Christmas on a budget

[Pumpkin]

So I have no money and my sweet boyfriend insists on buying me expensive gifts and saying he doesn't care if I spend money on him or not. But darn it, I CARE. So for his birthday I made him a teddy bear that... isn't the most impressive, but hey, I'm trying. I also baked him a carrot cake.

For Christmas I plan to If you are sharkythehsharkdogg, don't read this iron a picture of a character from a comic he likes on to a T-shirt. He really likes t-shirts that have bands/shows/video games that he likes on them, and this is pretty cheap. Just get an old white t-shirt, an iron (which I can borrow from his mom) and that special printer paper (not too expensive) and then I'll just iron it on and TA-DA! A brand new custom made shirt. It's.... it's pretty lame isn't it ;_;. But I'm trying.

What do you do for presents for people you love/care about when you are short on funds?

[Psychotic]

I think that is a really nice present and I think anyone would appreciate a (SPOILER)I hope sharky sees this thread because the next bit will blag him. It really is a nice present though, shion! although I wonder about the costs of feeding it. I also don't think they're legal in Britain but I assume they must be over there.

[qwertysaur]

bake some cookies. Everyone likes cookies.

[Loony BoB]

I agree with the cookies idea and I also think your own idea is a novel one.

Making self-made/drawn cards is nice, as is writing letters and putting them inside, because cards are boring but letters mean a lot more, they tend to be from the heart. Other things you can do are taking certain chores away from him for a certain amount of time. Favours of any kind (obvious what I'm alluding to, isn't it?).

[Dr Unne]

Making presents is usually better than buying presents, if you put thought and effort into it. Good on ya.

[Sephex]

Christmas on a budget. Otherwise known as: Christmas.

Yeah, I get creative here and there. I work in a manufacturing shop that has a laser cutting machine, so I ended up making a Triforce for my girlfriend a couple of years ago. I even had it powdercoated a yellow color, too. She loved it.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Oh, like this isn't extremely tempting! I'll go pretend this thread doesn't exist.

Also, my bear is smurfing awesome.

[fire_of_avalon]

Post pictures of the bear!

[noxious.sunshine]

Yeah. Pics or it didn't happen!

Those ideas are really great. I haven't been able to really afford Giftmas presents for my family for a couple of years now and it's kinda hard to shop for my mom & dad.

BUT. I have my mom's gift figured out and I'm really proud of myself.. She -loves- Frisch's Big Boy Tartar Sauce, but since it's only in a few states, she can't get a Big Boy Burger -or- her tartar sauce. BUT! I found out you can order it! So I'm gonna order that, and a box of Ice Cubes Chocolate for her.

My daaaaddd... I'm not sure yet. At all.

And Parker, I'm planning to send her like 1 little treat/toy a day from New York and then I'll figure something out when it's closer to Christmas... Even though it's only 15 days away. -_-; I may wind up just sending a gift card to Toys R Us so that she can pick out whatever she wants, though I tooootttallly plan on hitting up FAO Shwartz... xD

[Jinx]

I'm actually on a bit of a budget this year, so I was going to go to the Dollar Store and get some cute plastic holiday plates and bake cookies and make homemade fudge and wrap them in red or green cellophane.

I know that doesn't really work well for a relationship gift!

[Pike]

Steam sale games.

Steam sale games are the answer.

[blackmage_nuke]

Find something of his that is easily replacable like a stapler, take it apart and remove a piece before putting it back together it so it stops working (or just steal it) then buy a new one for him and he'll be all "Oh thats just what I needed".

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

This is why I just don't buy people things.
And I insist that they don't get me things.

However, I can never sway my mother from getting me a thing. No matter how many times I tell her I don't want things.
So I accept Barnes & Noble, iTunes, and GameStop giftcards.

[Shlup]

A couple years ago BJ's cousin made everyone marshmallow guns out of PVC pipe. We enjoyed them.

[Pike]

So I accept Barnes & Noble, iTunes, and GameStop giftcards.

Gift cards are amazing. I just tell people to get me Steam/Xbox Live/Nintendo3DS gift cards. Last year I wound up drowning in a couple hundred dollars worth of Steam gift cards and it was basically the best Birthday/Christmas of my life.