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

mum2one

Part 1 - Booked in arrangements.

Tues - Dentist - more blasted fillings, replaceing childhood ones.
Wed - DD school party
Thurs - last swimming, (figure out form for next term, y they cant just put u owe £x. I dont know),
Sat - taking dd out, to see Father xmas again - just to make sure he know she wants mamma mia dvd and the cd.
Sun - Panto

Part 2 - My to do list
1. Double check presents list to make sure we havent missed anyone out
2. Book train tickets
3. Deliever presents (little shed 3/4 full)
4. [STRIKE]Get rid[/STRIKE] Hand deliever xmas cards
5. Tidy up dining rm, so it no longer looks like santas grotto thats been bombed
6. Get dad to go up in loft - got 2 boxes of presents in there (their ours) - get them wrapped
7. Sort out dds stockings, haveing small one for bedroom, so if she wakes up early, she can open them, then main stocking
8. 2 parts of prezzies to post ( tight and just posting couple bits, exchange in new yr when we meet- be money neutral using stamps from postal surveys).
9. Bulk buy batteries, the first set went on unexpected presents
10. Check camera batteries / charge camcorder
11. Pay all debits this week for credit cards, not all bills here, but due same time
12. Buy xmas prezzie dog - got one but dd likes to get her own
13, do final check, need more brandy sauce, posh cheeses, soft drinks,

Think thats it! xx

mum2one

JordanShannon wrote: »

LOL:rotfl: your DD sounds so sweet
..xx

Sweet is one description, but thought Id give u a laugh from n "incident" we had last yr.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6983288.stm

JordanShannon

mum2one wrote: »

Part 1 - Booked in arrangements.

Tues - Dentist - more blasted fillings, replaceing childhood ones.
Wed - DD school party
Thurs - last swimming, (figure out form for next term, y they cant just put u owe £x. I dont know),
Sat - taking dd out, to see Father xmas again - just to make sure he know she wants mamma mia dvd and the cd.
Sun - Panto

Part 2 - My to do list
1. Double check presents list to make sure we havent missed anyone out
2. Book train tickets
3. Deliever presents (little shed 3/4 full)
4. [strike]Get rid[/strike] Hand deliever xmas cards
5. Tidy up dining rm, so it no longer looks like santas grotto thats been bombed
6. Get dad to go up in loft - got 2 boxes of presents in there (their ours) - get them wrapped
7. Sort out dds stockings, haveing small one for bedroom, so if she wakes up early, she can open them, then main stocking
8. 2 parts of prezzies to post ( tight and just posting couple bits, exchange in new yr when we meet- be money neutral using stamps from postal surveys).
9. Bulk buy batteries, the first set went on unexpected presents
10. Check camera batteries / charge camcorder
11. Pay all debits this week for credit cards, not all bills here, but due same time
12. Buy xmas prezzie dog - got one but dd likes to get her own
13, do final check, need more brandy sauce, posh cheeses, soft drinks,

Think thats it! xx

I like your plan of action!! Might do one myself. :rolleyes:
Mum got our dogs (2) a stocking each for 77p! and is filling them up with toys and chews each, also she's gettng my puppy her first dag tag as i asked for one!!:D Will post my plan of action for the week on here tomorrow after i have wrote one down!!! lol:D (That way it can go toward my pledges:rotfl:)
Thanks mum2one
..xx

JordanShannon

OMG :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I'm actually loling:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: thats he funniest thing i have heard in ages!!!!!!!!!!!! Bless her
Thank you that made me laugh so much!!!
I'm always going to think of that story everytime i see a hoodie!!
..xx

mum2one

Just a thought, from when doing my list for week, may come in useful for someone else. I know its a few days for xmas and New Yr, but ....

Check smoke alarms and replace battery if necessary (our smoke detector battery ran, recommends changing battery every 2 yrs, we leave little sticky note next change date).

Sounds daft, but have you checked ur prescription medication, have you got enough to see you through - if not order this week, (incase u need to c gp b4 medication issued).

Stock up basic supplies - mini first aid kit
Plasters
Diarohea Tablets
Headache Pills
Calpol / Nurofen (own brand) for children

Extra toilet roll (incase u have extra visitors)

Batteries - xmas prezzies, cameras, camcorders, remote control

Keep a couple of candles and box matches - incase of emergency

Have some colouring books / crayons incase visitors have children with them,

Keep a spare present wrapped for a female and male incase of that extra prezzie,

Put petrol in car before xmas eve - pumps heaving as everyone leaves it to last minute.

Again if you need to draw any money out of cash machine, aim again b4 xmas eve, get busy may run out.

Overall have a big smile and be pround of yourself, whether you saved a penny, pound, or more through money saving, u have done brilliantly.

Lastly a big thank to Jamtart6 for starting the money neutral thread, and PinkLady Mel for organised xmas, and the latter merger of the two. xx

chocolate.orange_2

:rotfl: mumofone how on earth could they mix your daughter up with a teenage hoodie :rotfl:

Thats the first time i had heard about that,It totally amazes me
I would love to know how they would handle it if it was raining and people were coming in from the rain

Now i would love to see the security on the doors asking little old ladies to remove their hoods or rain hoods :rotfl:

scattymam1

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
ah mum2one is that your little girl?

mum2one

chocolate.orange wrote: »

:rotfl: mumofone how on earth could they mix your daughter up with a teenage hoodie :rotfl:

Thats the first time i had heard about that,It totally amazes me
I would love to know how they would handle it if it was raining and people were coming in from the rain

Now i would love to see the security on the doors asking little old ladies to remove their hoods or rain hoods :rotfl:

It was a farce, how stupid, I just wrote a letter to the local Rhyl paper, saying this is how tourists treated, they rang on the wed, to say it would be in the next days paper, and by the way they had got some \MP involved, on the thurs out local evening paper picked up on it, then the local radio station, then BBC Wales, on the Fri from 9am to 9pm the phone was none stop.

I did radio interviews, BBC Wales, Radio Shropshire, and BBC Radio 5
Video interview for Shropshire Star,
then it got picked up by the nationals, she was in every daily paper, even in Ireland, our local news, all BBC news, News at Ten. Apparently the Daily Mail (posh paper), she made pg 3 with a photo.

Everyone was coming up going, bet ur in the money........I wish, although it was my photo that was used, as Id sent it to the newspaper, they got paid for it!"!

I shouldnt laugh, but its so funny now! x

mum2one

scattymam1 wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
ah mum2one is that your little girl?

Yes thats my little angel, she smiles a bit more now and has grown out of the hoodie phase...........a story for her future boyfriends!! x

chocolate.orange_2

mum2one wrote: »

It was a farce, how stupid, I just wrote a letter to the local Rhyl paper, saying this is how tourists treated, they rang on the wed, to say it would be in the next days paper, and by the way they had got some \MP involved, on the thurs out local evening paper picked up on it, then the local radio station, then BBC Wales, on the Fri from 9am to 9pm the phone was none stop.

I did radio interviews, BBC Wales, Radio Shropshire, and BBC Radio 5
Video interview for Shropshire Star,
then it got picked up by the nationals, she was in every daily paper, even in Ireland, our local news, all BBC news, News at Ten. Apparently the Daily Mail (posh paper), she made pg 3 with a photo.

Everyone was coming up going, bet ur in the money........I wish, although it was my photo that was used, as Id sent it to the newspaper, they got paid for it!"!

I shouldnt laugh, but its so funny now! x

I know how it goes and how things all of a sudden explode.10 years ago i had a death threat over a pokemon card :rotfl: I was everywhere as the pokemum who had a death thread for outbidding someone over a charizard card .. Got to go on Big Breakfast tho and met Jonny Vaughn ( sp?) Donna Aire. Travis It was quite exciting when i realised they were in USA. So i didnt have to sleep with one eye open :rotfl: . Actually we were only on about it yesterday. So expect it to be a talking point for a few years yet :rotfl: