The Thrifty Gifty Girls 'n' Guys 2009 (Organised & Money Neutral for All Occasions)

RoxieW

shevs -me too with the fudge. bought from good old Mr S in the end.
to all those stressing they havent written/sent xmas cards out yet - i havent even ordered mine!!
and re husbands - my hubby thinks i'm completely mad but secretly loves me for it. is it just me or does xmas feel like afull time job at the mo!? the best full time job in the world but still!

RoxieW

Beki wrote: »

i've done number 16! woohoo! it took a couple of hours, but looks SO much better now

i cant get to mine for all the millions of boxes for the boys room lying around. then i'll have a disgrace of a kitchen for a week while thats being done and mess totally stresses me out!

RoxieW

gosh cant stop posting this aft -

just bought some gifts from oxfam umwrapped for ds1's school, ds2's nursery and our local doctors (who we have alot of dealing with unfortunately, for one reason or another!). Got 100 school dinners for a school in Africa for the schools and 100 childrens health checks for the surgery. Just thought I'd mention it as each gift was £6 which i thought was really good value for money, and something abit different to the boxes of chocs and biscuits that they get at this time of year.

HockeyDuo8083

And i've moved over....well done Jammy & Mel..This thread is great.
got all the presents bought now jsut have to wrap them. Cards will be written this weekend and posted(via work:D ) on monday.

Just been in Tesco and it was going like a fair but got a ponsettia for a £1 just cos it had a couple of battered leaves.

Hope everyone is nearly ready for the big day:beer:

p.s my peppermint creams with condensed milk instead of egg white DID NOT WORK Batch 2 will be made this weekend.:eek:

pinkladymel

I have bought the classroom one from Oxfam unwrapped for teachers too RoxieW lol Great minds eh

Beki the things you have made look absolutely gorgeous! Where were those mugs from? I love them! I love the hessian/sack around the reindeer food. Great job on getting all them finished!!

I have just ate some flaming hot monster munch... then some minstrels.. then some dry roasted peanuts.. oh dear.. I feel a bit sick.

As to the NBC addiction..

I am sitting here in my NBC hoody next to my NBC bag that contains my NBC purse, NBC Keyring, NBC organiser and my NBC pen. I have 3 foot high NBC collectors paintings on the wall and a NBC candleholder infront of a NBC coffin next to my NBC snow globes.

There is a lot more I am going a bit googley eyed now.

NBC is for life.. not just for christmas

Beki

thanks mel

the mugs were either from poundland or the 99p store - i thought they were great value though - nice and chunky and tall

jamtart6

Thanks PLM!

My OH has just been offered a new job, better money, better hours and closer to home so will save about £1500 per year in petrol, a much better company, a hopefully more stable job, no weekends, better promotion prospects, a real career rather than a job and a good pension! I can't believe it!! I am SOOOOO proud of him!

We've had a mundane year and been waiting for lots of things and every family member has been ill, I feel things might finally be going right for us. All we need now is the house to go through and everyone to stay healthy and we will have the best xmas ever!!! Woop!!!!!!

jamtart6

Beki wrote: »

thanks mel

the mugs were either from poundland or the 99p store - i thought they were great value though - nice and chunky and tall

They are gorge mugs! They look about £7 !!!

Beki

that brill jamtart - really pleased for you!!! xx

furrypig

Thanks guys for all your contributions today I have just read three pages!!

I was there at the start of the ol' Christmas Org thread and it is wierd looking back on how many people made so many fab contributions back then.

thanks for the prompt Sarah, I think several people will vote for Mel and that thread for so many reasons!!

My Christmassy treat today is leaving work early (yes I'm there now sshhh!!) and going to hear my son sing at Guildford Cathedral!! His year at school are doing some songs there and I can't wait!!

Will be back this evening to see how you are all doing!

Shame about Quidco not working on 10 seperate stamps this time, I will have a look later and see if I can buy anything else!!