The partridge is a game bird in North America and I have found no place that actually lets you buy one. So our 'true love' has had to get creative. (For the sake of this series I am going to refer to our 'true love' as a man since I am a woman of the straight persuasion but feel free to apply whatever pronoun is most appropriate for you!)
Our 'true love' found this lovely little stuffed partridge over on Amazon. And it will only run him $5.35 plus $5.99 shipping and handling.As for the pear tree, he managed to find a local nursery that carries small pear trees for $49.99. However he has been advised that Florida is not the best climate for growing pears. (So while this might seem like a 'gift that keeps on giving' that is most likely not the case for us.)
We will assume, for the sake of argument that we have a yard to plant these trees in (We will be getting 12 of them after all!) so we will not figure in land cost for the first day of Christmas.
All said and done, our first day of Christmas price tag rang in less than that figured by Forecast Earth. Admittedly, they seem to have better connections than I do and were able to procure a real partridge and based on the price of their pear tree, they are going for a full grown variety. What can I say, our 'true love' is cheap, umm frugal, I mean frugal!!
Do you think we can keep up with the frugal trend?
So here is today's tally....
The partridge ran us $11.34 and the pear tree ran us $53.49 (It is local so we can't forget sales tax!)
1st day of Christmas - $64.83
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