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

3_cheeky_princesses

JordanShannon wrote: »

Hi girls,

I got a right bargain today was in Morrisons and saw a Laptop lap tray with drinks holder and light attached for £10 looked at the tag and saw that it was reduced to £7.89 - thought great i'm quids in took it to the check out and came up at £4.89!!! :eek::eek: how good is that!! Perfect for my grandad who is a computer freak
Also went into Sainsbury's and brought The Stiggy Bank (Top Gear Piggy Bank) for £5, worthers for 98p, large chocolate coins 35p each and a bag of chocolate coins for £1!!!
To put the icing on the cake i also have a stall at a Childbirth Charity Event to sell my nappy cakes this Saturday!!!! I'm so excited trying to plan out what i still need to do

All in all a very productive and positive day!!!
Will catch up soon after i've had some sleep as have to be up bright and early tomorrow morning

JS
xx

Wish i could get to a Morrisons and Sainsburys :rolleyes: Would love a couple of the laptop trays and ds would love the stiggy bank

3_cheeky_princesses

Found the Christmas chutney recipe for anyone who wants it. Thanks to OP "Meadows" for this:

Christmas chutney

Makes 1.8kg/4lb
Preparation time 30 mins to 1 hour
Cooking time 30 mins to 1 hour
A simple, tasty chutney ideal for having with left-over turkey or cold meats during Christmas.
Ingredients
450g/1lb onions, peeled and chopped
5 tbsp water
900g/2lb cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped
700g/1½ pears, peeled, cored and chopped
85g/3oz dates, stoned and chopped
570ml/1 pint cider vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp cayenne pepper
225g/8oz sugar

Method
1. Put the onions and the water in a large heavy-based pan. Bring to the boil and simmer until soft.
2. Add the apples and pears and continue cooking gently for 15-20 minutes. Add the dates, salt, spices and half the vinegar. Cook, stirring occasionally until the mixture thickens.
3. Add the sugar and the rest of the vinegar, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Continue to simmer until the chutney becomes really thick. Stir occasionally.
4. When ready, pot and seal in sterilised jars and leave to mature for a week or longer.

Yum Yum :drool:

" Keeps for years, I made this two years ago and still have some left, opened a new jar only the other day and it's as good if not better than ever (I quite often forget it's there). "

ragz_2

Shevs wrote: »

Hi rik1978 and welcome to the thread

I have been doing christmas cleaning today. I've cleared out my wardrobe of clothes, shoes, bags I've not worn in ages and there off to the charity shop. Also been busy cleaning in the kitchen I've cleaned and organised 4 cupboards 4 draws and a stack of shelves. I ended up making 3 trips to the tip and threw out between 15-20 bags!!!!:eek: didnt know where all the cr*p came from!!!!!!

Must be soemthing in the air lol I did my wardrobe yesterday (it was starting to smell mouldy!)
At the bottom (and explaing the smell) was a lovely bright red pair of court shoes - that had gone soooo mouldy I had to throw them out :eek:
Along with some "green" bras and socks :rolleyes: oops

Shevs

ragz wrote: »

Must be soemthing in the air lol I did my wardrobe yesterday (it was starting to smell mouldy!)
At the bottom (and explaing the smell) was a lovely bright red pair of court shoes - that had gone soooo mouldy I had to throw them out :eek:
Along with some "green" bras and socks :rolleyes: oops

Haha I had to bin a few of the shoes. one pair in particular I wore all the time but the other day I was out when it was raining and they got soaked through, I left them to dry on the radiator but they reeked when they were dry so they went straight in the bin. Speaking of bra's I got remeasured the other week and I have gone from a 32d to a 32e:eek: having to buy loads of new bras and undies now cos I cant wear a bra with out the matching or same coloured undies if its a plain bra

3_cheeky_princesses

ragz wrote: »

At the bottom (and explaing the smell) was a lovely bright red pair of court shoes - that had gone soooo mouldy I had to throw them out :eek:

Shevs wrote: »

Haha I had to bin a few of the shoes. one pair in particular I wore all the time but the other day I was out when it was raining and they got soaked through, I left them to dry on the radiator but they reeked when they were dry so they went straight in the bin.

You should list your old worn shoes on EBay. I read on another thread on here that worn old shoes go for a lot of money. _pale_ Men who have a foot fetish lurve them! :eek: :lipsrseal

:think: Runs off to list old smelly shoes on EBay ! :whistle:

fedupandskint

3_cheeky_princesses wrote: »

How far beforehand can i make the chutney and store it for Christmas?

Thank you all.

I would say a minimum of 4 weeks before you want to eat it in order for it to mature. Any longer is a bonus as it will be nice and mature and ready if you make it now and it lasts until next year!

I made some last autumn which has kept my mum in chutney since then and it is perfectly tasty.

Don't worry about making it now - the longer the better!

Shevs

3_cheeky_princesses wrote: »

You should list your old worn shoes on EBay. I read on another thread on here that worn old shoes go for a lot of money. _pale_ Men who have a foot fetish lurve them! :eek: :lipsrseal

:think: Runs off to list old smelly shoes on EBay ! :whistle:

Urrrgggghhh thats really grosse....... also runs off to list smelly old shoes on ebay

mrsow

Can anyone tell me is the stiggy bank at Sainsburys worth its, im doing a top gear hamper for oh but only go to sainsburys about twice a year.

Right gotta go Ghost Whisperer finishes tonight!!!

Then back to Christmas x

SugarSpun

3_cheeky_princesses wrote: »

You should list your old worn shoes on EBay. I read on another thread on here that worn old shoes go for a lot of money. _pale_ Men who have a foot fetish lurve them! :eek: :lipsrseal

:think: Runs off to list old smelly shoes on EBay ! :whistle:

I planned to sell the flip flops I wore all through my pregnancy on ebay - they were so horrendously stinky that I was convinced I'd make a fortune. In the end I had to be whisked off to theatre and the shoes were left behind and never seen again - I bet someone else made a fortune off them :rotfl:

yippee_kye_yay

3_cheeky_princesses wrote: »

You should list your old worn shoes on EBay. I read on another thread on here that worn old shoes go for a lot of money. _pale_ Men who have a foot fetish lurve them! :eek: :lipsrseal

:think: Runs off to list old smelly shoes on EBay ! :whistle:

i am a woman with size 9/10 feet and all my old shoes go on ebay, they sell quite well often more than i have paid for them. i must have sold about 50 pairs since i started ebaying and every single pair of them have been sent to men!
i think in my case they are going to crossdressers! if you search for shoes inthis size the titles nearly always say LADIES/MENS/TV so anyone who comes across bigger shoes cheap buy them and stick them on ebay - you'll make some men/women/shim's very happy!