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The Thrifty Gifty Girls 'n' Guys 2009 (Organised & Money Neutral for All Occasions)
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t[STRIKE]ake xmassy photo of boys
order cards and photomug off snapfish (hop enot too late!)[/STRIKE]
get d to print snowy soup labels
[STRIKE] get more ktichen wall testers
change cobys slippers for size 13[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] wellies for me (peacocks? or flat boots from dotty ps)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] decorate boys room
more wrapping
gift bag for babysitter
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] pack boys cases for nannys
clean bathroom
have a general spruce up (house and me lol)
look for COD5 for bil[/STRIKE]
sort boys bedroom (put toys away etc)
[STRIKE] tidy our room[/STRIKE]
start clearing out kitchen ready for kitchen fitters
[STRIKE] order snowjoggers[/STRIKE]
finish wrapping (not kids stuff - just phase one lol)
write and send cards when they arrive!
sort washing out
do center parcs online check in
pack for center parcs
ironing
buy juices for todds trip pack lunch
do grocery list for center parcs and buy them
sometime in the future lol -
buy new table, chairs and accesories/curtains - ikea/next
decide on paint colour
decide on wall tiles
buy tiles from homebase
get quotes for floor/wall tiling
instruct builder for floor/wall tiling
finish wrapping
write and post cards
my pledge will be sorting washing outMANAGED TO CLEAR A 3K OVERDRAFT IN ONE FRUGAL, SUPER CHARGED MONEY EARNING MONTH!:j
£10 a day challenge Aug £408.50, Sept £90
Weekly.
155/200
"It's not always rainbows and butterflies, It's compromise that moves us along."0 -
morning all
I am also on the good list for today, just finished making my mums salts:T
I'm not too sure what i think about them though as I made vanilla ones which the essential oil is brown so after getting my salts to my nice yellow colour they've made them change :mad: also as its concentrated it doesnt smell very vanilla. I hope there ok as i paid £7.70 inc P+P for 2ml of vanilla essential oils :eek::xmassmile Things to do for xmas 2008:rudolf:- Make reindeer food
- Wrap Hampers
- Wrap presents
- [strike]Buy xmas cards[/strike]
- [strike]Write xmas cards[/strike]
- Help DD1 write xmas cards to friends
- Find an xmas meal outfit
- Buy scratch cards
- [strike]Make bath salts[/strike]
- Buy chocolate for teachers presents
- Put xmas tree up
- Get freebie for dads sat nav
- Deep clean bedroom
- Deep clean kids room
- Take pic of kids for xmas presents
- Print off pics [strike]
- Buy family guy season 7
- Log purchases into consumer pulse[/strike]
- Order £10 argos from consumer pulse for OH's cousin
- Buy 2 money wallets
- Print letter to Amy from santa
- Buy chocs for family friend
- Buy pack of xmas cards
- Finish xmas eve hamper
Total Debt at LBM - £19107.03Total now - £11091.220 -
Updated list!!!
1.[strike] wrap advent sweeties for nan and uncle, and add the advent poem & some gold foil, put in a jiffy and post first class today[/strike]
2.[strike] Laminate personalised xmas stories, certificates etc etc for kids/nans/grandads [/strike]
3. [strike]wrap and basket-up dd's, ds's, dad's and DH's advent baskets :eek: feel like crying now[/strike] :rotfl:
4. [strike]find out more about the elf-tradition so i can start it for the kids sometime this week (read up breifly about it last night at 1am, but was too tired to take it in, so gotta do some reading and FAST!!!)[/strike] - SCRAPPED THIS ONE - TOO MUCH ELSE TO DO!!!
5. write christmas cards for friends and family - have too many to do, and not sure how i'm going to do it all- HALF DONE
6. get some more presents for -[strike] ds,[/strike] [strike]a couple for dd[/strike], [strike]a couple of small token pressies for uncle's hamper, couple more token pressies for dad's hamper[/strike], [strike]present for 4 x BIL's (not all mine - some OH's! lol), present for nephew[/strike]
7. [strike]buy some more choclate coins for 'pots of gold' (i ate the last lot:rotfl: )[/strike]
8. make pots of gold
9. [strike]make reindeer food[/strike]
10. [strike]finish snowman soups (done a few already)[/strike]
11. [strike]order cello wrap & more cones[/strike]
12. make up everyone's xmas eve hampers (doing [strike]mum[/strike] & dad, uncle, nan, [strike]ds, dd[/strike], and a surprise one for me & OH that he doesn't know about)
13. make up everyone's hampers for xmas day
14. wrap all other presents - MOSTLY DONE
15. [strike]put up ceiling decorations[/strike]
16. [strike]take down tree decorations and re-decorate tree (doesn't look right at the mo [/strike]:rotfl: )
17. clean the house from top to bottom as it's in a right state at the mo, due to all the 'stuff' going on
18. make the 'balls of life' for mum & dad, uncle, best friend, nan, & OH
19. make up, and decorate - nan's memories jar, [strike]dd's journal jar,[/strike] OH's tottenham facts jar, mum's 'special things & memories' jar, dad's 'bob marley & reggae facts' jar, uncle's 'back in the day' jar, BIL's '50 things a father-to-be should know' funny jar (him and my sister are due their first baby on may 1st)
20. [strike]think of more special things to do for people that don't cost a lot of money [/strike] scrapped!!!:rotfl:
have done one more special thing todaywrapped little silver bells in cello and added a tag
sorry i've been MIA guys! been SO busy!!! been trying to be OS, by baking up a storm, bulk-cooking meals etc, and have also knocked LOADS of stuff off my list (see above).
haven't even ATTMEPTED to read the last 10 pages that i've missed :rotfl: so if there's anything that i should know about that's important etc then please update me
good to be back! :beer: xxxx0 -
afternoon you lovely , gorgeous (posssibly pj clad) ladies,
well im in a really good mood today, the sunshine is out, no work to go to today and nothing i need to be rushing around for. So i intend pottering around doing bits and bobs, but nothing too strenuous.
Today i would like to : do several loads of washing and get it dry
wrap at least 4 more pressies
try sorting out my bedroom a little ( begining to look like a bombed beirut in there!!)
and finally go through my box of xmas foodstuff and see what i have and whats missing so by next week all i will need to shop for is fresh and fridge stuff.
jordanshannon-just read back through the post- no chance of me ever knowing what hubby has bought, he goes out xmas eve afternoon and gets stuff then. I drop hints the size of bricks and my DD tells him mum would like this, mum needs that.......all on deaf ears...I could end up with anything...still he tries.
jamtart- thanks for cashback advice- which would you recommend? I regularly use shops like Next and high street shops(but try to get stuff in sales), need to save money ( in case this credit crubch gets bad- would rather cut down a bit now) and also want to get money/point saving etc for the gifts for 2009.
Just been reading the live on £4000 for a year thread- would love to try but know i would fail miserably when tempted by something....anyone on here tried it ?
So off to start my tasks, have a good day all, try to check in later xsealed pot member no :0812011- £306.68 2012-£304.36 2013- £387.44 2014 - £441.43
£482.30 2019 £655.58
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Ok so getting somewhere with my christmas to do list, will update the weekly list as and when
[strike]1. Deep clean bedroom, sort out wardrobe, clean under bed, cupboards and draws.[/strike]
2. Clean my mums house as part of my pressie to her by binning loads of my dads rubbish that he refuses to throw out. - Done Kitchen, Hall, cupboard of doom and bathroom, just livingroom and dining room to go.
3.Wrap presents - favourite job - Put all pressies that are going in girft bags in the gift bags.
[strike]4. Make Christmas cushions and blankets[/strike]
[STRIKE]5. Write out christmas cards for the 2 people I forgot.[/STRIKE]
[strike]6. Buy Fudge for one of my hampers (tried to make it so many times and each time it was a disaster so have given up)
7. buy 2 birthday cards.[/strike]
Woo I am nearly done with the christmas to do list. just need to keep on top of my weekly list and I will have nothing to worry about christmas week0 -
I love bargains too much to survive on 4000 a year. LOL. I am terrible. The kids have got enough toys and I am still seeing things crazy cheap and ordering them..
I know I know..
"it is only a bargain if you needed it in the first place"..
Where is the fun in that!!:xmastree:Self Certified Christmas Addict:xmastree:0 -
Can someone tell me how to 'PM', please?
Thought I was doing well on my pledge, till I decided to strip all the beds, now I've got a pile of washing the size of Kilimanjaro - might end up on the naughty list...Poor and content is rich enough!0 -
Bingo gals
I have checked the saville row claim and nothing is registers I am so annoyed as it won't let me put in an enquiry until Dec 23rd and I can't even cancel my order cos the bloomin company are so good they've dispatched the t shirt already!!!
If anyone else wants to order via saville row there is a free p & p code lurking around that I found and the cheapest item is £5 a t shirt and there are some £10 scarves and £12.50 silk ties. I don't really trust me/my account on quidco/the bingo now as it should have worked by now!!!
SORRY!!0 -
Can someone tell me how to 'PM', please?
Thought I was doing well on my pledge, till I decided to strip all the beds, now I've got a pile of washing the size of Kilimanjaro - might end up on the naughty list...
How I normally do it is to click on the name of the person you want to pm on a message they have done and you see a drop down list and one is about private messages just click on that and away you go!!
Hope that makes sense if not someone else will come along soon and explain it much better I'm sure (I got interupted half way through writing this so someone else has probably already posted!!):rotfl:0 -
Bingo gals
I have checked the saville row claim and nothing is registers I am so annoyed as it won't let me put in an enquiry until Dec 23rd and I can't even cancel my order cos the bloomin company are so good they've dispatched the t shirt already!!!
If anyone else wants to order via saville row there is a free p & p code lurking around that I found and the cheapest item is £5 a t shirt and there are some £10 scarves and £12.50 silk ties. I don't really trust me/my account on quidco/the bingo now as it should have worked by now!!!
SORRY!!
Dont you be sorry !!! I think they hold some back on purpose
Can you PM me the codes and i will get something. I was going to anyway on next card,So makes no difference to mefurrypig says:my name is Choccy and I am addicted to nose free stamps as I want to save them all and give them noses!!!:rotfl:
About me. Im Choccy or Chocolate orange depending on where i am.Yes occasionally i am a total looon who spends too long online,but no where near as much £ as her spendy elves do ..:D0
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