Take the stress out of Christmas shopping (familyhampers.co.uk)

Member Name: ladykayla

Product:	familyhampers.co.uk
Date:	14/12/00 (268 review reads)
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Advantages: catalogue shows exactly what you'll get

Disadvantages: the boxes are very heavy

Last year I was stressed beyond belief. My Christmas present shopping wasn't the problem, I'd done all of that online in October. It was the food shopping. It took me 4 supermarket trips before I had everything we needed, then another couple of quick trips for things I'd forgotten. I'm not exactly the most organised person in the world.

"Enough is enough!" I thought. A friend of a friend was an agent for Family Hampers. So I got a catalogue and had a browse through it. I ended up ordering over £700 worth of foodstuffs (including the "Tuck Box" for the children to dip into as they felt like). I paid more than the minimum each month, so my last payment was due in August.

Towards the end of August I was given notice at work. You can imagine the relief I felt when I realised that although I was now out of work, Christmas would not be spoiled. The pantry is fully stocked, the fridge freezer and the deep freeze are full to the brim, I won't need to do any food shopping until the end of January at least. I would not be worrying myself sick over how to afford presents, food etc.

Some people are getting bottles of drink that came in the hamper delivery a couple of weeks ago, some will be getting small food hampers that I have made up for them, some will be getting boxes of chocolates. You get the picture. I had ordered Christmas Stockings for both my children, so that's a bunch of small presents for them.

I'll be ordering from Family Hampers again for next Christmas, perhaps not as much food this time around, but I will definitely be ordering everything we will need.

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