A thrifty Christmas: How to buy gifts for cheap

Morgan Brown

Using regular styrofoam that comes in packaging, old tobacco boxes live a new life, transforming into a vintage jewelry box. Studs easily fit in the styrofoam, and the immense space leaves room for earring backs and other trinkets.

Morgan Brown, News Editor
December 20, 2018

Buying Christmas gifts for friends and family clears out the average teenager’s wallet. With little wages to spend on much of anything or anyone, finding alternatives to brand new gifts serve as a saving graces for broke teens or avid penny-pinchers. Places like Goodwill, which house cheap alternatives to store bought trinkets, help support those wishing to survive the holidays with a few pennies to spare.

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Morgan Brown
At Goodwill for only one dollar and 50 cents, a plethora of softback books stand ripe for the taking. Hardbacks, just as much in supply, all cost a measly two dollars and 50 cents. Typically expensive series lie hidden in the miniature library Goodwill keeps stocked. Pictured here is the popular series The Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, otherwise known as Game of Thrones, wears its Goodwill tags.

With a keen eye and a little bit of patience, anyone can find something fascinating, making gift giving less stressful.