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Finished hampers ***PICTURES ONLY****
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think most people use a shop called flowerhour on ebay hunim not allowed to say what i think so ner!:p0
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Pictures only (clue in the thread title
), chat here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1267149&page=68 April Grocery Challenge £81/£1200 -
mini haper with a budget of £5
mini wine and chocs
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Dr Who hamper for 8 year old boy - approx £15, rrp £23+
Sonic screwdriver £5 rrp £10 H&B
Wash bag £1.80 rrp £5 H&B
Black container (for sweets and torch) £1 Woolies
Sweets £2-3 Flying saucers, choc eyeballs, choc footballs, gummy eyeballs, snake eggs, snapping candy, halloween haribos
Wind-up torch £3 Asda
Basket 50p
Batteries £1Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/250 -
Gardening Hamper
Contents:
Scarecrow
Pack of 3 gardening gloves in the bottom
Teracotta pot full of sweets
Peat pots
3 packets of seeds
Some tulip bulbs
Mini bottle of wine
A snowman soup
And the basket is a fully lined one for planting out in the spring!0 -
This is my first ever hamper, it's for my SIL. I'm not going to wrap it yet incase I pick up any more bargins to put in it! Thanks for your help everyone:T0 -
'hamper' I made for my cousin's 1 year old dd:
Christmas plate, bowl, cup, cutlery set..........75p - rrp £10:eek: (bought in Jan sale from Tesco!)
baby organix biscuits..................................90p -Tesco
cuddly toy............................................... £1.00 - Asda
door hangersaving for ds2's summer international scout camp - £200
£60 deposit paid :j £100 paid:j £40 paid:j0 -
'hamper' I made for my cousin's 1 year old dd:
Christmas plate, bowl, cup, cutlery set..........75p - rrp £10:eek: (bought in Jan sale from Tesco!)
baby organix biscuits..................................90p -Tesco
cuddly toy............................................... £1.00 - Asda
door hanger
Jane that's so cute!! Love the door hnger thing! :T0 -
Here's one of many hampers! Wanted to get my dad different types of beers and nibbles, there is a little bottle of champers in there and 1 bottle of my homemade white wine!
:xmassmile Looking forward to December:xmassmile0 -
My dad and stepmums caravanning hamper
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