Christmas Gift Diskarte

How Christmas season going for you?

For mommies like me I’m pretty sure pressured nanaman tayo . I know this season as isa sa mga pinakabusy season for all . Yun kids busy sa parties , yung kalsada busy sa traffic even the palaboys sa city busy manglimos. Dumadami talaga sila dito to CDO if Ber months , parang excursion to the city ata yun ng mga Badjao bros and sis natin pag bermonths . 

Going back to moms, the reality of most families kasi it’s the moms talaga natatambakan ng workload for Christmas. One of the tasks is Christmas shopping for gifts.

Last year I made a last minute Christmas Gift shopping sa Robinson and OMG. My credit card was so wasak afterwards, asides that ka stress yung linya sa cashier parang may pabigas si mayor. Wrong move for me and I’ve learned my lesson.

I am proud to say, asides my office and village Party wherein hindi pa kami nagkapagdraw ng names , I’m done with my gift shopping. That for me such a domestic achievement na at the first week of December pa lang done na ako.

 Here are my diskarte for this year :

1.       Do it earlier

Last year I went gift shopping around mid December na . OMG kastress ang traffic and lines at the cashier. Tapos parang naging amazing race yung pag pick ng gifts. Kaya this year I did it earlier. Last week of November to 1^st week of December.

2.       Set a Budget

Have a cap per group. Hahaha may grouping talaga . I go like this :

Group	Max Budget	Pax
Kids	100	14
Officemates	100	13
Relatives	80	7
Neighbours	50	10

PS : Barat lola mo it’s at 100 max. Oh well it’s the thought that counts diba? And mind you mapili ako  . I make sure I got bang for buck for my choices. I was also able to buy gifts actually lower than budget.  As for Immediate family - husband, baby , moms and dad , I splurged a little , hindi ko na nilagay sa list. Yung friends naman .... hahaha sorry friends my gift for you this year is “Just Love” . Anyways most of my friends are far away naman so hindi ako masisingil. :D . Or else i’ll invite them to eat my house nalang.

3.         Choose from the Bargain Bin

I shopped in budget and discount stores this year namely Gaisano , Kaking and Shopwise . Amazingly I saw many items at the bargain bin nila na swak or even lower than the budget ko. At OK pa

4.       Think your gifts through

Your gift should be useful and age appropriate.  Last year yung pinamigay ko sa kids wallet na may laman money. Yun pinangbili ng kids ng Candies and tossed out the wallet . Wala pa kasi sila sa age na nakakaappreciate sila ng money. This year I went for clothing and ,undies ,towels and books for those kiddos.

5.       Go online

It saves you the hassle of going thru traffic and long lines. I got my little tot gifts from Shopee  ph. Educational toys and trinkets , nageffort talaga aketch sa “I can teach my child” churva. Hubby also got him those Led light Shoes at Shopee din .Galing padaw yun ng China ,fingers crossed sana OK yung item.  I am going to feature Shopee in a separate post by the way . So far my purchases are good value for money.

6.       Take Advantage of Free Gift Wrapping

Lots of malls and bigger stores now offer free gift wrapping for as low as 100 peso worth of purchase. So go ahead walang limit sa laki ng item , upon check-out divide mo na yung items for the minimum kasi isang item lang pwede ewrap per receipt.  Kasi I don’t want hubby to know what my gift was I had them wrapped at the mall. That way hindi na ako mastress sa paghide nung gift .Ayon nakadisplay na siya under our tree .

7.       Go for Gift Cards/Coupons

SM, Robinsons , Gaisano, National Bookstore and lots of other establishments offers gift cards . Some may frown on this idea since it may seem like you were just so tired to think of a gift but hey happy is he who receives the gift card. He/she will have the option to buy something he/she really likes. Win win ika nga.

I hope my own diskarte above helps you this season para less stress tayo.Personally I want this season one of happiness not of stress as experience ko last year. I will be posting my Noche Buena Plan soon too , hope you read on.

XOXO

-Lady V.