Christmas 09 Let's Get Organised!!

smwtyn

Hi everyone room for one more Love this thread! Just been to town and got 3 canvas boxes with a chalk board on the front from The Works (similar to Matalan's last year) I need 1 more and the only colour they had left after I got the last 2 in red was pink. Dont think ds would be too impressed with that lol.

cdsmiler

Shevs wrote: »

Thanks Giggle. I already have my mum's present sorted, I have three charms for her braclet that only came to £10 (£6 for charms £4 p&p) I have a pair of nightmare before christmas earings for my sister but will also get something else as they were only £2, but thats it so far. Im paying for OH to get a tattoo as his present so need to get a price for that but im flumped for other presents for anybody else xXx

Ooooooooooo where did you get the Nightmare Before Christmas earings from!! I'd love some of them!! (not for a present...um....just for me!! lol)

Clare x

moneysavingmumofone

Hi everyone, hope I can join your happy little group! I LOVE christmas and plan for it all through the year. I have bought quite a lot of presents already (mainly for my DS) but I still have a heck of a lot to buy! Due to lack of funds I cant get cracking but am buying bits and pieces when I can! Tomorrow im picking up an arsenal duvet set (new) that was advertised on netmums for only £6. Thats my brothers present sorted!

I hope its ok to list what ive already bought/prices and what i still have to buy? Im always losing my lists/notepads so nice to have it written down somewhere and maybe it will give others some ideas!

Bought:
Ds:
Remote control car-Wilkinsons £2.50 from £10
Travel Game-Wilkinson 49p from 99p
Playdough set £2.49 from £4.99 Tesco
Paint your own plant pot set 87p Tesco, not sure of rrp
Paint your own breakfast set 73p Tesco, not sure of rrp
Transformers sticker set 50p from £1 Asda
Toy medical kit 50p from £1 Asda
Dr Who book x 2 £1.98 99p store
Book about 'Cranes' 50p from £1 The entertainer
Cheesestrings dancemat £4.50 Ebay
Wall-e figure £1.25 from £4.99 Tesco
Thomas the tank mini art case £1 Asda
Mini train set £1 Poundland
In the night garden game £1.50 from £3 Asda
Bob the builder R-Vee £1.58 from £6-£8 Tesco
Cars towel £2 from £4 Asda
Disney pirates dressing up costume £4 Charity shop
Fur real kitten £5.67
Fur real newborn panda £3.67
Dr Who alarm clock free on 3 for 2
Thomas crash and bang £3.67
Dr who etch a sketch £2.50
Dr who uno free on 3 for 2


Sister 1: Haircare basket containing:
Toni and guy shampoo and conditioner 44p Boots
Toni and guy vitamin spray 99p 99p store
Charles worthington hair gel 68p from about £4? Tesco
Microfibre hair wrap 99p 99p store
Cosmopolitan hairbrush 99p 99p store
Toni and guy mini funky gum £1 from £1.59 Boots
Lee Stafford mirror £0 (already had it still in packet)
Trevor Sorbie shine spray £0 Boots (got more in points than i paid, paid £1.90 got 250 points)
John frieda hairspray 44p Boots (used £2 haircare voucher, was £2.44)
John frieda serum £0 Boots (used £2 haircare voucher, was £1.99)
Umberto Giannini mini blow dry spray 39p from £1.59 Boots
Toni and guy movement balm 64p from £4? Boots
Nicky clarke blow dry spray 68p from £4? Tesco
Trevor sorbie hair mask £1.01 or pantene hair mask 24p (whatever one will fit!)

Sister 2: Fcuk perfume £1.08 from £5.99 Boots, have started haircare basket too.
Trevor sorbie hair mask £1.01 Boots
Sunsilk shampoo and conditioner 73p each (large ones) Tesco
John frieda hairspray 44p Boots
John frieda serum £0


Sister 3: FCUK Perfume from £5.99 Boots, Zac Efron pen 37p from 74p, Zac efron torch keyring 37p from 74p Wilkinsons

Brothers girlfriend: Fresh! Toiletry set £1.25 from £5 Boots

Nan: Penguin tea for one set £2 Woolworths, Natural collection mini toiletry set £1.50 from £6 Boots

Niece: Paint your own breakfast set 73p Tesco
Disney princesses Mini art case £1 Asda
Pink art chest £1 from £4 Wilkinsons
Dora wash mitt 50p from £2
Dora flannel 50p from £2

Brother 1: Paint your own breakfast set 73p Tesco
Thomas mini art case £1 Asda
Lunar jim activity book 50p from £1 The entertainer

Brother 2: Dr Who quiz book 50p from £1 The entertainer

Brother 3: Arsenal duvet set £6, rrp about £15-£20 Netmums ad

Sister in law: Sanctuary body butter set-Boots glitch worked out nearly free!
Sister in law 2: Barbara Daly make up set £2 from £10-Tesco + Fcuk perfume £1.08 from £5.99 Boots
Niece- Hannah montana hair set £2.50 from £5 Asda, High school musical game £2.49 from £10 Debenhams, Ello bead set 1p Amazon
Nephew-Dr Who quiz book 50p from £1 The entertainer
Ohs friends son 1: Megabloks wagon £1.75 from £7 Wilkinsons
Ohs friends son 2: Truck £1.25 from £5 Wilkinsons
Bil 1: Foot of chocolate 65p Co-op
Teachers: Post it note set 6 for £1.99 3m


To buy:
DS: 3d Solar system £7.50 Tesco (if they have any left)
Skates/heeleys £10
Lunar jim books £1 The entertainer (if they have any left)
Car mat and cars £6 Tesco and poundland
Ben 10 omnatrix £6.50-£13 Toys r us have it for £6.50 but i dont have one nearby. :rolleyes: Postage makes it not so cheap!)
Moon sand £7.50 (Dont want to pay more than that so looking for a bargain)
Hulk hands £5.99 rrp £10-£25 Argos
Ben 10 dvd £5.99 Morrisons
Maybe a few dressing up sets

DS' stocking:
Chocolate coins
Mini plasticine 47p Tesco
Pants
Socks
Toothbrush (fun one, not a boring one! :rotfl:)
Dr Who figure (probably Novice Hame) About £6 Ply.com have the 12" one for £4.99, hopefully it'll still be in stock when i have the money.
Ben 10 figure £5
Ben 10 microstar figures and sweets £1.29 each

Mum:
DAB Radio alrm clock £30
Chocolates £15 (will probably do a hamper)
Jeans x 2 £6 Asda
Couple of tops £10
Soap and glory body butters £15 Boots
Simple moisturisers £7
Nice hair set £5
Trainers £12.99
20q game

Sister in law 1: Small gift from Riley, maybe a nice purse/bangle. £1-£2
Ohs friend and wife: Movie basket contents £8
Brother 1: Transformers x 2 £7 Argos
Brother 2: Silver union jack ring £7.99 Argos
Brother 3: Something small from DS
Sister 1: Something small from DS
Sister 2: More stuff for haircare basket.
Sister 3: Need to order Sugar magaine subscription from tesco.
Niece- Dvd £4
Nan: Diabetic chocs and nice artificial flowers (she like sthem, not being stingy!) Not sure what else!
Uncle-Something from halloween stock, hes mad on horror films etc!
Brother 2's girlfriend: Something for about £5, shes not girly so not toiletries/make up.
Stepdad: Digital photo keyring £5 Ebay, Ross kemp book £5, Sweets
FIL: Digital photo keyring £5 Ebay, tshirt £5, Sweets
Mil: Photo calendar, chocolates, maybe a handbag. Not sure what else eek!
Nephew: Game voucher £10
Bil 1: Lynx chocolate aftershave £6
Bil 2: Something gadgety and nice socks.
Bil 3: Socks and something else.-Bought Police aftershave £2.47 from £9.99 Boots.

Oh: Phone, remote control helicopter, sweets, tshirt, trainers, tracksuit bottoms. (some will be for his birthday)

Everyone will also be getting a handpainted mug filled with HM fudge/other sweets.
Hope I didnt bore everyone with that huge list! Im off to pick DS up from school now, havent done anything today.

moneysavingmumofone

Shevs wrote: »

Thanks Giggle. I already have my mum's present sorted, I have three charms for her braclet that only came to £10 (£6 for charms £4 p&p) I have a pair of nightmare before christmas earings for my sister but will also get something else as they were only £2, but thats it so far. Im paying for OH to get a tattoo as his present so need to get a price for that but im flumped for other presents for anybody else xXx

Ooh you just reminded me that I want a charm bracelet for christmas! I have really skinny wrists though! :rolleyes: (only bit of me thats skinny! :rotfl:)

sarahf191979

Shevs wrote: »

Hello :santa2:


Please can I join your group? Christmas is my favourite time of the year and I'd like help getting oranised. Hope you'll have me xXx

Hi Shevs huni, hows things going? can't wave at you from the hills anymore I've moved lol, but still saying hi;)

fedupandskint

Claire_Bear wrote: »

I wish I'd bought a smaller jar for OH's sweetie jar present, was looking at these lovely kilner jars but they were all like 3-4 squids each, so I opted for the £1 clear cookie jar, but now I realise it'll cost a fortune to fill it with candy. I suppose it's better to spend more on the sweets than the jar though

Hi Claire,

It didn't cost me much to fill the jar (if it is the £1 one from Asda)

1st Jar - £2 to fill from Poundstretcher (swizzle sweets in the brigh yellow bag and mini packs of haribo star mix out of one large bag)

2nd Jar - £1.99 to fill with Cadbury chocolate eclairs on offer in Mr S at the moment in a large cardboard box alongside Maynards fruit gums (?) and Bassets Liquorice Allsorts all £1.99

All came to £3 in total and only extra cost will be some ribbon and bows to make them look pretty and print a label out and stick on. They are stuffed to the rafters and I thought before I made the first one up I would have to buy more to fill it so don't know what to do with the 2 packs of Werthers I have and Fox's Glacier mints!

SazM030306

Claire_Bear wrote: »

Welcome to Bufger and Shevs Shevs I bought my boyfriend a tattoo for his birthday this year, he's been talking about getting his son's name tattoed on his chest since we first met so I bought him a voucher for it, he said it was the best present anyone's ever given him Do try to ask around about different studios in your area though and make sure they're clean and professional etc. I don't know if you already know about this kind of thing already, but if you're in the north I could recommend a couple of places that have a great reputation?

That would be an excellent idea for my DH for Xmas!! He's been wanting another one for ages. I'm in West Yorkshire if that's far enough North for you to recommend somewhere??!
Thanks
Sarah
xxx

gettingthereslowly

fedupandskint wrote: »

1st Jar - £2 to fill from Poundstretcher (swizzle sweets in the brigh yellow bag and mini packs of haribo star mix out of one large bag)

I love this - sounds brilliant to do for my younger cousins (only buy for the little uns) hope you dont mind me borrowing this :j

Shevs

Bufger & Claire Bear My oh wants a hanya mask as a chest plate done, he loves japanese art and already has some japanese style tattoos and the bloke who did those tattoo's will be doing this one. He is extremely talented and would recomend him to anyone. Claire Bear I do live in the north Im from Manchester chick.

cdsmiler/Clare I got the earings off ebay, I just put in nightmare before christmas in the jewellery section and loads of really funky nightmare before christmas stuff came up . She is a big big fan so I know she'll love them

Saving mum of one if you go on amazon and put in ''love the bead'' in loads of cheap pandora style beads come up for £2 instead of £20 odd also you can get the bracelets from £2.99 and you can chose the lengh of the bracelet aswell. thats where I got the charms for my mum and also bought 1 for myself they are really good quality, which I was abit worried about because of them being so cheap

Sarah!!!!!! Hiya chick how are you? hope you and your little brood are doing well and enjoying the new house Speak to you soon hun

Sazmo30306 I can recomend a tattoo parlour/shop in Manchester if that is any good to you?

SazM030306

Shevs wrote: »

Sazmo30306 I can recomend a tattoo parlour/shop in Manchester if that is any good to you?

Thank you but that's a bit far from us, We're closer to Leeds. Thanks anyway!!
xxx