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

lucylou82_2

Dam my son dropped my cuppa on my laptop so using my husbands mobile.i will have to wait till jan now till I can get on and do my surveys looking forward to that and getting crafty I have made a phone case for a birthday in feb already but I've only just had a baby so and a son of two so may not stay this organised lol how are all u ladies I hope u have a fab Christmas x

sparkleychel

evening all

savvy oh no!!!! not what you need just before christmas :eek:

nickybo goodness me girl slow down ! you are about to have a baby! lol

legend glad conner is feeling better did you get a pudding?
i had to go to the shops today as no sausages wrapped in bacon came with the tesco shop

cornish well done defo worth complaining

mum2one glad your feeling better too and wow to lapland lucky miss hoodie

where's elysia today ?

been mad busy today
made christmas tree cupcakes, have one of those mary berry christmas cakes in the oven , made the pastry for tomorrow too
spent a bloody fortune in the next sale ,
and did some surveys on luny

6 or 8 new vids on maxi too

Savvybunny2009

Nevermind, I guess I best change my signature to Christmas 2012 NOT sorted after all, washing machine has needed replacing for a while so I imagine 2012 is going to be an expensive year, After Boxing Day I am going it all guns again so kick up the bum much needed

Hope you found something to do Rufus, did your YD come home tonight? I sometimes feel the same when hubby is out all day, longing for adult conversation, I love my daughter to bits but at two the have a limited vocabularly don't they lol

Oh no Lucylou, hope it's fixable, not having a laptop is like losing a limb well not literally but it is quite an adjustment isn't it) Hope you can get it fixed, we will be helping you along your oney making journey, together with encouragemen WE CAN DO IT! As the lovely Elysia would say

Hope DS feels better soon Legend, poor mite, hope he is well for Christmas

Wow mum2one, Lapland sounds amazing and you both truly deserve an amazing trip away, you only live once lady and good on you. Have a fab time. I'm glad your feeling better hun, please take it easy over Christmas, your health comes first and we want to see you healthy and happy xx

Don't mention Mary Berry Chel, Ours is about 1 cm thick all round burnt through The middle is edible and perfect but the rest is charred beyond repair however... hope yours tastes amazing I heard such good thing about it. We are going to scoop out the middle and have some with brandy cream tomorrow lol. My friend has been going on about the Next sale, has it started instore or just VIP at the moment, and is there a good selection? I keep saying I wil do the 5am run to Next but never do lol. Hope you got all you wanted though

Elysia, ohhhh Elysia? I do hope your ok hun, you are unusually quiet? hoping all is well and your enjoying some time with your family.

Is evryone ready yet or are we still trying to catch our tails?
Chel, Nicky is the nesting phase I reckon bless her, definitely not long now

rufusdog52

Morning all,

Still no Elysia, I hope everything is alright.

My OH has finished his nights thank goodness. Said he will be up about 2 today. YD did come in but brought BF with her and they went up to watch a dvd, chucked him out at 9 and YD got in a right mood, wanted him to stay over lol, as if!! She then turned into her other self - the teenage monster - just hope its just a blip and she will be in a better mood over the weekend.

I was hoping we might get out for a walk up the town this afternoon but OH says he doesnt want to go out now, it doesnt feel at all Christmassy this week being stuck in doors on my own all week. Last week was much more festive with all the plans for when my Son was coming round.

I will be on the look out for any surveys going today and I will keep an eye on here to see if Elysia comes on.

cha97michelle

Morning everyone.

Savvy - what bad timing with your cooker. Not what you need this close to christmas, and lucy and the laptop - nightmare.

Wouldn't worry about Elysia in a bad way. She rated on c last night about 10pm, so she will be ok, just busy, though it does seem strange her not popping in to say hello.

I'm feeling happier today. Less tired when I woke up though didn't get in bed that early. And I had been worried DS1 was ill as he was complaining his head hurt and he was cold all day yesterday, then came in to us feeling warm through the night, but he's perky today.

DH's last day at work today, so it might be my last day of any serious money making. I pushed myself and got 6 reviews on c yesterday. I was working hard as I wrote 4 from scratch. I only have one more pre-written one I can copy across now, so I might be near my limit. Balance was £137.80 this morning. I am so proud of myself for doing it. I might be running out of steam now though. It's been a great promo, and I hope there are more like it in 2012 as it is a good way to guarantee money and motivation isn't it. Now we know what to do over there.

I think i am starting to feel Christmassy.

emmad5689

morning all,

Savvy - sorry bout your cake luckily I am going to family over xmas and a buffet on boxing day so I haven't attempted any baking as it is only me that eats it!!
Lucy - oh no laptop troubles are awful ours is in being fixed at the monent so I have my sisters, i'm worried they mite not fix it, it came with a phone contract and the screen keeps going off I reckon they'll come back and say it has been dropped or something to get out of fixing it.

I spent all day yesterday at the hospital with one of the residents from work was not much fun and I got home late so was not impressed problem is you are not allowed to leave them unless they are admitted and hospitals are very reluctant to admit people from care homes as they might actually need caring for!! We were there from 8.15 to after 3pm and he was offered tea and toat after 11am even though I told them he had not had food or drink since 7pm the night before and then they didn't offer him any dinner, the notes we took in told them he wore incontinence pads yet they didn't bother to check him once.

I have just put a review on c, got another one ready and i'm gonna write one more in a bit and then no more for me til after xmas, I am off next wed and thurs so think I will have a final push then and get the 50p per review at least even though the double rates will have finished by then.

I am ready for xmas now so pleased but will have to bath kids and have a run round with cloth and hoover tomorrow after work as the present opening for the whole family will be happening in my house since I have young children!

Hope you are all doing well xx

sparkleychel

morning girls

2 days to go :j

savvy oh no , wonder what went wrong ,
mine turned out fab , cooked for 4 hours , ah bet it was your dodgy oven that did it
i got a vip for the next sale and ordered £300 worth but lots of doubles so 2 or 3 pairs of jeans to pick 1 etc , didn't think it was as good as last year when i ordered about £800 worth opps lol
did order a kettle, breadbin, and dishes rack that i dont need but want lol
not very mse but i don't care :rotfl:

cha seriously well done :T you have done amazingly esp at this time of the year on top of everything else , i hope there's a nice treat in that money for you

rufus teenagers eh ? can't live with them can't live without lol
i'm dreading my girl turning all teenager on me , she's a big enough diva at 4 god know's what she will be like when she's 14 :eek:
hope you start feeling more christmassy
i'm excited but not really christmassy think its been too warm !

emma thats terrible poor you and poor man

just going to potter today, make mince pies, clean bathrooms , hoover hallway and stairs and hopefully a few surveys along the way

hollieinbloom

Morning all! i've got the most random thing to tell!
I ordered a playstation game on amazon for my partner and i used the £20 amazon voucher i had got from dooyoo.
i got an email 3 days after ordering saying my address was "undeliverable" and they had refunded me the money and the gift card too.
the next day....it turns up!. so i've got the £35 came and my money back! i dont know what to do! wether i should keep the money in my bank incase they realise their mistake and ask to take payment again? has anyone else has this problem before?
looks like i have a free game for the meanwhile! x

elysia2003

Hollie - keep the money in your account as they reclaimed my money when that happened to me. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you though.

Hi Everyone - I'm still here. I wasn't feeling very sociable yesterday (stupid neighbours) so rather than spoil everyone's Christmassy mood, I didn't post.

IT's CHRISTMAS EVE EVE. WHOOPIE. I'm trying to be christmassy even if I don't feel like it much today. I'll be fine tomorrow. Elysia is Sooooo excited, it's lovely.

Right, I still have wrapping to do - I didn't want to be wrapping on Christmas eve like last year, so it's got to be done today.

Savvy - what a nightmare about your oven. The last book I reviewed on Chow was about Christmas and the oven broke in that too. I thought it was an omen for me No Christmassy baking going on in our house, as I'll eat it. I've lost a stone in four weeks, so I don't want to undo all my hardwork now.

Chel - Great news about the VIP. My rubbish slot was at 9pm, so nearly everything I wanted was gone. I did manage to buy some Christmas presents for next year though. LOL. I really wanted curtains but all my sizes had sold out.

Loopylou - sorry to hear about your lappie. We'll see you in the new year with the shiny new thread.

Rufus - Teenagers! They don't get any better at 20. DD1 still has her moments.

Mum2one - ooh I so jealous about Lapland. We'll get there one year. I've only ever wanted to go to three places in the world, Marrakech (done that), Prague (you're beating me to it) and see the Northern Lights. You can see them from there too, so it would be great if you got to see them. My sister is the globetrotter. She is at this moment driving back home from Gatwick, after being in Goa, India for the past three weeks.

Legend - fingers crossed DS feels by for tomorrow. You too Nicky and your DS. Sending get well hugs from Brum.

Michelle - I'm fine. I was rating all day on Ciao. I'm just breaking through the £70 mark, but I haven't written any reviews for a couple of days. I'll see if I can push myself and get through £75 but I'm going to do the rest after Christmas now.

I think I've remembered everyone, but If I haven't please accept my apologies.

OOOH It's nearly Christmas

ETA: Emma. I'm sorry. Well done on being so organised, and great work getting invites so getting out of the cooking. Pity you'll have to do the washing up instead. That's the worst bit. I hope the Man from work is OK. Did they keep him in hospital in the end?

jamtart6

Poor you mum2one! Get well soon :A

I am guessing you might know this but I have just found you can exchange Nectar Points for Amazon vouchers. I used to convert them to Argos but I really do buy everything through Amazon now so this is very useful to know!