It seems like every other week or so I’m getting an invitation to a shower or tea. Someone is getting married or having a baby. When money’s tight, all this adds up.
Your stockpile can help with this! This is gift I recently took to a wedding shower for a young couple. I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and bought the basket and pack of clothes hangers. I used a 20% off coupon from BBB’s direct mail. I paid less than $7 for those items.
I came home and filled that basket with laundry detergent, dish soap, Lysol wipes, Kleenex and dryer sheets. Probably $10-$12 worth of items, but it was stuff I got for free or nearly free using sales and coupons! So for less than $10 I was able to give a couple a goody basket of things they needed for their new home!
When you are deal hunting and building your stockpile think of items you can use for gift giving.
- Glade candles, body washes and lotions can always be found for free/cheap and are great things for gift baskets you can give to friends, neighbors and teachers for birthday’s and Christmas.
- Free coffee can be paired with some inexpensive mugs from the Dollar Tree for “coffee baskets”. You can also be on the watch for deals at Vistaprint and Snapfish and get a coffee mug personalized with a picture.
- Free razors, shaving cream and body wash can be gifted to the hard-to-buy for guy you know.
- Cheap or free snacks are good filler items for gift baskets.
- Store gift cards that you receive for purchasing selected items can be gifted!
- Free 8×10 collages (that you can get very often from Walgreens) make nice gifts too!
- Stores like Michael’s have deep discounts on their last season’s stuff. Buy Christmas items at deep clearance to save for next year.
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