Thought of the Day: Frugal Frugal Frugal!

Need some last minute inexpensive gift ideas?? Here's a few suggestions that will keep you within your budget while making everyone on your list smile!
  • Frame your child's artwork for grandma
  • Homemade, a nice spread- be sure to include a handwritten recipe
  • Pretty stationary and a book of stamps
  • A pepper mill and fresh peppercorns
  • Movie theater gift certificates
  • Fill a basket with inexpensive bath soaps and shower pouf
  • Gourmet popcorn and flavored oil
  • Muffin mixes and a muffin tin
  • Extra warm fuzzy socks (usually under $10)
  • Prepaid long distance phone cards
  • Video rental certificates
  • Pretty glass jar filled with candies
  • Craft supplies

Check out your local dollar store for baskets or decorative boxes to help pull some of these ideas together. You'd be surprised what a well thought out, and beautifully presented gift, can mean to people- regardless of the cost.

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