Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2009- Santas Challenges

Lucy_Lu_4

Sammy - sorry to hear your news, thinking of you and fingers crossed.

Hello new people, welcome!

I'm one who doesn't like sprouts! Yuck!

Overzealous_Mummy - I love the tea hamper idea! Can I borrow that for when I have children?!

I picked up some great charity finds yesterday. I went to Orpington (Bromley, Kent) because I wanted to see the charity shop that Mary Portas revamped on a BBC series and someone I work with told me there are lots of other charity shops in the High Street too. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8101275.stm

The shop looks really good, I could see what she meant on the programme when she said she wanted it to have a market look and feel. Nothing actually caught my eye though, I didn't buy anything there. There were a couple of 'designer' high end pieces but a lot was 'normal'. I will definitely be going back though as it's pot luck isn't it. It was weird to see the people who were on telly, I did want to talk to them but the shop was so busy I thought I'd better not.

I did come away with the following from other charity shops though for pressies:

A door hanger with a drawing of a woman sat at a table having a drink and it says "coffee time" - £1
A cocktail book - £1.50
Boots sweet raspberry bath salts - £1
M&S tea cup, saucer and hand cream set, usually ten pounds and it was £2
A round smallish wicker basket but more tray like - £1
A Bob the Builder plastic toy with a screen that you can write on with a point and then wipe away - 50p

I was very pleased!

NickyBo_2

Those hampers sound great!
I've read quite a lot about hampers on here and I think I might give it a go as they sound like really nice, personal presents.

My husband has decided he just wants the money I would spend on his presents so he can save up for something. But that means he won't have that much to open on Christmas day and I can't have that. So your hampers have given me an idea of perhaps doing a cheap little one for him. I'm thinking perhaps a food and drink one as he likes weird ales and smelly cheeses.
Can anyone suggest anything else I could put in?

sarahf191979

Morning everyone & Welcome Newbies

Not a long post as ha1ving trouble with the Lappy, keyboard is d3riving me nuts lol :rotfl:adding extra letters and numbers each time I type so takes twice as long as I have to delete the extra letters. Any one have any ideas on how to fix it would be much a1ppreciated.

will ad3d the link and idea on the blog later.

Sarah
x

sarahf191979

What do you get if cross a snowman and a shark ?


Frost bite !

:T

Giggle

sarahf191979 wrote: »

Today ministry of Deals have these really cute back packs on sale for £5



Would be great for young kids when travelling.

www.ministryofdeals.com

I just had a look on the site and there is a free gift today

Iolanthe

Hello all
I have just found this thread so popped up to say hello:santa2: I luuuuuuuurrrvvvvvvve Christmas and get excited about it in about January and have a wardrobe full of gifts ready to go... I could say the excitement's all for my 2 kids who are 5 and 2 but I must not tell lies...
Off now to read back through some more of the thread

xx Vicky

cdsmiler

Sammy_kaye18 – Oh I feel for you hun. I had a bleed early on, and it’s so scary. I’m glad they found the heart beat though, even if baby does seem to be a bit younger than you thought! But possible twins?! Wow. Will be thinking of you! Make sure you update us at the end of August!

Sugarspun – how you doing?? How’s the new addition??

Sarah – could your 1 and 3 keys be stuck? Can you take the key off and have a look underneath? Is it just those two keys, or is it completely random which letters/number pop up?!

Hi to all the newbies!!

No done much this weekend - been visiting the inlaws in London. Also have to buy a new bed this week as our has broken. So it's not going to be a comfortable week this week waiting for the new one to arrive!!

Hope everyone's well!!

Clare x

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cdsmiler wrote: »

No problem! Not all fruit freezes, but I know raspberries and most other berries do too. Not sure about strawberries.....

If it helps, strawberries do not freeze at all well. They go all mushy and watery when you defrost them again. x

sarahf191979

cdsmiler wrote: »

Sarah – could your 1 and 3 keys be stuck? Can you take the key off and have a look underneath? Is it just those two keys, or is it completely random which letters/number pop up?!



Clare x

Compl9et5l9y6 Ra1nd3om hun, I ha1ve not5 d3el9et5ed3 a1ny6 t5his2 t5ime L(OL( :rotfl:

SugarSpun

sarahf191979 wrote: »

Sugarspun, how is the lovely new addition to your family doing? And how are you hun?

cdsmiler wrote: »

Sugarspun – how you doing?? How’s the new addition??

She's wonderful, thanks ladies - currently fast asleep after another unsettled night but we're starting to get the hang of it. She's very responsive, which helps a lot.

Little eyebrows are quaking, so I assume my internet time is almost over :rotfl:

I meant also to say that HMV have some heavily reduced box sets. I bought myself the complete Inspector Morse DVD set for £40 down from £200. Hurrah!

Sammy - I hope it went well today. Fingers crossed for you. I had a few episodes of bleeding early on but the bundle turned out quite well in the end.

Last thing: there was a link recently to a website that was selling cheap wrapping paper. Can anyone remember it and can you re-link me to it please? Thanks