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

elysia2003

junior_j wrote: »

Hello all

I have had a rotten cold for the last week or so but now (the day before i go back to work) it has really hit me and i feel like utter poo!

I managed to get some bargains today (not xmassy ones mind!)

Chris moyles recent autobiography and Carol MCgriffins recent autobiography for 99p each at the Salvation Army Charity Shop .
I also got a wooden bedside table (nice one) for £5.00 that was at the Barnado's charity shop (only needed it to prop the tv on at the end of my bed!

I have 2 separate £5.00 gift vouchers from boots for number 7 products only. Yet when I looked at the stand the cheapest a item was , was 6.44 !! And your not allowed to use 2 vouchers at once.. there is a list on the back of u can do this u can't do this ect...

Anyway off for some beechams and a book x

Ahh, I hope you feel better soon. I know the boots vouchers are good, but it's only a bargain if you need it! I used to throw them away but now I buy bits and peices for DD1's stocking. Perhaps you could buy some bits for your Mum like you wanted, and add them to her hamper! That way they would be extra cheap and she'll think you spent loads.

cookiecrumbs

Hi everyone

Gosh, not been on for a few days and it looks like it's all been going on!

Welcome to esmer and xrestrictedx. This is a lovely forum, just reading everyone's posts makes me feel all Christmassy and has inspired me to start organising myself earlier this year!!

mum2one - thanks to you and Miss Hoodie for the challenge - I'd completely forgotten how far on in the month we were until I saw it! Will have a look through and see which bits I can be getting on with.

Toffeeapple - don't know if anyone else has already suggested this but I have seen those large cello cones for sale in shops filled with big colourful sweets like flying saucers and flumps etc. They look great and they wouldn't cost much to fill up and tie the top with ribbon. They probably charge a fortune for them in the shops too.

elysia - you make me laugh with your boxes! I seem to have one of those red cards from the postman every other day at the moment when I get home from work, then I have to get up at the crack of dawn to go and pick the parcel up. I wish my OH was a postie!! Every time he sees one of the cards he gets all excited and says "is that for me?" :rotfl:

susan - hope you had a nice weekend away

junior - bad news about the cold, being ill is so inconvenient! Hope you feel better soon.

Am going shopping tomorrow night after work with my sister - thank heavens for the Westfield open until 10! Hopefully will get her main present sorted and pick up a few bits for OH while he's not there. Have managed to get a white chocolate scented candle from eBay and some white hot chocolate from Whittard for my sister's white chocolate hamper. Also a couple of bath bombs from Lush which smelt really chocolatey, although to be honest I can't stay in there more than 5 minutes before my nose stops functioning properly - it's so smelly!! :eek:Will just get a few sweets and some Christmas white chocolate bits to go in it now like white toblerone and white lindt chocs, unless anyone has any other suggestions...?

mum2one

Ddraig wrote: »

Hello all my long lost MSE friends.Hope I have not been forgotten.Was a naughty Mser and took time out of everything in last few months of my pregnancy.
Gave birth to a gorgeous lil boy 10th Sept.Now he is 6 weeks old.Im all focused to get back on it.
Im on a jewellery course,hoping to tap in there.And logged in to cashback site and found 10 quid had cleared to claim.So I guess MSE keeps on your tail even when you think you have walked away for a while.
Hope you have all been well and hope you will let me walk through 2011 with you xx.

Congratulations on junior, bet he's keeping u busy. Hope the jewellery course going ok.
Plzed to have u back, I'm sure we can excuse u from the cleaning challenges of Miss Hoodie xx

mary-op

Hello all :j
What a lot to catch up on...........all behind myself today what with finishing off patchwork border on tea towel and then lad we used to look after came to look at next doors sofa she's getting rid of and has to go today..........well, it's gone now so thats that and now dinners nearly ready !!

cdsmiler - a weather wally is wool sort of plaited.........found it on either crafting for christmas, home made christmas or flying pigs thread...........can't remember which one..........lol
Theres a verse to go with it.

Found a jar for my ''sock jam'' so now just need to find some sort of label.

Had to re-arrange sons shoebox so everything would go in without being squashed.............lol Thats him sorted now, plus friends birthday pressies
Velvet embroidered scarf -one I've never worn
Handwarmers(charity shop) 50p
Lavendar bag (one I made)
Sachet of cappacino (took it out my box)
Flannel/soap in paper coffee cup............£2
Gloves with velvet roses I appliqued on.......£50
Wood sign about wrinkles...............50p
Wallhanger -wooden one with mixed spice in.....50p
Pamper pot -twiglets tub covered & filled with free
samples.............so no cost there really
Bookmark...................made from card I had
Little angel charm.......................freebie
Stationary set/address & birthday book........£2

Total..............£6..........put it all in a pretty shopping bag I've had for ages so she gets that as well...................lol:)

Oh.........nearly forgot.........last night I ordered six sample candles from ''low cost freebie board''..........75p postage only and a Pashmina for £2.99 postage only so not bad I thought.

mum2one

toffeeapple wrote: »

Went away for the weekend, came home to find someone accusing me of copyright issues... what a joke!!

Last time I put photos of creations for anyone to see on here!!

Please don't let that put u off, I'm just catching up on the posts, you are a valueable and wonderful person on this thread and please don't let them put you off, sent u a pm. x

mum2one

junior_j wrote: »

I am surprised about the outcome , wagner is not my cup of tea x

Def agree re Wagner, he looks he's in for the girls...... just like jedward - the novelty factor keeping him in. xx

Ddraig

mum2one wrote: »

Congratulations on junior, bet he's keeping u busy. Hope the jewellery course going ok.
Plzed to have u back, I'm sure we can excuse u from the cleaning challenges of Miss Hoodie xx

No really dont excuse me.I need all the motivation I can get to clean,haha.Im usually too busy being interested in other stuff.
I have been guilty of leaving everything just to have a cuddle,lol.He is a good boy.Very hungry and up twice in the night every night.But easil feeds and changed and back to sleep.
Jewellery,I am waiting for some bits from ebay.Going to see if I can make 1 or 2 to sell.Safety pin bracelets are trendy at the mo.Can be made more elegant than imagined.
Must remember to take piccies of what I have done already.Ordered some things for xmas hamers.My mum and Mil are usually hard to pick for.So compiling a handmade bundle of pampering stuff.The tea for one,hot choc cone,slippers,facemask and coffeeor hotchoc from offer mentioned previously.Fingers crossed it goes well.First try at this,lol.

mum2one

susan42 wrote: »

I am not going to comment on what everyones written having been away a week, I can see that we`re all cracking on for christmas. Well done ladies and gent

Thank you for mum2one and miss hoodie for the challenges.

Can I just say one thing though, this is a friendly forum, has been going for a long time not just this year and ALL are welcome, I personally dont care if you post the TATEs pictures , its all upto you, we all make similar things, we all go about it our own way, some people dont put pictures up, thats fine as well.
The only thing I object to is the person who comes on here and starts trouble, if you have an issue with a person, photograph or post, PM that person. (Giving them a chance to reply, bearing in mind some people go away and dont let on(me) because I dont want people to know my house is empty)

You do not have to publish it for all to see.

ToffeApple, please carry on as normal, is was lovely to see your doggies, I`m going to make some myself as I`ve seen your post.

And to the lady who`s objecting, please keep your arguments a little more private please. Thank you. As it causes bad feeling . None of us know the facts, but neither do we want to. Its not as if some ones been physically hurt.

Sorry mum2one about the rant, but this has to be the friendliest part of MSE and we `d like to keep it that way

Nothing to be sorry for, you have summed up everything that needs saying, couldn't pf put it better myself xx

mum2one

Just about to get 1st set of xmas prezzies wrapped, away with Miss Hoodie, mum and dad, so we always do a present for the entertainers, the girls are having red bag set from book people offer, and a hand and foot pamper set from halfcost (got that in summer) 3 girls £4.00 each, the boys - there having a fish toilettry set - they were £5.99 each or 2 for £6.00 - so got the other for a spare.

Very quiet here, I've lost me voice!!! xx

junior_j

I went off for a half hour lay down and a magazine and came back and you are all very chatty lol .

I have only really discovered how good boots points are. Now when my mum buys any make up or perfume I offer to pick it up for her and always go to boots and get the points she doesn't have a card and barely uses boots so she isn't fussed lol. But I only have 164 points so going to use boots most the time (so long as things are on offer and cheaper then my usual places) and hopefully have money on the points card to spend towards next years birthdays from Sep and Xmas presents.

Does anyone else buy much from boots of use their boots points a lot?

Those beechums all in one tablets didn't help me , i am so head-achy and bunged up yuck. All the kids at work (i work in a nursery) are full of colds and bugs too , no matter how sterile you make the place how much you get the kids to wash there hands and wrap up warm nothing stops them getting colds then we get them tut lol. Sorry about that rant , i hate colds , can u guess?

xxx