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30 affordable gifts that you won't find on the high street lovemoney.com

02.12.09

So far the best places for gifts online that I've been to are Amazon.co.uk where they have jewellery on special offer and lots of other things. I want the foam to clean my laptop keyboard, postcard size photo paper to do cheap Christmas presents by copying old photographs and postcards. I also have runner bean seed on my wish list; just because it's only 99p and I can never get any when I want it in April. I like to plant early and make all my window sills a temporary greenhouse. 

An economical gift this year is a DVB stick. They have them at Amazon but I want the same one I had last time. I am on my third one and they keep breaking and this one is a good one. It does time shift or records another channel while I watch a different channel and receives all the Freeview channels. I have recorded the odd program and sent it overseas for my friend to watch. It's handy watching TV in a window that can be resized. Time shift allows me to pause the program and chat to people on Instant messaging when I want to. I plug it into my laptop and watch TV in bed and if the film is boring, I can do something else on my laptop, surf the Internet, online banking or a little music before I go to sleep. 

Anyway, my sister wants one and so I'll get her one for Christmas, probably from Maplin, they will do it post free, give me a voucher discount and will have an indoor aerial because those tiny aerials aren't much good. 

The other online store I have looked at is Asda. I have bought quite a lot from there and their clothes are good. I had 4 pairs of jeans for £10 not long ago and I can embroider my own designer labels for that price! The new cooker I bought for around £280 was a little expensive because I wanted anthracite. I paid extra for a black kettle and microwave; but they make my kitchen look good. It's a shame we can't put pictures on here! 

I have a catalogue advertising a copy of the million pound note as seen in the film starring Gregory Peck. I can get a frame from that shop that sells everything for a pound and forge my own note to go in it! I may do a few dodgy share certificates while I have the printer plugged in! Printing your own wine labels is good for a laugh at Christmas too; wine made from genuine toxic waste goes down a treat! 

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