[laceshawl]

Home made jam is a gift I always give to my neighbors. They love it. I find people prefer edible gifts to "stuff", in fact a number of peoplw have recenrtly told me they're not giving gifts. A lot of my family live overseas, and for many years I recorded a tape with me talking about what had happened in our lives, ds singing a song, etc. For ds, I told him I would double whatever amount of money he saved during the year, then we would go and buy whatever he wanted at the New Year sales.

For groceries, I buy vouchers at a 5% discount from the supermarket during the year, redemmable in December.