Cutting back?

[TWR]

How is the changes effecting you? what I mean is the cost in Food prices, Gas,Elect, Fuel prices, will this dictate how much you will spend on Xmas pressies, Party's etc.

[ummmm]

Nope. Things are just the same at the moment.

[redcrx]

as ummmm, Im lucky enough that at the moment things are ticking along as usual.

[sara3]

spend spend spend... :o)

[China Doll]

Same as I spend every year I guess, I don't really go massively overboard.

[rockyracoon]

We're mostly ticking along as usual but I have for the first time in my life started budgeting a bit when I do the weekly shop and I also think about journeys in the car with the price of diesel the way it is.

[venator]

No financial effect as yet, but we do tend to shop more carefully - less impulse buys.

[pastafreak]

I've only my daughter to buy for-but I still can't spend what I did in previous years. I'd say I've gradually been cutting back over the past 18 months or so....I dread utility charges over the winter.

[fruitsalad]

Only cutting back in the sense I won't be getting into debt for the sake of one or two days over Christmas

[ojread2]

I have definitely noticed food prices increasing and the cost of certain things, however, my spending habits haven't changed - yet

I save all year for Christmas and generally toys have not increased in price, in fact, using big stores with their offers it has worked out considerably cheaper this year as I had more cash left over than last year after buying all presents

Only thing left to buy is a joint and veggies

[notasyoungasiwas]

No problem for me, so far !