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

mum2one

I have some good news I have all the birthday presents covered this yr (bar mum, dad, me + dd), the allocated money for all bday presents were £350, its all money neutral, used spares from last yr, the items brought with vouchers, and any cash spent has been pd back by the supermarket vouchers.

Next plan of action - start xmas list. xx

jamtart6

mum2one wrote: »

I have some good news I have all the birthday presents covered this yr (bar mum, dad, me + dd), the allocated money for all bday presents were £350, its all money neutral, used spares from last yr, the items brought with vouchers, and any cash spent has been pd back by the supermarket vouchers.

Next plan of action - start xmas list. xx

:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T well done mum2one! that is extremely inspired! You will have no probs doing that for xmas

mdhughes03

HI guys sorry I am rubbish at keeping up with threads so haven't really updated but will do now: I now have 2/3 of the presents we need for birthdays/xmas etc for about £140 :j Mainly due to lots of sale shopping!!

I am going to veer from the norm a bit and moan about my friend who has forgotten my OH's birthday (even though it's only 4 weeks after her OH's and we gave him a card and present :mad: ). How rude. Am now taking bets on how long it will take her to realise she has forgotten it. It may be the case that they weren't organised enough to have his present yet-having joined this 'ere thread I think that's just as bad!

JordanShannon

purplegirluk1 wrote: »

I was just reading through the posts and read this, I thought 'oh isn't that funny, my fave hairdressers is called Toby and thats how much my hair costs' then I looked at where you live and you live near me, it really must actually be the same hairdresser, hee hee, he is lovely isn't he.

What salon do you go to?? and the baby in your pic is SO gorgeous
..xx

furrypig

Hi all it's furry here remember me!?

I'm now in Florida I made it through the snow, onto the plane and I'm now jetlagged in our lovely villa off to Epcot tomorrow!!

sarahf191979

Morning Everyone

Well the snow has started to melt up here :eek: making the pavements Ice Rinks. Kids have been off school the last 2 days and have been busy with them making snowmen and sledging in the Park (GREAT FUN), Back to school today I hope, just waiting for the website to be updated to find out, fingers crossed LOL.

Chanced the shops for an hour yesterday (Well I had to stock up on COFFEE incase we got snowed in :rotfl: ), managed to pick up a few bargins while I was out. Got 4 pressies for Easter, and picked up 2 more Xmas pressies, and a load of stuff for OH for Valentines, well chuffed as I'm still coming in as Money Nuetral :j

Furry your so Lucky being in America, bet your gonna do loads of shopping and have loads of fun..........I'm so Jelous:o

PLM Hope the Little one is feeling better now. Loved all your comments on men you are so Wise Honey you always hit the nail on the head with your advice....

Jammy If you have a Poundland and Homebargins near you, you can get some great stuff for V Day. I got some boxes of fake Rose Petals for a £1 (you could scatter these over the floor), they had loads of stuff in (some was a bit kinky like:o but thats up to what people want LOL) And in Home Bargins they had Valentines Crackers in for 39p, and Jellie sweets that spell 4ever at 49p, they also had 4 packets of Love Heart sweets for 35p. Love your Idea for camping out in the new house, it sounds so Romantic and will give you some lovely memories for the future.

Well Better get on, my cup is empty and I have to fill it up:o

Take Care

Sarah
x

jamtart6

furrypig wrote: »

Hi all it's furry here remember me!?

I'm now in Florida I made it through the snow, onto the plane and I'm now jetlagged in our lovely villa off to Epcot tomorrow!!

:eek::eek::eek: OMG I didn't know that you were going! Have a brill time!!

jamtart6

sarahf191979 wrote: »

Jammy If you have a Poundland and Homebargins near you, you can get some great stuff for V Day. I got some boxes of fake Rose Petals for a £1 (you could scatter these over the floor), they had loads of stuff in (some was a bit kinky like:o but thats up to what people want LOL) And in Home Bargins they had Valentines Crackers in for 39p, and Jellie sweets that spell 4ever at 49p, they also had 4 packets of Love Heart sweets for 35p. Love your Idea for camping out in the new house, it sounds so Romantic and will give you some lovely memories for the future.

Well done for being money neutral with all your nice gifts! We have both poundland and home and bargain, they all sound really good! Thanks for thinking of me! I just think it will be fun. We don't have heating but do have nice new windows so should be a bit warmer in there! No curtains either!! :eek: I might try Asda as well as they often have cheap themed items!

purplegirluk1

JordanShannon wrote: »

What salon do you go to?? and the baby in your pic is SO gorgeous
..xx

Its Melville Mcabe in town, is that where you go? I guessed by the price as well. So not money saving at all!!!

SugarSpun

I'm sorry. I've been a bad gift giver

I've done almost nothing! I did make an order at halfcost today using the 15% code, and spent 23 quid on gifts for a friend's birthday and another friend's wedding and bits for my mother's, grandmother's, brother's and almost-husband's Christmas gifts.

For their wedding present, I got a really nice velvet throw rug for 4 quid. I'm going to buy a couple of DVDs and a box of chocolates/bottle of nonalcoholic fizz/packet of popcorn and make them a night in in a box.

But that's all. I'm laaaaaaazy.

Glad to see you're all busily working away