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

mary-op

mum2one -you have been busy............(unlike me:() Still, did get birthday card done for one of the girls I used to look after, finished off sons card as well...........oh eck...........thats not much to show for a day is it -maybe tomorrow I'll get more motivated.

Anglea

Hi all

Clare, I haven't done anything plant related with my slim fast tins which I guess are about the size of your milk tins, I'm using them as a secret place to hide biscuits and other things from my children LOL

Hope you don't wear yourself out back at work after your baby, even if the work isn't that busy at the moment.

I've just this minute finished covering my desk - greeting cards as well as a pack of printed glossy brochures curtesy the freebie thread (printed samples). I think it's a good way to keep computer time at a minimum which is good for me - because it looks very busy and a bit too much on the eyes!

mum2one - well done on your course assignment marks.

Mary - doesn't ice cubes work for a nose bleed?

Yesterday I re did my keyring and keychain as everything had got tangled and very heavy. Added different bits for emergency info for me and DS2 (special needs) for the times he's home on a visit and I take him out.

It was a bit of a nightmare because the current see-through cross stitch keyring that I normally use was impossible to open. Then I tried with some new ones - couldn't open them. Eventually ended up with much lighter cheap plastic (5 x £1) luggage types from the pound shop but they were also hard to deal with (tiny size) so a bit of swearing was going on with them too LOL.

Anyone know how to open those cross stitch keyrings?

mary-op

Clare - how big are the milk tins ? (more years than I care to remember that I last saw one)
I've used the good old gravy tubs to put plant markers and string in plus couple of tea lights but if they're bigger (wider) you could fit other stuff in as well - packets of seeds (herbs maybe?)

Angela - read somewhere about ice cubes........never plut my hand to them when I want to.............lol Too busy having a panic over loo roll and cotton wool.............lol Also read somewhere about putting vaseline around the nostril and just inside to keep the area moist. Must admit I do get a very 'dry'' nose.............oh dear.....apologies for being so graphic........;)

Going to have to re-do one of my handbag charms..........I'd done one and decided to keep it then young lad we've got looked at it and said 'thats a bracelet !'............and true........it is, I just added a little silver charm and a little lobster ring to hook it to my bag..........and there was me thinking I'd been so clever...................lol:rotfl:

Anglea

Hi

I was just unpacking some shopping mum did for me (heavy bags of flour etc she and dad get when they go out in the car) and I came to the tin of golden syrup I'd asked for. It's a ginormous size and I'm scared to leave it out when the children are home, discovered it fits exactly into the slim fast tin - so yet another use for it.

Mary if I ever see anyone in a charity shop with cotton wool plugging up their nostrils I'll say hello LOL

Re noises in ears - I often get high pitched noises or doorbells ringing - very annoying in the night when I keep thinking someone's there. Doctor said its tinn whatsit probably caused because I've got TMJ and a lot of tension in the bones in that area near the ears. It also causes a lot of wax.

Do you have TMJ by any chance?

Mum2One, I noticed earlier that you posted after 2 am the other day - bit of a night owl?

mum2one

Anglea wrote: »

Hi

I was just unpacking some shopping mum did for me (heavy bags of flour etc she and dad get when they go out in the car) and I came to the tin of golden syrup I'd asked for. It's a ginormous size and I'm scared to leave it out when the children are home, discovered it fits exactly into the slim fast tin - so yet another use for it.

Mary if I ever see anyone in a charity shop with cotton wool plugging up their nostrils I'll say hello LOL

Re noises in ears - I often get high pitched noises or doorbells ringing - very annoying in the night when I keep thinking someone's there. Doctor said its tinn whatsit probably caused because I've got TMJ and a lot of tension in the bones in that area near the ears. It also causes a lot of wax.

Do you have TMJ by any chance?

Mum2One, I noticed earlier that you posted after 2 am the other day - bit of a night owl?

Ah the 2am... there the I should be doing assisgnment...but get distracted!! ixx

Anglea

Assignment at that time of night? Were you watching a tv documentary for your OU - come to think of it, do they still do them in the night like before?

mum2one

Anglea wrote: »

Assignment at that time of night? Were you watching a tv documentary for your OU - come to think of it, do they still do them in the night like before?

Its gone all posh now your sent ur own personal dvd, and then some are downloasds....... assisgnment at that time of the night - headless chick - with having an exam for the other course, the new ones took a bad seat!!

Now 2 weeks behind on both courses, so catch up this and next..xx

mum2one

Been very good done 30th package, 2 x 40th ready for next yr, 1 x 65th mums friend, 1 x 30th ready for next yr, and am 30/40 male (spent £5 so far), while for the life of me I've put mums 65 presents up in such a safe place - don't know where it is!!

Shes 65 on thursday, feels like an eternity been planning it
added in 2 sets of 65 cappunico and 65 latte sachets, and shes got a massive surpirse...... so funny being delievered thurs beween 7am and midday.... from Argos they ring an hr before

Shes having this -argos - cat no -6010654



Does come with 4 chairs........

very mse (ish) was £299.95, but if you spend over £250 - got £50 off, and dad said he'd go halves with me...... so weird - there was an offer apply for the argos card, expecting to be rejected, went for buy now pay 7 mths later, and it accepted me, figured put the money up and pay at 6mths get a bit of interest!! and then cancel the card......

xx

sarahf191979

Well done everyone, your all doing great, not getting anything done here to much going on at the moment. Just wanted to pop on and say hi dont get much time to get one although I am keeping up with you all daily just not doing any organising and haven't even started the challenges yet mum2one:o

elysia2003

Great present Mum2one - the credit card thing is a good idea to. Martin :money: recommends it - isn't it called stoozing or something like that?

I'm really organised so far and completed two of the challenges. Have sorted all the old toys in the garden, old scooters etc and have got rid of them. Trouble is we must have 10 footballs and DD won't let me get rid of those - Will have to throw one away at a time so she doesn't notice. :rotfl:

I have also done the summer emergency kit - everything was put in a bag to take on holiday, so I haven't unpacked it - it has plasters/suntan lotion/cream for bites and stings etc. As it's altogether if we go on a day out we can just grab it and go.

Have to redeem my tesco clubcard vouchers for deals so we can have the tickets in time for summer hols (they take a while to come) so i'll gt on to that this week.

I have two freezers but its only thechest one that needs clearing (eveything gets lost at the bottom) will try and do that this afternoon.