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

Shortie

fedupandskint wrote: »

Not much else present wise on offer - some gift sets but not many. I think someone mentioned before that the King of Shaves Sets were on offer I think there was one for £2.50 down from £10 if you want to squirrel one away for a pressie.

Hiya

Are these sets in Sainsbury's too (if they're still available that is !) DH now only uses King of Shaves so one of these for Fathers Day would be great to stash away :T

charlies_mum

Hi All,

Went into Matalan today and their wrapping paper is now half price, along with all the Christmas stock.

I bought some padded hanger sets reduced from £5 to £2.50, and when I got to the till found out they were now 2 for the price of 1, so worked out at £1.25 each :T Think all their gifts are now half price, then 2 for 1, but check at customer serives to be sure.

Sugarhunny1

Hi Everyone,

Its that time of year again where I try and get lots of bargains but I used to forget what I had bought until another kind MSE'r (I don't have her user id, sorry Joyce!) sent me a spreadsheet.

I have a spreadsheet that is password protected that I received from a fellow MSE'r last year that is perfect for recording anything to do with presents. It has columns for presents bought/needed/costs/savings and has tabs at the bottom for individuals. This can obviously be tailored to your individual needs.

If ANYONE would like a copy then I'm more than happy to send it on. I have found it an absolute godsend this year. Please PM me with an email address as i will have to send it as an attachment but please be assured it is bug free!!!

Sugar xxx

Eljaycock

Can I join to please. Wnat to get organised early as my daughters b'day is right after Christmas and gets forgotten about till last minute! If I was organised earlier for Xmas it might help!

Brown_suga

Can I join too??
This year I thought I would keep a spreadsheet of all the people we had to buy for and how much was spent. I thought it would be around the £400-500 mark and was flabbergasted when it came in just under £1000!

We don't even host christmas dinner!!!! So I am determined to make sure this does not happen again and have already made a list of all the birthdays/occasions etc throughout the year and the people I need to buy for.

I thought I was relatively organised but obviously not... I still have a lot to learn :idea:

fedupandskint

Shortie wrote: »

Hiya

Are these sets in Sainsbury's too (if they're still available that is !) DH now only uses King of Shaves so one of these for Fathers Day would be great to stash away :T

Yes they are - there were some in the seasonal isle and some in the men's toiletries section.

The one I saw was £2.50 with a nice looking razor and full size tube of something (sorry can't be more specific!). There looked like there were a few different ones in the men's section too.

Good luck and I hope you find one or two you like and can use as a gift

helen_jelly

Sugarhunny1 wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

Its that time of year again where I try and get lots of bargains but I used to forget what I had bought until another kind MSE'r (I don't have her user id, sorry Joyce!) sent me a spreadsheet.

I have a spreadsheet that is password protected that I received from a fellow MSE'r last year that is perfect for recording anything to do with presents. It has columns for presents bought/needed/costs/savings and has tabs at the bottom for individuals. This can obviously be tailored to your individual needs.

If ANYONE would like a copy then I'm more than happy to send it on. I have found it an absolute godsend this year. Please PM me with an email address as i will have to send it as an attachment but please be assured it is bug free!!!

Sugar xxx

Hi
I've just sent you my email addy - I'd be really grateful for the spreadsheet - I soooooooooooo need to be a bit more organised [I'm getting there slowly thanks to MSE]

Helen x

helen_jelly

Been to MrA and bought some pressies and wrap and bits for School/Brownie Xmas parties

I've updated my siggy with spends so far

Helen x

toochoosey

Bit behind on the thread so hope you are all well....May not be on for a day or 2....busy busy but have had a couple more gift bags which I have kept ready for re use......will have a sort out of spare room and attic once DD is back at school, then I can see exactly what I have....Thanks (again!!!) all and I hope you all have a HAPPY NEW YEAR xx

mrsow

hiya everyone

glad to see everyone is finding bargains, Ive started with my birthdays as I have alot in February.

Have managed to pick up some bits and bobs on Lloyds pharmacy website today but alot were going out of stock as I was looking BOOO!!

Also ordered some of the stand - up dvds that OH wanted for christmas but i refuse to buy as they always half in price on boxing day.

Ive also ordered this for my mums birthday
http://www.pasttimes.com/Photoframes/Wooden-Photograph-Frame-Memory-Box/invt/817386

So Im sorted for Valentines day and 7 birthdays so far.

Well off to spend the night watching dvds with OH and the dogs.

Happy New Year to you all and hope 2010 is full of bargains for us all :j