Hypno's "me, me, me, me, me," diary.....

milann

Well done on NSD's - I've had a bit of a non-starter this year but will get back into things - I HAVE to!!

Milann

PS Have pm'd ewe Shaun

se999

On the christmas planning thread, I know it's early but it really helps:

Our boys are now theoretically financially getting independent, but Christmas has always been about the goodie bag on Christmas morning

One is now in first job, other post grad funded, they do get bank transfers as a main pressie to help out with essentials, but christmas is all about the special goodie bag treats, which I have to spend all year finding.

It's not the amount, it's the quirky bits, or the things they've spotted they like in passing and you have to remember, or the jokey things you know they'll like. It also includes things like the mini boxes of coco pops etc which as our two normal had healthier cereals as youngsters was a treat, and some thorntons chocs on sticks (tried bigger things like chocolate santas, but when they were really little the couldn't bear to break them to eat them).

Latest goodie bags consisted of:

Squeezy stress globes - you've got the whole world in your hand pun!

Drink mats - meerkats with one tequila, 2 tequila, 3 tequila, floor!! Not sure what african meerkats have to do with tequila!! But cool in their situation for home, work or lab.

Afore mentioned cereal boxes.

Hair brushes, I travelled and forgot my hairbrush when we met, and both boy liked the replacement I'd bought!!

Thorntons chocolate reindeers and santas on sticks. (Banned from too much chocolate as they don't want to put on weight!!!)

Main goodie bad treats was one got a joke teashirt and the other 'cuddly viruses' ( google cuddly viruses if necessary, you can give someone the flu and they'll be quite pleased!!).

A few other mini chocs/biccies went in too.

But the essence of Christmas morning presents was that the thought that counts,rather than the quantity of items or the cost.

So if you want to go the quirky way, you need to keep your eyes and ears open for clues through the year, and look for bargains in poundstretchers and bargain bookstores etc, balanced with little thorntons treats etc )

se999

Sorry just saw how long the last post was !!!

I do waffle at times

mooomin

*hijacks thread*

Please feel free to add me on FB as I really want to get my final ribbon for FV neighbours

You should see me on Shauns FB - I use this name not my real name anyway :rotfl: Just make sure and mention you're MSE if you try and friend me! I still need another 15 neighbours.....

*gives thread back to Hypno*

*leaves Jaffa Cakes as peace offering*

taxi73

You're all crazy with this farmville..lol

mooomin

taxi73 wrote: »

You're all crazy with this farmville..lol

I resisted for weeks, then they got baby elephants for their farms and I had to have one.

I blame the PAD thread you know, without them I wouldn't even have a Facebook account

taxi73

I left the PAD thread when nearly every post was FV last year..lol

InaPickle

se999 wrote: »

One is now in first job, other post grad funded, they do get bank transfers as a main pressie to help out with essentials, but christmas is all about the special goodie bag treats, which I have to spend all year finding.

Main goodie bad treats was one got a joke teashirt and the other 'cuddly viruses' ( google cuddly viruses if necessary, you can give someone the flu and they'll be quite pleased!!).

:rotfl:I take it your postgrad-er is a biologist/medicinalist of some description?!

shaun40400

flying_fresian wrote: »

I resisted for weeks, then they got baby elephants for their farms and I had to have one.

I blame the PAD thread you know, without them I wouldn't even have a Facebook account

i blame,,,DT

AND THE SHEEP

hypno06

I am getting rather fed up with waking up at 2am and not getting back to sleep until 4.30am.......when the alarm goes off at 6am :mad:

I am, as you might have guessed, very tired. Could do with some sleep please!!

Have done scratches - £5 on one takes me up to payout again, so it has been a good week for me scratchwise.....now off to do banking, packed lunches etc....and coffee!

Hope you have a good day everyone!