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

soblivion

Thanks mum2one and everyone for explaining that. I knew it was so much simpler than I was thinking(I don't do well with lots of info all at the same time). For now I'll do the dividers and the easy lists I know, ie what presents I have already and a Birthday list etc. by the 24th August add things to the folder as we go along and hang on for a note from jamtart6 in the meantime re her no doubt brilliant plan.
I'm so looking forward to being organised:j
Freezer's defrosting, and I'm still cleaning the cupboard and the hall. I've started doing my own version of a flylady type cleaning routine every day so I'm hoping they'll be no mass clean up before Christmas this year.
I'm looking forward to my treat and I'm going to watch jingle all the way. It's all quite exciting.
Sylphraven, I hope your little one is an the mend very soon.

bunbun2

thank you mum2one for the challenges:T
do we have to print out the oganised Christmas plan now or is that for later?

our freezer is a frost free one so don't have to defrost it but it is full of stuff that needs eating up so will sort all that out. I bought my chocolate today so once I have done the freezer will enjoy that whilst watching my DVD

I will also sort out my folder and dividers

Guillaume8507

I have been drinking Camp Coffee for over 70 years but it is getting difficult to find nowadays.

aurora_14

Guillaume8507 wrote: »

I have been drinking Camp Coffee for over 70 years but it is getting difficult to find nowadays.

:hello: Hi Guillaume

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HTH. xxx

chocolate.orange_2

WeLL done everyone of making a start on your freezers. :j
(Wish i had a new fandangle one that defrosted itself, i might put that on my santa list :rotfl:)

Mine will be done over the weekend the H can help out

Sylphraven, Oh my !! I hope he is ok.

Rusty, Hope alls well

Wheres Furrypig gone ? Come back furry Hope the disco was fun

Love the challenge Mum2one I think i deserve to be nice twice, as i have 2 naughty freezers to defrost and root through..

Wonder who will find the most strange item in their freezer ?

mum2one

bunbun2 wrote: »

thank you mum2one for the challenges:T
do we have to print out the oganised Christmas plan now or is that for later?

our freezer is a frost free one so don't have to defrost it but it is full of stuff that needs eating up so will sort all that out. I bought my chocolate today so once I have done the freezer will enjoy that whilst watching my DVD

I will also sort out my folder and dividers

You ladies with frost free freezers - I'm jealous!!

Hold fire re organised christmas print off as our lovely Jammy has a trick up her sleeve - all will be revealed....Thats Jammys surprise.

I've seen a sneak preview and I'm exicted xx

Slyphraven - hope ur littleuns better, horrible when kids are poorly, we've had dad poorly with swollen glands and indegestion, told him he was worse than a pregnant woman - went down like a lead ballon - its man flu... thou he did c Docs and came out with antibiotics, throat spray, and gavison, (glad hes over 60!!), so have to give him a small allowance - but he didnt refuse the hot toddy!! xx

furrypig

Wow what a busy lot you are!!

I have talked to hubby about defrosting freezers but can't do it very easily as they are both so full!! Plan is to take a stock of what is in there then meal plan to use it all up which will save some money I hope!!! Then I can defrost them!
Actually there are quite a few profiteroles in there so they will go down well!!

I am loving having challenges on her to keep me organised and motivated.

I have used a small handbag sized book this year for all my presents for birthdays and Christmas so have been pretty good and that has worked really well. I will transfer these lists to a paper page and stick it in the folder so I can remember what I gave who in future years!! Will try and find the last few years lists too.

I like the idea of a Christmas folder and have quite a few bits to go in it but I am not sure if a general one will work for me with all those headings etc etc . I think I will keep some things seperate or even not in a folder prob continue to keep lots of info on the pc as this works fairly well and is paper free so I can't lose them, burn them, shred them eat them etc etc!!!

Looking forward to seeing what everyone does though!!

mary-op

You are a busy lot.............(hangs head in shame)
Have to admit to having a freezer that looks more of a challenge than mount everest..........think I'll pass the pick axe to OH for that. As for what might be lurking in there I dread to think.

Good to see you all here..............and being so organised !

Well, I'm not doing so bad -since being off line for so long, snowmen are done ready to be filled with snowballs (sweets), christmas cards made and written, shoe boxes covered -still more to do...........and even got fairly organised piles of 'stuff' on the spare bed...............lol

Keep it up................just don't expect me to do a cooking challenge..............I'm a disaster in the kitchen!

mrsow

hiya all

well ive tidied my frost free freezer and moved the bits from the small freezer into it and have unplugged the little freezer to defrost, I may finish this challenge by Xmas as I honestly think thats how long the freezer will take to defrost (hangs head in shame)
On a more positive note I've picked my xmas movie (Deck the Halls) and Im going to go have an early night with my bar of choc tonight

Am sitting swamped by lists so really need to organise those before the hubby thinks its recycling and chucks it out

bye 4 now

Lisa
x

jamtart6

Hi All,
Since the thrifty threads are so flippin' fab and everyone is so excited with talk of sheets, folders and giftys, I thought "why not have somewhere for people to exchange documents" and really good ideas that you want as a reference point (rather than trawling through pages of festive natter!- which is brilliant by the way!! :T)

So, I unveil the Thrifty Gifty Blog! http://thriftygifty.blogspot.com/ - a great reference point with links to the important posts on here (see Quick Links on the side bar), links to other ideas, anddocuments to download.

Anyone can be an "author" and write posts on there, you just need to have a blogger account, and e-mail the blog at [EMAIL="thriftygifty@hotmail.co.uk"]thriftygifty@hotmail.co.uk[/EMAIL] for me to add you. It is not my blog, it is our blog

However, to get us started, I have amended my spreadsheet, and made it hopefully user-friendly and added it on there for you to download. I HAVE tested it and it downloads fine for me (see instructions on blog) BUT I don't know if that is because I have a scribd account. Sooooo if someone could "beta" test it for me and see if it downloads OK I would be much obliged.

I hope you like this idea and would like to hear of anything else that you think would be useful to have on there (I am going to add a list of linked review sites and cashback sites for people to get to quickly too).

And I found a fab idea for gifts this morning and put a link on there too. It is for home made candles in jars ! They are gorgeous!!!

Ok guys, well hope you like it :A

PS - And just to be uber-cool - we also can "tweet" via twitter and it updates on the blog. Super cute!

ETA - I was going to suggest we could design our own download sheets, sheets similar to those at organisedchristmas but a UK version, but I have noted a lot of people already download them from organised, so maybe not such a good idea.