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

dom300186

For the adults in the family Im making some fudge, buying cheapo jelly babies, liqurice and making some homemade cookies and putting them all in cellophane bags which i have decorated with xmasy sequins and tying them with a xmasy bow for all grandparents and adults in the family. they will also get a picture of our son in a nice frame.

My cousins will also get a little bag of fudge and some home made cookes miniture to the adults and some jelly babies.

We need as much money as possible, so we cant afford lavish gifts last year was similar i made all the females body scrubs and they are still using them and say when theyve shaved their legs they are unbelievebly smooth.

Our son we are spening £90 on hes 4, so far i have bought him a a transformers bumblebee mask thats a voice changer should have been £40 got it from amazon with free delivery for £20!!!! wallace and gromit collection on dvd for £3 i think from tesco, we will also get him knex or meccanno and other bits and bobs and il save him some fudge and cookies xxx

fedupandskint

One of the final presents arrived today - PS3 game.

Still waiting for the bath salt and scrubs to arrive - half stuff here and one lot has gone missing and being chased up and the rest is on the way.

Then next weekend I'll have a look for the pjs and comfies or towels and I think I'm nearly done apart from food gifts

rufusdog52

Hi everyone

Been so busy, havent had time to come on. I am going to recover my dining room chairs this week so another project to do. I have all the bits now so no excuse.

1more?

thank you all again for the welcomes
here goes my list again

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i have 3 children, dd1 14, ds 9 & dd2 12 months

dd1 wants an ipad 2 not got & still need to get other stuff pjs, stocking fillers & outfit
ds a scooter that £150 - changed mind now wants a kinect stocking fillers & outfit
dd2 will be having way less than £100 her main pressie will be a dolls pram & dolly, i vowed with dd2 i wasnt going to spoil her with stuff like i did with the older 2 & they have so much off family they really dont need lots off me - just a few stocking fillers to get

i also buy for family
dh - £100 - £150 - got nothing ?
sis £60 - £75 - done
newphew £15 - outfit
cousins x 5 (cut out a few but not these ones) between £5 & £10 each
cousin 1 : 20 yr old girl ?
cousin 2 14 yr boy ?
same family above & auntie spends loads on us
cousin 3 12yr old girl ? funky earmuffs & purse
cousin 4 8yr old girl ? earmuffs & gloves
cousin 5 6 yr old girl ? earmuffs & gloves
mam £30 - done
dad & wife £30 - done got joint gardening box
dh`s dad & wife £20 -no idea
nan - photo calender of children £15 - i had a photo done waiting for it to come back but need to buy something else small ?
auntie - bottle of wine £15 still need

ive read the challenges & feel nearly organised :j:j:j thank you all

SugarSpun

We're off on our travels tomorrow! Wee Beastling and I are leaving my Husbeast to wrangle the kitchen builders and we are off to the UK :j

I have an enormous list of stuff to do today so busy busy. But once these last bits are done I think we're just about ready for Christmas. Except the bit where we replace and then unpack the kitchen, buy and decorate a tree, do the grocery shopping and finalise our Festival of Leftovers party. Eeep!

mary-op

Hello all :j
Everyone seems so organised...........think I'm about there (I keep saying that) but still need to wrap my friends bits and bobs up.
Parcels I posted to youngest son and his girlfriend on Thursday arrived yesterday but postman just shoved a card in the door..........didn't knock so he found the card on his way out. But at least they're there. He's moving next weekend so I didn't want them to arrive at the wrong address.
Other sons stuff ordered from amazon -used the gift wrap service and had them delivered in case the weather turns and he doesn't make it up here on 22nd. He's not staying, just couple of days visit.

Builder coming tomorrow to finish off a few bits and I might have a downstairs loo by the weekend:T (I say might !!)

Hope you're all ok:)

rufusdog52

Hope the Loo comes off ok Mary and glad you are nearly finished.

We bought some decorations for our small tree in the front garden and I mended the wreath with my glue gun. Took me about half an hour to work out how to use it first and that was with the directions on the back of the packet.

OH bought his pork and gammon today for Christmas dinner. You should see how much meat he has bought and its only really him who will eat it as I dont eat meat at all and YD isnt that much of a meat eater. He has a three bird roast, plus the two large sized joints he bought today.

I managed to get the tin of beansprouts I have been wanting for Son's Thai hamper for ages. I wanted a couple of bottles of Thai beer too but the small Mr S we went to today didnt stock it so we will have to go to the larger one when OH will take me.

Son's GF was taken into hospital this morning for checks, their baby is due tomorrow and she woke up with her face hands and feet all swollen. She has been on a monitor all day checking the baby's heart beat but they sent her home a couple of hours ago. I said to OH, she will just get home and they will be going back up there again, and then Son knocked (we had looked after GS for the day) to pick him up and said she was having little contractions already so hopefully something will move soon and they can get it over and done with.

esmer

Hello All,

I had a christmassy weekend, we made shortbread, and its nearly all gone ;-) We went to see Santa, and we put our tree up. I now have a very hyper little girl who thinks santa is coming NOW. We woke to LOADs of the white stuff and it all looks rather christmassy. Did take me over 2 hrs to get to nursery and back again I think I will be leaving at 3pm and get DD early.

hope you are all well.

xx

mary-op

Hello all :j

Yippee.........!!! We have a downstairs loo !!:T:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Just needs plumbing in now.........lol But with it sat there in its little cubicle I think I just might be sorted by Christmas.............lol

Wrapped up stuff to post to eldest son and his family in case they don't make it on the 22nd (depending on weather and remembering last year !)

esmer I remember you last year with all that snow..........it went on and on and on..........thats when OH slipped on the ice and broke his pelvis..........seemed to be the start of a nasty 12 months ahead.............fingers and everything else crossed that the next 12 months are a bit different.

Have a minor panic............eldest son says his girlfriend wants some foot scrub.......well I've googled all over the place.......I can find some nice foot care stuff -some with scrub some not, some fair price and some not ! Need to find somewhere that'll gift wrap it so I can get it delivered straight to her. I know amazon do but don't know of anywhere else.
Oh eck...............ain't there always something !
Still, I stuck stamps on all my cards and found I have three more to make !! Thought I only needed to make one :eek: Oh dear where is my brain.............lol

Hope you're ok and keeping warm:)

fedupandskint

Santas Challenge Nov and Dec
Santas Challenge - Nov

Prescriptions and Doctors Appointment
Thanks for the reminder I've been today and its all sorted out now

First Aid Kit
All done and ready

Batteries
All done and ready

Candles
Just need a set of basics just in case - written on my shopping list now
Just over 4 weeks to go
Doing this now

Powdered Milk / Coffee creamer
Don't need this

Spare Presents
Taking one in tomrrow for the Xmas Hamper at work and should be ok with this

Cleaning
Fridge - Give it a good sort out and free up some space for the xmas goodies - done

Double Check where you are for Xmas, and New Year - checked

You - will do :rotfl:
We have all worked really hard this year, so have tried to keep this one gentle, the main point of "you", find yourself some treat time, whether its a glass of wine with a film, or even long soak in bubble bath, - HAVE A TREAT - Chocs can be added as well.

Christmas Eve
Anything that can be done Christmas Eve, fire away, whether thats doing the table, preping the veg, making the stuffing balls, - even if its a 30sec job, save that time on the day - will do this an have plenty of time to get the little jobs done that we are sharing out

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Santas Challenge December
If you find theres anything you want to do now then fire away.

List
If you can get a list together for birthdays and Christmas presents, with a budget - done

Sales
Just cards I think this year

Cleaning Challenge
Will be me as usual

One for everyone-
Spending the day together and having a smile and a laugh together.

A massive massive thank you to everyone for all the support with the thread, heres to a successful 2012 thread x

AND, A big thank you to you too! xx