***New*** Thrifty Gifty Money Making for Christmas and all occasions 2011***

emmad5689

evening all, ohs bday today so hes gone for take away n gonna watch a dvd tonight so won't be back on I don't think. Have wrapped two of my hampers and i'm well chuffed with them, one to go n a few cards to write for work - must get xmas stockings out of the loft too but then that's it i'm finished!!

Gine stick another review on c now and then get a couple wrote tomoro I hope!! will be over the £60 by tomoro so well chuffed and still another 7 days for the double ratings although not sure how much I will manage but we will see.

Hope you are all doing ok - cha - glad they've settled a bit for you,
stepmum - poor you you have had it tough glad to see you here though

Skiergirl

Mum2three - so sorry to hear about your DH, mine is still job hunting too and has been told everywhere has stopped recruiting for Christmas, so you're right not to worry yet x

I'd def be interested in a FB group as I'm on there a lot more cos I can read it on my mobile

bunbun - belated happy birthday :bdaycake: Glad you had a nice day and that DH is back at work x

Elysia - could you send me the spreadsheet too please ? I've sent a PM

Lucylou - welcome

Stepmum - sorry to hear about your gran, hope you are a bit less stressed now your parents are home x

Jammy -:santa2: Welcome back

mum2one - well done on your totals for the year :T

Emma - hope you have a good evening

Hi to anyone I've missed :santa2:

Our tree is now up but I still haven't written any cards ! I'm now on antibiotics and steroids for my chest - hope it clears for next w/e !

jamtart6

Elysia - would love the list please! Will send you a DM Which possible bingo site could you be referring to? *hint of sarcasm*

Done pretty well on eBay this year but get to a point where you run out of things to sell and start wondering if the husband would sell well? LOL

Thanks for the suggestions for Amazon vouchers. Think if I get back into a routine of survey sites then it won't be too bad

P.S. - Thanks for the lovely welcome back's! x

claireylulu

Really busy now every day I have something planned it is mental.

Doing well on C got £8 for my PF fund which is good considering how little effort I had put in over November.

Great news about s&s triple points for 2 weeks over xmas. Made quite a bit over the year from them really pleased.

Elysia please could I have the spreadsheet.

Stepmum so sorry to hear about your gran. Things are heading that way with my OH’s gran he used to visit her loads and was really close to her but he is struggling with it now. He won’t talk about it though.

cha97michelle

Evening guys. I am having a couple of glasses of wine tonight and watching strictly final. DH is still at work. Went about 7am this morning so I might as well write off him helping any of the rest of the weekend. I've been knitting my sister's blokes xmas jumper she wanted me to do and it is so fiddly. Looks quite good so far, but I can't see me having enough time to get it all done without sacrificing something.

C has been rubbish for me today. I went to add on one review, then realised they did it for me the other day and it has 5 rates. It did have 0 so at least it will get 50p. I just stuck another one over, so maybe £1.50 tomorrow if I am lucky.

I am going to try and get another hour in now, then call it a night. Hoping the kids wake up in a less hyper mood tomorrow. DS2 is really winding me up again. I think tomorrow he can spend all day on the naughty step if it continues. I think he just wants attention, but its hard finding time to give it him.

I haven't even looked at viva or anything. I'll have to hope DH is not in too much later and not in bed half the day tomorrow so I get chance to do some.

I'm feeling a bit deflated tonight, and wondering why I do keep working so hard. I don't feel appreciated for it.

elysia2003

Awwww Michelle. OH is working hard too. He's been out since 7, so he might be feeling the same way. You both work so hard, you really deserve that day away from the kids you told us about in the week.

Why are you feeling deflated about £1.50? A penny earned is a penny saved, and you can't keep going at the rate you have been, especially looking after the kids full time too.

I wrote a third review earlier, but didn't put it on the site, as no-one was around rating, just a load of newbies writing rubbish reviews, so I'll hold off until tomorrow.

You finish your wine, and go to bed Michelle. Hopefully an earlier night will help you see things in a bit more perspective. You should be proud of yourself instead of wallowing, you smashed your target, OK you've let other things slip, but would you really have made £25 odd in a couple of weeks doing surveys anyway? I don't think so.

cha97michelle

Thanks Elysia.

I'm just overtired I think. The kids have made me cry about 3 x today. Just daft stuff. They have been so silly. It's daft, but Ds 2 keeps pulling his pants down, and then we made pizza dough together and he was headbutting it. Not major things, but when they have been on one for 12 hours almost none stop, it gets to me.

Just wrote a review on DY of a film, and cashed in a £25 amazon voucher today, so not doing that bad, just wishing I'd more time, and perhaps that I said no to knitting the jumper. Then I feel bad as my sister went all the way to leeds to track down presents for my two that were hard to get hold of so want to do it to make her happy. Oh, never mind. I'll get there. I'm sure the kids will calm down at some stage.

I will get to bed soon. Not a lot worth stopping up for. DH doesn't even know when he'll get home, poor thing.

rufusdog52

Morning all

Michelle, my OH works 12 hours shifts all the time so I know how you feel about being on your own and trying to cope. Last Christmas he had to work Christmas day and Boxing day and it was a mare here, YD was home but she got bored and it was so deflating just on our own. By the time he got home from work and we had our Christmas dinner he was ready to go to bed as he had to be back up at 5 for the next morning. I am glad he is off this year but hes working all this week, 12 hours night shifts so I wont hardly see him at all as he sleeps all day, gets up in the afternoon for an hour then hes off to work, gets in the next morning and straight to bed again.

I wrote a new review this morning, very pleased with my self as I was thinking that I would find myself in a cant be bothered mood but I only finished reading it yesterday so wanted to write it up before I forgot the story. My C is over £35 now, brilliant for me and I am very pleased with it.

Legendmum

Morning all! Serious hangover here! My mouth is so dry and I am so tired! Had a great night out last night but had loadsa plans for today, didnt plan on drinking so much! Havent read above posts yet! Will catch up when my eyes stop hurting from the brightness of the screen!

cha97michelle

Morning guys.

Sorry for moaning about DH. I know he is working hard too. I felt awful as he got in about 4am, so out the house 21 hours yesterday. We are both worn out, but we'll be ok. He just got up now, so he only had about 5 hours sleep.

My C went up about £3 this morning again, so not as bad as feared. I need to have a little push there again today and get some more stuff added as we'll only have another couple of days with them adding stuff before they are out the office. I've another 4 or 5 things that way.

One week ladies now till the big day. I wish I were as organised as some of you. I try hard to be, I think I just say yes to too much. I'll keep trying.