Thrifty Gifty - Money Making for Christmas & All Ocassions 2009

mum2one

jemtom wrote: »

thanks mum2one, toms godfather has said he will pay for them next week, he knew toms dad was meant to be paying for them and hasnt so he's said he will as a late birthday present, so im really made up about that, after a bad couple of weeks im starting to feel better :T. and plus the excitment of x-mas is adding to it, not long now:xmassmile.

Thats brilliant of him, he sounds a great bloke, I'm lucky in a way, from day 1 (as to say), mum buys dds shoes, he who does not get mentioned has cemented his wallet!!

Glad ur feeling better, and you've got xmas to look forward to...
Love ur sons name, I said if I had a boy I'd call him Ian Thomas, so weird I was convinced I was having a boy.... I was told it was a girl at 23 weeks, didn't believe them still convinced she was a boy.... I'm mad!!
xx

mum2one

I spent my freebie £5 Argos voucher from last week, brought a wii compatible steering wheel, slowly getting sorted, had the email saying the stuff had been dispatched, so when get that have a gd sort out and see what we need...
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jemtom

mum2one - same here about the cemented wallet he has seen tom 3 times in about 7 weeks but his loss is my gain even if i am going through the terrible 2's :rotfl:. yes he is, hes like a brother too me, my mum has brought his shoes last couple of times but me and ex agreed that seen as he didnt buy tom a birthday present he would get his next pair (considering they are like £30 :eek:) but his beer money is far too important to spend on shoes and i feel awful because tom is only just turned 2 in june and he already doesnt like going with his dad it tears me apart but luckily he hasnt asked to see him or is that bad of me to say .

fedupandskint

This Dooyoo sounds a right old carry on - so simple to begin with, then banning for no reason!

Anyway another £28 made on ebay yesterday, meaning another £70 left to get by the end of the month - better get cracking on the ebaying!

PrincessPlaty

ooh i started reading this thread for the first time this morning still have a long way to go til i have read it all though

Have signed up to bingoport and won on my first go :j not won since though :rotfl:

I really want to join in, but think i may have to start doing it ready for next xmas as im moving house in 2 weeks and have baby number 3 due on xmas day

xmas this year has slightly gone out the window :rotfl:

Luckily i only have my 2 and a couple of other little ones to buy for so shouldnt be to bad this xmas, my 2 are only 3 and 4 and are quite content with cheap bits of tat but all they have actually asked for for xmas is their baby brother or sister :rotfl:

Now if anyone has any ideas on how to tempt LO out just before or on due date that will be xmas sorted :rotfl:

rufusdog52

I won a set of 5 blank pens and 5 blank key rings which you print out inserts for. Will get some rulers next week when some more money trickles into my account (fingers crossed). Will make daughter a set to go with her Twilight exercise books and might make the othersup for the eldest 4 neices and nephews with their names in and get some cheap exercise books to go with them instead of buying chocolate variety packsor whatever they are called lol minds gone blank.

Also have two iron on Twilight transfers to make 2 cushions. Quilt is coming on ok, have done all that I need to do before Wednesdays lesson so no need to worry about that for a few days.

I'm over the 15000 mark on Dooyoo now so hopefully might get to the 20000 mark by end of week. Am hoping I can buy OH some more dvds with the Amazon voucher, plus I claimed 2 £5 ones of Lightspeed in the last week. Still think I might get another small money box and put some of the £2 coins in that I am saving, have about £86 at the moment so might let him have £50 of it so he can buy himself something after in the sales.

If I have any Amazon vouchers left over there are a couple of cds that I would like to buy for my daughter as extra presents.

Most of the other presents are sorted for the rest of the year, all Birthdays are done up till March next year and Christmas is really just getting these bits done for daughter and OH and then the nieces and nephews. One more I just remembered is I want to do a food hamper for my Bro and Sil which includes things like stuff you get from the farm shops and organic things. Got the idea because I was sent some Seeds of Change chocolate free and have since bought another bar so want to do something around this idea. Might make some biscuits as well if I can find a tin to put them in so they dont go soft and horrible but will amek these nearer the time. Will hopefully have a £10 voucher to claim soon from Free Snaks which can be Tescos, Asda or Sainsbury. Probs opt for the Tesco one. Then I can buy a few bits from there with the voucher and there is a fab farm shop in the town where my dad lives so I will see if I can get something special from there to go with it all. Already have some baskets, cellophane and ribbons. Anyone any ideas of what to incude from the supermarket? They like cooking but are quite sticklers for watching things like sugar and salt content in their food.

rainmac

We went to Ikea yesterday to exchange books for gift cards. We had a pile of 15 books and the chap at the desk was fine with us doing 5 books each - me, OH and DS1 so walked away with £15 of vouchers, quickly spent on Xmas bits!

rufusdog52

Well done Rainmac, we dont have an Ikea near us or I would do the same.

jamtart6

hi all just catching up! have had no internet at home for days its been awful! got it now but only on my laptop which im not that fond of!

sorry about dooyoo mum2one sounds rotten. did you end up getting the wii?

mum2one

We ordered the wii from Amazon, brilliant deal £179.00 wii, wii sports, wii sports resort, and then had Mario Kart game for £5.00, it just worked out £60 or so short, so it went on fathers credit card..... I do all the hard work!!

Got a couple extras from ArgosClearance - ebay, got 4 nuchuc (or what ever there called) £20 for the lot,

Once get the parcel, list everything we've got then if anyone can suggest what I still need be very much appriciated. So exicted, xx