Mum Saved More Than £200 by Buying All Her Christmas Presents Secondhand
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A mum saved more than £200 by buying all her Christmas presents secondhand – and secured her daughter a dolls house with all the furniture for just £40.
Katie Tradie, 28, has always loved finding a bargain and decided to start buying all her gifts pre-loved three years ago.
The mum-of-two realised she and her partner Adam Tradie, 34, a plumber, were spending “hundreds” on Christmas and wanted to cut back.
Now she finds all the presents for her two children - aged three and five - from Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree and charity shops.
A mum saved more than £200 by buying all her Christmas presents secondhand – and secured her daughter a dolls house with all the furniture for just £40.
Katie Tradie, 28, has always loved finding a bargain and decided to start buying all her gifts pre-loved three years ago.
The mum-of-two realised she and her partner Adam Tradie, 34, a plumber, were spending “hundreds” on Christmas and wanted to cut back.
Now she finds all the presents for her two children - aged three and five - from Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree and charity shops.
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00:00 I wanted to see my Christmas present how to shop haul. So I've got this cute little jumper
00:16 for Rue. It's a little sweet vest with all the Christmas animals on it. It would be nice
00:21 for a Christmas present. I've got three little bags of toys. They were £1 each. I've just
00:25 got proper Thomas trains in so I'm going to give up the little boy. And then I bought
00:30 Rue a doll's house. These are all little dogs because I know she loves dogs. I got this
00:34 for £3 and it plays music. Batteries included with the Tad's Top Girl. And then this one
00:41 was £3 as well. Batteries included. I love the fact it has my batteries. For 50p I got
00:47 this silly thing. It makes like fart noises and stuff. It's all my little boy's fart.
00:51 He would love that. Remember these from Blue Mark as well by Marley. Brand new with the
00:55 tags on. Little little purse for him. This was £2 as well. It's like a pink me unicorn.
01:00 I only spent £40. I got some lush books. I got this as well. Absolutely amazing. Brand
01:15 new. It's one of those Lego books. It was £5. It comes with a Lego part and then they
01:20 can make all different tiny vehicles. I have a house and my little girl will have a new
01:24 room so I got a night light for £1. So sweet. I got this last jigsaw of the world. I hope
01:31 it's not my husband. And then a little hairbrush but you can put the bits in it. So it's always
01:38 filled with all the bits of her hair. So yeah that's what I got. What do you think?
01:41 I love it.
01:43 (upbeat music)
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