How are we all doing?

Raspberry_Swirl

we put the tree and decorations up on saturday and i made some mince pies too.
wrote out my cards yesterday and posted them today. will gradually hand deliver the other cards during this week.

will be wrapping all presents up this weekend and possibly make some more mince pies too!

iwanttosave_2

Put up the tree and decorations last night, I am now just trying to write a list of the cards I need to send.

I never wrap my pressies until a few days before because they always end up ripped or creased :rolleyes: Need to organise transport to and from my grandmas house.

I only have 2 people left to buy for, my son is getting a bike, and god knows what for OH, I got him a game for the xbox that was going very cheap, but other than that, I am not sure :undecided:

PercyPig

Alison_B wrote:

I am stressing terribly. I am always so organised but for some reason this year, I just cannot think what to get my sister and her family. Trouble with this year is that after christmas last year, I looked at what she was selling on Ebay and found some of the gifts that I had given to them. I suppose it serves me right for being nosey but obviously they didn't like what I bought them.

She has bought making things for my family but won't give me a clue to hers. I need help. My brain has just stopped working.

I think you are a wonderful person Alison to think of buying them anything. If anyone did that to me I don't think I would be as generous as you are. I know Ebay is great in some ways but in other ways I think its a terrible thing. I have a relative who has turned into an Ebay addict and has sold everything ever given to him - makes you think why bother getting him anything, might as well put it straight on to Ebay for him :mad: If you must get them something, I like the suggestion of a charity gift.

piglet6

Alison_B wrote:

I am stressing terribly. I am always so organised but for some reason this year, I just cannot think what to get my sister and her family. Trouble with this year is that after christmas last year, I looked at what she was selling on Ebay and found some of the gifts that I had given to them. I suppose it serves me right for being nosey but obviously they didn't like what I bought them.

She has bought making things for my family but won't give me a clue to hers. I need help. My brain has just stopped working.

Hi Alison

My first reaction to your post was exactly the same as PercyPig's above, but having thought about it a bit more, it might not be that your sister didn't like her gifts. Do you know whether she is in debt, and perhaps just needed the "cash" for something else (maybe clearing a credit card payment after Christmas...?!) because that might have been a reason to sell - not a very tactful one, admittedly, but she probably thought you would never find out.

The only reason I suggest this is that a few years ago, when things were extremely tight money-wise for us, we "recycled" some of our pressies that we had received early to other people, because we could not afford to buy things.:o For example, my boss bought me some lovely perfume, and I would have loved to have kept it, but I ended up giving it to a friend (who also loved it!) which saved me from having to buy her something. It wasn't that I was ungrateful or didn't like the choice of gift - just that at that time, I was better for me economically to "re-distribute" the gifts around friends/family (obviously taking care to not give anything to anyone who knew the original giver, if you see what I mean...:rolleyes:).

However, if I had been in the situation of having to put presents on a cc, and face a large bill in January, and needing to find cash - and if I thought that nobody would find out, I might have been tempted to try and convert some of my presents which I could live without (please note the use of "could" rather than "would like to";)) into cash...

Not trying to excuse her behaviour, but trying to see it from another angle...

Piglet

jenk_3

Well all my shopping except two secret santa gifts is done although i havent wrapped a single thing up as yet. I wrote my cards last night, just need to get christmas stamps for them and post them oh and i need to put my decks up.

Food wise, we're going to get a few things tonight, you know the stuff that will keep. My turkey and ham is ordered, i just need to collect it on Christmas eve and get the fresh things.

Thanks to this forum Im really feeling festive now! Ive been off work ill with something not very pleasent for two weeks, christmas was the last thing on my mind but now im ready to get festive!!! Thank you all :T

Jenk

Rachie_B

:j :j :j getting very excited now :rotfl:

am almost done on the pressie front ,but seem to manage to "find" more things every time i go to the shops :rotfl:

did get a lovely "latte set for 2 " earlier £8 down to £4 ,its huge !!! and will be for my SIL & her OH to go with their main pressie

ive made hot choc sets myself quite cheaply , but wouldnt have been able to do this for £4 or less so was well chuffed

havent even thought about food shopping yet really :eek:

my eldest son is having a pre xmas sleepover on saturday ( 4 extra 10 yr olds :eek: ) so once thats over i will concentrate on the last bits,food ,wrapping pressies etc

i have also decided my tree "needs" a skirt :rotfl: and cant find one i like :rolleyes:

newcook

Rachie_B wrote:

:j :j :j getting very excited now :rotfl:

am almost done on the pressie front ,but seem to manage to "find" more things every time i go to the shops :rotfl:

did get a lovely "latte set for 2 " earlier £8 down to £4 ,its huge !!! and will be for my SIL & her OH to go with their main pressie

ive made hot choc sets myself quite cheaply , but wouldnt have been able to do this for £4 or less so was well chuffed

havent even thought about food shopping yet really :eek:

my eldest son is having a pre xmas sleepover on saturday ( 4 extra 10 yr olds :eek: ) so once thats over i will concentrate on the last bits,food ,wrapping pressies etc

i have also decided my tree "needs" a skirt :rotfl: and cant find one i like :rolleyes:

hate to be nosey but where did you get the latte set?!

Rachie_B

It was the local co op pharmacy of all places ! lol
they had loadsa lovely things reduced that i couldnt resist lol

newcook

ooh! will have to see if they have done teh same at my local co-op!!!

Queen.Bess

I'm pretty much sorted thank goodness! All christmas cards have been sent, 2/3 of presents have been wrapped, but DH and I should get them finished tonight. The only panic is that 3 presents we've ordered online haven't arrived yet, so am worrying slightly that they won't have anything to open on Christmas Day! But nevermind!

Only big thing left to do is to tidy and clean the house, which I want to do before next week as that's when unannounced visitors may arrive!