Christmas 09 Let's Get Organised!!

curlylou1986

Hey all, not been able to get on here for a while - evenings seeing family, food shopping etc - bit manic!
just wanted to say a massive thankyou to Rummer aand JordanShannon for giving me the links - not able to have proper look as boyfriend is around at the mo, but i will ded have chekced the ebay and amazon bits out by the weekend - they are exactly the sort of thing was looking for! )
dont mind paying some postage in the end - he is going to love it, we will have to move end of feb from our flat, so hoping to rent a house and personalise it a bit more with photos etc ( not allowed to here ( ) so it be great for him!

Thankyou so much again for the ideas ) have massive smile - have to mask it other wise he will want to know what i doing! lol.

hope everyone is ok - will update with few bits i brought when get a chance not to be disrupted!
Thankyou again!

Twinkles08

Morning everyone!I'm really enjoying being so sorted this year but I'm worried I'll be jealous of everyone shopping and wrapping their pressies in december-lol!I think our city lights go on in the next few weeks so I'm really looking forward to that as it's become a bit of a tradition in our family to go watch them being switched on then go for a hot choccie afterwards,it also signals the start of late night shopping-yay!
I did well last night and finished wrapping my dd presents for her stocking.I'm so excited 'cos this yr I brought special wrapping paper which has father christmas (traditional type)all over it,It's beautiful,magical lol.Hope everyone else is ok

GemzyKate

Twinkles08 wrote: »

Morning everyone!I'm really enjoying being so sorted this year but I'm worried I'll be jealous of everyone shopping and wrapping their pressies in december-lol!

Well Twinkles, that's when you can go shopping for yourself!! Treat yourself for being so organised!! :j

Rummer

I got a fabulous gift for my DD in the sainsburys online half price sale. That is all I needed to get for her so I only have a few wee bits to go now and I will be done!

GemzyKate

I'm thinking of making a Vegan food hamper for my bro and his g/f. Has anyone ever done this, and fairly cheap? I've been looking around and it all seems sooooo pricey!

Twinkles08

GemzyKate wrote: »

Well Twinkles, that's when you can go shopping for yourself!! Treat yourself for being so organised!! :j

Lol, how come I never thought of that?Now I do like that idea! :rotfl:

helenhelen

GemzyKate wrote: »

I'm really really struggling to find cheap containers for my hampers :-( Any ideas?

On a good note...I ordered my cello on ebay yesterday afternoon and received it this morning...28 metres!

I popped into poundland this morning and they are selling canvas pop up containers - they are blue and have footballs on them, the lady at the tills said they are expecting a design for girls too. They are a good size and square in shape!

HTH

JaneLiz

GemzyKate wrote: »

I'm thinking of making a Vegan food hamper for my bro and his g/f. Has anyone ever done this, and fairly cheap? I've been looking around and it all seems sooooo pricey!

I haven't, no. However, I'm a member of a vegetarian/vegan forum so might be able to help out a bit.. with things you don't expect to be vegan but are! Maybe they wont realise these things are vegan either (or maybe they will - either way they probably wouldn't think you'd know these things are).
Not sure what type of things they're into so not sure if I'll be of any help but..

jelly tots
sweet and sour pot noodle
hobnobs
Fry's mint chocolate bars
starburst
foxes glacier mints

Vegan cadbury's products - http://nutrition.cadbury.co.uk/epages/Store.storefront/?ViewAction=DietarySearch&ObjectID=3730&dietary=3850

Also things like Co-Op american hard gums are vegan, as are a few of their other sweets I think (these are usually really hard to find veggie or vegan!)

If you look in places like Holland and Barratt or other small health food stores you might have luck. The "free from" aisles in supermarkets often have vegan items too, but you need to check the other ingredients as well really.

cdsmiler

Hi everyone!

Can you help? Hubby has asked for a specific eau de toilette for Crimbo, but I've no idea the best online stores (perfume specialist or otherwise) to start looking! He wants Paco Rabanne Ultra Violet (eau de toilette) 100ml.

I feel out of my depth here. ASk me to find the best prices on books, DVDs or games, and I'm fine!! lol

Any help or suggested sites would be wonderful. Thank you!!

Clare x

dizzytina

GemzyKate wrote: »

I'm thinking of making a Vegan food hamper for my bro and his g/f. Has anyone ever done this, and fairly cheap? I've been looking around and it all seems sooooo pricey!

My MIL is Vegan so i always look out for things for her. I got her a vegan cookbook (i think it was from wilkinsons) and is was only a couple of quid so you could get one of those. Home Bargains had blue dragon tofu blocks in recently that were a bargain price of 29p!! They had long shelf dates too.