Say No To Santa

It’s the middle of January, and you can relax now. It’s all over, the insanity of the Santa Season has passed and all is calm - for a little while.

You have just over 2 weeks before the next Spend Session will be thrust in your face, because in just over 3 weeks Valentine’s Day will be upon us.

The marketing dudes have to time this very carefully. They have to take down all the store decorations, and have the post-Christmas specials and clearances out of the way. They know we need a few days to breathe and rest. Just when we begin to relax and think it’s now safe to go out into the malls again - WHAM! we are whacked with another spending event to show how much we care.

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I think the look on her face says it all - What Have I Done? Where did all that money go? How am I ever going to repay this?

If you too are suffering from post-Santa despair, now is the time to ensure it doesn’t happen again. January is never too soon to get ready for Christmas, as long as the getting ready involves a plan to avoid this next one looking like the last one.

Here are Five Top Tips to doing it differently.

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