Organised Christmas 2008.. The countdown has begun!

RoxieW

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1111705

has everyone seen this? I think its a lovely idea but i cant find a little elf anywhere!!

pinkladymel

Dont work too hard Roxie, Perhaps you need some iron or something? Take it easy x

Shevs

jb28 wrote: »

I'm trying to get organised early this Christmas and I've just bought a subscription to Candis magazine as a Christmas gift and it is wonderful. Contains loads of advice on saving money, recipes, consumer advice, gardening, health - absolutely everything. Plus when you subscribe you become eligable for all sorts of discounts on insurance, days out, family holidays, electrical goods and loads more. Check it out at www.candis.co.uk. Also they've got a Christmas offer on til 11 Dec where if you subscribe you get a free Champneys spa gift worth £20, and if you want you can subscribe for a friend and you keep the gift to give to someone else as another Christmas present. I love it now so take a look!
Jayne

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Shevs

Roxie I'll clean your bunnys cage, might aswell do two seens as I do one everyday. Ooooo look I have just earned my second posting star xxxxx

jamtart6

RoxieW wrote: »

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1111705

has everyone seen this? I think its a lovely idea but i cant find a little elf anywhere!!

OK I want an elf now!! Not sure how well it will go down in a house full of adults but I'm sure it'll be a laugh

Missed this thread today ! I actually had to work :rolleyes: It gets in the way of chatting and shopping :rotfl:Just had one of my boots.com orders through so a bit more of a present sorted there. Need to get 2 main presents sorted and a couple of bits then I'm done .......

....going to try and make sock muffins but I think men's colour socks will look rubbish - have YOU ever seen a blue cupcake?! Not sure how to get around this problem!!

Beki

blue socks and cream socks could = blueberry muffin? lol. sorry not much help i know!!

as for cleaning the whole house. i should have said it took both of us all day friday and saturday to do it!!! lol

RoxieW

mel - maybe- am having diabetes test and iron test on thurs

shevs - thanks for the offer! my poor bunnies would love a mummy like you!

beki- oh well, at least its done. it just feels so much better doesnt it! my house is ok at mo and it feels good!

jamtart6

blueberry is not a bad idea!! I'm sure the cream socks might come in useful one day

emily_jackson

Hi :wave:

I'd really like to join in please. I'm not as organised as most of you lot so have only just started getting ready for christmas in the last couple of weeks, buyt better late than never! I have to buy presents for the following people:

Parents (no idea what to buy them)
DH (got some ideas for what to buy him)
2 close friends and one of their partners (bought for one close friend and the other friend's partner)
1 friend's children (I know what to get them)
2 great nieces (one in premtaure baby unit, who I've bought for)
2 great nephews (not too sure what to buy them)
1 friend's sister (bought her present)
2 other friends (got some ideas for what to buy them)

There's also about 5 other people who who I want to buy small presents for, like the nurses on my husband's dialysis ward, for example. I'm trying to think of things to buy them other than chocolates.

As you can see from the list, I'm a bit stuck on what to buy for some people :eek:

I've got about 60 cards to write. I'm about half-way through doing that. I've also bought gift-wrap and tags, although I've not wrapped anything up yet. If I can afford it I'd like to buy some decorations and a tree.

I've also got various parties coming up

HockeyDuo8083

Bought some fabby xmas cookie cutters online today so I can make my biscuits. Got a set for £3 which includes 5 xmas themed cutters.
Thought I would make an extra batch and a small hole in them to thread through ribbon and hang on xmas tree. Going to ice names onto them too although after a couple of weeks hanging on an artificial xmas tree they will not be fit for consumption!:rotfl:

Doing choc chip cookies and ginger cookies (with real chuncks of crystallised ginger and everything!)

Anyone else bought anything xmas-sy today?