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

sylphraven

Its busy on here this morning! :j

I'm sitting sipping my cuppa with a HUGE flump in it, mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Very foggy around today & the snow is slowly melting, not sure if I want more snow or not, DS1s school will open regardless, I WANT A SNOW DAY!!!

The downside of OH selling games is that he always knows what new games are out, or if something good comes in preowned, so I leave most of his presents until closer to the even as I know he'll spot something, well, its happened again! A silver psp has been brought in, so he wants it - I've told him I'll get it him for valentines day but that means he's paying for the meal as its more than I wanted to spend. Picked him up a little devil from asda, shall make him a card in the next couple of days & have a scrap page in a frame I made him. Also hoping to go to cinema - might have to pick up a couple of easter eggs for that

Went into Asda today to get some easter eggs (£1 for the normal £2 ones, maximum of 6 per person), shall be popping up tomorrow for some more as I need about 14. While there I noticed they'd got a display with flour, pancake batter mix, gloden syrup & Jif lemon bottle, all 2 for £1, mix & match so grabbed my pancake toppings

Well done PLM, I hope they take notice! & thanks for the comments on the photos, I just wlda liked to see what I looked like preggers, lol. I'm lucky that I know OH loves the way I look now, when we were first dating we were both so very very thin, now we're both over weight, but at least I got boobs now :rotfl:
If Dr Who is still as popular in 5 years time I'm sure Logan will bring you upto speed, lol.

Jammy, 1 post a day, I'll either forget everything or explode storing up what to say, do you want whole page essays

Gorgeous work Rainmac, as always :T

JordanShannon

Hiya everyone,
Haven't posted for a few days, its been so hectic here, i didnt even get to do an Cybercrop challenges OR upload my donut pictures. Lily has been really poorly lately and if that wasn't enough Scooby has caught what she's got so we look like we are living in a pigsty!!!:eek:
Dad's being melodramatic, he won't even text me now as he thinks he's going to get his head bitten off:rolleyes2 honestly!
I'm waiting for my order from Bellaboo, did anyone else get the email that they will only be selling kits once they have gotten rid of their clearance stock???:(
I was a good girl yesterday and tackled the spare room, it only took me five hours to complete:rolleyes2 and it's not even that big, it's about the size of a study!!:eek: My craft stuff can't go in there yet as i have two black sacks to go to charity, and four or five boxes of ebay stuff(excluding the clothes in the tallboy (one door) wardrobe in there) i have two big hamper baskets full with peoples presents etc and also found a WADE figurine of Lady(from lady and the tramp movie) so need to look that up online. Apart from that the spare room is so tidy, you can nearly swing a cat :rotfl:
I also moved my craft caddy (oh yeah:rotfl: ) into my bedroom so that's pretty tidy too, will have to tackle it fully when i get home tonight.

Tomorrow i am SOOO busy, it's unreal, its not even funny! I have to get up at 6am:eek: so i can do my hair (1hour) then i have to be washed, dressed, packed, make-uped and looking presentable by 7.30 which i will get a lift down to my nans(with Scooby) by 8am i then have to have a decent breakfast by 8.15 and i then have to walk to town (which takes about 45 mins)
I then have to be at SAGA by 9.15 to be assessed(i hate trying to spell this word), which is about 5 mins in the central bit of town. I will be about 2 and a bit hours in therewhich will take me to 11.30, i then have to walk to the bottom of town and work my way up to the top, as i need to buy anniversary/Valentines presents and i need to get my provisional license photo taken, i should have finished by 1.30.
I then have a 45 minute walk to SKC (college) to have a careers interview with Mark Davis which will last just over an hour!!:o so i will be finished at about 3.30pm, i then have to power walk to work(if i do it right it will only take me 30 mins) to be there by 4pm.:shocked:
I finish work at 6pm so after work i will get a lift to OH's house as he wants to talk to me about something:question: i then have to get a lift back to my house, to talk to my mum about this whole divorce thing:rolleyes2 and then i will get a bath and finally go to bed.

That's made me absolutely shattered just thinking about it:rotfl:

Sorry for the HUGE post, i thought i should update everyone.
Anyway enough about me, how the devil are you all??:D
*Hugs*
..xx

SugarSpun

I'm delighted! I just found this on the Guardian website and will be making a duct tape rose pen for my beloved for Valentines Day. Who says I'm not romantic???

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/09/make-your-own-valentines-day-presents

sarahf191979

pinkladymel wrote: »

Sarah HI!! I go away and when I come back the first post I read off you is about coffee. It. Is. BRILLIANT!! I forgot to ask, how did the adipose go down at Christmas?

Hey you know me and COFFEE............I'm the [STRIKE]COOKIE[/STRIKE] COFFEE MONSTER LOL :rotfl: :rotfl:

Thanks for remebering the ADIPOSE, the kids loved them, go to bed with them every night so sweet I only managed to make 2 in the end, and didn't get round to the Tardis Cuddle Cushions, but they are on my list for this year.

Right off for a coffee LOL

Sarah
x

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

Good luck with your car boot sale. If I lived nearer, I'd come and give you a hand. I did one before DS2 was born and made £200. I was quite literally gobsmacked that I made so much dosh from stuff we had and didn't want/use anymore.

Wow thats impressive! I doubt I would make anywhere near that amount but I got sick of putting all of the little ones clothes on freecycle and not getting any thankyous so I thought enough is enough they are all next and all in perfect condition so will get a few pennies on the boot sale, also have a lot of her toys which she is now too old for yet I can't part with them either for free as they were so expensive in the first place!!!

RustyFlange

sylphraven wrote: »

Its busy on here this morning! :j
The downside of OH selling games is that he always knows what new games are out, or if something good comes in preowned, so I leave most of his presents until closer to the even as I know he'll spot something, well, its happened again! A silver psp has been brought in, so he wants it - I've told him I'll get it him for valentines day but that means he's paying for the meal as its more than I wanted to spend. Picked him up a little devil from asda, shall make him a card in the next couple of days & have a scrap page in a frame I made him. Also hoping to go to cinema - might have to pick up a couple of easter eggs for that

Sorry but I snipped your post ....... You have the same OH as me I think :rotfl: he is like that and will just go get something and I end up returning things so now just leave til the last minute then get something and make sure he doesn't duplicate it!

RustyFlange

SugarSpun wrote: »

I'm delighted! I just found this on the Guardian website and will be making a duct tape rose pen for my beloved for Valentines Day. Who says I'm not romantic???

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/09/make-your-own-valentines-day-presents

Wow that is fantastic I love it :rotfl:

furrypig

SugarSpun wrote: »

I'm delighted! I just found this on the Guardian website and will be making a duct tape rose pen for my beloved for Valentines Day. Who says I'm not romantic???

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/09/make-your-own-valentines-day-presents

Just had a quick look at this site SS and there is also edible underwear on there!! Knitting it yourself from sweetie shoelaces!!! ideal for the the knitters out there ha ha ha!:rotfl:

So I have camping with Jammy to look forward to and now a possible meet up with everyone in October! That would be exciting!! Plus not forgetting all out virtual events, hen nights, baby showers etc etc!!

All fine here, off to have a big brekkie out (yep I'm beginning to feel better!) and then will visit MGM/Hollywood Studios and tonight it's the fantastic Tantasmic show v v v excited!:j

Will have to go to Michaels and Joanns to look for bargains but getting tricky as time is running out as I was in doors for several days ill so might have missed out on my shopping time! Arrghhh!:eek:

We are off to the coast next week and I think they have a couple of small stores for crafting there so might have to make do as priority here is doing all the Disney stuff/ Seaworld/Discovery Cove etc etc.

Sorry the cold is getting you down we've finally turned the heating off as FLorida is coming out of it's cold spell hurray!

Have good Mondays all, off to Brekkie now (well it's only 8.30 here!)

scattymam1

I think I have to do the jigsaw for valentines...

I missed you plm - we all did...

did the crop but couldn't upload the piccies, and I finally finished the layout for your class finally, I will post some photos of everything I did this weekend...

My sis in law is round here somewhere - come in and introduce youself - everyone's lovely in here

LOL- Feb 14th - nope - I will be ovulating around the 16th so am going to try the having a boy thing and try on the first day of ovulation - probably won't work like but I will try...

rainmac - LOVE LOVE LOVE all your stuff, I love the mum book - I made a tag accordion book this weekend I am dead proud of - so I'm going to write memories about mum on them and keep it for myself - I'm always giving my best stuff away...

sylphraven

sarahf191979 wrote: »

I only managed to make 2 in the end, and didn't get round to the Tardis Cuddle Cushions, but they are on my list for this year.
x

I have the pattern for adipose (shall have to get material back from my mom, she was gona make them for me for last xmas, but didnt get time) but havent heard of the tardis cuddle cushions, are these your invention, a pattern online or what? PLEASE fill me in, I can see DS1 having adipose & tardis at the end of his bed like scatter cushions, he'd love that