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

sarahf191979

Another Freebie, that can be used as a pressie maybe???

http://www.ministryofdeals.com/

Found on the freebie board, just order the free gift, no postage to pay... I got a lovely t.shirt maker :j.

Sarah
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98jdougl

don't think I have anything to add today yet
Just popping in to say hi and see how everybody is doing really.
Sorry I havn't got much more to add

ellemm

sarahf191979 wrote: »

Another Freebie, that can be used as a pressie maybe???

http://www.ministryofdeals.com/

Found on the freebie board, just order the free gift, no postage to pay... I got a lovely t.shirt maker :j.

Sarah
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Thanks Sarah have ordered the free gift and the mosquito repelling thingies too for £2.00 - might stop OH complaining about bites when we are on holiday!;)

RustyFlange

soblivion wrote: »

Hi everyone, welcome to all our lovely new ladies.

I've been writing ideas down of presents I want to do and make this year. Mmmmm! maybe should have started in Dec last year.LOL
I want to do some advent presents - any ideas on adult age presents that would fit in those crimper treat pouches I showed would be great.(men ideas particularly).
I'm also going to do some winter warmer movie night in christmas eve hampers. I also have a list of things to make. Oh! I think that means I'm getting organised:j Thanks ladies for keeping me on my toes:T

Soblivion, just a thought but if you can make them slightly bigger then in wilkos the other evening I noticed that they did loads of different smellies for men in the small trial size bottles etc, they also did loads for women, I reckon they would probably fit in a bigger one of the crimper pouches? might be worth a try?

I am tempted to make OH an advent calendar again this year ... last year I bought him a different bottle of beer every day and he enjoyed coming in from work and looking in his beer fridge to see what was there so I may just do that again, not decided yet.

I haven't had a chance to sort our freezers as yet but I know I still have a bit of time. My creative flair has walked out on me and I am struggling to do anything creative at the minute, not sure what is wrong with me but at least the housework is getting done!!

I am going to go upstairs and sort through all of the clothes and strip the beds and put the washing away, then I will go in the pressies cupboard and write them all down so I can have a rough list of what is for who and what I need to get still.

OH has said we can't afford to go on holiday this year but instead we are booking a weekend at legoland for in a few weeks :j :j :j (If you ask me this is better than any holiday!!!) managed to find a deal for £150 which is 2 days in the park and staying in a hotel at heathrow, whereas the tickets for the 2 days alone came just short of that price :j :j ... I have managed since the beginning of July to earn £115 from ebay which is sitting in my paypal account which makes the trip almost money neutral ... I want to make it all money neutral then OH can pay for spending money ... I will also try and get enough money to pay for the fuel!! ....

Thanks to Sarah for the free gift links, I have ordered mine, wether they come or not I don't know.

For my 2 x SIL I want to get vouchers for Next or somewhere so I was thinking one of their gift cards cause I can add to them I think? so if I only have £5 I can put that on and then in another couple of weeks put on another £5 or something? does anyone know if I can do this? I have a couple of baglady bags (thanks padingtondoo) which I will put the cards into and thats them done.
BIL I have a ted baker wash bag courtesy of Bunbun2's boots addiction I will probably put some kind of voucher in there aswell.

OH I haven't got a clue about ... I am thinking some kind of driving experience, I managed to get a 20% off voucher for buyagift when they did the mcdonalds monopoly and it is valid til april 2010 so I may well book something like that for him, although I will leave it til last min as I might find something else and also the vouchers have a use by date on them.

MIL & FIL have told me not to get them anything but I will do anyway, just not sure what.

Dad and S/mum not sure about these, I dont want the hassle of posting things to bulgaria so I might just transfer money over via bank transfer and let them use it to buy a pig for their farm or something

there are others who I haven't even thought of as yet.

Can anyone tell me where I could look at the prices of a nice bible? My aunt and uncle are very very religious and I wondered if this kind of gift would go down well with them


Whoops sorry ladies I appear to have babbled ... but in my defence I don't post on here very often although I do always read it

ellemm

RustyFlange: Love the idea of money for a pig!

I got my five pamper hampers out last night (OH away working for 2 nights - great!) and did a bit of playing around with the stuff and was very pleasantly surprised to find I had more than enough for each one so won't buy anything else for them :T and they only need to be wrapped nearer the time.

I already have my SIL's present bought so have 6 out of 18 completed already:j

Feeling quite smug today.

mrsow

sarahf191979 wrote: »

Another Freebie, that can be used as a pressie maybe???

http://www.ministryofdeals.com/

Found on the freebie board, just order the free gift, no postage to pay... I got a lovely t.shirt maker :j.

Sarah
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This is a great offer Sarah, didnt realise OH had sent for it, we got the t shirt maker and my mum got a kids activity disc so I have claimed that for an extra xmas pressie for my friends kids.

Well off to try and sort pressie box, half of my Play.com sale order came today so the place is a mess

bye
Lisa

SugarSpun

Hey ladies, I thought I'd post these links for anyone who's stuck for ideas for boys:

http://mars9.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/index.cfm
http://www.freenameastar.com/

Also, space games to put on CDs:
http://3d2f.com/tags/3d/astronaut/

You can add a bunch of other bits of things, like space food, or a map of the stars ... the sky's the limit

sarahf191979

Hi Rusty

Love the idea of a bottle a day, will def be pinching that one for OH's advent, he love it.

Thanks

sarahf191979

SugarSpun wrote: »

Hey ladies, I thought I'd post these links for anyone who's stuck for ideas for boys:

http://mars9.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/index.cfm
http://www.freenameastar.com/

Also, space games to put on CDs:
http://3d2f.com/tags/3d/astronaut/

You can add a bunch of other bits of things, like space food, or a map of the stars ... the sky's the limit

Thanks for the links, LO will love these, I did the name a star for them last year, and named one for grandma of the boys and framed it for her.

skintsaver_2

morning all, not feeling to well today so its a day on the sofa with my dd watching telly.
Thinking of christmas more today because my studio christmas book has come!