One of our local radio stations holds auctions a couple of times a year. They are getting ready to have one this weekend and have the items posted on the website and are allowing people to buy already. One of our local mexican restaurants, that is close to my job and popular with staff had $20 gift certificates for $12!! So I nabbed 8 of them! What a great gift this will make for my staff and also for my kids...I may pick up a few more when I go to get them. I eat at this restaurant numerous times a year (the hub and I were there for lunch today, actually!) and this is quite a savings!!
I bought some Christmas Cards with Christmas music CDs on QVC a while back- the cards were just about $2 each...so my staff gifts will be a gift cert with the card/cd. I have four employees - two female, two male...and this will work for all of them! I budgeted $50 for my team and this comes to $56...so I am very pleased!
The hub leaves in just under three weeks. Between now and then he needs to process 7 cords of wood that he has already sold, get all of his gear together, ship his tools, and get everything else ready to go. He is going to be a very busy boy! Busy is good for him...he is pretty excited and this will help time to go by quickly. Plus, the wood sales will pay for his airline ticket and the cost to ship his tools.
He hadnt fully embraced co-mingling funds again...so I penciled out a budget to show him what it would look like if we did. I think this helped him warm to the idea. I like to budget for things like Chistmas, birthdays, RETIREMENT, bills, savings and pretty much everything in between....he likes to budget for TOYS. (such a guy)..so I made sure our budget included a monthly deposit into his 'whatever fund' account...once he saw that, he relaxed...and I think we are on the same page now.
Life is good!
Great deal on Christmas Gifts today!
September 8th, 2011 at 02:36 am
September 8th, 2011 at 06:15 pm 1315502154
September 8th, 2011 at 10:29 pm 1315517389
Good deals on the Christmas gifts too!