Christmas 2010 Let's Get Organised

sammy_kaye18

Well I'm back and here are my under bed findings. (anything red has now been allocated to gifts, anything green for crafts)


1 x bag of various card making bits,
1 x bag plain cards with envelopes
2 x ethol austin strawberry milkshake packs (bubble bath, shower crème, body butter and a lip gloss)
1 x cupcake notebook
1 x pink a4 file
10 x plastic wallets
2 x create a calendar
4 x juice and smoothies recipe books
1 x bag of pom poms
1 x chocolate scarf and glove set
1 x baby stacking cups
1 x Christmas teddy
3 x money wallets
5 x packs of various tags (68 individual tags in total)
1 x silly face stickers (eyes, lips etc)
2 x pink/red/white revlon make up bags
1 x pink bag with loveheart sweet on it
bag of sew on patches
4 x mini whisks
1 x box of notecards with purple flowers
1 x white 'morning gorrgeous' mug
1 x pink/black striped over knee socks
1 x origami jewellry box (green)
1 x purple/cream mug with tea/coffee on it
2 x pink tool boxes ~ retro sweet boxes
4 x 5" x 3.5" wooden pictures frames ~ reduced to 20p from £3
2 x 9" x 7" wooden photo frames ~ 50p from £5
1 x rudolph dvd
1 x Letter to santa kit
1 x football mug
1 x giant book of xmas stories
1 x xmas stories for 5 - 7 year olds. These in blue are going in bens xmas eve hamper.


So now my gift list looks like this

Mum
Pyjamas, smellies set, morning gorgeous mug, pick n mix of fave sweeties, fluffy socks

Sister
Tracksuit, 4 smoothies books, running drinks bottle, few pick n mix bits

Niece 1
Pyjamas, loveheart bag, sock monkey, tool box sweeties, fluffy socks

Niece 2
Pyjamas, tool box sweeties, fluffy socks , dolly

Dad
make your own calendar,?????????

Step mum
pyjamas, smellies, choccies, wine,

Nan
nightie, notelets, purple mug, diary

Grandad
pyjamas, calander, hot chocolate, shortbread

so doing better than I thought.
Picture frames will go to family with school photos in so thats 4 great aunts done, two larger ones will go to mum and dad.
card making stuff will be xmas cards done
tags are taken care of

getting there now though - yay! feeling better about my gift buying now and that im slightly more organised than i thought.

chickywiggle

Legendmum wrote: »

Hey guys first ever post over here! Im thinking of doing a food hamper for in laws for Christmas so any ideas welcome! So far I have spent pennies as I got the 1p coffee and after eight mints from Tesco that were on grabbit! But I dont know what else to put in! The cheaper the better as have a stiff budget this year!
Thanks for any help!

ohh that sounds like a fab idea - mind if I acquire it?

itsybitsygoth

Legendmum wrote: »

Hey guys first ever post over here! Im thinking of doing a food hamper for in laws for Christmas so any ideas welcome! So far I have spent pennies as I got the 1p coffee and after eight mints from Tesco that were on grabbit! But I dont know what else to put in! The cheaper the better as have a stiff budget this year!
Thanks for any help!

You could get some crackers (aldi sell a selection for 79p a box) and you could maybe make some chutney? doesn't need to be fancy, I'm making some red onion chutney that costs very little to make but tastes delicious, some nuts and maybe some jam?

abdonz

Red onion chutney sounds lovely will give that a go next week too I'm making jam for first time ever too. Found everything I Need to know about snowman soup even the cone shaped bags and ribbon and little poem for tags.

hogshead

Advise: Sloe GIN or VODKA
Not a drinker myself though the recipient will drink almost anything but which is more popular?

DueMarch11

Thanks lazysheep, spreadsheet now set up!

Mrs_Ryan

jemtom wrote: »

getting my dad a rugby shirt but dont have a clue where from yet so need to start looking around. now its nearly october eek!

If you need any help with this give me a shout I'm somewhat of an expert in this field (pardon the pun) know some good websites where you can get good discounts and stuff.

WOO-HOO - Boots have their 3 for 2 went into the one in Nottingham Broadmarsh today (I only went in to get a drink so I could get some change for the bus ) they dont have a huge selection but I was impressed with what they had! Got my bro and BIL the funkiest Nivea for Men sets - they're in the shape of a cracker and filled with Nivea for Men bits (I couldnt resist these for purely selfish purposes I have a thing about Nivea for Men *cough*) and only a fiver each! I also got my sis a lovely Boots set with passionfruit body lotion, passionfruit body spray and a bath scrunchie in a lovely funky gift bag which will do for her birthday next month. This one was free - thats why I love 3 for 2!

When I got home, the latest Avon catalogue had come. They have a new fragrance by Herve Leger which is gorgeous, so I ordered myself a bottle. With it comes a free luxury gift box filled with a minature spray, body lotion etc so that's SIL's pressie taken care of Also some lovely jewellery bits in the clearance brochure - have ordered the cutest cat charm bracelet for best mate (loves cats) and a gorgeous silver necklace with 'mum' pendant on for stocking filler for Mum.

A very successful day as far as Xmas shopping goes - well pleased

jemtom

mrs ryan - thanks that would be great had a look in jjbs in my town and they dont do them, so far just checked amazon. and ebay but they dont have a good selection of new ones so i was just going to get it from amazon but if you know any other sites i would be very grateful.

Mrs_Ryan

okies - no problem probably the best one I know is Lovell Rugby
(www.lovell-rugby.co.uk) but theres a few more around - which shirt are you looking for for him? x

sammy_kaye18

Mum
Pyjamas, smellies set, morning gorgeous mug, pick n mix of fave sweeties, fluffy socks

Sister
Tracksuit, 4 smoothies books, running drinks bottle, few pick n mix bits

Niece 1
Pyjamas, loveheart bag, sock monkey, tool box sweeties, fluffy socks

Niece 2
Pyjamas, tool box sweeties, fluffy socks , dolly

Dad
make your own calendar,?????????

Step mum
pyjamas, smellies, choccies, wine, fluffy socks

Nan
nightie, notelets, purple mug, diary

Grandad
pyjamas, calander, hot chocolate, shortbread

Have been looking at my list and have narrowed my shopping down to

Primark
pyjamas x 2 men (grandad, boyfriend)
x 2 women (mum , step mum)
x 2 girls (2 nieces)
x 1 boy (Ben)
nightie x 1 (nan)
fluffy sock x 4 ( 2 women, 2 girls)
tracksuit x 1

Amazon
sports bottle x 1 (sister)
dolly x 1 (niece)

Sweet Shop
pick n mixes ---- enough for 2 tool boxes and 2 small selections for sister/mum
box of chocolates for step mum

Poundland
Diary x 1 (nan and hand decorate)
shortbread x 1

Then once thats done its just Ben, Boyfriend and Holly to do. :T