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

rufusdog52

Well I have two nice clean and defrosted freezers thanks to the challenge. My list of things to do before the party is still getting longer, mind you we have done quite a bit towards it yesterday and today. Tomorrow I am having a day off and going to see my Dad.

Haven't done any more towards xmas but made a box for my daughter's Twilight bracelet out of a piece of wrapping paper and a sheet of a4 white paper. Have the rest of the roll to wrap up her other presents ready for Saturday (her birthday). Will get them done either tomorrow or Friday. My other daughter is paying for her to have her hair cut, then she wants it dyed black with red streaks.

Hope you all have a nice day tomorrow and those of you feeling poorly feel a bit better xx

skintsaver_2

i am thinking of doing me and oh a xmas eve hamper as our dd is 3 nearly 4 by christmas so this will probably be our first xmas with her excited,so it will be nice to treat ourselves before the madness begins lol,
what do you lovely people recommend i buy,
i also received my cello cones this week, last year i sold about 30 for £3 each
so it all went towards xmas, hoping to do the same again this year

RustyFlange

paddingtondoo wrote: »

Don't think I'll try this with my OH - he'll just have 24 beers the first night then none the rest of December :rotfl:

My OH is the same, but I waited til he went to work and then popped one in the fridge, I had them hid all over the place in small bundles incase he went looking! ... he quite enjoyed knowing there would be something different in the fridge every day

98jdougl

Hi skint,
What about a nice romantic christmassy dvd (its a wonderful life or something) that you wouldnt be able to watch with your daughter that you can watch together when she is in bed
Some new pj's
A fleecy blanket

A kind of snuggly night in for after she is asleep?? or did you want something for the day time instead of night?

RoseRed49

skintsaver wrote: »

i am thinking of doing me and oh a xmas eve hamper as our dd is 3 nearly 4 by christmas so this will probably be our first xmas with her excited,so it will be nice to treat ourselves before the madness begins lol,
what do you lovely people recommend i buy,
i also received my cello cones this week, last year i sold about 30 for £3 each
so it all went towards xmas, hoping to do the same again this year

What do you put in the cones? Sorry if i'm asking you to repeat but i'm new to this getting organised for christmas malarky :rolleyes:

:beer:

PinkLipgloss

Evening all,

Tip for those of you making hampers up for Christmas - I just got the latest edition of Avon from my neighbour and it includes a mini "clearance" mag with loads of treats for a pound!

I HAVE to get there amazing new glitter lipstick (which is not in the clearance but is reduced in the main mag!)

Rufus Dog - I used to have my hair like that (when I was in my teens) and it was super funky. Only prob was the red washed out quite quick (as it was a very vibrant red and I therefore had to get my strips dyed peroxide blonde and have the red put on top) as I have to wash my hair every day or I feel dirty (loads of ppl think I'm mad but I couldn't not wash it for one day!)

SkintSaver - How about some nice mini bottles of massage oils?

Lipgloss x

paddingtondoo

RustyFlange wrote: »

My OH is the same, but I waited til he went to work and then popped one in the fridge, I had them hid all over the place in small bundles incase he went looking! ... he quite enjoyed knowing there would be something different in the fridge every day

I think he'd manage to sniff them out - I could hide them in my craft stash - he'd never look in there :rotfl:.
Then if he had one he'd want more and disappear to the pub for hours (pub is about 2 mins stagger away) could be bonus peace and quiet :cP

**purpleprincess**

Oh my god!!! I'm so excited I found this!!!!

furrypig

RustyFlange wrote: »

Yes I did, I used home bargains, Aldi, lidl, netto's and asda for all different ones .... It worked out around 89p-£1 per bottle on average but he was worth it and I just slipped one or 2 in with the shopping so it spread the cost.

Thanks so much Rusty will definitely do this for OH this year he will love it (I hope!!) xxx

whizzer01

Hello all (said in really low voice as am a total lurker and only come out during the xmassy months)

i have not posted before, although last year rainmac very kindly helped me out with the 365 facts which went down a treat many thanks for that

hope i can join - have folders at the ready and even did the freezer by the way of an initiation onto this thread.

I love xmas lots and lots and am desperate to be organised and calm and a serene mummy this year.

SarahF thank you for all the freebie links and also saw you mentioned Dr who dvds i have just ordered for a friend series 2 vol1 for £2.39 free delivery from sendit.com they had lots of different volumes but think it may be for 1 day only today.

hope i can keep up with all of you organised peeps - got lots of ideas so far i dont know if planning 6 months ahead is far in enough in advance for them all!!!!!!!!!