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Toy Sale and Christmas Savings - Tuesday 1st September 2015

Approximate $ Savings: $150 +

We have a big family, lots of nieces and nephews which makes Christmas very expensive, especially as we are living off one wage. Each year in the mid-year toy sales we pick a toy for each child and one for a charity and put them on lay by. It costs us around $5 a week and is usually paid off by October. We pick them up just before Christmas and add a few small stocking fillers that I have picked up on special through the the year and all our Christmas presents for the kids are all done and paid for which helps with time and money in the two months before Christmas!
Contributed by Joanne Dodd
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