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my £10 challenge
this year i am being very 'cheap' and only spending £10 on each person for christmas as i am on maternity leave and trying to save money. would like some ideas of what to buy people. below is a list of who i have to buy for and what i have so far. P.s. do not want to make anything for anybody as i will have my hands full…
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Ideas for our seven month old
Hi It's our youngest son's first christmas and we're struggling for something to buy for him. We've spent 60 quid on his big brother and want to keep them the same, we could put the money in his bank account but would like to get him something special. Any ideas? Thanks
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Birthday presents
Hi guys not sure where to post this so thought here will do till someone tells me different :D I'm putting together 3 birthday presents in books (poss a5) 1 male 50th 2 female 40ths and a 16th female for the girls i'm getting pics scaning an then putting them in the books along with some poems and stuff about the day they…
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stickies idea
Why not make stickies on What to buy Sisters? What to buy Brothers? What to buy Mum's What to buy Dad's etc etc that way everyone who struggles can get great ideas of other people??? Will
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Wrapping Mens Hampers
can anyone help me.i love reading these boards and have lurked for a while and ive decided to do a hamper for my bf.ive got him presents to open but ive decided to do him a hamper aswell.maybes a sexy night in or a cinema night in as he loves his films.only problem is, what can i put it in and wrap it in.i want to make it…
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Happy Diwali :)
Hey Happy Diwali to all you MSE's out there :) Shays_mum :)
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A little something magical for the kids!?!
Would like some more ideas for kids ... to make it a little more magical without causing the "ohhh nooo more toys clutter!":eek: We usually have personalised letters sent from Mr Claus, Mrs Claus, Mr Rednose, Mr Snowman etc;) to the kids, we put a SE £5 coins inside (a special gift from the sender;) ) and we lay them by…
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Nice, sentimental gift idea, under £5
I've had a lovely idea for a gift which is all but free and perfect for relatives. Just buy a nice (but cheap) photo album from say Poundland, Wilkinsons etc. Under £3 usually. Or buy a few nice photo frames (those with Pigsback Boots vouchers, Boots do some lovely ones) - Argos, Internationale and Supermarkets do too.…
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Making a happy Xmas .. on a budget
First the background: Fiance has been overworked for the last few months (12-14 days at least 3x a week), hates his job and has been turned down for another one. As a result, he's rather fed up and isn't interested in Xmas this year. I'd really like to throw him an amazing Christmas to cheer him up, but (obviously), I'm on…
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Hooray! Lists Ahoy!
I've finally made my Christmas list of what I'm buying for people! Was really worried about this Christmas because we have zero money left over at the end of the month, but have managed to pick up a little bar job two or three nights a week - nearly £300 a month better off now! :j Am still going to focus on an economical…
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Fund raising Hampers
For schools a good idea is to ask parents to donate a food or toiletry items from M&S to make up a hamper as a raffle prize. In my DD old school which only had just under 200 pupils we always managed to make at least 2 food hampers and one smellie one. We bought baskets cheap years earlier and put a note in the bottom…
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Kids santa/fairy outfits?
Hello! Am looking for some outfits to stick the girls in and take photos of, so I can put them on a christmas card. I know last year mothercare had some Mrs Christmas outfits in, but I'm sure they were around £15 each, and when buying two I don't want to spend too much. I've got the idea in my mind of dressing them up in a…
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Cooking first ever Christmas dinner! Starter ideas please...
Hi All, This year I will be cooking my first ever Christmas dinner. I'm not great at cooking to be honest but would like some ideas for starters. We always have prawn cocktail at my mums, which I love, but it would be nice to see what you all have and perhaps choose a non-complicated alternative. Thanks in advance for your…
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The man who nearly has
EVERYTHING!! Im stuck as Im sure many other will be too this year, I really dont know what to get my husband who I think has everthing. Of course he has me this year and our little girl plus many pairs of socks and pants. He has had in the past years........ An I pod sat nav private plate for his car dab radio aftersave…
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No Eid Graphic; my apologies
Hi As you will see we had a Diwali graphic, and today is Eid, but I'm afraid there won't be an Eid graphic. This is primarily due to my ignorance. I had plotted the festival dates and had Eid as being in late December (according to the sources I looked at - as you'll see from the 'when festivals are discussion I started on…
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Want to make a book!!
My friend has been treavelling around New Zealand for the past year and has emailed me about her adventures. So for Xmas I want to print the emails with a few photos or pictures from web links she has sent me to make a story of her trip. Thought this would be a nice keepsake for her. But dont know how to best do it. I've…
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My milk chocolate worries are over!
This morning at work one of my clients are visiting from the US and it's been a standing joke that he owes me a Hershey choccy bar - well he promised to bring me one or two over from the US as I miss them loads from the days when we had access to the US bases here in the UK. And he was proud as punch when he gave it to…
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Christmas desert ideas please!
Hi there, just wondered if anyone has any recipes for an alternative Christmas desert? We don't like Christmas pudding or Christmas cake but we would still like something 'christmassy' iyswim. It has to be egg free as ds has an allergy. Any ideas gratefully received....thank you! :D
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Making your own "selection box"
My children don't eat sweeties that often but I don't mind at christmas, however I find the big commercial chocolate selection boxes contain sweets that are too big for them (i.e I have a 2 year old and would never let her eat a whole full sized chocolate bar). I would like to try and make something up myself but am not…
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a thougjht for the moderaters
mybe we could have two stickies. Then title one female and one male then ppes could post there own ideas for xmas pressies title thier post like this bot 7 to 10 £10 to 15 and just nter their idia save wading through the may pages this thread has just a thought please delete if not any use thanks ps need a dictnary for…
