Christmas 09 Let's Get Organised!!

Nicki_Sue

Oh brilliant!
I was thinking the other day- I must check and see if anyone has started a thread!!

I got a couple of bits in the Boots New year sale and have been collecting bits & pieces.
I have 24 people to buy for, not including my hubby & son (4 of the 24 are kids and one will be a baby).

From Boots I have:
Ruby & Miller Set £4 (RRP £30)
Shave King Set £3 (RRP £15)
Trevor Sorbie Set £2 (RRP £10)

I have a fab necklance & earring set - £3.99 (RRP £19.99) - very funky looking too so will suit the recipient!
Beautiful VIE Trinket Boxes & Note books (£3 - RRP £30) * I do VIE in my spare (ha ha) time.

I will have approx £70 in shop&scan to redeem for vouchers and £70 in tesco vouchers.
Not a bad start but really upping my efforts now, making sure I get all my surveys etc done!

Looking forward to seeing all your organised Xmas bargains and what not!

sammiboo

really glad I can join this thread now!!! :j

I was made redundant 4 months ago and eventhough I love christmas I simply couldnt get myself organised for it due to not having any money. I was preparing myself for just having the money to buy the tree but for-go everything else. I have finally got a job and I can look forward to planning christmas without being filled with terror of not having the money to buy friends/family any presents.

I look forward to keeping up with everyone on thread and I absolutely LOVE christmas

cheers :beer:

yippee_kye_yay

stokegal wrote: »

So I'm on the hunt for...

Opium Perfume boots or the perfume shop if u have one
A bowl for Nuts wilkos, morrisons tescos adsa
A Nut Cracker (Just to make my nan feel posh :rotfl::rotfl:)
A fruit bowl (I've seen this one but it's out of stock)
2 x Set of gold Studs (My nieces have just had their ears pierced aged 6 & 7) argos, half price jewellers
A nice bottle of German White Wine
A Cheese Board & Cheese Knife if u can wait a bit asda bring a nice one out at xmas (about oct time i think) as do bhs
Dressing Gown - Woman (size 16/18) primark or supermarkets do lovely ones
Slippers - Woman as above
Bags for Snowman Soup i got mine from ebay last year, i think they were £6 del for 50. or lakeland do the icing bags, not sure of price tho
Mega Bloks for a 1 year old (Cheapest I've seen is £14 from Tesco Direct for 80) do u have a tj hughes? they often have big bags at knockdown prices. i was in today and they had a big truck filled with them for £12

Oh and this isn't anything to do with Christmas but it made me smile lots anyway.... My little boy crawled for the first time yesterday :j:j:jwell done to ur little man :T:T:T

well ive been shopping today and have just about finished my 2 off! just need to get ds a tank and a shop thingy from argos for them to share and thats them finished! i will b getting them next week!:T
next step is tackling the birthdays i have before xmas. i have 8 to buy out of 11 and i have half of my mums and half of my stepdads and eldest brothers so happy with that!

i am hoping to get them finished by the end of august then from september onwards i can fully concentrate on xmas; although im likely to get the xmas pressies 1st and rush about last minute to find something for the birthdays!

i had a look in bookzone today for my artists supplies for nephews hamper but their wasnt any! tescos had a lot marked down but the packaging on everything was damaged - there was even pages torn in sketch pads! but wilkinsons did have a few good bits in, so i will go there next week hopefully and pick a few bits up.

really long post this lol but im after suggestions for the following
god daughter aged 6 - likes high school musical, hannah motanna budget £10
nephew aged 2 - budget £20 he is a little behind in speech and he has no attention span, so really looking for something which will encourage him to try to talk maybe? and something that will stimulate him for longer than 2mins (need ideas for bday and xmas)
little brother aged 10 - budget £15 loves making stuff, experiments, xbox, rugby (altho he supports my rivla team :mad:)
friends daughter 10months - budget £10???

i think thats all! phew!

yippee_kye_yay

welcome nicki-sue and sammiboo and congrats on ur job sammiboo

Claire_Bear

For your God daughter, if you have a Home Bargains near you they often have HSM and HM stuff in for really cheap, you could probably get quite a few bits for your budget.

pretzelnut

I had planned to take this weekend of from xmas planning and spent the weekend taking the kids to the farm park and zoo, that was until DD decided to seriously injure her ankle on a trampoline yesterday - resulting in our day ending before it started and spending 6 hours in A&E, which has meant i have had to carry her everywhere as she cant walk. So she has been sitting on my knee all day helping me get bits and bobs finished.

I've almost finished most joke presents: 24 pots of gold, 25 boxes joke pills, 10 novelty loo rolls, 12 washer / dryer gifts.

I have wrote a list of how many handmade xmas cards i need (92) - i hate making cards they always end up looking cheap and tacky like a 2 year old has made them but i'm gonna give it a good go and hope i knock out some quality ones.

I have found some great idea's for the men that i couldnt buy for - by trawling through 1000's jokey gadgets and such on amazon - although a few of the items are cheaper elsewhere.

Like a traffic warden voodoo doll for my BIL - who loathes them with a passion after getting a ticket a few weeks back, they do a matching mother - in - law one too. Both me & BIL are not her favourite people.

My mum has asked for a new wheat bag - the ones you warm up in the microwave. I know there cheap enough to buy but i thought i would make her one and found a thread about them on this site:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=304340

I would love to find some me to you fabric to use as she loves these bears, but failing that i can always cross stitch a bear onto it.

Im gonna make her 2 for her pockets as her hands always get cold at work and a big one that will cover the area where she gets most of her pain. I havent sewn since i was at school, so this shall be interesting, lol.

sammiboo

i have started putting together a hamper for my mum. Avon have had some really good bargains. Lots of bath and body stuff for 99p!!

Also after christmas las year I bought loads of christmas paper from Wilkos which should see me sorted for the next two years

I will be putting a plan together for christmas present buying and also the christmas party we will be having. I still have loads of mulled wine left over from last year

curlylou1986

Yippie - they got a lot of HSM and hannah montana bits in wilko. they had lots of stationary bits that were cheap and they also had some opther toy bits - microphones etc all half price marked down, so should have a look! also there is a website www.thebrilliantgiftshop.co.uk = you pay in installments if get a membership or buy outright. they have hannah montana etc bits, may not be in your budget but will give you a rough price and few ideas so can search online for alternatives.
Also another thought - should try the disney store online - they have sale section with few random bits that quite cheap )

claire bear - i would say yes as there is room on the way out....we are taking 3 suitcases - one small filled with our clothes other two for brining things back! so if you can make your own way back?! lol, :rotfl:
we been twice over past two years, lol - addicted! its part of my bday present from my boyf as he brought me MJ concert tickets but well, everyone knows how that ended and only other way be able to compare to how excited i would be would be disney! lol, not very MS i know, but got a good 5 day deal and will get few xmas pressys while there! lol.

yippee_kye_yay

thanks every1 for ur suggestions, i shall check them all out!

furrypig

yippee kye yay I found this HM watch on amazon earlier is it any good??? Seems like a bargain!