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

jamtart6

:rudolf:List for organised christmas 2008:rudolf:

• Buy wii remote
• [strike]upload and order pics for friends calender[/strike]
• make calender
• Make calender for MIL
• wrap presents for friend
• [STRIKE]buy perfume -Tuesday - seller has sold out![/STRIKE]
• buy vouchers from topman (buy!?:eek:)
• switch gifts for one person
• deliver cards at uni
• deliver cards to friends
• deliver cards to old workplaxce
• [strike]wrap OH's present's[/strike]

[strike][strike]make OH something special that doesn't cost much - any ideas? we have decided tonight that we will spend £70 max but I just feel it will be a bit weird on xmas day because the past few years we have gone mad, but don't have the money for it this year, but want to make it special. all ideas welcome!
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Get DS games from a friend
[/strike]- Made him a free photobook worth £12.95 using a code on discount board :T

• [STRIKE]Test DS[/STRIKE]
• [strike]List Nintendo Brain Training on eBay[/strike]
• [STRIKE]Wrap gifts for Dad - TODAY[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]buy foot cream[/STRIKE]
• cellophane around hamper
• [strike]wrap large box[/strike]
• [strike]arrange wine in said box[/strike]
• [strike]buy mamma mia[/strike]
• [strike]wrap grandads gifts - TODAY[/strike]
• make gingy the gingerbread man
• Put OH's stuff in a gift bag
• Organise OH's remaining presents for family-in-law :rolleyes:
• Wrap footcream
• [strike]Wrap xmas gift for boss[/strike]
• Deliver Work xmas presents
• Pick up calender and photos

Just had a mammoth wrap sesh and got my worst job (wrapping large box and 18 bottlesof wine out of the way). Nightmare!!!! Not much left to do now :TNEVER this organised

phunkles

Lol I love the word snide occassionally spelt snyde :P
its a good word
nah itll be alright thanks Jammy

Julu

Had a great MS day -

75% off at Focus - bought some decs (shouldn't have, but hey ho!)
20% discount given at till at our local 'shopping experience' (DS knew girl at till), discount more than paid for gift bought (rest spent on more decs - doh!, not getting the hang of it, am I?)
Ordered a gift from L'Occitane on line, and received a free gift worth £21 that will go in my 2009 present cupboard

Sent all my cards, wrapped all presents bought so far, decorated trees/house (one more tree to buy - Homebase had sold out) feeling really organised - its' bound to go terribly wrong!!!

This week:
Buy last 3 gifts
Buy Xmas Tree & decorate
All boxes etc back to shed
wrap last of presents
housework (Decorators been here for 3 weeks - house a bombsite!)

Need a lie down in a dark room just thinking about it all!

jamtart6

Thanks for all the kind comments about my pages I just love doing it! Wish i had more time for it!
Get Well soon furrypig and well done for signing up for more things on Quidco. I’m far too lazy to do clicks..terrible that isn’t it!

Hello findingmyfeet you need to get signed up to some cashback sites asap – never shop online without it!
Hi ickle87 it is amazing what you will find in your cupboards! Good luck! You will have to show us pics of hampers and cards!

RoxieW - you are doing FABBBB with that list! Go girl!!

Phunkles - you can do all your wrapping whilst watching xmas dvds thereby killing 2 birds with one stone! you have loadsa time yet !!

Hi snickers and well done for doing so good already

Rainmac - thanks for the kind comments. How about a swing or something like that with the money from the outlaws? Or put it in theire bank account as they will love you for it when they need a deposit on their house (I am currently silently thanking everyone who gave me money for xmas and birthday that went in my child saving account as it has helped towards our house deposit! – boring i know but the best gift ever long term!!)

Choccy - PLM has been poorly L so she may not have been able to get on the PC for todays prompt. Thanks for the kind words! Glad DS’s car is on the mend, poor lad. I was only saying to my Mum earlier that I have most peoples covered for 2009 except the main people who i ask..oops! bit Boots and superdrug happy but it was rude not to when it was 341!!

Paddingtondoo - you have done well! It is better than having nothing crossed off. Bootsing is ok when you get the hang of it, sounds like you did well though !!

sugaJen – poor little cousin’s boy! Sounds horrid, hope they can fix him! Mince pies, yum yum!!

Mum2one – you have the most busy week EVER planned!! We almost went on the orient express but pulled out last min due to illness!! You will have to let me know how it goes!!

Julu - hi and welcome! Youhave done great today well done !!

kalojac

:j Loving the new merged threads, although I must admit to being a bit thick and taking a while to realise what was going on!

Haven't had much xmas spirit in our house just now everyone except DH has had the winter vomitting bug :mad:

So I am off work today and the boys are off school, so will have to try and get the house a bit more organised, it looks like a bomb has hit it!

My list for this week is...

• Monday - tidy up and get everyone ready to go back to work/school tomorrow
  Chase up lovefilm shop over DVD that was supposedly dispatched on 27th November, it was being sent to Australia as an xmas present and the last day for posting I think was Friday :eek:
• Tuesday - DS 3 - Kindergym Party
• Wednesday - work and DS 2 Christmas Carol Concert
• Thursday - Post out 2nd class stamp cards
• Friday - Finish wrapping xmas parcels and start the ones from the man in the red suit

Hope everyone else has a productive week :T

chocolate.orange_2

jammy Oh my i had completely forgotten that PLM was ill , Suppose i can let her off then 341 ? Think i must of missed that one and yes it would of been rude not to accept their offer

We a busy week here

Today:
My car on the road: Get replacement MOT certificate because i put the other one safe !! Get car taxed.
DS car back to Autoglass because the drivers window doesnt close smoothly, they think the glass maybe bent !
Buy last 2nd class stamps and post out the last of my cards
Rest of decorations up, Tree is finished
General Housework
All this ontop of me doing a splendid Rudolph impression ( I have a red nose and i am full of cold) lol

Shevs

Wooo some glitch at work and I am back on the net. I had such a great day yesterday. Me and BF went to the christmas markets in town and ate loads, there was nothing we didnt try, then we went and saw four christmases then went to frankie and bennys for tea, came home and watched miracle on 34th street. Was such a great day.

SugarSpun

I thought this might interest you: The Guardian has stolen our ideas!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/dec/08/christmas-saving-money-gifts

I love the window box idea.

furrypig

chocolate.orange wrote: »

All this ontop of me doing a splendid Rudolph impression ( I have a red nose and i am full of cold) lol

Sorry Choccy orange sounds like you've caught my lurgy!!

I now have a wheezy cough to go with the red nose and large pile of used tissues!! Hope you feel better soon.

My DD was mortified (DS not really bothered) that I took them both to school dressed in PJ's, dressing gown scarf and hat! Well what's the point of getting dressed???!!! I had told a nearby friend that I was sick and I kind of hoped she would offer to take them but she didn't and I do so hate askig people for favours!

My week is meant to be really fun and busy but not sure what will happen now as feeling grotty
Today after school kides can have preview of pesents for parents
mums night out at Pizza Hut (was great last year)
off sick from work could do with srting out house not
sure I can manage much today!
tuesday meant to be at work and have lunch time meeting wih a lovely
rep who's about to go on Maternity leave so would like to see her
DD got a party after school and I'm running girls home afterwards
wed I've got hairdresser at 9.15 then helping at presents for parents
at school for prob 2 hrs tops. then after school there is a disco!
thurs work Christmas do during the day should be fun but might be a
driver at this rate!!
friday kids mufti day at school DD's class assembly, work and another
mum's night out!

Of course I still have to put away all the boxes in the lounge, sort out Christmas bits, wrap presents, send last 5 cards, carry on daily adventgifts/activities and try and get better!!

katholicos

I'm arranging a Christmas surprise for my parents. They lived in Hong ?Kong for a couple of years and their old projecter thingie doesn't work with their old slides. So i searched online for a company who could convert them to digital images on a cd and dvd and i just got to the post office first thing to post all 80 35mm slides. It isn't very money saving as it has cost me over £50. But i know my parents will be absolutely made up with their Christmas present. The slides were not of my parents but off all the places they visited in Hong Kong while Dad was stationed out their in the Navy and they haven't been able to look at the slides for donkeys years.

I'm hoping all goes well and the conversion to digital image is successful and professional, i've never paid this much to have something like this done before.