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

mary-op

susan -love the mini pamper bags, soups and pint of socks:T I've tried to do a pint of guiness with a black scarf (freebie) but by the time I've got that in the glass I can't get the bath scrunchie to stay on top :eek: Any ideas before I give up ? I must be going wrong somewhere........or maybe the scarfs too thick ?

Had an e mail from fabric co. asking me if I wanted more fabric swatches...........I had two lots already but being daft......just had to order some more...........lol
Good job on the recycling thread there's a link to things to do with them..............lol:rotfl:

Glad you seem to be getting sorted with sky.

Cupboard is now stood in the kitchen while we think of a place to put it. Oh dear..........this rate we'll need an extension............lol:rotfl:

mummyslittleboy

Finally I have sorted DS's bedroom and have a nice pile of clothes for ebay will try and get them listed tonight if I can locate my camera. Then need to start on my lists although I need to sort out what I already have so might have to do it monday so i can get things out while they are at school;)

Susan Love the mini pamper bags can I ask were you got the bath bombs from please, Just thinking of a couple of cousins this would be good for:D

Mary-op hope you find a home for your cupboard soon.

Anyone any ideas what I can do with empty ferrero rocher tubs?

Legendmum

Susan - well done on the making today, looks lovely and you have made me laugh at the thought of dressing up as a turkey!
Mary - I am just like you too, Magpie OH calls me! We only have a small 2 bed house and I am stuck for space but cant waste anything!!!

Well the only thing I have done today is make decisions really! Decided I am going to go for making snowman soup, Tesco have the chocolate chips on offer 3 packs for 1.50 instead of 75p each! Also decided to do a chocolate hamper for my Mum for Christmas as she has lost nearly 3 stone since July and has not had so much as a chocolate button since then and she LOVES her chocolate! Thought I would put some chocolate in but hoping to get choccie candle and smellies etc so if you spot any guys please let me know! Didnt have to make Postman Pat cakes as DS got distracted and has not mentioned them since! Now watching good old X Factor and then an early night as I WILL start wrapping tomorrow AFTER I have put everything on Ebay!!!

Pips_Mum

Thanks Susan and I love all the bits you have made.

Legendmum - I did a cadburys hamper for a friend last Christmas (actually might do another for another friend this year) and it looked really nice if I do say so myself. All of the packaging was purple of course so I used some silver stars cellophane to set it off. Looked very professional and my friend didnt realise I had made it!

I made some flannel reindeers today, they look a bit like flannel bunnies but I will Christmasify them nearer the time!

tq16

was starting to panic as feeling very unorganised, and only 5 weeks until baby due. But working through santas challenges I feel much less stressed. Big Thank-you's ;

Santas Challenge - September - Setember Sorting


The Freezer
Freezer done :-)
Food List
written, and Ham in freezer ready- was 1/2 price in sainsburys :-)

Halloween
with baby due on halloween, had given they day little thought!- sweets stocked and girls costumes ready

Half term - October
don't plan on going out, but have been through craft stash, and present box and have things organised to keep girls occupied- also parents set to have children for few days :-)

Stockings
very pleased, list written and pretty much complete. Sock monkeys and flannel reindeers made- choc coins, popcorn and littlest pet shop toys got, material ready for aprons, snowman soup bits ready and just waiting on tesco vouchers to exchange for cineworld tickets

Ebay
not much for ebay as had big clear out last month, few bits to out on tomorrow

Christmas Lists
Present list complete, have almost everything I need to make homemade gifts, just need a few alcohol minitures, some candles and to make decisions as to which toy kitchen to buy for dd2


Secret santas presents

I would like to join this please

Christmas Tree
we have not had a tree for few years, hoping to get one this year- have started to make some decs, and got list for girls to do.

Christmas Presents - Batteries
had completely forgotten this- on list for shopping tomorrow

Christmas paper
loads left from last year

Childrens drawings - girls have designed christmas card, ready for photocopying

Time for the chat
have had this conversation with relatives and just buy for children (for those that have them) and don't buy for many friends or children now, we stick to birthdays- saying that still have 50 people on list!

Pampering
like this one, planning girls night in with few friends :j

Christmas Cakes
not big christmas cake people so skipping this one.

Hampers
doing small hampers, got some great little wicker ones for £1.99 each I love boogaloo

The School Presents - Mums challenge
Doing candles with poems for teachers and teaching assistants- not branching out further than this though will make something edible for staff room

Tjzdazz

Legendmum - I'm doing a chocolate hamper for a friend. So far I have:

Chocolate orange bath bomb from HB 59p
Chocolate face mask from HB 89p
Chocolate bubble bath from MrA (£2?)
A recycled chocolate fondue set
A brown and cream facecloth cupcake
Snowman soup
Chocolate lipgloss from carboot, 50p for 3
Chocolate candle (Internationale I think)

HTH

cookiecrumbs

This thread is moving really fast now - will have to try harder to keep up!!

Thanks to mum2one and Miss Hoodie of course for the challenges.

Freezer
Luckily mine is frost free and doesn't have much in it at the moment, but I think I'll have a scan through and make sure there isn't anything in there that would be better off in the bin! Could probably do with a wipe round so I'll get on with that tomorrow.

Food List
I am very lucky that I don't have to cook Christmas dinner as we are going to my Dad's this year so not much food buying needed!

Halloween
Just got to decide whether to buy some sweets or just hide and pretend we're not in . We live in an upstairs flat anyway so not many trick or treaters come round.

Half term
Don't have kids so this doesn't really apply to me. Sister is a teacher though so we have arranged a Christmas shopping trip to buy for each other at half term.

Stockings
Don't bother with these.

Ebay
Have started looking round for some stuff to ebay, but when we last moved I got rid of most of my clutter so I'm not sure what's left...

Christmas Lists
These are mostly in my head! Or on my phone when I get hit by inspiration!! Will have to transfer them to a proper list and get myself sorted.

Secret Santa
Definitely up for getting involved with this one. :j

Batteries
Not really needed because I don't have to buy toys!!

Christmas paper
Discovered I have some of this left over from last year - found two big rolls yesterday! Bought some more from the charity that I support so probably got enough!

Chat
Not really needed as I don't have a massive family and OH buys for all his side. Only buy for one or two friends and their kids so not a huge list anyway.

Pampering
This sounds like a good idea!! Will have to sort something out asap!

Christmas cakes
Am going to attempt this for the first time this year - got a recipe and noticed that Asda started putting the ingredients on special offer last time I was in there. Will have to remember to take my ingredients list next week as I want to do the cake in October sometime.

Hampers
Probably only doing two and they are coming along piece by piece! Need to do the foody bits yet - probably in October sometime too...

School presents
Not applicable, no kids!

I wants
I have plenty of these!! OH is dithering over his main present so am going to put a boot up his backside and help him make up his mind so I can see how much money I need to save!!

Don't forgets
Have a stash of bits and pieces I use for emergency presents throughout the year so probably ok with this one too.

Well, I think I'm more organised than I thought after all that!!!! :T

cookiecrumbs

mum2one - can't remember if I saw this in an earlier post but were you looking for ghd's?

Anyway, if you were - have a look on www.ghdhair.com and they list all the legitimate sites you can get them from. There are tons of rip off sites selling fakes so you have to be careful.

You can probably get a pair from between £80 and £90 if you shop about, it depends if you have time to look at all the proper sites!

Hope that helps!

lmb4wcb

welshkaz wrote: »

Im a regular lurker lol, i know theres loads of info on pots of gold etc and ive looked everywhere for suitable pots can anyone tell me what I can use or what you use for the pots please, fab challenge this year and wow everyone are busy bees at the mo, some amazing ideas and so easy to get lost in the xmas spirit shame everyone looks at me like a mad woman when i mention it lol x

I buy the activia creamy yoghurts in the little pots and when I have finished with them I wash them out and use these for my pots of gold HTH

mummyslittleboy

cookiecrumbs wrote: »

mum2one - can't remember if I saw this in an earlier post but were you looking for ghd's?

Anyway, if you were - have a look on www.ghdhair.com and they list all the legitimate sites you can get them from. There are tons of rip off sites selling fakes so you have to be careful.

You can probably get a pair from between £80 and £90 if you shop about, it depends if you have time to look at all the proper sites!

Hope that helps!

Thanks for that link it was me wanting them for DD1 she has asked for them for xmas and to be honest was really worried I would buy from somewere and end up with fakes so really appreciate the link:D