Christmas 09 Let's Get Organised!!

sammy_kaye18

Little_Miss --- Saw some green red and white candy canes in morrisons today.

Iron Man - I buy for my side of the family which is 11

mum --- £30
dad --- £30
sister --- £10
niece 1 --- £10
niece 2 --- £10
step sister --- £20
step brother --- £20
step mother --- £10
cousin 1 --- £10
cousin 2 --- £10
cousin 3 --- £10
nan --- £15
grandad --- £15

so i figure that's £200 for my side and boyfriend pays for his. I also have a 5 year old who gets about £200 spent on him at Xmas

CHEESY! I don't buy for BFs family. MY thinking is if he wants to get there presents in December then he does his own shopping and he can see how much it costs. He does sometimes mention Xmas early if we have a big main gift to get for one of the boys but apart from that he leaves me to it and I dont shop for his side although I do make lists of things they have mentioned. That way he foots his own bill and its his own fault if he overspends. I do pay for our son though but told boyfriend if he doesn't start contributing something to bens gifts (he has brought one gift each year that costs no more than £30 each year and Ive done every birthday and Christmas for him by myself as well as £450 worth of bills each month!) then all gifts will be from mummy and santa

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Cheesy - You're no way unreasonable. My OH can't think about Xmas either as it's too early. Also we've both got vouchers from survey sites and work incentives etc so we're not really spending as such.
But we had a disagreement as I have a larger family, my OH is an only child so he didn't want to go halves on the presents as my family would "benefit" more than his. He only buys for his mum and dad, well and me. I had to prise the vouchers from his hand!!!! But like I told him, he'll "benefit" when my family get him presents. So you can't have your cake and eat it.

Anyway if your OH won't go halves, just tell him to get the pressies for his family himself. Maybe he'll learn about orgainsing Christmas before Christmas Eve!!!

Our 99p shop has cards and wrapping paper, also our Poundland and Card factory have started with the Christmas stuff

lauhen

I can understand paying seperately if you have not been with you other half long, but if it's been a while or you are married with kids, why is it not combined. Why is it I buy this and he buys that, I don't get the I will bill him in December comments, do you not have joint accounts, are the OH extremely difficult, maybe I am lucky that mine is fine with buying early, we have saved up and have been buying since July, I mainly choose everything for family and run it by him, but he has a say in the kids presents.

findingmyfeet

evening everyone,
can i join in please ? Done nothing for the last 2 hours trying to read all the pages ( up to 20 only), LOVING IT ALL SO FAR.

Not done anything much yet towards christmas only just getting around to thinking about it so need to get myself organised. I have so far collected £24 in saver stamps for the supermarket towards the food shop but thats it.

So i need to :
make a list of people to buy for
decide on a budget for each
think of ideas for each person

Think its kettle on and notebook out next.

yippee_kye_yay

Rosie1978 wrote: »

I'm going to get bits then nearer Christmas bill my husband! He's not interested in Xmas right now so when I come forth with all these lovely crafty presents that will save him hours of shopping I'll probably just get a little thanks, and thats it! Men!! And if he doesn't give me the money for them then he's for it! :mad:

Anyone know where you can get nice big gift boxes to make into hampers? I was thinking like hat boxes but can't afford much. I'm going to do a 'girly night in' box for them (12 & 13) but can't think of much beyond pyjamas, fluffy socks, maybe sweets and a little manicure set. Any age-appropriate ideas?

i got a set of 3 hatboxes that fit into each other for £3.42 in tescos they had loads in my store. the ones i got my mum are green with flock damask on themalso in green, but there was a hot pink with the flocked damask in black which would be more age appropriate
you could stick in a fleece to share or one each in the bottom box, or maybe if you could get some cheap personalised towels?
middle box could be pjs, socks, maybe a dvd?
smallest box could be sweets, manicure set, mimi make up sets? bath treats?
hth

bubblegumcola

To add to hampers you could put in a cheap DVD, I was in my local Tescos and they had Grease for £2, Sleepless in Seattle for £3 so they are going in Hampers for various people. I did have to have a wee rake through but they are so cheap. I've also ordered some Dvds from HMV. I'm doing Movie hampers with dvd, popcorn, doritos or Pringles, sweets and bottle of beer or fizz or soft drink. I'm adding a couple of other things in them like cheap bath bombs and nail polish for a girly one and pack of playing cards for boys one.

Just need to find some cheap baskets, forgot to look in Home Bargains today, doh.

Claire_Bear

yippee_kye_yay wrote: »

i got a set of 3 hatboxes that fit into each other for £3.42 in tescos they had loads in my store. the ones i got my mum are green with flock damask on themalso in green, but there was a hot pink with the flocked damask in black which would be more age appropriate
you could stick in a fleece to share or one each in the bottom box, or maybe if you could get some cheap personalised towels?
middle box could be pjs, socks, maybe a dvd?
smallest box could be sweets, manicure set, mimi make up sets? bath treats?
hth

Which store was this? I would love these to make a little hamper style gift for my mam this year and I can't find them online. Or if anyone knows anywhere else which has something similar?

chaosweddings

Hi,

my son and brother are both into wwe wrestling so i am thinking of making them a hamper each but am stcuk on what to put in.
they are both 10, lol my son has a uncle the sale age as him ... and i havent got a clue about wwe wrestling!
any one with any knowledge on this would be great

and also each ne would have to be a little different as they are at the age where they fight and moan if they get the same thing

thanks
Chaos

yippee_kye_yay

Claire_Bear wrote: »

Which store was this? I would love these to make a little hamper style gift for my mam this year and I can't find them online. Or if anyone knows anywhere else which has something similar?

it was the tescos direct or is it called extra? one of the big ones anyhow in hull

chaosweddings they had a lot of wwe figures etc in tescos reduced, cant advise what to buy tho as i havent a clue either!
btw my neice is 4 years older than my brother, her uncle!!

Claire_Bear

Think it's called extra, we have one in our area but it's quite far away so don't want to make a special trip down only to find out they have none, anyone in Middlesbrough been there recently?