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

Tigger888

I made a start on wrapping pressies last night - OH just looked at me as if I was mad! I doubled my Tesco vouchers a while back and bought toys for my 2 DDs' Santa sack so am well on my way with their presents. Elder DD wants a Wii so the Santa sack will be have to be a bit smaller this year!

I bought Steve Wright's Factoids for 99p at the Works for my brother's hamper and one of the facts says 'A woman spends an average of 13 whole days preparing for Christmas'. Hmmm. That must make us all above average! :rotfl:

elyphant

Am a real lurker but just wanted to send hugs to Sammy (((()))). Take care and stay strong xxx

Anglea

Sammy, good luck with your cross stitch and I'm glad you have projects to keep you occupied at the moment and people there for you. Do you normally make your own cards for Christmas?.

elyphant and lauhen - why don't you join in? You're very welcome.

erm

So very sorry to hear your news Sammy. I'm sending lots of love and hugs your way. Take care of yourself, won't you?

x

SugarSpun

Again, Sammy, I'm thinking of you - if you want to talk please PM me.


The website I was thinking of yesterday was www.buyithere.co.uk - 36m wrapping paper for £11, and I added a DVD and a CD for myself to make the delivery free. There'll be 6 of us for Christmas, so I wanted to have everyone's gifts in a different kind of paper to minimise the labels I was using.

Also, here's a laptop bag for 90% off from the Grabbit board if anyone's considering one as a gift.

And if anyone's buying vouchers, Clinton's Cards are selling two £15 iTunes vouchers for £20.

rufusdog52

Went to the F Hinds Jewellers this morning to see if I could get OH a nice tie pin for our 10th anniversary in October. Had seen some on Ebay, the chrome or gold plate ones were about 10 to 20 quid and the 9ct gold ones were about £125. I wanted something in the middle, not too expensive but not just a cheap one.

Looked in the window and saw a plain 9ct gold one for just £45 so thought brilliant, and went to have a look. Noticed a few really small scratches on the surface but dont really show unless you look for them but asked the lady if they had another one the same. She said they could order me one but as the price of gold has gone up it would cost more so I asked her to get me a price first and if it was too dear I would have the one I had seen.

Well she came back from the phone and said they dont sell these ones anymore as they are old stock and it has now been reduced to half price. I couldn't believe it, was really happy. She girft wrapped ti for me and put it in a nice gold cardboard bag thing too and it only cost £24 for 9ct gold tie pin.

OH will be well happy with it and so am I for the price. Means I will have some money left over to use towards materials for my Quilting course which starts in September.

Not sure what I need yet but am going on Friday to the shop where they do the lessons to find out.

cyclingyorkie

that's brilliant!

mary-op

Had a morning out this morning -
got pair of brand new bed socks from one of the charity shops -50p perfect for my friend;
wallet for teenage grandson 10p,
necklace -90p and little gift box to put it in was only 10p. (eldest sons partner)
Mug with No. 1 Biker on for foster daughters hubby -50p,
Two books for baby grandson - 50p the two (ones a jigsaw book)

Actually remembered to get drinking chocolate and cinnamon so I can finish off coffee mixes

Still struggling with sons partners door hanger but found some butterfly embellishments I got ages ago that are perfect.............bought some different letters and still not sure if they're right so Iv'e put it away -=have a fresh look another day.

So, not a bad day in all:j

soblivion

Just wanted to say sorry to hear your news Sammy, will be thinking of you my duck.

Iolanthe

Still new to this thread but xxxx to sammy

I've read through all the posts from the beginning and defrosted my freezer at the same time! Not quite sure why but hey it did need doing... The chcocolate bit I had no problem with ;-) Please can someone explain snowman and/or reindeer poop and what one should do with it ?! Off to check my present collection.