Christmas 09 Let's Get Organised!!

ragz_2

Result! Was hunting under the bed for the box of presents and I found another box with three 5m rolls of shiny Christmas wrapping paper that I'd bought in the sales for 50p each! So that's saved me a few quid!
Also found a pair of Leopard Print Gloves that I'd bought for my brother's girlfriend for Xmas last year, but then they went travelling and weren't here. It's her birthday next week so she'll be getting them then... the box of choccies I HAD bought for her, lets just say I found a good use for them...:rolleyes:
Well, I AM pregnant...:D

jemtom

cheesy*wotsit wrote: »

Jemtom, what store?? Need wrapping paper NOWWWW!!!

was in the crewe one, not sure if any of the others are doing it, mine had quite a lot in, hope you find some! also think card factory have got there's out but not sure how much,

yippee_kye_yay

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How much are you looking to spend? I recently got that free Jessops photobook (CD size) for my brother and that was ok quality - considering I only had to pay postage!!! However, if you're willing to splash out a little more, I would everytime 100% recommend http://www.bobbooks.co.uk/. They've recently added some smaller sizes which reduced the cost, but I have bought two of the larger A4 hardback books - one for honeymoon pics and one for wedding pics - and the quality is AMAZING. Cannot fault them one bit. Not as cheap as some, for sure, and maybe not suitable for your purpose this time, but if anyone wants to make a proper keepsake froma once in a life time event or holiday - go there!! Plus they often send you 10/20/30% codes after your first purchase.

Clare x[/QUOTE]

not heard of these before but thank you i will check them out

bluestarrz

Don't know if this has been posted but Sainsbury's have those sweetie tubes - Pink smarties, minstrels, milky bar buttons, jelly tots etc for £1!! Got pink smarties for my sisters pot o pink and got minstrels for DS's Galaxy hamper and also got two galaxy misteltoe kisses for £1 to go in there too!!!! Going to maybe make a milky bar hamper for DD so will get buttons too!

yippee_kye_yay

yippee_kye_yay wrote: »

Have just been on tesco direct and bought
disney princess phone £10 for dd (need to stop buying for her, ive finished!!)
bob the builder playset £8 from £16 for friends ds
polly pocket mega mall £15 down from £30 for friends dd

ive got it delivered to the shop so no charge then i used a £5 off voucher so got the lot for £27.95!! cheaper than the original price of the polly pocket! woo hoo

picked these up today and am really happy with the mall, its great i would advise anyone buying for little girls to get them!

anyhoo, i also got a 'pop on' music store for the mall reduced to £6.58 they had some different stores too

got ds a cuddle cushion in the shape of the aliens from toy story (hes toy story mad!) reduced to £4.66
got dd a fairy cuddle cushion reduced to £4.37 these will both go in there xmas eve hampers instead of pj holders

and got dd a colour change aerial from disney princesses reduced to £5.58

not sure of the original prices.
THATS IT NOW! IVE DEFINATLEY FINISHED BUYING FOR MY KIDS!!!!
someone send to the strength to resist the boots christmas stock:rotfl:

sophisoph

right

the works: 3 lovely hardback books for £10..thick, beautiful, disney, pixar, bible stories, bedtime stories for girls/boys etc really worth it (didnt end up buying them as the children in my life are far too small and they wouldnt benefit them but racked my brain thinking of who i could buy for lol)

-REALLY long candy necklaces for 99p (present in itself really lol)
-Dora explora colour adventure book..with sounds and everything for about 4 quid from avon. (both will suit my niece in law)

-Disney/Pixar 'CARS' aquadraw. book and a drawing pad which you use a water filled pen to draw on, turn over and draw again, turn over and its all clean to use over and over £3 (best friends son...done!)

Hawkins bazaar (love it) great stocking fillers from 50p and online you can order a ready made stocking to suit girls aged.... etc. anyway i ended up with a snappy block stick...very therapeutic for 99p and a metal puzzle/game for about £3 (uncle sorted)

Wrapping paper in the CARD FACTORY i think its 3 rolls for £2 or something or maybe even £1 either way i thought it was a bargain so got some

Gift boxes of all shapes and sizes (could only find in purple or silver) from 39p upwards so perfect for 'friendship box' or 'box of hugs' etc.
I got 3, put a tiny pic of me and each recipient, silver heart confetti, curled ribbon, a tied up personal note from me to them and a poem saying about 'curiosity' as theyre not actually supposed to OPEN the box!
Quite proud of these boxes, they are the cheapest but most lovliest, personalised presents (3 bestest friends partly sorted)

Bag, photo frame, notepad from AVON clearance brochure. very cheap but look lovely.


OOOH and found bags of choc coins in tesco £1.20 each BUY ONE GET ONE FREE. the cheapest ive seen is 99p for one bag so saved a few pennies on that one

sophisoph

oooh AND

i got a book on farts (lol my great aunty laughs whenever anyone ....s or when anything sounds remotely like it! so that should give the old girl a giggle

a book on rugby wit (for my grandmas partner)...usually 9.99 both from amazon for less than £1 each

a book of wisdom for my neighbour (im making her an emergency rations box for xmas but its her birthday boxing day and she needs some words of wisdom at the mo lol)

a book on cake decorating (my friend loves making cakes), a baby owners manual to go in a baby hamper (along with a personal baby tips book + takeaway menus/articles etc)

2 books on criminals/unsolved crimes etc for mother in law
and some others i cant think of...all from amazon came to about £14 inc p&p
not bad really

SNAPFISH (I LIVE BY THIS SITE!)
They had an end of summer sale with lots of things 50% off.

collage mug of my son,partners son etc for one of their many nannies
collage mug of my son for his great grandad both £4
collage Poster of me, my sister and my son for our dad whos in america £1.99

chickywiggle

wooop - another few pressies bought today.

FYI - The works - fab calenders with matching diaries for £2.99 (i think it was) got me a fab one with different sweets on!!

Also got me 2 of those kilner jars from Wilkinsons - £5 for 2. 4pk of haribo and 2 pk of liquice (12 haribo jar 1 liquice) but they only half filled em. Off to see what bargins i can get from www.aquarterof.com alwsay wanted to try that site.....

jexysbird

Hi,

Been following thread, so thought I would say Hi!

Just to let you know, Boots now have all their Christmas goodies on thier website on 3 for 2:T

Sorry Yippee Kye Yay! just remembered your comment

Claire_Bear

Lakeland Christmas stuff is also online, got some nice cello bags for homemade sweets, and some double layered big present bags, which would be great for hampers as they have a red or green foil layer underneath the cello wrap, then you scrunch it all at the top and tie it with ribbon, so you can't see the contents