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

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lizalloareds wrote: »

Where did you get the bag from

liz

Hi,

Got the shopping bag from photobox. You can usually find some discount codes on mse. I think I got it for about £20 somehow.

x

got-it-spend-it

Tesco photo do all different sizes of photo bags too and I think they're quite reasonable.

elysia2003

Morning all.

Have been around but not posting for a couple of days.

Welcome Abondonz and any lurkers! )

Haven't been doing much for Christmas over the past week. Had a lot going on with this health scare - visits to docs and such.

Mary I've been into Home Bargains everyday looking for you, none in still and haven't been in before either! So as ours is only small, chances are there won't be any coming in! I'll keep an eye out around and about for you anyway - I always going somewhere.

I may try and list some ebay stuff later ( if I'm in the mood). LOL

Have a nice afternoon everyone. xxx

fedupandskint

Hi elysia, I'm the same with the ebay stuff - will list if I can get round later on to photo taking and listing tonight. I've got a lot of stuff that needs a new home somewhere

juliejim

Mary - I got a book for you - if you pm me your address I'll send it to you. Or if you'd rather do it through 1 of the other ladies I'll do it that way.

elysia2003

Juliejim - that is so kind! Well done for finding one! xxx

abdonz

thank u everyone for help i thinking going to do a hamper for her due to family probs we are skint this yr for christmas so my budget is around £20 for the whole thing,not sure what to theme it on thou, maybe something to do with her grandchildren???

mum2one

elysia2003 wrote: »

Morning all.

Have been around but not posting for a couple of days.

Welcome Abondonz and any lurkers! )

Haven't been doing much for Christmas over the past week. Had a lot going on with this health scare - visits to docs and such.

(edited out was going to have a look for grandparenst book for Mary, but shes sorted now - tha teach me not to read all posts before I reply. Glad one's been located xx)

I may try and list some ebay stuff later ( if I'm in the mood). LOL

Have a nice afternoon everyone. xxx

Hiope your feeling better, sure I speak from all of us, we've been worried about you.

Re grandparents book, - got to go into town Tuesday, our home bargains fair size, always have a detour..... so will have a look if theres a grandparenst book for Mary.

Good luck with ebay - just doing mine know, did the photos yesterday and the derscriptions on paper, so the listing now. xx

mum2one

abdonz wrote: »

thank u everyone for help i thinking going to do a hamper for her due to family probs we are skint this yr for christmas so my budget is around £20 for the whole thing,not sure what to theme it on thou, maybe something to do with her grandchildren???

You can do some brillaint hampers for £20 and even have change.

Food theme - they can be as much as you want to spend.
Done mini breakfast ones ( can expand to food theme)- just double up etc

Cafeterie pot - Poundland
Couple mugs - any supermarket, home bargains, poundland etc
Box or 2 caffee latte, cappunico (10 sachets in each) Poundland do their own brand
Posh box of teabags - Home bargains had Duchy of Cornwall, even if you buy Twinnings - box 20 are about £1.50 - £2.00
Ferroro Rochee (excuse spelling) - box 16 are less than half pricer at mo - co-op / sommerfield
Mini Jars 0f Jam / marmalade / honey - Morrisons 4 for £1.00
Mini Cereal - Pick and mix box of 8 - Nestle - £1.40, (cheaper than kellogs)
Oven gloves, tea towel, apron - all £1 at poundland

Personal Items -
Go through topcashback, - then click VistaPrint - they do sp,e free items - just pay postage (I always slow deleivery 21 days - but usually 14 days - don't leave to Dec - be longer) - order each month get £5 cashback

Pen, Memo pads, etc

Vistaprint again - they do calenders - either have small desktop on the triangle shape - or bigger ones - call them door hangers - then write in the day
- personalise each month with photos and messages-
They usually do 1 free - just pay postage - great fun, as your own comments personalise it.

On the month I've got at the moment - theres a picture of my daughter, taken last yr, we were on day out - gone on a steam train, on the platform (made to look original), there was a porters rack, with about 20 suitcases on it - dd stood buy it.

I put on a comment " A girl can never pack too much luggage). So daft but looks good.

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Another thought a Photobook, sometimes there on the freebies board,

- or even a nice picture of the grand children framed.

mum2one

Had a trhe weekly schol newsletter, Miss Hoodies class have an outbreak of nits, (sods law shes one of them), she gets upset them being called nits - so we call them visitors!!

Shouldn't laugh - dad was going to Tesco - said go to the pharmacy - and your get the lotion from them... he rings home - the woman on the pharmacy wished me a good weekend, and hope we all had a good time, that was nice of her she told me to try the freezer aisle or the fridges should get a nice selection from there - I'm thinking ok, I know he goes to Tesco twice a week, and knows the cashiers, but pharmacy????? asked him what he asked for - he replied- "told her my grandaughter had note from school and the wife says she has the visitors need to get some stuff, wondering why she sent me down here - all I can see is food" - told him to go back and tell her its nits - but we call them visitors - he was too embarrased - called at Asdas instead on the way home....