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

sarahf191979

:rotfl:

I'm sure this could make a good gift tag for a jokey type pressie

rufusdog52

3_cheeky_princesses wrote: »

Hello all

Well had a look in Morrisons today and got a couple of lovely seagrass type baskets with lids for £1.99 each. Also got a box of family circel biscuits for £2.49 i think they were at half price. Put them away for Christmas.

Also saw on the grabbit bit of the forum that Novembers edition of Bliss magazie which is out now has a free TWILIGHT bag. Its either Edward or Jacob. magazine is £2. somthing. I am going to get one as my dd is a massive Twilight fan so will make a good stocking filler..

Thanks for that, will have a look today for the mag when I go up town xx

Welsh_Poppy

Lots of good ideas on here
I am knitting hubby a scarf...first time knitting in 10 years and all going good:-)
and few more ideas in pipeline
Great thread
Mary hope the water is sorted!!!

cdsmiler

mum2one wrote: »

Ladies, is it possible if you could check the list, if I have missed anyone off or put you down by mistake could you send me a pm.

Just that from next week, getting the secret santa sorted, (done it as a list, as plan be - have it a spreadsheet my end - this remind me how need to do it).

1. I'll pm everyone with a few questions, (everyone get the same questions),

2. if you could then pm me back, with ur answers, then once everyones back in.

3.DD will do her magic and pick out of the hat, who's 'choosing' for who,

4.then I will pm u, ur partners name +their answers

5. Have fun with the argos catalogue / online, choose 3 sets of presents

6. Pm me back with the answers, I'll then pm that person - from there, they're pass it to a lovely friend, who will get the final choice. - that be part of Nov's Secret Santa

The plan is between next week and 23rd Nov - get all swopping etc done, so as part of Novembers Secret santa, I can then send everyone their magic catalogue numbers.

Any probs give me a shout.

Apologies if it sounds long winded, promise it isn't, and done it this way as the middle man (or lady in my case), so its a true Secret santa, you don't whos choose ur prezzies.

xxx


xx

Makes sense to me!! Can't wait!! lol

Mary - has the plumber arrived??

I need to get my bum in gear and get 3 cheap baskets...... argh.

Clare x

MrsNoir

Hello everyone, what a great thread! I should be revising but I am pretty side tracked now! Good to know that Im not the only person crazy on lists

Im pretty much done with present buying for my son (3) and I have a few books for my daughter so far (19 months) any ideas there? People generally all get books from me... I think theyre great presents but Ive always got my head in a book lol

Im hoping to make my xmas cake soon, and find some jars for the lovely chutney recipe on here (thankyou!). Im skint til next month so Ive got that awful 'omg so much to sort and no cash' feeling... Ive got a few presents for DP but am a bit stumped tbh!

What I really need are some ideas to make my house really Christmassy this year, every year I try but I feel its lacking in something! Prob an open fire lol But again any ideas need to be on the cheap, I figured if I can get some ideas now then Ive got a bit of time to work with them. I like making orange pomanders, so I'll be doing some of them!

Really want to start wrapping but have yet to buy tags, wrap, sellotape etc

erm

mum2one wrote: »

Ladies, is it possible if you could check the list, if I have missed anyone off or put you down by mistake could you send me a pm.

Just that from next week, getting the secret santa sorted, (done it as a list, as plan be - have it a spreadsheet my end - this remind me how need to do it).

1. I'll pm everyone with a few questions, (everyone get the same questions),

2. if you could then pm me back, with ur answers, then once everyones back in.

3.DD will do her magic and pick out of the hat, who's 'choosing' for who,

4.then I will pm u, ur partners name +their answers

5. Have fun with the argos catalogue / online, choose 3 sets of presents

6. Pm me back with the answers, I'll then pm that person - from there, they're pass it to a lovely friend, who will get the final choice. - that be part of Nov's Secret Santa

The plan is between next week and 23rd Nov - get all swopping etc done, so as part of Novembers Secret santa, I can then send everyone their magic catalogue numbers.

Any probs give me a shout.

Apologies if it sounds long winded, promise it isn't, and done it this way as the middle man (or lady in my case), so its a true Secret santa, you don't whos choose ur prezzies.

xxx

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Mum2One, you seem to have me down twice. Only mentioning because I don't want it to mess up your count.

Em x

mum2one

erm wrote: »

Mum2One, you seem to have me down twice. Only mentioning because I don't want it to mess up your count.

Em x

I'm so sorry,as my dd would say - ur a silly sausage.

Thank you xx

irishgirl62

:T:T thank you sugar spun for the heads up for the free cross stitching book mine arrived today!

scattymam1

Ooh mrsnoir, this may sound silly but orange pomanders smell...do they give off a lot of smell? isn't it oranges with cinnamon, I want to do some... xxx

cdsmiler

irishgirl62 wrote: »

:T:T thank you sugar spun for the heads up for the free cross stitching book mine arrived today!

My hubby checks bangzo everyday for the free book and he bought it for me! It's a really good cross stitch book isn't it!!

scattymam1 wrote: »

Ooh mrsnoir, this may sound silly but orange pomanders smell...do they give off a lot of smell? isn't it oranges with cinnamon, I want to do some... xxx

It's orange and cloves. You can easily make them yourself!

Clare x