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Homemade Spa treatments for dummies???
Hi I am loving some of the ideas on here and am hoping to make some homemade beauty products for Christmas this year. Just wondering if anyone has any easy to follow recipes for scrubs/facemasks etc that will last a while. Also ideas for jars etc to put them in. Sorry if this has been asked loads. I did look on google but…
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Does anyone leave Christmas present shopping to the last minute on purpose?
I am normally quite organised for Christmas, but due to loads of car trouble draining my bank account, i havent bought anything yet. I need to save as much money as possible, to ensure that i have enough money in the bank for another car should anything go wrong. So i am not sure what i'll have to spend for Christmas. i am…
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What is the best christmas gift for little ones ?
Hi All, Can anyone suggest me the best christmas gift for little ones ? Thanks in advance.
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Christmas card BARGAIN !!
Went into Manchester today and noticed the card factory are selling Christmas cards 7 for £1 and they aren't mini ones either WHAT A BARGAIN !!!
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No present pact
Hi, hope I'm posting this in the right place. As we are getting married next year and need to save up as much as possible for that, OH and I would like to suggest to our family/friends a 'No Present Pact'. I've seen that you can send an email via the MSE site, but was thinking we'd rather send our own message. I just…
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Simple Halloween party ideas for 3-7yrs. Please help!
Hi everyone, I told my children I would do them a Halloween party, this Wednesday. Well as I am working tomorrow I only really have today to plan as the weekend got taken up with storm prep! I could go shopping, but would rather not. So I need simple game and decoration ideas. I have some bags of Halloween chocolates to…
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Christmas sweet hampers
Is anyone making a sweet hamper as a christmas present? I'm looking to make one for mam dad and brother as a small present based on the sweets they like... does anyone have any tips on where to buy the sweets cheap and the boxes? Also, post pics id love to see some finished hampers!
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snowman soup and friends help...
Hi, i wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction of the thread for the snowman soup? And also anything else i could put together like this in cellophane bags? :)
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First time hosting Christmas
Hosting Christmas dinner ourselves for the first time this year - although only for 6 people (including ourselves), no kids. We're quite good at budgeting for food normally but I have no idea about the price of christmas food, never even done a turkey before. :eek: Bit of a general question I suppose but would appreciate…
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Ideas for Christmas cards to make with young children
Does anyone have any simple ideas for Christmas cards I could make with my children (aged 3 and 5) - they love making cards. Last year I found an idea on here which involved making a brown handprint into a reindeer just by sticking on a red nose and some googly eyes. I am looking for something similar to do so we can make…
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OH'S at christmas..
after reading LOADS!! of xmas threads on here im so shocked to read how many peoples OH's buy them either very impersonal, practical gifts (oven cleaner, iron, hoover etc - fine if this is what you want however) and how many just get you to buy your own!! , and also that some just get nothing?? id never thought about how…
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December 24th: Christmas Eve
The twinkling of the fairly lights, the baubles reflecting rays of light as they gleam proudly on the tree; the holy, the ivy, and the smells of spiced apple and cinnamon candles burning. Cookies baking in the top oven whilst the aroma from the smell of cloves from the ham roasting in the oven begins to infuse the kitchen.…
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First Dance Lyric Photo Frame
Hi everyone :D I need help in looking for somewhere where you can put your first dance lyrics into a picture frame something along the lines of this - everywhere i look i am just getting American sites :( I want to get one for my hubby for a 2nd wedding anniversary gift so any help would be much appreciated :D P.S I would…
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Halloween Costume Poll
So, I need some help deciding on my halloween outfit. Needs to be super cheap, and look effective (but doesnt have to be scary I'm either thinking of going as a Lego Man Or as a Minnion Either look easy to make, but which do you reckon?
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Let the Christmas planing beguin
It was my Daughters birthday yesterday. It always spurs me on with my Christmas planning, as it is now two months till Christmas. I have bought quite a few presents through the year, I have to go through them, update my lists. Work out what I have left to buy for people. I need to order the turkey from the butcher. I need…
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Would you give money?
Bit of an internal dilemma. I asked my brother what he wanted for Christmas and he said money as he is saving up to go on a mountaineering course with his university. My immediate response was 'I'm not giving you money, think of something better' so he is thinking. But.......I realised it is perhaps very selfish to get him…
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Christmas cake in a tin?
I don't make a christmas cake as I am not over keen on it but would like to make some individual ones as presents, I read somewhere (think it was on mse :) ) that you can bake in baked beans tins etc Does any one have a simple recipe that could be adapted for a small quantity. I would only need to make about 5 mini cakes.…
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Screens for Party
Having a big party next weekend and were hoping to hire some office type divider screens (the freestanding kind with flat metal feet) to separate out the room a bit but they are so expensive!! We're just looking for 6ft (or thereabouts) high and enough to cover a gap of 3m. I was thinking about maybe getting some trellis…
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Worst/Strangest Christmas Present!
OK whilst this might not appear to be money saving it might just save someone else from making an expensive mistake. What has been the worst or strangest Christmas present you have ever received. The present I used to dread opening was the one from my MIL, one year it was a tapestry picture of what looked like a basket of…
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Xmas gift ideas FROM teacher
Hi, Im a teacher and ususally like to give the kids in my classa wee something for Christmas. This year I'm struggling for ideas. I have a slightly younger year group (most will be 8yrs old by then) and have 31 kids. Last year I got a book each such as Wheres wally (the boys loved these) to animal based stories via girly…
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