Old style Preparations for Christmas 2010!!

loupoppins

nellykim wrote: »

so.........

what do you all plan to do once this Christmas is over then ?



( save for ....SUMMER HOLIDAYS !!!....) ( dont forget to include the planning for Christmas 2011 in this !! )


:rotfl:

Oh there will be plenty LOL I am already planning to have some available funds ready in Dec/Jan to catch the sales to buy and stash away for Bdays and Christmas 2011......:D
And did wonder today if it was too early to start sending invitations for Easter dinner 2011 (we do Easter...sis doesChristmas...)

grumswifie

Hi there
Can I ask what shop b and m is please?

nellykim

loupoppins wrote: »

Oh there will be plenty LOL I am already planning to have some available funds ready in Dec/Jan to catch the sales to buy and stash away for Bdays and Christmas 2011......:D
And did wonder today if it was too early to start sending invitations for Easter dinner 2011 (we do Easter...sis doesChristmas...)

.... is it right that if you pre-plan five christmases in a row, you can have the 6th one off, scott-free ? just think, in twenty years time, we'll have four LOVELY christmases, just like they should be ! mmm...

:j

csarina

Christmas? its sorted. No longer go racing tround shops for pressies, we agreed years ago not to give presents to the chidlren, the grandchildren all get money, they can spend it on what they want with the exception od DS2's children, I give him the monet for them and he puts it towrds clothes or shoes for them. They keep a set of clothes at DS2's their mother never sends them with a change of clothes, so he makes them change into fresh clothes when they get to him, he washes them and they put them on clean to go home. Heaven knows how he is coping this week, he has them for a week!!

Food shopping: we decide what we are having for our main Christmas meal, usually beef, and I but a large piece when its on offer and freeze it. we have smoked salmon and rocket salad for lunch, so the salmosn goes in the freezer. I just have to get any veg we need, bottle of white and a bottle of red wine, bucks fizz, a cheese board and a pork pie. Thats us catered for!!

OH likes a raspberry trifle rather than christmas pudd, so I freeze fresh raps when we pick them, any left over get used during the year, or if I have a lot for jam. As we moved earlier this year we only have 3 raspberry bushes, but they have done very well, we have a bag full in the freezer and have been eating fresh ones for dessert all this week.

I make my own Christmas cards on the machine just for family and special friends, anyone who is on the internet gets an internet card and thats it. We used to send out 200 cards every year......forget that, the postage alone would be over £100....that 3/4rs of my food budget for a month!!

Butterfly_Brain

I have found this site :
http://www.britishlarder.co.uk/the-british-larders-home-made-christmas-hamper/#axzz0wNtusZpC

and I am going to be making chocolate salami for out-laws hamper

Winged_one

littleme96 wrote: »

Do you mind posting the recipe for the freezer cookies please? Sounds like they could be very useful for preparing in advance and the flavour variations sound lovely!

Thanks :j

It's a fairly basic sugar cookie recipe which can be frozen raw. I will try to remember to get it out of the cookery book tonight, or in the next few days. But I DO know that it's the same recipe for all, just changing what you add into it.

wssla00

noynoy wrote: »

oooh dear im 32 and in the wi but then ive been raised from a farming background ..luckily i think lol

learn to knit and crochet you can make loads then..get yarn from a charity shop i bought 6 large balls of lovely purple yarn for just £2 enough to make sil i squashy cosy jumper

I really WISH there was a WI near me.... I'm 27 and would join in a shot but I don't think they have an equivalent in Scotland? If anyone want's to correct me I would be VERY happy!

bigshopper84

Hey Tracy, i can't believe it but i saw the same frenzy luggage thats on the TK MAXX website at my local market in Manchester and it was cheaper too!

wssla00

Butterfly brain! That looks amazing! I think we should post some piccys when we are finished completing!

wssla00

grumswifie wrote: »

Hi there
Can I ask what shop b and m is please?

It's like a chep woolies (R.I.P :rotfl:)you can see the stores near you here http://www.bmstores.co.uk/