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

Lucy_Lu_4

Pips_Mum wrote: »

Found some cute things on here:
http://www.tallmouse.com/projects/xmas/

There are some fab things on there Pip's Mum. I keep bookmarking links in my "Christmas" folder and there are so many ideas around that I'd love to do, my problem is that I need to find time to sit down and go through everything and make a decision on what I'm actually going to make and commit myself to doing it! There aren't enough days in the week, I want to start a petition for a longer weekend lol.

Lucy_Lu_4

98jdougl wrote: »

just popping in to say hi... not done anything worthy of mention but was feeling left out so christmas, santa, rudolf, trees...

Love it, this made me laugh!

Lucy_Lu_4

mum2one wrote: »

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

Sounds like you're having a fab time mum2one and glad to hear you're still getting time to go bargain hunting!

Lucy_Lu_4

I did well at the boot sale I went to yesterday, I got the following bits...

A Darth Vader mug with his face coming out the side of it 3d like for £2.50 (It was in fab condition)

An absolute bargain of an unused unopened cocktail set from Boots that should have been either £15 or £7 (don't have it to hand to check the label) and I got it for a pound!

A decent sized Mr Blobby teddy for 50p (my friend's financee loves him!)

A very small Easter egg type wicker basket with a handle for 20p

A cocktail shaker and bottle opener for 70p

Two unopened Disney Princess make your own bracelet sets including all the gems, charms and actual bracelets, both for £2.90 (he wanted three pounds but I was 10p short lol). These are perfect for our nieces.

Hope you don't mind the multiple posts, catching up after work.

sammy_kaye18

Well this is what I have found in my gift closet so far now.

1 x pink flip file (10p in woollies closing down sale)
1 x pink address book (10p in woollies closing down sale)
1 x love heart bag with the word 'love' spelt out on it (10p in woollies closing down sale)
1 x pink sponge (35p in wilko)
1 x white sponge (35p in wilko)
1 x paul smith perfume (unwanted birthday present)
1 x Nina ricci perfume (wrong perfume again unwanted present)
1 x purple mug with the word 'TEA' written on it (intended for hamper last year but never used)
4 x small wooden photo frames (reduced in a sale from £2.99 down to 20p each)
2 x large wooden photo frames (reduced from £5.99 down to 50p each)
4 x small whisks (reduced to 20p for the 4 in sale)
10 x luxury Xmas cards
1 x 1meter pink material with ballet shoes on (cheap at £1.99 a meter)
40 x Xmas tags (10p a packet in Christmas sale)
1 x Santa key
2 x pink candles (20p each in end of season sale)
1 x box of blue bath fizzer's (49p)
1 x big envelope of Christmas card making bits and pieces (given by online friend)
1 x pair of size 16-18 pyjamas - pink top and polka dot bottoms (£4 in sale)
2 x door plaques - one saying Sophia, one saying tori - intended for nieces. (craft fayre)
1 x pink princess plastic cup - (99p) intended for oldest niece
3 x small princess pictures (99p each in discount store) intended for oldest niece.
1 x blue spa bath set (unwanted gift)
1 x pink bath flowers (unwanted gift)
1 x bottle of Rose wine (free as a work thank you)
1 x pink next perfume (unwanted gift)
1 x hot chocolate gift set - (unwanted gift never used)

oh and 2 origami jewellery holders - (very cute and brought at a car boot sale for 20p each)

So so far I have decided that I can make a few gifts like such
(anything blue is from above and already gotten)
Step mum
1 x blue spa bath set (unwanted gift)
1 x box of blue bath fizzer's (49p)
1 x white sponge (35p in wilko)
1 x bottle of wine (she drinks white) and will get discount in coop
1 x box of choccies
1 x pyjamas
and that is my step mum done for about £10 and will put it in a pretty gift bag. might possibly add a white radox too if they are on offer with a pink for my sister.

My sister
1 x pink bath flowers (unwanted gift)
1 x pink next perfume (unwanted gift)
1 x bottle of Rose wine (free as a work thank you)
2 x pink candles (20p each in end of season sale)
1 x pink sponge (35p in wilko)
1 x pyjamas
1 x radox
1 x love heart bag with the word 'love' spelt out on it (10p in woollies closing down sale)
and that can go in the pink love heart bag if I can fit it all in there if not a nice gift bag and that's cost me about £6 with one of the 2 for £8 pyjamas sets in ethol Austin.

So that's my step mum and sister done.
My mum I know what im getting her
Dad is the only one im stumped on so far
My nan is getting a cuddle hamper
my grandad is getting a cuddle hamper
My nieces Tori and sophia are getting a small joint hamper of princess pieces for their room and princess pyjamas but they are also getting a night before Christmas hamper too to share.
two small cousins have asked for money
auntie and uncle will get a cross stitched card and framed photo of ben
step grandparents will get a cross stitched card and framed photo of ben too.

SORTED!
Then there is the matter of boyfriends family and Ben and boyfriend to do. So hopefully I should have a stress free Xmas but am working and will be 7 months preg!


Also if anyone is after pyjamas or dressing gowns for the little people this site is pretty good price wise http://www.kids-pyjamas.co.uk/index....boys-5-6-years

footballmanagerwidow

Lucy_Lu wrote: »

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)

Thanks for that, hearing what other people have done has been quite inspirational...do you have pics on the hamper thread? I've made a pretty good start with MIL, she would take a photograph over a "real present" any day - she's quite sentimental - so used a code I got off the freebie board to order a photobook from Jessops full of pics of the kids, i've got a really lovely frame from the Range to put a pic of all of us in, and i'm going to get the kids handprints done at a place in Sittingbourne onto something or other. I'm a little bit more stuck for his Dad though, he's not really into anything other than Status Quo and Westerns :rolleyes:

helyg

footballmanagerwidow wrote: »

I'm a little bit more stuck for his Dad though, he's not really into anything other than Status Quo and Westerns :rolleyes:

Has he got the Status Quo Christmas single from last year? Just thinking you could make some kind of Quo hamper based around that. I know last year play.com were selling old Quo Albums 3 for £10, which is good to update ones that he might only have on vinyl. I bought a load for my husband last year (he is a massive Quo fan too). They are on tour in the UK around Christmas (as usual) so you might be able to pick something up to do with that?

footballmanagerwidow

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

auntie and uncle will get a cross stitched card and framed photo of ben
step grandparents will get a cross stitched card and framed photo of ben too.

Where do the cards come from Sammy? I've never seen them before and they sound fab for family that aren't close enough to buy pressies for!

footballmanagerwidow

helyg wrote: »

Has he got the Status Quo Christmas single from last year? Just thinking you could make some kind of Quo hamper based around that. I know last year play.com were selling old Quo Albums 3 for £10, which is good to update ones that he might only have on vinyl. I bought a load for my husband last year (he is a massive Quo fan too). They are on tour in the UK around Christmas (as usual) so you might be able to pick something up to do with that?

oooo....thanks for that info, i'm going to go and do a bit of digging now, it'd be great to get him tickets or something!

paddingtondoo

Try £1 shop for Radox sammy kaye - not sure if they'll still have them
There was a lot of Charles Worthington hair stuff last week when I went in as well.

Boots often have Radox on bogof as well - made the mistake of buying 6 one year and they were horrendously heavy to drag back to the car :rotfl: