A $20 Housewarming Gift Basket worth $200
Saturday, June 20, 2009 Hand-posted by Jennifer
My husband and I are attending a wedding today and I was able to use my stockpile to create a gift basket. The bridge/groom will be moving into a new house so the basket has a huge mix of things.
I made a quick run to CVS & Walgreens to pickup the Clorox and Purex as splurge items for the basket and I also bought a new clothes basket to put everything in so that it would be sturdy and reusable.
I wrote down the approximate retail value and the cost of what I paid for the item as I placed everything in the basket. When I was finally able to shove everything in the basket I tallied up the totals of the two columns.
* ~ * ~ * The retail value of the basket is $200 and I only paid $20 for the entire thing! * ~ * ~ *
How did I do this for only $20?? A good majority of the items were purchased using the reward programs at CVS & Walgreens to get the item free after Extra Care Bucks or Register Rewards. I also took advantage of $10 off $50 or $5 off $25 coupons to maximize my savings on certain purchases when they were available.
June 21, 2009 at 9:13 PM
That's a great gift! I like how you put toiletry stuff in there, too. I bet the recipients will love it. :)
June 22, 2009 at 2:15 PM
I love making stockpile gift baskets! All the women I know look forward to their birthday baskets. It is such a saving grace to be able to pull something together like that!
July 23, 2009 at 10:51 PM
This is awesome!
I just made a wedding shower present with a bunch of stuff. I spent 3.99 for a plastic container to hold it in at Target. Thanks for giving me more ideas of what to put in the next one:)
September 15, 2009 at 3:54 PM
WOW that's a really awesome present!