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  • How to save on baby cards and gifts

    by MammaMoola on 11th October 09 at 9:54 pm

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    Challenge: Part 3 of 3 in Make a year’s worth of greeting cards for £20

    copyright: bensonkua on flickr

    copyright: bensonkua on flickr

    The Noodle is lucky enough to have baby friends who are a few months older than her, so we’ve been to a good number of 1st birthday parties already. Of course, this means a whole stack of birthday cards for babbas and as Hallmark and its shareholders know - cards are a lucrative business.

    At £2.75 a pop, and with at least 10 babies to buy for in our immediate circle of friends, I could end up spending £27.50 on cards alone. Luckily, I’m in with a group of similarly fiscally-minded mammas who have all agreed that we only buy a gift for one baby and that the gift should cost a maximum of £10. I guess you could say that not only am I saving on cards, I’m also saving on gifts, to the tune of £90! Read full post

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