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

Savvybunny2009

Sorry to hear about your daughters friends, it's not good is it. It's a shame that their age group is targeted alot for these crimes.

Have tried every option on that luna survey and not a single one gets you onto the panel so it must be from an old survey which is full up. Thanks for posting the link though.

My daughter loves tutu's but they cost so much for very generic ones, wish I knew how to make them. I bet they will all love them very much.

Managed four or five surveys on viva and £1.15 away from payout. It would be paid end of December now but very happy to almost be at payout again with this one. It's a shame they chaged it, not getting the £60-£70 a month like I did before

Also had £45 of vouchers arrive this morning too. I need to go through the vouchers I have left and put them in a safe place together (as I keep moving them all around) not many presents left to get and lots of lovely vouchers to spend. We have £100 mothercare/ELC put away for dd's birthday to pay for a lovely kitchen, only 10 months early being orgainsed for that one lol.

I need to check how much I have for the boots sale too, thinking it's going to be over £100 though. Might have to circle all the things I will have on my watch list in the catalogue later

Have lots of lovely craft stuff arriving early nect week too so will have to see what festive things I can come up with that lot, and perhaps do something with my neglected blog xx

elysia2003

Did you place an order with RUCrafts yesterday Savvy? Mine was dispatched an hour later. Brilliant service. Might have to use them again.

Karonher

rufus - hope everyone is OK - with CCTV tey may b eable to pick the person up even if the event was not captured.

I am so envious of everyone who is arty and able to make things. I can knit a bit but that is about all. I would love to be able to make presents as it makes them so much more personal.

I have had a few surveys this week but wont redeem many before the end of the month. I get loads of e mails from Viva and SN but when I try them they say nothing available.:(

I will have to start making a list as we are just buying things and putting them in the boxes without keeping track.

Not sure if I mentioned CPW offering free gifts and vouchers for contracts as low as £10.50 month.

Skiergirl

Hello :wave:

I've just caught up with 11 pages of posts and now can't remember what I've read except Rufus, I hope your daughters friend is okay x

I've done hardly any money making this week except for some mystery shops. I saw someone saying they had been to m/cr to do some - keep away this is my patch :rotfl::rotfl:

DH has gone to his mums for a few days, I haven't gone as this seems to be the time dad is ill in his chemo cycle, so I've stayed here in case he needs me. So glass of wine and the x factor for me tonight as dh hates it and I can't watch it if hes here

Hope you're all having a good money making w/e

Karonher

I've done hardly any money making this week except for some mystery shops. I saw someone saying they had been to m/cr to do some - keep away this is my patch :rotfl::rotfl:

Oops - that was me - sorry. I did apply for Liverpool but you can only do the showrooms every 6 months and I had done the local ones so they askd me to do m/c instead. Are you on B*re Int and retail eyes. They both seem to have a lot in Manchester.

hope your dad is OK

rufusdog52

Thanks for all the best wishes. YD is fine, the boy has a couple of nasty black eyes. I hope his parents managed to get him to change his mind about reporting it.

Elysia, no probs about the post office lol, thanks for what you are doing, will be a good swap xx

Well done everyone, lots of vouchers turning up.

Gill, about Maxi, if you are going to watch a video again you need to come off the page with the video on after watching it and then get the video back again for it to register again with the points. If you watch it then mark your rating and confirm then click on the button underneath saying previous, let that page open and then click on the next button and it will reload the video again and you can watch it again and get some more points. You can watch it three times in all like Elysia said although sometimes they only let you watch one once. If you are watching the video and then just playing it again and again then you will only get the first lot of points.

I have been out all day, went to look for a new sofa, we had seen some lovely ones on the dfs web site but when we go to the shop they were really uncomfortable to sit on so gave up. We did a detour to Dunelm Mill as I needed some fabric supplies and while in there OH suggested I recover our sofa that we already have. It is quite comfortable but looks a bit tatty. I said to him I would love to cover it (this will be the third time I have done it, getting better at it each time) and he would have some money left over and would be able to afford to buy me a new laptop lol.

I need to measure up now tomorrow and see how much it will cost to do, we saw some nice fabric in Dunelm Mill to use.

Hope you all have a nice evening xx

elysia2003

Rufus - that's a brilliant idea, and you get a new laptop too. Fabulous. Thanks for explaining about Maxi, I'd neglected to put that bit. Oops.

Skiergirl - You're still money making, doing the m/sh*ps. You're doing well keeping at it, at such a difficult time. How's OH?

Karonher - We are all talented in different ways. Perhaps you just haven't found your talent yet. My trouble is I can do lots, but I'm not much good at either - I don't care, I'm having fun. LOL

OH and the kids are at the firework display - I decided to stay and look after the dog. He's not really too bothered but last night our neighbour let of one firework (with 600 mini fireworks inside) and he (the dog) wasn't too happy. I don't think the neighbour was too happy either - it sounded pretty impressive, and at £140 it should have - the problem was, it lasted a whole one minute. Some people have money to burn.

rufusdog52

I forgot to add earlier that I updated my blog with some pics of my new jacket and bag I made from my first piece of Chinese fabric. I am really pleased with it and I might even be able to afford to buy myself the top to go under it in the week as I have heard they are having a bonus day or whatever they call in in Bon Marche this week with 30% off instore.

elysia2003

I'll go and have a look now Rufus.

I just wanted to say - I've had a message off Michelle. She's having a few personal problems at the moment and so won't around for a bit. If any would like to contact her - you can still send a pm, it's just that she won't be able to spend much time here on the forum. She's promised to log in and keep up with how we are doing.

I really hope things settle down soon for you hun, and you can join in as soon as you can. We'll miss you x :grouphug: Sending you (dodgy) hugs. x

elysia2003

Rufus - thanks for the codes for ArtsC*w you posted earlier. I bought a pencil case for DD1, a photo cushion cover for my aunt, and a photo watch keyring for my cousin who had a baby this week. I hope they arrive in time now.