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

Ddraig

I am trying to do loads of crafting.But it is a toss up between sleep and work,lol.Got to take little one for his first injection today.He got weighed yesterday.13lb and hes only 8 wk old today.

Awaiting my tesco order for my hotchoc,marshmallow etc.Its coming tomorrow.

Been to jewellery course.Problem is betweeen here and there.I come back with so many ideas I dont know where to put myself.

Keep up the good work everyone.You all do so well.xx

piglet27

Well done on all your buys susan, very jealous of you and elysia would have loved to have gone!

I have made another monkey over the last two nights, made with baby socks so didn't take too long.

Have a very busy weekend visiting friends and family so won't be on here, and won't get any crafting/making done, major kick into gear next week.

mummyslittleboy

Susan lovely craft stash from your trip I think I must save up and go next year.


Well the lady from ebay refunded me £5.00 so going to give the top a good wash and hope it comes up ok.

My calendars arrived today so that the last of my vista print orders :T

Want to finishing make a couple of hampers over the weekend as well as catching up on some much needed housework and need to get my Avon orders out :eek: seem to be falling behind on everything at the moment.

mary-op

Hello all :j
Susan - what a lot of goodies you got and I do love your makes on your blog...............done some reindeer covers for choccy bars but think I might do a snowman (or several)-he looks so cute.

elysia - didn't realise you;d gone to NEC as well.......I used to go with foster daughter for the Good Homes Show............loved it but it's tiring (all that opening and closing of purses...........lol)

Well my effort today has been one more pint of socks (must print out the labels for them)-got another Guiness glass I've rinsed out I found in the cupboard so that'll be three.
Did another Kitchen organiser (old cork placemat covered with paper, shopping list, calendar.....post it notes -when I get them......hadn't realised I'd run out!) and made a pigs ear of covering a diary that at this rate won't be a cheap diary by the time I finish......I got glue on the front of it and can't get it off...........:eek: Oh well, have to delve into my tub of florally bits I think.
Council rang to say could be get the old freezer out of the garage for them to pick up :eek: Panic........I was on my own...........managed to locate OH and he found a mate to shift it.........it's 6ft.........bet now they've done it the council won't be round for weeks and the nicely painted driveway will start to look like a dumping ground...........:rotfl:

Oh well, such is life.............two little diaries to cover tomorrow and then a bit more sewing I think.

mum2one

Susan - Post her to you.... apparently shes an angel at school, but shes coming down with another cold, she must of been poorly she fell asleep on my lap 2ngt.

Popped into town, got few odds and sods, found the sale corner in Wilkos, got some Disney Princess bits and bobs reduced to 49p, water sprayers 10p, a4 notebook 32p, pack of 50 pencils 25p..

Miss Hoodie had a letter from school they want all the children to do a shoebox, so got few toilettries, and add pencils, crayons etc, got a lovely teddybear from Poundland, so fill that at weekend.

Wilkos - they had 75% off the Halloween stock, ours had got a good range left.

Home Bargains - there just starting to get more of the christmas presents range in.

I'm going up in the world, as from today I am now a School Govener.... so funny seeing the head... even biting my nails before went in....!!

The fruit is swelling lovely, and looking plumped up, so cooking 2mor.

We now have the bathroom saga sorted - they've agreed to move the job to April next yr, Miss Hoodie + me be in Dom Rep, and mum, dad and Bailey are going to Wales for 2 weeks, worked out that Miss Hoodie and me go up for the weekend and the airport from there. Fell really lucky, tried a few sites - the prices weren't nice, then remembered I'd taken the telephone number of the private owner whos caravan we had last yr, been booked through a site. Shes done us a deal, based on the provisional site prices and hers we've saved nearly £200. Glad everyone sorted. xx

esmer

I have the cold its gone into my chest so puffing my inhaler like nobodys business

All my stuff has arrived. Just did my Tesco order, and I think I have all i need for snowman soup

Going to make some Salt Dough with Natasha and put in the oven so she can paint later to make decorations.

Vista Calendars are looking good, I got 3 for 9.99 so happy with those.

See how I feel and I might start actaully making my crafts lol Just scratch cards to buy.

rufusdog52

Morning all

Checked my bank this morning and had about a tenner left in it which I won't need to use before my next lot of money goes in on Tuesday so went on Amazon (through Nectar site) and bought OH a couple of dvds from his list. The total came to about £8.49 and it said I still had some vouchers left on it so took that off and it came to 29p so ordered them and then ordered two more off the list as well. He has ten more on the list including one which is a box set that is £22.99 so will try to get another Amazon voucher to get that. I am nearly half way to one on Dooyoo thanks to having a spurt the last few days and doing some reviews. It will be alright if the Toluna vouchers come in time but dont think they will. I have £30 on there owing and 3/4 way to next one.

Need to pop up town a bit later as taking youngest daughter to Connexions for some career advice. She isn't sure what she wants to do yet, does her GCSEs in the summer, wants to stay on but doesnt know what subjects to take or whether to go on to college instead of school. It seems so confusing now a days, when I was 16 you either stayed on and did A levels or you left and got a job. She doesnt know what she wants to do for a career yet, talking one day about working with kids and the next about going in the army.

Might pop in 99p shop or Wilkinsons with her while up there if I got any change in my purse and see if she can get some bits for the emergency boxes she wants to do for her brother and sister. We have some light bulbs already so can put one of those in each box.

mummyslittleboy

Got DD1's winter survival hamper done last night and it's all wrapped also finished putting the eyes on 2 socks monkeys and have wrapped them.
Just need to get Grandads hamper done and wrapped and Nans needs wrapping then I can get them posted before the rush starts with Royal mail.
Also need to order some more cellophane seem to be getting through loads of it :eek:

fedupandskint

Just made 5 jars of Nigella's Christmas Chutney by halving the ingredients. Couldn't justify spending £8 on cranberries to make 2.2L! Spent £4 on 300g and it made just over half the 9 jars

Think each jar costs about £1.40-£1.50 from costing the rest of the ingredients

Next weekend I'll make the marmalade then I think that's all the chutney, jam and marmalade making done leaving the granola and fruit compote.

Making another Christmas Cake tomorrow and if I can do it I'll make 2 meaning they're done and dusted bar the feeding.

Finding it hard now to fit in the Christmas preps, work full time, masters study, house cleaning and having a life plus my running programme of an hour a time!

So that's all the Christmas stuff for today, next is some cleaning then some studying that must be done today

Planning 1.5 hrs, break for dog walking then another 1.5hrs then stop for the Sat night TV fest

Tomorrow plan to bake 1 or 2 cakes, another run, clean the one remaining room, complete the ironing, do some batch cooking for the week and then aim for 4hrs study and take 2 books back to the library and pay the fines (boo!)

xrestrictedx

Morning all, well i had a lovely surprise last night, my daughter came home for the weekend from uni, total shock when i answered the door lol, and she came bearing gifts lol she got me the simply knitting mag, some nice bits in there, and there is a tutorial on crocheting so hoping to learn that. knitting is slow, project is a dress for my grand daughter, already done bonnet, booties and mittens, still to finish the dress and then to do the cardi and blanket, dont know which christmas she'll get then tho lol still got two other grand daughters to knit for and my youngest son wants a zip up hoodie too. what month are we in again???? i'm sure its only march lol oh i wish. anyway off to feed the tribe, catch you all later xxx