Frugal Gift Giving For Any Time Of Year
The recession makes the holidays even more exciting, yes? The stress and fear of minimal funds leads to killer adrenaline rushes, which is always fun. Adults are always freaking out about the gift-giving season because they have no idea how to chill the eff out and stop trying to constantly up the ante. College students have the advantage: You’ve been starving for lots and lots of semesters and know how to work the gently-used and regifted items into glorious gifts, all wrapped up in shiny paper (or the Sunday comics, to be more realistic).
I myself am a frugal little spaz who was creatively thrift-store shopping and regifting before it was all hip and trendy and green and s**t. Just so there’s no confusion.
A close family friend of mine recently retired (she was my Dad’s high school sweetheart and I’ve known her all my life). I purged the hell out of my Already Read stacks of books and gave her a huge, delicious collection of retirement leisure reading. She was happy, and told me she’d start in as soon as she gets back from Peru.
Posted by Alexa Harrington
