Lets get started for Christmas 2011

misskaty

So

Chrsitmas 2010 has gone and now its time to start preparing for 2011, this can be a place where we can share ideas so there is no stess at that special time.

So lets get you ideas in !!

ERICS_MUM

I guess everyone else is too busy stuffing the After Eights down their throats to reply on this thread !

Next year I'll try not to get so stressed & upset about going to see other family members, who appear to struggle to "fit me in". Nobody will come to me or to Mum's, as they all like to have a drink, so I go to them, taking the presents, my Mum and usually some festive food which never gets eaten.

Tbh I would go away for Christmas (yes, solo) but I can't leave my 87 year old mum on her own because I don't "trust" my sister or brother to entertain and look after her properly. That sounds very mean - they wouldn't do it knowingly, just that they leave me to look after her all year so they don't really know what she likes, can do etc.

I know it's my own "fault" that I didn't marry and have children (it just didn't happen, should have tried harder), but I always feel on the periphery of my sister's and brother's lives at Christmas, and would like to be closer.

Anyway it's not the end of the world.

Linda xx

lucylema

happy boxing day

ok for prepare for christmas 2011......

I am going to put £1 per day away and so is my hubby from 01 jan to 30 november. we have also said that we are going to go out for dinner so that savings should cover it and then some!

I am going to try and have a car boot christmas next year and will hopefully make some goodies

mary-op

I'm going to collect all the ''unwanted gifts'' and put them in a box, bit by bit sort them out, wrap them and hopefully be all done by August !
Try and arrange to spend Christmas just me and OH...............less pressure all round.

chickywiggle

hello. i'll put a linky on the old thread to pull this years peoples over.

System

ive just been on boots/superdrug site and ordered a load of reduced price gifts for teachers/dd s friends for xmas 2011. i will just put them in a box untill later this year when she can sort out who gets what .

CallaLily

I've bought all the presents for neice's & nephew's in the online sales just waiting for them to be delivered and I've set up a savings account to take monthly direct debit from my main account .

Now if only I could be this organised with the rest of my life I'd be on to something :rotfl:.

mrsgreentoad

one word no

ixia

I am going to save a monthly amount too and try to be better organised next year.

sarahpowell

Afternoon all

I am in, I did a few handmade gifts this year that went down extremely well so I am hoping to continue that through for next year. I have decided to do the same as lucylema and put away £2 a day (just me) this will hopefully spread my Christmas payments over the year. :-) overall I would like to have as many presents as possible ready for 1st Nov as this year I was still MAKING presents on Xmas eve! Aaaararrggghhh

Sarah

ocemeer

This year plan to make all the christmas cards, and hopefully have time to make the chirstmas pud and cake. (thoguh will be interesting as next year xmas is in Spain!!!).
Would like to make more of the xmas presents this year - just be more organised full stop would be good.