♥♥ MSE Organised For Christmas 2009 ♥♥

mrsow

mum2one wrote: »

Hope you had the stiff drink, thats the delights of this board, you get some brillinat ideas,
I know for sure that I coukdnt meet my "expected" birthday spends, in our house, I do a trade off I take care of birthday presents and xmas, instead of contributing to some of the household bills ( I def get the better deal).

Some people we have to buy 3 sets of present, off mum + dad, me, dd so that is a headache b4 we start.

But this might give you faith, as I have finished the birthday presents for the year, (includes birthdays, fathers day x 2, mothers day x 3, + 2 presents for teachers when dd changes class)

35 people - 68 sets of presents

Expected budget = £490.00
Actual Spend = £223.90

Proper price of presents - £668.00

that really is impressive do you want to come do my shopping! lol:D

Ive been into the attic/craft room/ dumping area :eek: and have found my leftovers from last year and the few bits I got in the January sales.
With this stuff I have managed to do my friends 8yo sons birthday, her 1yo birthday and the 1yo xmas so im glad i looked before i went shopping.
Ive also got some bits and bobs for the 8yo for xmas and the 3yo so am feeling a little better.

Any ideas for a 26yr old mum of 3 for her birthday she doesnt have time for reading or watching dvds and i think if i buy her smellies again she may start wondering if im hinting that she smells:p

bye 4 now
Lisa
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mummy2mygirls

mrsow wrote: »

Any ideas for a 26yr old mum of 3 for her birthday she doesnt have time for reading or watching dvds and i think if i buy her smellies again she may start wondering if im hinting that she smells:p
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as a 26yr old mum of three i should have found this easy :rolleyes: but i couldnt think!!lol
i know you said no more smellies but how about something to pamper herself with?? Could you get her a voucher for the local nail place?? or hair salon. I know i never make time for myself but when i went on holiday my dad paid for me to have my hair done and nails and it was lovely to have some me time..... or you could do a little hamper with some hand crean, nail varnish etc?? maybe a face mask and small bottle of wine??
xx

Anglea

Afternoon girls,

I had to laugh at one of the posts on the previous page where janey mentioned buying alcohol inks and playing around with baked bean tins! Imagine some poor soul accidentally landing on our thread whilst looking for something completely different and reading some of our posts! lol

You all sound very upbeat today. In preparation of the start of the Houseworks plan, I've started some of my 'back-burner' to-do's and really surprised myself as they've been on my lists for years. I think because the OC is such a good goal that I don't want to be bogged down with all these extra de-clutter projects that are HUGE and would never have been done in the week that the plan allows. So started the garage, computer room, bedroom and the dreaded filing.

Well done on all your accomplishments - your savings and those of you that have completed special occasions for the year or even Christmas!

I want to start herb vinegar, herb oil and a windowsill pot pourri where you add newly flowered petals to the jar each week throught the year, then add dry orange peel. Put it on a sunny windowsill and stir every now and again. I hope it works. Also want to make dry orange/cloves for myself as I love that aroma.

I'm currently doing cedar oil sachets for the house as last year I had a very bad moth infestation, used spray to get rid of most of them, but the stragglers are now appearing - hence the reason I attacked the computer room yesterday as the carpet hadn't seen the light of day in years due to software boxes stacked floor to ceiling.

26yr old mom ideas -does she live nearby? What about a voucher saying you'll babysit, give her some spare time to herself?

sarahf191979

Everyone is doing so well, I've have hardly managed anything today. Posted a few letters, put a shelf and a mirror up in the bathroom and been to town to do some shopping.

While in puondworld I did notice they are selling some old fashioned type sweeties in tubs, thought they would look really nice re-packaged as pressies, might nip and get some next week (hope they have some left now).

Anyway better get on with some jobs or I will get nothing done again.

Catch you all later

Sarah
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rainmac

Hi all

Mary is still absent from the forums at the mo as her pc is completely knackered - to the point of needing to think about buying a new one. She sent me a very cute card today...



She is busy making snowmen out of socks for Xmas - far too organised for my liking :rolleyes:. She said she is missing everyone and hopes to be back online soon!

mum2one

mummy2mygirls wrote: »

as a 26yr old mum of three i should have found this easy :rolleyes: but i couldnt think!!lol
i know you said no more smellies but how about something to pamper herself with?? Could you get her a voucher for the local nail place?? or hair salon. I know i never make time for myself but when i went on holiday my dad paid for me to have my hair done and nails and it was lovely to have some me time..... or you could do a little hamper with some hand crean, nail varnish etc?? maybe a face mask and small bottle of wine??
xx

I'm mum of one (as it says), but find that I dont think of pampering myself, or treating myself to posher item, if I buy from the Body Shop its either the sale or the outlet shops.

Dont know what ur budget is, but if you have a college near you, most of them have a salon where they teach, so u would be haveing a student doing it, but a tutor peeps in, save a fortune
eg our local college - eyelash tint £4.00, gel nails £12, you can pre buy vouchers, I know there not open over the school hols but may be a nice treat as a belated present.

xx

mum2one

sarahf191979 wrote: »

Everyone is doing so well, I've have hardly managed anything today. Posted a few letters, put a shelf and a mirror up in the bathroom and been to town to do some shopping.

While in puondworld I did notice they are selling some old fashioned type sweeties in tubs, thought they would look really nice re-packaged as pressies, might nip and get some next week (hope they have some left now).

Anyway better get on with some jobs or I will get nothing done again.

Catch you all later

Sarah
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had to highlight that bit, thats a lot in a day, most men would take a month of sundays!
Love the idea of sweet - got to add couple small things into dads bday prezzie, he has one of his bedside cabnets as his sweetie store for when he watches football upstairs. x

mhagster

what a lot of chatter boxes !!

busy last night , busy tonight oh! and busy tomorrow night!

Hope everyone's well. Glad Mary is okay was wondering how she was. Thanks Rainmac for letting us know.

Lady Melanie of Kingdom of Pink: hope all is well in your world and you are looking after yourself! Looking forward to Rudolph Day!!!!:rudolf:

mrsow

thanks for all the ideas ........... i like the idea of posher toilletries its the sort of thing I know she wouldnt buy herself. Im popping to asda in a bit will investigate there posher stuff to see whats on offer ........... then maybe phone my friend who works at local chemist to see what perfume and smellies they have in, feel like I'm getting somewhere now. Thanks for all the help!

Have spend half the afternoon fighting with the printer trying to organise my xmas file and notebook but Im getting there.

Thanks again to everyone who has been so nice to me since I joined only wish I did it earlier instead of being so daft

bye 4 now
Lisa
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pinkladymel

First time I have been on since I last posted! Just had a lot of life things going on.

BIG HELLO To all the new people Come and have a chatter in our cosy Christmas grotto.. don't be nervous! We are all about fun..and bargains.. and notepads.. and fairy lights and... ok you get the picture!

mum2one Just wanted to say I am so sorry for your loss and I hope that all of the arrangements are going smoothly for you. A pet is a member of the family and I am sorry you had to go through this x

I had best get on with making something for Rudolph day hadn't I.. slave drivers!

Anyone else had a massive urge lately to sing a Christmas Song? I have been so festive due to the frost and rain.. it's sunny again now though.. time to get a life