Shopping during this time of year can really strain your budget. But gift giving is expected during the holidays, as well as hosting friends, attending parties, etc. — which, of course, all require money.<\/p>\n
You might not have gotten the whole budgeting concept down this season, but here are some of our best tips to buy less while getting more.<\/p>\n
Buy in bulk.<\/strong> From your toiletries to hostess gifts, it’s\u00a0almost always more affordable to buy gifts in\u00a0sets. Whether it’s a package of mini candles<\/a> to keep on hand or your favorite perfume sampler, you’ll get your money’s worth and have back ups for when you inevitably begin to run out of stocking stuffers.<\/p>\n Shop off-season sales. <\/strong>Stores begin to slash prices on items that aren’t in season, which gives you the opportunity to snag some amazing deals.\u00a0Throw some winter accessories in your cart after<\/em> the holiday season ends,\u00a0and you’ll have a whole closet full of gifts\u00a0for Christmas 2017. The same goes for holiday wrapping paper and decorations!<\/p>\n Do your research.<\/strong> We try not to spontaneously spend, especially on something that could be found at another store or online for a smaller price. Use apps like ShopSavvy<\/a> or Purchx<\/a> to help you get the best prices around town.<\/p>\n Get rewarded.<\/strong> It’s almost a rarity for a store to not offer a rewards program. From Starbucks to Nordstrom, you earn stars\/points for each purchase. Why not get compensated while shopping for things you were already going to buy?! Pro tip: Avoid stores that want you to buy into their program… it’s often not worth the\u00a0money.<\/p>\n xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Shopping during this time of year can really strain your budget. But gift giving is ...","author":114727,"featured_media":96108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260,381],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/21112532\/shutterstock_520967680-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/21112532\/shutterstock_520967680.jpg","formated_date":"December 21, 2016","category_name":"Life","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113832\/entertainment.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#fcc7f2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}