New, New Thirfty Gifty for Christmas and All Ocassions 2011..Santas Challenge...

susan42

hi all, welcome newbies x

angela, i got married and divorced at xmas. used to bother me but now hardly think about it. As for tin beans you should join our sister thread with elysia. Money for christmas. Geat way and ideas to make christmas money neutral.

rufus - i remember the memory sticks was free on some film site. they sent you a clip of the film on them, you could then wipe them and use them. DS has shown me one thing on his list its £199 on amazon:eek: are these unis having alaugh

tazmac - thanks for the heads up on tesco

alja - my other half the same, but i shown him the mse way and now hes the first to join in:rotfl:

fedup-good hampers those:T

mary - good luck at the hospital, should imagine you fed up of them

cdsmiler

Morning all!

Mr A - I was stunned yesterday!! I went to the baking section to once again look for the elusive muffin cases and to pick up some sort of glittery sprinkles for reindeer food (I'd seen pink ones there for ages, so thought if all else fails, they'll do.). Well knock me down with a feather! And I have to assume it's because that great British bake Off program is on..... the range at the moment is emense!! Every shape and size of cupcake cases (they had muffin, two packs, I bought them!!!), edible glitter (the expensive ones) and the sparkly sprinkles were there in blue an purple too (cheaper than the glitter - got purple!), the posh food colourings (pastes rather than the bottles - though they still had those too!), cardboard cupcake stands, loaf tin cases (these are great for using with the silicone loaf tins when making citrus cake)...honestly, the range is AMAZING!! Just including loads of stuff that I've only ever been able to get from posh kitchen shops!!

Something weird - been keeping an eye on the Martin Freeman film 'Nativity' to get for Christmas (either this year or next - watching for the price to come down) but Amazon isn't selling it now (only through sellers), and find-dvd.com isn't listing prices either. Anyone seen it? I'm thinking it's still a bit expensive for this year, but can't keep an eye on it if it's starting to vanish! lol

Angela - great ideas. She has a trunki for when we go and visit her grandparents in London, and also has a tinkerbell (disney store vouchers from a friend! lol) lunch bag which she loves playing with. I have a feeling someone might get her a little handbag anyway.... Might be a good idea to get a toy bag type thing at some point, but at the moment we've no massive need as my parents have loads of toys down there for her anyway, so no real need to take any.... but will definitely keep in mind over the next few months. Maybe if I find a nice canvas bag....or does vistaprint still do them? What could I put on it I wonder....

Clare x

mum2one

cdsmiler wrote: »

Hi all,

Brilliant idea susan. WIll have to keep an eye open for a good cheap sledge now!

mrs-moneypenny - love your telling of Christmas at yours! Made me feel so Christmassy!! And like Sugarspun thats the type of Christmas I want us to have too.

Great, I'm glad there's nothing glaringly obvious missing from the list. That's a relief! Just need to share the list out now - the two friends are asking already! lol

Hope you're all having a good day - rufus & fedupandskint - you both sound well on top of things, and rufus I'm glad your dad liked his quilt!!

Clare x

Don't know if its any help, but Argos have sledges in, there £9.99

cat no - sku: 367/3843

otherwise, suggest hardware shops, xx

cdsmiler

Thanks mum2one - will need to convince hubby on this one, mainly as we have no where to store it! lol

cdsmiler

Someone else posted this on another thread, but it made me laugh!! http://fredsworldblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-nearly-day.html

mary-op

Hello all :j
Had a good day.........shopping with cleaner and even OH came with us !! Think he just wanted to be 'in charge' - food shopping was usually his thing more than mine-rather go to more 'interesting' shops.............lol
Managed to get some ribbon for foster daughters baby coat.........not the colour I wanted but it's ok, and got red and green ribbon for the fabric hearts and trees I'd done so got that all sewn on now.
Charity shop had a bag of assorted wool - never thought I'd get so excited over wool..........:rotfl: They're all short(ish) pieces probably meant for tapestry but they're long enough for me to do some really jazzy wrist warmers..........think everyones getting them this year...........lol

So, been a good day............OH now worn out but he knew he would be............after we'd been to supermarket he went round our market as well..........I was whacked just going from supermarket to craft shop for ribbon (nothing I wanted) then having to walk to the sewing shop other end of the street !
But its done now and tomorrow I can have an easier day:)

Clare - saw that yesterday and printed it off.........so funny even OH laughed and it takes a lot for that to happen after all he's been through

Hope you're all ok:)

Anglea

Hi all

Clare that was such a funny article, thanks for adding it here.

Mary glad you and OH are ok after your day out.

Susan thanks for the advice re the other thread. Can you use the money for food or just for gifts?

mum2one

Hope everyone ok, just thought share these with you!!

Miss Hoodie - At school today the head is wondering around with someone posh (her description), comes up to Miss Hoodie and says by the way is your mum coming in soon to read... Miss Hoodie replies - I don't know, your have to ask her, I don't know her diary.. apparently his face dropped, she had a smile all day!!

Miss Hoodie again, she's brought Bailey a squeaky donut toy, he won't let it out of his sight, he even kept it his mouth when he went to answer the call of nature!! xx

mrs-moneypenny

i love miss hoodies reply to the head:T

just been through my homemade christmas list:eek:
handbag for niece WIP needs sewing up and lining
brothers expected twins started 2nd blanket need to do cardi
friends 50th embroidering a needle case starting
dad and step mum cross stitched orca got to frame that
my mum, tapestry cushion havent even started
youngest wants a green knitted bear not started
sill got to plant the hyacincs for the 3 grandmas with the kids
and need to top up the hampers, ive made pickle and somedamson jams so they need adding to

and its only 14 weeks to go, dont think ill be getting much sleep between now and christmas eve:rotfl:

then there the christmas cake and pudding and mince pies ---not that im panicing mind (if we had a liar liar pants on fire smilie id insert that here)

hope everyone is more on track than me, also just remembered sock monkey were mentioned by both my sons and i need to knit about 30 mini stocking for my class at school and make stuff for the high school christmas craft fair:D

mary-op

Hello all :j
Worn out after all I did yesterday.........so's OH..........lol Knew he would be but he's said he'll do co-op shopping himself next week !!:T Yippee !

Builder came to say he'll start clearing the garage Monday morning then make a small door to fit on there, take old doors off and brick up etc..........do a door for the back room off the kitchen, plaster and do downstairs loo, flooring and so on.........then it'll be the kitchen !! Haven't even agreed with OH which one we want yet !
Then council builder rang to say he'll come and do the shower in the bathroom on 19th !! Gonna have house full of builders :eek:

Still, least its all getting done at last.

Hope you're all ok:)