CHRISTMAS is an expensive time of year and with the cost-of-living crisis putting a huge strain on many people’s purses, it’s highly likely that the thought of splashing cash on gifts will send shivers down your spine.
If you are feeling nervous about buying Christmas gifts this year, you’ve come to the right place, as one mum has revealed how she gets her two daughters amazing presents, whilst keeping the costs low.
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The mum-of-two, Rachel Hutchinson, also known on TikTok as ‘rachmariex’, recently shared a video of her charity shop Christmas present haul.
Rachel has 52.5k followers and 1.1million likes on the video sharing platform and her latest clip shows off her brilliant bargain buys.
While many parents may feel the pressure to buy their children loads of expensive gifts, this mum proves that you can still get your children amazing presents, but without having to splash the cash on brand new bits.
Rachel got a huge pile of great gifts from the charity shop, with some costing her as little as 49p.
She said: “What I’ve got so far for Christmas for my little girls from the charity shop.
“I got this Magic Maths set which was £2.99 and it is all there because I do double check.
“I got these bath bombs that have got slime inside, they were 99p.
“I got another Secret Safe diary because my other little girl has got one, that was £2.99.
“I got this huge bag of Barbies, there’s loads of different Barbies in here and I’m going to do them all up, dress them up, they don’t know any different and they were £3.99 and there’s absolutely loads in here, plus loads of little accessories.
“Then I got them this Shaking Surgeon game which was £2.50 and again all the pieces are here.
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“I got them this Number Dominoes which was £2.49.
“This is the makeup box, it does open out and then pull out, you can open the top bit as well.
“I got them two pens, they were only 49p each and they’ve got sequins all around, I think they’ll absolutely love them”.
Not only this, but Rachel also managed to get her hands on some brilliant Disney toys.
She continued: “Then I got these Disney animations, I got two of the Elsa castle, they were £2.99 each and all of the pieces are inside – they’re £18 on Disney.
“I got the Rapunezel castle with all the bits as well, again this was £2.99 as well.
“Then I got the Tinkerbell one with all the pieces inside.
“I got this Frozen memory game.
“Then in here are LOL dolls, these all cost me £1.
“I know how expensive these are as I have actually once upon a time paid full price.
“Now if you do want a part two let me know as I have got so many more things for Christmas”.
TikTok users were very impressed with Rachel’s bargain charity shop haul, and at the time of writing, her video had only been posted to TikTok just 20 hours before, but it has quickly racked up 18.7k views.
It has 1,162 likes, 42 comments and 12 shares.
Parents were quick to comment on how great Rachel’s charity shop presents were.
One person said: “They are going to have such a lovely Christmas – fabulous work mummy”.
Another added: “Amazing, I’ve got loads of gifts too from charity shops, some new tags, some not, but it’s just mad how shops charge like 5 times the price”.
A third commented: “Love this! Your girls will have a fab Xmas! Well done, amazing buys!”
Someone else noted: “Them Poopsie bath bombs are £10 on Amazon!”
Meanwhile, another mum revealed: “Brilliant!!! I am going to hit up my charity shops. 1000% inspired me”.
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