Christmas 09 Let's Get Organised!!

jemtom

Dorato wrote: »

Okay, I thought you'd need a paypal account though.. Which you can't get until you're 18.. And I'm not 18 yet.
If you can get them in shops though, that could work.

yes i know morrisons do them and i woud have thought music shops would do them too

Dorato

jemtom wrote: »

yes i know morrisons do them and i woud have thought music shops would do them too

okay then, thanks!!

Rummer

Yay I got another few bargains thanks to the grab it now board! A bratz book £1 with free delivery and a giant art set reduced to half price. Getting there steadily!

curlylou1986

Afternoon all - i never get chance to come on here on a thursday and friday evening so i have lots to catch up on on a saturday - really like some of the bits you guys have been getting!
i went into town this morning with my mum and managed to get some more bits;
pack of 5 beige/light brown flannels in £1 land to go for my flannel cakes,
snowman door handle hanger (material) from £1 land too,
some more of the £1 land pure/boots botanic bits too,
They have proper disney winnie the pooh slipper socks, so got couple pairs of them for my friends disney hamper,
pack of pegs to make the pegmagnets as on the other thread on here (just need magnets really). so am pleased with the bits this morning i managed to get.
had some bits come in the post too which was waiting for; cd and dvd for a friends birthday from play.com - also got the jeykll dvd set which was mentioned on here for £2.99....its £20 in HMV! crazy!!! :eek:
Set of transformer vintage comic books (there is a xmas edition inthe set too; i was only 9 months old when it was brought and they all in perfect condition!) for my OH transformers box; got heinz spagheti tins, dvd, pen and a tshirt to go in there. (was a great seller - refunded me 37p as the postage didnt come to as much as he thought it would.....!:rolleyes:

managed to get few ideas for my mum aswell today so thats going to be sorted, and she got me a xmas present too - want it now though ( its a picture frame with all the covers of Michael Jackson albums on it - was £12.50 on the market and its amazing! i already know where i am going to put it! lol.

so all in all a good day - have made the big xmas cakes already - got smaller ones to do tomorrow and think i going to wrap some of the birthday presents up i got coming up this week so its all done.

So far so good! :rolleyes: any one else get any good bits around?

NickyBo_2

I've done no present shopping today I have felt too ill as I have a stinking cold and sore throat. I did pop in to Nettos to get some comfort food and bought some wrapping paper though - 8m for 99p so I'm happy with that. It's nice stuff as well, glossy red with gold detail, certainly doesn't look as cheap as it was. They had a good selection as well as some Winnie the Pooh ones

sophisoph

ok..next lot done

as an avon rep i can do some 'creative ordering' say if there is a deal where you spend 20 pounds on a certian range and get a free gift worth x amount...if one customer spends 15 and another spends 5 then obviously THEY dont qualify but in my order I do...SO thats what happened this time and i have an anti ageing beauty bag worth about £30 for nothing. mum sorted

stig wheres wally style book and fishing tips book on amazon, used supersaver thingy for free delivery

bag of humbugs for 47p, gonna but them in a jar with a label saying 'bah humbug' for grumpy grandad

football related mug from poundstretcher, filled with xmas pudding choccies (closest things to footballs i could find) wrapped and hand made tag

avon smellies from the clearance section for a few random people lol

pashmina for a grandma 'in law' to be lol, free from freebies site, just pay p&p of about 2.50

ashtray from poundshop

hunks calendar, 99p for grandmas sister

photo frame £1 from poundshop, printed out poems for granmas and grandpas with photos of my little boy in the background. job done

painted canvases for friends

im sure theres nore. cant remember

Rummer

Just wrapped a whole loads of pressies - tis the season to be jolly :snow_laug

teacherandmum

just put all the gardening things in the hamper to see if it's enough - and it is !!!!! (including the 2 99p items i got today at the garden centre)
went to dunelm today and got brown flannels for reindeer (99p) and beige ones and white ones for lager pints (99p for 3).
Got MICROFIBRE TOWEL for DH for 99p reduced from 2.99. Also got my mum a microfibre face cloth in a little pouch for 49p from 99p. Got a china father xmas plate for 99p too for xmas eve hamper. bought some sellotape too!!!
Lots of xmas stuff now in dunelm. Reasonable wicker baskets (lined and un-lined) too

Have lost my xmas book where i note down what i've bought and how much it was. Feel like i've lost my right arm!!

ragz_2

blushingbride wrote: »

I am!

But ours is organised by our local radio station and they take a lorry to romania (i think)
i;'ve got some crayons, hats & scalves, a lovely teddy for 50p from the charity shop & some sweeties

what else can i put in?

I'm doing the Link Romania one. I heard bad things about OperationChristmas Child, also they are sooo fussy about what you can put in the boxes.

the LinkRomania one is for the whole family so not just aimed at a child so I'm including things like 5 flannels (tesco value 19p) a bottle of shower gel, sweets, teddy, razors (they suggest these), soap, hats, etc they suggest things on the website.

yippee_kye_yay

forgot to mention on yesterdays post;
i went into tonys textiles (not sure if this is a regional shop or nationwide?) and got some gorg pink flocked wrapping paper which isnt exactly christmas themed but could be with ribbons and bows and really thick too.
it was marked £4 on it but they were selling it for 50p per roll. i was buying 2 and only had a £20 note and 50p in change, they couldnt change my 20 so gave me both rolls for 50p!!! saving me £7.50!!

there was a woman in there buying loads to decorate her daughters room with! it was thick enough to do it!