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

esmer

1st message from Miss Hoodie, tidy out your bedrooms, and make sure its clean. This was all done this month, I only have windows left to wash All curtains hav been cleaned, ironed and will be put up at tomorrow

Battery - all checked, no toys the need batteries, a first time. But I will buy a variety to take to mums.

Check prescriptions - Done all this in November, got Calpol on my list
Hospital right next to me if we have any issues will phone NHS direct

Car - need to get a new scraper, mines broke the other day, and need to top up on de-icer. All other checks have been done, car is winter safe

Ladies - A treat!! - DONE! Booked in December

Spare Presents - We have all cut back this year but I will get some truffles from Asda and keep spare. I also made extra snowman soups.

Tree, Lights, Dec's - I defo going to do that this year.

Advent Calenders - need to sew the rest of mine, was handstitching but I think the sewing machine might be coming out.

Im off next week, so I plan to write all my cards, post them, and Wrap all DD presents.


Turkey- We are having BEEF

mary-op

Santas challenge -so far

Repeat prescription to hand all ready to take to chemist

Final wrapping to do over the weekend

Write letters to go with some cards before posting

Post son and girlfriends parcels next week

Try and find out what other son is doing -is he and family coming for christmas ? If not, when are they collecting pressies ?

Finish off anything I'm making

All decorations/tree lights will be checked week before christmas - think they'll be ok

Already stocked with batteries etc.

Think thats it.....so far. Bound to be something else...........lol:rotfl:

junior_j

Hi girls

I am shattered and cold (no snow here but very icy and frosty and freezing cold)

Mum2one how are u now? Hope your feeling okay must of been really scary bless u x

I have bad asthma take red blue and another type of inhaler and I take a tablet every day and I am usually on steroids at least once a month with a chest infection every few months and if i go near nuts my asthma flares up and i get scratchy face to and watery eyes not had it checked as only came in contact to nuts at work a few weeks back

I have never eaten peanuts before and my family rarely have them in the house so not sure if its a allergy or coincesence..

any who off clubbing in Southampton Saturday night with friends and out at a friends tomorrow night , our nursery is hiring out the local krazy kaves for our nursery kids xmas party! looking forward to it i must say lol x

anywho off for bath packing and bed (i am a bad sleep walker and have been having awful nights this week..)

also brought dad a real crime book 2.99 of play for xmas x

junior_j

Just ordered my mum 3 presents for Xmas

-Pink slanket
-Wonder woman alarm clock
-Inflatable perfect man

Also brought friends eldest son a horrid henry practical joke set rrp 12.99 on offer for 3.99 on play x

esmer

I got my wooden spoons for my cookie jars, Im going to saw bits off to make them a bit shorter. Mum got me little ice-cream spoons for my bath salt, think that works Tonight I blanket stitched more of my advent stockings. not got a lot of time left to get them finished.

xrestrictedx

Rufus, just a thought, maybe if you cant find a big enough bag then you could always make a christmassy delivery bag, seeing as you are so brilliant at sewing,(sorry dont mean to add more work for you), it would be useful every year incase of big pressies and it'll be very mse, you could pack it away ready for next year too. xxx

elysia2003

Just to let you know ladies - the santa video is back up and running. http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/home

I've just done DD2's. Our first one was last year, so it asked has she had one before? Answer - yes. It then went into a more detailed section. You can add things they've done through the year and add photo's for those too. DD is going to be amazed he has three photos of her! You can also upload a photo of the main toy. It's brilliant. I must admit, last years one made me cry (I'm so soppy) but this years didn't - probably because I've been watching last years every now and again as I paid to download it, so I know more or less what's coming.

elysia2003

fedupandskint wrote: »

santas challenge November.

1st message from Miss Hoodie, tidy out your bedrooms, and make sure its clean - Done
Batteries sorted
No prescriptions needed
Healthcare checklist for home - need another bottle of Nurofen for DD2.
Car -OH does that
Ladies - A treat!! - Must book hair appointment tomorrow.
Grocery Shopping - Weekly as normal
Any family gettogethers - must check with Mum for boxing day
Spare Presents - Bought too many giftsets in Boots 75% sale, so I have lots spare
Tree, Lights, Dec's - already up and nothing new needed
Advent Calenders - bought
Present Wrapping - starting from next week
Set yourself a countdown plan
Writing Cards - Don't write many but plan to do them tomorrow
Wrapping Presents - As and when
Xmas Eve Plans - visit to mum's in the morning and and preparing for the next day.
POSTING- No parcels to go through post
Stamps - OH postie so he gets 50 x 1st class as his Christmas bonus
Turkey - bought

Santas Challenge December

2011 - Use which ever method you find easier, spreadsheet, notebook etc, and set up your present list and budget for Birthdays and Christmas - bought my notebook already. Need to start filling it with ideas I didn't get around to doing this year.
Save Christmas cards, - reuse the fronts as tags, any good wrapping paper can be kept ready for shredding next yr - I sometimes do, but throw them out about August as I get fed up seeing them hanging about.
Xmas sales - I can't wait. £100 on Boots card for the sales - woohoo
Have your Xmas treat sorted - by this time ladies and our lovely gentleman - put your feet up and enjoy everyone else doing the headless chic run - I keep treating myself that's why I'm so fat - diet starts Jan.

I've quoted fedup but the answers are mine (in orange) if I've confused anyone. :rotfl:

abdonz

Well its another day of snow here its quite deep now too.made a snowman yesterday but sone horrid kids have been in garden and kicked h**l out of it, so I have two very upset little boys this morn.
Thanks for challenge mum2one I will catch you all up on what ive got to do when I go on comp.
Hope you all ok today and snow dosent cause too much trouble for you, I hate driving in it.
Got to wait in for workman again he is replacing our floorboards upstairs.
Xx

rufusdog52

xrestrictedx wrote: »

Rufus, just a thought, maybe if you cant find a big enough bag then you could always make a christmassy delivery bag, seeing as you are so brilliant at sewing,(sorry dont mean to add more work for you), it would be useful every year incase of big pressies and it'll be very mse, you could pack it away ready for next year too. xxx

Thats a good idea restricted will keep it in mind and see if i can find any suitable fabric thats not too expensive. Think I am a bit stuck this year as the fabric boxes are so big lol, think they were 16 x 12 inches across the bottom and about 12 inches high. Was thinking if I cant find anything suitable I might just put them in black rubbish sacks the ones with the gussets and then decorate them with some tinsel or something, but you idea might work better. Rufus xx

Had a couple more Amazon vouchers yesterday afternoon so have ordered one more box set of dvds for OH, he wanted the Toy Story set of three. That will definitely be it for his presents now.