Saving Money During the Holidays
The holiday season is by far my most favorite time of year. What’s not to love about festive tunes, whispers of Santa, soft sugar cookies, and gifts galore? Although the hustle and bustle of the holiday season brings an abundance of excitement, Christmas has the potential to be a very expensive time of year. Looking for ways to save a little cash this Christmas? Explore these 5 simple ways to save money during the holidays.
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Saving Money During the Holidays
Budget: Set aside a specific amount of money for each person on your “gift giving” list. DO NOT go over this budgeted amount when holiday shopping. Using credit/debit cards while Christmas shopping can make it hard to keep track of the money you’re spending. To help keep you in budget, pay for your gifts with cash – once the cash is gone, you’re done Christmas shopping.
Shop Year Round: Instead of saving all of your Christmas shopping until a few weeks before the holidays, shop year round and buy items when they go on sale.
Plan: Do your research! Know exactly what you want to buy and how much these items cost. Make a list and stick to your list while shopping. Make a conscience effort not to buy anything that isn’t already written in ink.
DIY Gift and Decor: Don’t be afraid to get a little creative with your Holiday gifts and decor. Tackling DIY holiday projects saves money and adds the perfect amount of personal touch. Looking for some DIY inspiration? Check out these Simple DIY Holiday Decor projects I was able to create with some of my favorite Big Lots items. Best of all, I was able to create most of these projects for under $20 a piece. Talk about great savings!
Know Where to Shop: You want to know one of my favorite holiday shopping centers? Big Lots! First and foremost, Big Lots offers INCREDIBLE savings; not to mention, their large holiday selection is to DIE for. Browsing their holiday isles, I instantly fell in love with these glamorous trees. At only $14, what’s not to love about this holiday decor?
Taking on the challenge to decorate my home for National Decorate Your Home for the Holidays Week (November 16-22), Big Lots helped me inexpensively turn my home into the perfect winter wonderland.
Thanks to Big Lots, saving money this holiday season has never been easier (or looked so good). Head on over to Big Lots and enjoy instant savings on great quality products. While you’re there, pick up some awesome holiday decor and start decorating your home for National Decorate Your Home for the Holidays Week! Be sure to follow聽Big Lots on聽Facebook,聽Twitter,聽Pinterest, and聽Instagram.
How do you plan to save money this holiday season?
You know what, I keep forgetting about Big Lots and I don’t know why that is because they have so may reasonable things there.
Great ideas. I like to shop clearance after Christmas for new stuff for the next year. I need to do more DIY projects.
I try to hit every store sale. Last minute shopping’s crazy.
I love Big Lots. I can find some unusual things there that I can’t find other places. They have great prices on crafty items too. I am headed there this weekend and can’t wait to check out their Christmas things.
I love Big Lots! It’s such a great place to make Christmas affordable.
Those silver trees are lovely. I shop year round and often get decorations AFTER the holidays when the prices are super low.
Great tips. It is so important to have a list and a plan. I am going to try hard to year to stick to my list.
I always start my shopping early. We signed up for Amazon Prime to save on shipping presents to family that is far away, we make up the costs in that alone every year!
Great tips. I am trying really hard o stick to a budget this year. We just got back from a huge family vacation but I LOVE shopping at this time of year.
I do all my Christmas shopping all year long. That way I can find good deals, and I don’t have to risk my life on Black Friday!
Love to save money saving money around the holidays is even better. Thanks for sharing.
this is really funny. I was literally telling Hubby this morning that I wanted him to come out to Big Lots with me to look at the decorations… HA! I can get lost in there, ha!
I shop at Big Lots all the time. They have so much stuff, with a capital SO MUCH.
Great tips! I’m always looking for extra ways to save a bit of cash.
I would love to save money over the Holidays. I did start shopping early this year.I have set a budget this year so that will help.
You know, there is a Big Lots near my home. I drive past it all the time but have never been in that store. I am going to go check it out this weekend for sure!!
There are tons of great supplies at Big Lots. The prices are always good too.
We bought several outdoor lighted decorations from our local Big Lots last year and got some really awesome deals. I want to head over there soon to see what they have available.
Cute and great ideas for saving money during the holidays 馃槈 It’s so easy to go overboard for Christmas decorations.
I love Big Lots. They always have such great stuff (like those decorations) at great prices.
This year i have started my shopping early. I was able to find some great sales. I am also making a lot of my gifts this year.
A lot of the big unexpected spending is spur of the moment buy, I totally agree with planning ahead. Great tips!
I plan on saving money by getting all of my Christmas items on sale and I have been watching sales for months and getting great deals. I also love shopping at Big Lots because they have tons of great deals on gifts for my family!
I am a huge fan of Big Lots. They have so much cool stuff there – including the decorations!!
Gorgeous decorations! I’m a big fan of Big Lots 馃檪
All of your tips on how to save money during the holidays are great. Christmas is my favorite holiday as well.