Christmas 09 Let's Get Organised!!

jemtom

adsa have some toys reduced, i got one of those puzzle boards with numbers in them (up to 10) a mr potato head one for tom, they also had a few other ones, and wilkinsons had some stuff reduced too may help someone out for stockings or sacks.

chickywiggle

B&M Retail is a chain of discount stores operating in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. B&M was formed in 1976 and is the North West's premier discount retailer, selling everything from Baked Beans or Shampoo through to Barbie Dolls and Cushions. B&M's outlets generally stock a mix of 70% groceries and 30% non-food, including electrical goods and garden furniture.

History
B&M Bargains was bought by brothers Simon and Bobby Arora from private equity firm Phildrew Ventures in 2005
Stores
On June 11th 2008 B&M Opened its First Scottish store in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. The chain has more than 150 stores and is looking for further gradual expansion
Growth
It started growing in 2006 by acquiring the Glynn Webb chain of DIY stores and converting them into their B&M Homestore format. The business also acquired a number of former Kwik Save, Woolworths and Au-Naturalle stores within its operational regions.

http://www.bmstores.co.uk/

rukicruki

Thanks chickywiggle and chuckie79 :T
managed to find one near me :j

MummyYummy

Hi everyone - lovely to see it busy on here! I am going to have a good read through what I've missed this evening. I've got a few more things today:

A cars drinking cup from the Disney Store for my DS Xmas eve hamper (he's giving his bedtime bottle to Santa!)

2x rolls of wrapping paper - 50p a roll in Morrisons (reduced from £1.80 per roll!) Its lovely too - one is silver holographic with snowflakes and the other is white with holographic silver Christmas trees!

A box of Marzipan fruits for my nan's hamper

Also collected my order from Boots - shaving items for my grandads hamper, a nivea men skincare set x2 - one for my cousin and other for OH. Also a lady's gift set either for DS keyworker or a friend!

Hope everyone is well!

Jo xxx

curlylou1986

Oh my i have just sat and read through about 10 pages! our internet dongle decided to stop working and Orange were nice and slow at getting it sorted! :mad:
have got some wonderful ideas as have read through though so thanks to everyone for them! i have got a range of books for my OH - dangers books for boys, they brought a range of smaller ones; things to do, wonders of the world etc, all around £4 each this year and i was missing two so been got them and some other books cheap in sainsbusrys - just did tescos with the extra points voucher (so thankyou very mch!:beer:) going to nick the brown paper and string idea to wrap them all up individually!

am so excited about christmas - and having no internet has been typical as seen so many bargains; cant write them all now as be going on for ages!!
did get two kiln jars from asda for £1 each - one is going to be filled with sweets and the other is going to have cake mix for my friend. got two ice cube trays in a pack for £1 also - silicone and small squares; going to make chocolate squares with nuts/smarties etc

Asda had dolly outfits reduced to £1 too, so grabbed few of them.

Also i know a few of you have had/are having babies before xmas so perhaps thought this be good idea for you guys (as well as others too!) but i got two magnetic photo frames (just slip the photo 4x6 in them. were in asda for £1.50 for pack 2, be good for the first baby pics, or a scan picture or something! :rolleyes:

helenhelen

I'm loving the ideas of making hampers and am definately going to do this - I bought some M & S goodies online - 3for2 offer and free delivery earlier.

Do you put all the goodies into a hamper basket? I've got no idea where to start!!!

Thanks helen

Claire_Bear

Hampers look super easy because there's no rules, some people use baskets, some use carboard boxes cut down and covered in wrapping paper, or find some other container. Put something in the bottom so you can see the gifts out of the top, like shredded paper, tissue paper, fleecy blankets, tea towels etc (depending what theme you have) and then just arrange the stuff on the top There is a thread on here with loads of pictures of hampers people have made if you're looking for some inspiration?

Edit - here it is
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1175727&highlight=finished+hampers+photos+only

helenhelen

They are fantastic - thanks for the link to the pictures!

Im going to take a proper look now and get some ideas!!

InaPickle

bravobeastie wrote: »

Not sure what you;re after but halfprice perfumes usually have some nice things

HTH

It's by L'Occitane, and I've just checked: it's not there. But thanks a lot anyway as it's a good website I've never seen before and I will be back to do some shopping for myself at a later date!

If anyone knows where to get discount L'Occitane body products (and oh, you would need a discount as they are expensive!, please feel free to let me know!

Thanks! x

InaPickle

chickywiggle wrote: »

ina pickle - why not get brother the "where's stig?" book got it for my sis-in-law and gave me and hubby hours of fun last night doing it first! :-)

:rotfl:That's a good idea - thanks! :T