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Finished hampers ***PICTURES ONLY****
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my baking hamper:j:j:j0 -
This was a gift for my pregnant friend.
Can't remember the prices.
Under £10 though!0 -
Hamper for MIL
Hamper for MIL
Dunelm bamboo basket £1.99
Palmolive Naturals Shower Milk - Shea nut x2 50p each RRP £1 each
M&S Shea nut body butter £5 (using cashback vouchers)
Body scrub 29p (H&B where else?)
2 books in bottom of basket £1 each (RRP approx £4 each) Instore
Personalised calendar £7.50 Pixum - Birthday calendar and photos (mostly paid thro cashback so £1.50)
Gold hessian cellophane (flowerhour)
RRP £24 approx, actual £12 approxAchieve 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 -
Hamper For Sister
Includes:
4 hair care items £2 special offer
2 Tshirts packed in the case £6
Case £1
Total £92010 Wins: Benecol Bag For Life, £150 FCUK Voucher, Rimmel Foundation, L'oreal Mascara, £60 worth of hair products, £100 :j0 -
You can't see everything in the basket but this is what's in here...
Basket - had already
Pjyamas x 2 pairs £11 + £10
Star certificates x 2 £4 (inc price to have laminated)
Personalised Xmas story - printed from internet (thanks for link Mary
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Personalised Xmas book - never read last year as we got one for each of our monkeys and only read one.
Board books x 3 - £4
Chocolate oranges x 2 - £1.79 BOGOF from Tesco
Gingerbread house to make - Ikea £1.95
Xmas rubber duck - £3.50ish ebay
Bath crayons - £3 ish Tesco
Bath bombs x 2 - £2.70 Lush (thanks for idea Rusty)
Reindeer food - £?
Torches x 2 - £4 Asda
Mugs x 2 - £7
Snowman soup x 2 - £?
Snall reindeer x 2 - £5 John Lewis
paper, envelope & fine glitter (magic dust of course) to write letter to Santa
Name plaques x 2 for bedroom doors - £?
Santa Stop Here door hanger - £?
Xmas DVDs x 2 - £6ish ebay
To add nearer Xmas Eve - biscuit mix in a plastic jar to bake Xmas Eve, a carrot and a couple of paper plates for DS1 to decorate to leave biscuits and carrot on.:wave: If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain :wave:0 -
Xmas sweetie tins for my two boys...
Lunch tins from Asda, contents from Tesco, Ikea and Home Bargains. Cost approx £4 each inc. tins.:wave: If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain :wave:0 -
Crafty/goody hampers for friends children Approx £7 each.
Paper kit - 50p - Ethel austin
Make your own pom pom friends - 50p ethel austin
Decorate eggs - 19p sainsburys
Snowman soup - approx 65p a cone (makes 2 servings)
Disney cup - £1 - poundstretcher
Disney egg cup - 50p (box of 2 for £1 in poundstretcher)
Playdoh which I forgot to add - 67p woolies
4 bottles of glass paint - 10p (wilkos sale!)
Crayons - 59p home bargains
Paintbrushes - 5p for 2 (pack of 4 10p wilkos sale split pack into to both hampers)
Disney scrapeafoil - 25p poundstretcher
Chockys already had massive bag!
Approximate cost £5
I think that is everything but there may well be the off thing I have missed. The crafty kits from ethel austin have various gems/googly eyes etc in them so they are all included
Raising kids is like being held hostage by midget terrorists0 -
Cooking hamper for Same girls as above. Just realised I forgot to add the aprons so will do that later! Approx cost £2-£3
2 x aprons - £1 (50p each)
Hundreds and thousands - 19p sainsburys
Sugar flowers - 12p
Jelly diamonds - 12p
Orange and lemon slices - 6p x 2 (one is hidden)
Marshmallows - 50p
Pink food colouring - 25p
Silver balls - 9p
Spoon - 12p
Bowl - 63p
Cooking hamper for my son, Approx cost £3 - £3.50
Hundreds and thousands - 19p sainsburys
Sugar flowers - 12p
Jelly diamonds - 12p x 2 (one is hidden)
Orange and lemon slices - 6p
Marshmallows - 50p
Redfood colouring - 25p
Silver balls - 9p
Spoon - 12p
Bowl - 63p
Icing pens - 49pRaising kids is like being held hostage by midget terrorists0 -
Rusty, where did you get those disney princess mugs from, I am in love with them!!! Great hampers. xx:jHas saved so much money since joining this forum, thanks to all you kind people out there :j0
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Rusty, where did you get those disney princess mugs from, I am in love with them!!! Great hampers. xx
Hi they came from poundstretcher and were reduced to £1 each (50% off!) Inside which you can't really see are matching egg cups again 50% off and were also £1 for a box of 2 Raising kids is like being held hostage by midget terrorists0
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