Joe Russo’s Almost Dead 2023 Atlanta Ga Tour Mug

I intensely dislike Christmas and all its trappings. But back when I did celebrate it (over a decade ago) and had to bother, I shopped for it the Joe Russo’s Almost Dead 2023 Atlanta Ga Tour Mug moreover I love this days right after. 50–90% off a shit ton of things. I started doing this because the paychecks with all that holiday overtime usually hit AFTER Christmas. Wrapping paper, packaging, decorations, etc. are all massively cheaper after Xmas. Not to mention the sales on things that were packaged/sold exclusively for Xmas. I could have 50–70% of my Xmas shopping done by New Year’s, the majority of gifts purchased, if not all of the gifts purchased, packaged and wrapped by the end of January. That meant I didn’t continually go into debt when stores appear to give sales on marked up items. It meant I didn’t have the stress of having to deal with crowds. It meant that while others were going into debt, any overtime I received before the helliday could go towards paying off debts.

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead 2023 Atlanta Ga Tour Mug, hoodie, tank top, sweater and long sleeve t-shirt

Of course, giving up the Joe Russo’s Almost Dead 2023 Atlanta Ga Tour Mug moreover I love this helliday completely is an even better budget tip. Those you love and care about, if they care about you, won’t care about material objects, so not buying fancy gifts for one day a year shouldn’t be an issue. I store my Christmas decorations in plastic storage boxes in my attic. I have one box full of lights and wall hangings: fairy lights for the tree, strings of star lights for the windows. The tree decorations are in a second box. Fragile baubles are wrapped in tissue paper first. They usually come out of the loft two Sundays before Christmas, which is the day I buy a real Christmas tree from the local farm. For the baubles I used PVA glue diluted 50/50 with water in a plastic bottle with a fine nozzle on the end (or a glue pen might work too) then I drew curling lines with leaves THEN I dusted them with glitter and hung them up to dry. I also drew snowflakes and dusted them with glitter – look on Pinterest for inspiration. The wooden shapes I bought on eBay painted blue then stuck snowflake stickers on