New Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2010- Santas Challenges

sarahf191979

mary-op wrote: »

sarah - where do you get the energy from............I'm just sat relaxing and filling my head up with loads of 'stuff to do' before next Christmas........:rotfl:List is growing fast.........stuff I didn't get around to last year and new ideas this year...............oh eck !!!
Can see me having a bit of a panic later this year...........especially if you keep telling us how many days we've got left:eek:

I really don't know hun....lol.... must be all the coffee I drink:o My list of things to do is already growing and it always seems to be never ending but i have had so much fun this year getting organised and enjoying christmas that i just has to post the days lol.... promise I won't post it again for months;)

loopychriss

Thanks mum2one for the welcome, I look forward to the challenges. I have an uphill struggle as hubby isn't as money-conscious (I really mean frugal or tightwad!) as I am. I've been doing it for years, got all the Tightwad Gazette books, so it's second nature to me. He was made redundant at the end of July and I don't think it's really sunk in that he can't spend like he used to.... I'm getting there with him, though it might be a long uphill struggle!

Today we're hitting the local town to see what there is in the shops. I am hoping to make next Christmas a hand-made one as far as possible re presents, and I've got loads of ideas in hand for that. Don't need wrapping paper as every year in the Jan sales I stock up and still have loads from last Jan. I make all my own cards and gift tags too and have enough stashed away to make cards for the next 5 or so years! I think I just really want to get out to the shops...!

It never ceases to amaze me how much Christmas stock is left in the shops, re wrapping paper, cards etc. Do the retailers not realise that people go out after Christmas and buy them all ready for the next Christmas? Yet still they buy in loads for the next Christmas, and end up with excess stock again that they have to reduce! Thank goodness they do though, for us bargain hunters!

Will report back later on what I buy...

nickynoo08

I did a bit of browsing online last night. Managed to get a book for OH for fathers day, spotted it a few weeks a go in waterstones £16odd i paid £2.40odd from the book people:j, also got myself a christmas gifts book full of loads of hm gift ideas for £2.99 (i think) also used free p&p code and 10% off code from topcashback and of course my cb. Worth a look loads of nice books at really good prices.

rosieben

What a fab thead :T I'd love to join in please; I've put a link on the OS grocery challenge thread, hope that's ok.

I've already bought a few little things for next year - my dd and her family are in Oz and I need to be forward planning so I dont end up (again!) paying a fortune to airmail a hardback book to my dsil! (he's worth it though!)

I'd like to make my own cards again for 2010 and some gifts too; I ran out of time this year as I moved house in Nov - craft stuff still not sorted out (its the top of my to-so list, honestly!) so I'll be investigating the other threads on this forum, I don't often leave OS and I've realised I'm missing a lot of good stuff

Anglea

craftoholic wrote: »

I can't rememeber if i've posted yet or not! How do I see my posts?!

There are a few ways to remember where you posted.

At the top of each page there are a number of bars across the screen and boxes.
Find the one with MAIN SITE as the first box, then look along to USER CP.
Press on that and you will find your own page with access to private messages, adding signatures etc.

You can go on PROFILE which leads you to 'read posts by' - here you will see everywhere you posted.

Another way is when you go onto this thread, look at the very top of the page and there is a turquoise panel with THREAD TOOLS written in one of the boxes. Press that and the press SUBSCRIBE TO THREAD. Do this for every thread on the site that you post in.

This means that whenever you go to this website, you can then go onto User CP which is also at the top of the page and you will automatically find straight in front of you all the threads you have posted. NB - they will only show they ones that are being updated so you have to press -ALL SUBSCRIBED THREADS to see them all.

PM me if you need any further help, it can seem very complicated at first.

Finefoot

loopychriss wrote: »

Thanks mum2one for the welcome, I look forward to the challenges. I have an uphill struggle as hubby isn't as money-conscious (I really mean frugal or tightwad!) as I am.

I thought i was the only one in that boat!

toochoosey

Popped to the local chemist this morning and got a few sets at half price so they wil go in my stash for birthdays/ next Christmas.....am loving this Thanks all, again xx

Welsh_Poppy

Well whilst out and about yesterday bought 2 organiser A5 note books in the sale:-) one is my christmas book...so things that worked , food that was liked, who to send cards too next year and a page to presents bought where from how much etc.
So I have made a start:-)

nickynoo08

Got some xmas cards today for the family mum&dad, grandad, nana x2, uncle x2, sis&boyf, OH still got a few left to get but they only cost me £2.25. Bargain! Plus i got a santa stop here sign 50p and a letter to santa activity pack 50p.
I then got 2 gorgeous tops in the sale for my friends little girl for £3 so put them away for her birthday.
Still need to go through my pile of gift sets and allocate them to people before i buy for them again by accident:rolleyes:

mary-op

Hello all :j
How do you all do it, this rushing round the sales.........I'd never cope I just know it............maybe later this week (if snow stays away) I might venture into our little town -=more manageable size for me-and see what the charity shops have had returned..........:rolleyes:
Mustn't go mad though..........spare room already looks full :eek: and there was me hoping to clear it up !!
And what a lazy day I've had............covered an organiser/diary, found another notebook that'll do to put my christmas ideas/creations etc. and spent ages looking at it..........its so plain and needs covering (becoming an obsession this paper and glue lark !) and couldn't make my mind up so in the end did nothing:rolleyes:
OH feeling more tired today and so do I.............maybe too many late nights with the tele...............:rotfl:

Must do something tomorrow !!