Comments on: Frugal Last Minute Gift Ideas http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/ Where personal finance & frugal living are sexy, delicious, and fun. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:39:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jude http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7581 Jude Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:33:36 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/#comment-7581 Your gifts in a jar idea saved my butt this year. Thanks! Your gifts in a jar idea saved my butt this year. Thanks!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7528 Michelle Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:15:58 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/#comment-7528 Hi! I love this post. My family started doing homemade gifts too. This was our first year trying this (we already had our official christmas... impatience is a genetic trait perhaps) and I was impressed with the caliber of creativity in my family! I hope this is something we continue - it was great! Hi! I love this post. My family started doing homemade gifts too. This was our first year trying this (we already had our official christmas… impatience is a genetic trait perhaps) and I was impressed with the caliber of creativity in my family! I hope this is something we continue – it was great!

]]> By: Fox http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7507 Fox Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:21:22 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/#comment-7507 @Jeremy Williams There's nothing wrong with slacking! LOL :D @Beth I need to convince my family to adopt some homemade traditions. Or I need to make friends with a pastry chef. @Fabulously Broke Ohh I don't think you a Grinch. I've always been a dash of Grinch with a touch of Scrooge myself. But yeah, unneeded stuff is crap. @her every cent counts The images are called "Gravatars." You can customize your comments on this blog, and many others supporting this feature, by using a http://www.Gravatar.com, a globally recognized avatar. Gravatars are free to upload and use across all the blogs, forums, and sites you comment on. @Sagan Do some more push ups...and then relax. :D OK, time to work my own arms. @Jeremy Williams There’s nothing wrong with slacking! LOL :D

@Beth I need to convince my family to adopt some homemade traditions. Or I need to make friends with a pastry chef.

@Fabulously Broke Ohh I don’t think you a Grinch. I’ve always been a dash of Grinch with a touch of Scrooge myself. But yeah, unneeded stuff is crap.

@her every cent counts The images are called “Gravatars.” You can customize your comments on this blog, and many others supporting this feature, by using a http://www.Gravatar.com, a globally recognized avatar.

Gravatars are free to upload and use across all the blogs, forums, and sites you comment on.

@Sagan Do some more push ups…and then relax. :D OK, time to work my own arms.

]]> By: Sagan http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7503 Sagan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:22:56 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/#comment-7503 Thanks for all the links- am trying very hard not to panic:) Thanks for all the links- am trying very hard not to panic:)

]]> By: her every cent counts http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7501 her every cent counts Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:05:42 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/#comment-7501 ps, I love, love, love how your commenters each get a cute graphic if they don't have their own image. So cool! ps, I love, love, love how your commenters each get a cute graphic if they don’t have their own image. So cool!

]]> By: Fabulously Broke http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7494 Fabulously Broke Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:31:32 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/#comment-7494 I only like food or cash itself. I sound really harsh like a Grinchette right now, but I don't like "stuff". I had so many homemade things given to me like iPod cosies, joke magnets, or all that stuff, and quite frankly I am only interested in what I truly want to keep so I don't want people to spend money on something that they weren't sure I'd like. Or else it ends up in the donation bin or the garbage and just causes more unnecessary waste because they bought something that I can't return, that I didn't like or want in the first place. It's for the good of the environment! I only like food or cash itself.

I sound really harsh like a Grinchette right now, but I don’t like “stuff”. I had so many homemade things given to me like iPod cosies, joke magnets, or all that stuff, and quite frankly I am only interested in what I truly want to keep so I don’t want people to spend money on something that they weren’t sure I’d like.

Or else it ends up in the donation bin or the garbage and just causes more unnecessary waste because they bought something that I can’t return, that I didn’t like or want in the first place.

It’s for the good of the environment!

]]> By: Beth http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7472 Beth Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:51:40 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/#comment-7472 My family is trying to start the tradition of all gifts having to be homemade. It really brings out the creativity in family and friends, I find. This year I've given homemade jams and jellies, homemade poppycock, knitted socks and diaper covers, and given away handmade chocolates made by a friend who is a pastry chef. Frugal and really a lot more from the heart than something from the mall. My family is trying to start the tradition of all gifts having to be homemade. It really brings out the creativity in family and friends, I find.
This year I’ve given homemade jams and jellies, homemade poppycock, knitted socks and diaper covers, and given away handmade chocolates made by a friend who is a pastry chef. Frugal and really a lot more from the heart than something from the mall.

]]> By: Jeremy Williams http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7470 Jeremy Williams Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:22:07 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/21/frugal-last-minute-gift-ideas/#comment-7470 Just go to www.giftzip.com and you will never go back. I can now always give last-minute. For those who haven't tried it you will love it. Anything that makes slacking easier is good by me. Just go to http://www.giftzip.com and you will never go back. I can now always give last-minute. For those who haven’t tried it you will love it. Anything that makes slacking easier is good by me.

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