❄❄ Let It Snow ❄❄ :: Christmas 2012 Chatter Thread

chickywiggle

i loved the dairy milk miniture red dispenser when i was little. was gonna get one for my oldest last year but could only find them at £6+ which I wasn't paying.

they are these incase anyone has no idea what we're on about.


ETA: £6.97 @Argos.

choccymoose

Rosygirl wrote: »

Thank you Nanamia and everyone for your good wishes. it sounds silly when I don't know anyone personally, but it is really appreciated.

I got some of those chocolate letters to spell out my sons' names for their stockings last year. I remember going into a state of panic when we went back to the garden centre in case they saw the display and rumbled me! :rotfl:

Nanamia, a good Christmas project would be trying to find good lightweight pressies that won't need an extra mortgage to send to Oz in the post! :eek:
One of my best friends lives in Perth and it is always a challenge to find things for her children. Small books and tshirts seem to be favourites with both of us.

Along those lines my sil emigrated 3 years ago and we were meant to emigrate in May last year, I backed out though as my father was taken seriously ill and I was never 100 percent sure I wanted to go. What we did for Christmas last year was searched for the cinema local to them and purchased them the cinema gift card and had it delivered to their door which worked out much cheaper than sorting postage from here. Just an idea that you could look into, they are in Perth too.

Edited to add you can get vouchers for Perth zoo etc too so could get quite a selection of family days together for them xx

chirpychick

Does anyone know, if I was to make wooden plaques what would I use to write on them?

choccymoose

chirpychick wrote: »

Does anyone know, if I was to make wooden plaques what would I use to write on them?

I make wood cookies with the kids at forest school and we use normal felt tips but nice quality ones. I guess if you varnish them you could use permanent markers x hth

choccymoose

Got my copy of Nativity today, this will be kept hidden away as an advent calendar treat, along with making gingerbread house, going on a tour of the Christmas lights, watching the Christmas parade, having a Christmas sleep over with snowman soup etc

Firsttimemum_2

msgigglewick wrote: »

i made one order from there but can't seem to make another with the offer prices



ooo shall be hunting out the bread and popcorn me thinks! ty

Add one item to your basket, then close the page, go back in through your email to the next offer you want and so on. Hth

I've just ordered a cup, pen, t shirt 2 lots of 1st birthday invitations, thank you cards, 25 thank you magnets and a happy birthday banner all for free with less than £10 p&p:money:

chickywiggle

choccymoose wrote: »

Got my copy of Nativity today, this will be kept hidden away as an advent calendar treat, along with making gingerbread house, going on a tour of the Christmas lights, watching the Christmas parade, having a Christmas sleep over with snowman soup etc

eeek thanks for the reminder. i got a message saying mine was in on Friday. Been in today and forgot all about it. must pick up tomorrow.

split_second

chickywiggle wrote: »

i loved the dairy milk miniture red dispenser when i was little. was gonna get one for my oldest last year but could only find them at £6+ which I wasn't paying.

they are these incase anyone has no idea what we're on about.


ETA: £6.97 @Argos.

i remember them and as i remember they were expensive for the time too

cadbury outlets are an interesting place for gifts, i work near one

hamish222

Cant remember who was looking for Moshi things but Morrisons had lots of bits half price today (I am in Scotland)

BBTHREE

Wow, this thread moves so fast, and there's so many things to comment on that my little old brain can't keep up. .

(((Hugs))) to Nanamia. I don't know what to say as I am not in your postion but I was going to suggest if you ever want a natter or someone just to vent to I could meet u in Bents (aka The xmas capital of the North) but can see you had the same idea and have just been . Give me a shout if you fancy it again and we can have an unoffical xmas nutters get together (along with Lunar and anyone else on here that fancies it).

Rosygirl, I am really pleased for you, it must be such a relief. Congratulations Auntie Chickywiggle. Junior_J - You are such a positive and kindhearted person and I bet your family are very proud.

So... This week I went to the Tesco toy sale and sorted my friends little boy, and half sorted my little cousin.

Although I intended to finsh off my moshi monster hamper with stationery, I also found in Tesco the Moshi figure packs for £1.25 from £5.00, so bought 2 of those to finish it off instead.

I also bought 2 things for my DS which was bad of me as he is supposed to be "done" so if you see me post on here that I have bought him anything else (other than Black Ops2) then please feel free to give me a virtual rollicking/slap. :eek:

Oh yeah and hubby has thrown me a complete curveball. Although he is a complete gadget men and I can sometimes guess what he wants by what has just come out etc, in the 20 years we have been together he has never specifically told me what to buy him - Until now!

He wants an Amazon Kindle Fire HD which I believe is £159. But I have already bought him a watch, polo shirt and other bits and he was "done" too. I don't know what to do now.