The Thrifty Gifty Girls 2009 (Organised & Money Neutral for All Occasions) #3

rufusdog52

Morning Ladies

Congratulations to Hayley on her win :T:T:T:T:T

Also congratualtions to Rusty and Rainmac on their fantastic totals :T:T:T:T:T

And well done everyone else taking part, I had a £5 Amazon voucher this morning from Lightspeed Surveys and am expecting another one tomorrow from Bingoports, also had £10 from daily clicks in my bank yesterday, not sure which site it was from but it makes my total now £81 so I am over the £75 mark.:T:T:T
I have updated my list of presents for the year as I have finished off a few more bits. Red are finished, Green are started and black yet to do. Got another Dvd box set yesterday from Amazon which was £9.98 and had 2 £5 vouchers so got it for nothing. I have finished the photo book too at last (has taken me over a year to do it but pleased with the finished result). Each page is a different year so I have left this year and have just put in some loose photos from the year so far and can finish the page for him after his birthday in August.

May - Sons birthday - 2 t shirts money neutral
June - Daughter 2s camping trip to be paid - ALL PAID OFF AND MONEY NEUTRAL :T:T
Fathers day - usually just send a card which I will make
July - daughter 2s birthday - Some nice make up and bag money neutral
August - OH 30th - photobook now finished, want 30 presents so far have 16
Grandaughters birthday - 2 lovely dresses from charity shop, beads in a bag and pink baking stuff like icing etc (will have to get nearer the day as the dates run out on them
September - Dads birthday - 2 cardigans already knitted
November - Daughter 1s birthday - knitted cardigan,
Grandson 1s birthday - Camoflage body warmer from charity shop brand new with tags, plus army helmet and accessories from pounland plus camoflage coat from sports direct in sales
December
Dad - new winter coat not sure where from but looking
Christmas - OH - dont know yet
Son - Knitted jumper have a pattern and wool, finished
Girlfriend - red themed basket already have bathbombs and candle from charity shop and altered notebook,
Daughter 1 - Knitted cardigan have wool and pattern
Daughter 2 - probably a basket with make up etc plus some nice egyptian ornaments from charity shop (shes mad on egyptians, might make it and egyptian themed basket)
Grandson 1 - Knitted jacket have pattern and wool cardigan with soldier on the back already knitted
Grandson 2 - Knitted jacket have pattern and wool Knitted cardigan with intial on the back already knitted
Grandson 3 - Knitted jacket have started knitting Knitted cardigan with intial on the back already knitted and castle book
Grandaughter - 4 knitted cardigans all finished
4 nieces presents - knitted dolls all finished plus patchwork bags and altered note books
5 Godsons (OH's) - knitted picture jumpers have pattern and some of the wool
Other child relatives - selection boxes
2 Sisters patchwork bags one started

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jamtart6 wrote: »

Hi Girlies,
My lovely lovely Grandad slipped away in the night. He literally did just fall asleep as he was in exactly the same position as when we had left him. He had been so peaceful all day and was fine at 4am, and when the nurse checked at 4.10 he had just fell asleep. Bless him. I prayed so hard for the angels to take him away from the awful suffering and they did. Just wanted to thank you for all your kind messages, particularly everyone who had sent me PMs as well and scattymam for her unfailing ability to help me out when I needed someone. You are all little stars. Thank you xxxxx

Now go and munch some Easter eggs! X

Dear Jammy, I am so sorry to hear about your dear grandad, thinking of you x

RustyFlange

Morning beautiful ladies I hope you are all well?

Rainmac, good luck ... I don't envy you!

Hayley - Well done

Padingtondoo - Awwww look what them orrible bald thingys have turned into ... they are so cute!!!

I am rapidly loosing my memory :rotfl: I can't remember all of the other posts sorry ladies!

I am sitting with a nice cuppa tea I have had PM's from 4 different people who have all had PM's of some silly little girl accusing me of sending nasty PM's :rotfl: funny thing is I have all of the PM's still ..... Maybe she finds them nasty because I just laugh at her and then ignore her and let OH deal with it ... apparently though me and OH are in different locations? .... I wonder how she has worked that one out .... although could also be true, as he is sat on the far end of the same sofa :rotfl:

I just want to thank you all for the support I do appreciate it and the level of PM's I have had from you is unreal, thankyou for being such good friends xxx

Today we have mr sky man coming out as we have a broken box again ... they came out and changed it due to some fault that they knew about ... then 10 days later our nice shiny new recon box has gone pear shaped .... so they are back out today and we want a new box! not recon!

I have some storage units for DS's bedroom so need to get up there and change his border which DD ripped and sort through all of his toys and make it look all lovely for him coming home I have my work cut out!

apart from the above I have very little to do ... I managed to put my back out yesterday somehow so am in lots of pain

furrypig

Hi ladies

good morning to you all!!
wishing you all a wonderful day esp Rainmac with her special job (or should that be special jobbie??!!)

I have 10 children and 4 mums coming to an Easter Party here this afternoon so spent last night making up party bags and planning what games etc to play! Obviously we are having an easter egg hunt in the garden (using plastic eggs so it doesn't matter if it rains then!!).

We have several other mad easter themed games and then will have a quick party tea so hopefully it will be ok!! Just realised that I've forgotten to get sausages for the party so it will be sandwiches and crisps and cakes only! Never mind!!

Will update you all on how it goes later xxx

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Hello all, it's been nearly a week since I logged onto MSE, I've missed it.

I am now the proud new owner of a new laptop, printer and scanner as my PC at home blew up last week, if only I could get the washing machine working (4 callouts so far), I would be a happy bunny. It's costing me a fortune in launderette costs at the moment.

Still enjoying my time at home, got loads done around the flat (all the horrible jobs that we all put off!), must get a job soon tho, apparently I have been called back to a 2nd interview, but not sure when, fingers crossed.

Have a lovely day.

rainmac

Blooming kids :rolleyes: DS1 hasn't pooed all morning so haven't been able to fill his little pot and get it to the docs, needed to be there by 11.30am :rolleyes: If he's getting better then great. He's booked for footie training for the next couple of days so may be able to go as he's really been looking forward to it.

Rusty, so sorry to hear that woman is still bothering you and that you have hurt your back, you weren't trying to dig a big hole for her to fall in were you Don't do too much and hurt your back more will you.

rufusdog, I love your lists, you are so much more organised than me. Note to self, get more organised! I was organised last year and had lists and everything.

furrypig, your Easter party sounds fab ! With all that going on I don't think anyone will miss the sausages

rainmac

goochie wrote: »

Hello all, it's been nearly a week since I logged onto MSE, I've missed it.

I am now the proud new owner of a new laptop, printer and scanner as my PC at home blew up last week, if only I could get the washing machine working (4 callouts so far), I would be a happy bunny. It's costing me a fortune in launderette costs at the moment.

Still enjoying my time at home, got loads done around the flat (all the horrible jobs that we all put off!), must get a job soon tho, apparently I have been called back to a 2nd interview, but not sure when, fingers crossed.

Have a lovely day.

Massive good luck wishes for the 2nd interview :D:D Fab news :D:D

RustyFlange

Some more icing on the cake ..... OH had an email from paypal, they have put a hold on his account. Apparently he paid someone $113 dollars sent as a gift through paypal yesterday

Nice to see paypal are on the ball, they have put the payment on hold and then contacted OH. we only found out this morning!

It amazes me how clever, or rather stupid people are! OH is the most web clever person I have ever met, his passwords are changed regularly and they are not easy ones to remember, and yet someone has still managed to hack his account :mad: :mad: Some people I could really string them up by the short and curlys and torture them all :mad:

and breathe ........ do you think anyone noticed my rant?

cbsexec

goodness just caught up after being away all over Easter:) It has taken me sooo long!!

Congrats to Haley on her wonderful prize - can she fit us all in her suitcase!!

Hugs & best wishes to everyone else

RustyFlange

Furry I am coming to your party I have no idea where you live or anything but I am coming :rotfl:

Goochie good luck with your interview, nice to see you back

CBSEXEC - Nice to see you back :wave: