Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Save Money At Christmas Time

I have an almost foolproof way of saving money without being too cheap a bastard about it. I still enjoy sending Christmas cards to friends and family so don't get me wrong. This year I've been rather slack and haven't written a single Christmas card. Australia Post gives you until December 31st to post at the Christmas card rate, although this opportunity has been available since November 1st, so I still have some time. They'll all be late however. I can live with that.

So, the cards are coming in and I've heard from a range of people. One card arrived today that the stamp wasn't postmarked. Beauty. I've scored myself a free stamp. Now, if I mix that with the card that my mum sent my son but forgot to write in, I've scored one card and postage for free. Now that's my frugal tip for Christmas.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Frugal but, not frugal enough. E-cards are free and cost nothing!!! I frugal topped you ha ha Annette

Anonymous said...

Oh and I got free Australian lamb today. Yummy they have good food there!!! Happy holidays!!! Annette

Anonymous said...

Hammy need laughs?? You have to see the 12 redneck days of Christmas on Youtube, the santa jokes (some are too dirty but, funny) and the Red neck jokes. They are beyond frugal here in the US. Enjoy ha ha Annette Rednecks are beyond frugal that is.

Anonymous said...

Hammy there is a good Mexican song on You tube called Feliz Navidad. We want to wish Hammy a Merry Christmas from the bottom of our heart. Annette

Hammy said...

I've learnt something today coz I thought that Feliz Navidad was a Jewish song. The lyrics certainly point to it being in Spanish.

Merry Christmas.

Anonymous said...

It is a good song though. Take care and happy holidays!! Annette