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

bunbun2

SugarSpun wrote: »

Speedy update: induction takes place tomorrow

See you all in a few days!

how exciting sugarspun. will be thinking of you and look forward to seeing you back in a few days

tq16

footballmanagerwidow wrote: »

Evening all!

Was just typing "organised christmas" into google as i'd never even heard of the site until I read about it on this thread and ended up stumbling across the most brilliant site called "organised mum" - you've probably all seen their stuff before but they sell lovely diaries with meal plan sections and loads of other little gorgeous bits and pieces. Anyway, to cut a long story short - I went looking for a website that could save me some money and instead found one that ended up costing me £25...bloody typical! LOL.

Organised mum things are brilliant, I use the family life book- it has really helped get me and my family organised (has a good christmas section too) :-)

tq16

Trying to catch up on all the posts, and to get myself organised- on holiday at the moment but went to the local shop here and got a notepad to get me started- loving everyones ideas. I don't know if this has already been mentioned but a gift that went down really well last year for grandparents. I drew around my daughters hands ( and my own) to make stencil then using scraps of pretty paper cut out lots of them. Then wrapped each around the top of a straw to make flowers which then made into bunches and placed in a decorated jar as a vase. :-) nice personal touch and very cheap :-)

irishgirl62

SugarSpun wrote: »

Speedy update: induction takes place tomorrow

See you all in a few days!

All the very best for tomorrow! will be thinking of you

Lucy_Lu_4

rufusd!!!2 wrote: »

Hi Lucy Lu - I know the feeling about Home Bargains, they have been going on about them for years and I too live in South East (Medway) so miss out. We do now have a Range shop in Chatham Dockside Outlet Centre and our old Woolworths opened as a big 99p store so getting a bit better.

Our boot fair had a sign up the other day saying they were moving to somewhere near Strood so wont be able to get to that anymore by foot which will be a shame.

Ooo I'm not a million miles away from you and Footballmanagerwidow. I used to live in Bexley but I'm now in Woolwich.

I've been to the outlet centre in Chatham once, it's great isn't it?! I'm definitely going to go back. I think The Range's craft stuff is a real rival to Hobbycraft, they have so much and things that Hobbycraft don't even have.

footballmanagerwidow

Lucy_Lu wrote: »

Ooo I'm not a million miles away from you and Footballmanagerwidow. I used to live in Bexley but I'm now in Woolwich.

I've been to the outlet centre in Chatham once, it's great isn't it?! I'm definitely going to go back. I think The Range's craft stuff is a real rival to Hobbycraft, they have so much and things that Hobbycraft don't even have.

I know your area quite well, I was born in Thamesmead! I did have a look at the craft stuff when I was in there on Sunday, but i'm not really a crafty person so I didn't really know what I was looking at :rotfl:All I know is they had alot of Xmas card making stuff!

mum2one

Hows.theses.freezers.coming.on???????

Had.another.fab.day.out.and.about.in.Blackpool,met.another.mse-er.Taxi73,she.is.an.absolutely.lovely.lady.her.grandson,is.4,he.is.so.cute,and.dd.just.loves.him.to.bits.
Must.say.Mrs.Taxi.has.absolutely.spolit.us.rotten,
Sat-we.went.to.FarmerParrs-farm.attraction.for.children.and.big.kids.the.children.got.to.stroke.animals.and.handle,rabbits,guniea.pigs.rat,duckling,chick.stroke.horses,pigs,.
I.was.in.stitches.there.is.a.sheep.that.actually.thinks,he.human.and.wonders.around,and.2.geese,who.don't.like.to.miss.out.
Sun-Went.to.Planet.Kaos-fab-£3.75,the.kids.had.2.hrs.play,so.we.sat+had.coffee+cakes,follwed.by.hotdogs.burgers,donuts,drinks.in.Blackpool.
Today-we.went.to.Freeport.got-some.fab-bargains.for.xmas.prezzies.
Boxed.WTP.mugs.(Hallmark-clearance-shop)£2.24
gorgeous-mum-forever.friends.cuddle.cushion.£7.24

The.bargains.were.brilliant.

Then.we.went.to.Fleetwood.Market,little.bit.shopping,going.again.tomorrow.taking.dd.on.tram.........
then.we.took.the.kids.to.parl.but.it,rained.

Bargains-ASDA
Accessories,upto75%.off,
6.x.hairslides.18p
3.pack.slim.hairbands-25p
high.school.musical.+camp.rock.keyrings,+necklaces-75p.each

There.was.also.some.adult.accessories.at.75%.off,great.stocking/hamper.fillers.xx

Lucy_Lu_4

footballmanagerwidow wrote: »

I got the family life planner, a budget planner and a multipack of their reward stickers - they look fantastic, I can't wait for them to arrive!

Lucy - Thanks so much for all the info, i'm really excited about doing hampers this year - i'm only going to do them for the adults though I think, the kids usually have lists so they're pretty easy to buy for! I just find the adults are so hard to buy for and you end up spending loads on something they're probably not going to be that keen on anyway. Hopefully with a little bit of forward planning i'll end up with somthing really impressive for less than i'd usually spend!

That's k, glad I could help.

I've dug out my present list from last year and here's the contents of another hamper I did last year for my boyfriend's mum:

A perfume atomiser (about three pounds from The Body Shop)
A mini sewing kit (one or two pounds from Morrisons)
A mini shower gel set (M&S outlet store, couple of pounds)
Christmas bath bubbles (Avon £1 from last year's January's sale)
Strawberry scented candle (Poundland)
Rotating ashtray (Poundland)
A luxury body puff thing (The Body Shop, a couple of pounds)
A mini hairbrush (The Body Shop, a couple of pounds)
A dream catcher (£1.75 from a bits and bobs shop)
Turkish delights - her favourite (Poundland)
Bottle of her favourite alcohol

I filled the hamper with metalic blue shredding as it is her favourite colour. She loved it as it was a really personally thought out present.

I did two garden hampers, the first had:

Ladies patterned garden tools (Poundland)
Four soaps tied with straw (Poundland)
Grow your own peppermint tea - the receipent's favourite (Poundland)
Truffles (Poundland)
A luxury flannel (The Body Shop)
A nail brush (unwanted gift from a pamper present)
Gardening gloves (Wilkinsons)
Gardening book

Second gardening hamper:

World's best gardener mug (Wilkinsons)
Gardener's soap (Wilkinsons)
Kneeling matt (Wilkinsons)
Prodding soil stick (Poundland)
5 year gardening diary and planner (Wilkinsons)

Lucy_Lu_4

footballmanagerwidow wrote: »

I know your area quite well, I was born in Thamesmead! I did have a look at the craft stuff when I was in there on Sunday, but i'm not really a crafty person so I didn't really know what I was looking at :rotfl:All I know is they had alot of Xmas card making stuff!

Oooo I think I'm due another visit! The Cadbury's discount shop was my downfall...

My boyfriend is from Thamesmead!

Lucy_Lu_4

SugarSpun wrote: »

Speedy update: induction takes place tomorrow

See you all in a few days!

How exciting! The first baby of the thread!