, you can definitely skip that step!
Ali Lewis
Love this!! So needed! Thank you!
Barb
I like your thinking Amy. My boys want Legos and the prices of the sets they want are so high. I need to get great deals on the Lego City Ice Breaker set and the Lego Star Wars At-At set and I am honestly concerned about this. Any suggestions?
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