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

gingernutbizkit

3 hours of shopping and I'm really pleased with the results.

My kids are desperate for Ipad - like that will happen :rotfl:. Their friend have them but they can't seem to grasp the fact that due to their learning difficulties for them having an ipad is quite pointless. So, I have been looking at kids tablets and decided that I would love to get them the leapster innotab 2 but at £90 that blew my £75 budget . However I was able to use the Argos 342 deal and basically got one free :D:j:j:money:. So that worked out as £60 with £15 left to buy the games.

I'm going to look on argos online for the rest of their gifts. Most of ours are now done but all my extended family expect us to chose the boys presents, buy them and wrap them so they can take the credit for them on the big day :doh:

Ging x

Vintage_queen_72

kemo_2002 wrote: »

me again :)can anyone give some suggestions on xmas eve hampers, i have 4 to make, 3 neices and dd ( dont need help wiv her tho )

neice 1 - aged 8

12 dogs of xmas DVD - £2
Xmas Socks - £1
Some kind of xmas making set - £1

neice 2 - aged 2 & half

Cebeebies xmas dvd -£2
xmas socks - £1
Some kind of xmas making set - £1

neice 3 - 15 months

Xmas socks £1


I like to keep each one £10 roughly so i cant really put in Pjs, they already have xmas plate & santa stop here signs from last year! poor neice 3 doesnt have much yet!!, i have to try and keep the youngest 2 similar because the older one of the 2 gets jeleous

ideas welcome

Hi there how about a little soft toy like Santa or a snowman for the youngest. Some gold coins or christmas lolly ? A nice Xmas book ? Some bubble bath for their bedtime bath I think you can get Xmas themed ones. Umm some carrots for Rudolph ? Sure u ill get some more suggestions

chirpychick

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Welcome Lemonade_money.
I don't think there a single DH on here that does get it ! :rotfl:

Mine does! LOL he is so used to it now he has even started joining in. He thought nothing of it when I asked him to put a box labelled "Christmas 2013" under the bed 3 weeks ago :rotfl:

Snugglebunny8 wrote: »

we LOVE the smilies!!! !!

especially this one :grouphug: (though that could just be me lol)

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

hi snuggle, not sure if they are on the website yet or not, i had a £50 m&s voucher so i brought

new pjs for me , some make up bags for me, new pjs as xmas present for best friend, box of posh biccies for mums oh, 3 for £6 boxes of choccies 2 for my xmas draw one for best friend, 3 advent calenders (wheres wally, a bear one and percy pig one, and 2 boxes of biscuits for my xmas draw ( 2 for £7)

all for the grand total of £1 from my pocket, cant be bad!!

PERCY PIG ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!! I need that! Seriously....

I ran out of multi quotes so...

noodles86 I have been anaemic and felt rubbish from 9-27 weeks the midwife finally suggested I take Spatone when she realised I hadn't been able to function at all. Unfortunately you have to pay for it yourself which is £6 on Amazon but I took it and by day 2 I felt amazingly better - I now am borderline but continue with the Spatone which your body accepts better than tablets (which would be free) and I have felt so much better ever since. It is so worth the £6.
The midwife also told me to continue taking it for a few weeks after the birth of baby as it will help perk me up then too.
I definitely feel for you, I felt like nobody was understanding me at all because I was exhausted and the first time I said it to the midwife her and her colleague laughed and told me to get used to it, id never feel human again for the next 18 years - i was getting so upset about it. But just a few days of spatone and i felt almost 100% - i may have even had that "bloom" it is rumoured pregnant women get if i had been taking it sooner

Kayandy you should do what feels right for you, don't be pressured into doing anything you aren't ready for.
I got married at 21 and I don't regret it for a second me and my OH had only been together 18 months and if it's possible im even more crazy about the mad fool now 6 years later but I do think I matured a lot between 21 and 25 and if I were to do it again I think I would have waited a few years, so for what it's worth I think you are being very wise.

Kemo_2002
pick and choose for relevant age range

bubble bath
flannel or sponge
hot chocolate (aka snowman soup)
tooth brush
christmas book
slippers
chocolate/popcorn

(idea being have a bubble bath, watch a film with some goodies,
brush their teeth, have a story and go to bed relaxed to give mum and dad some
time and peace to wrap presents)

a snuggle christmas fleece
a new mug for the hot chocolate
a christmas teddy like a reindeer or something
reindeer food (the glittery kind)
reindeer poop

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I went to bed at 12 ish (maybe earlier i don't remember) woke up at 3.30 :eek: couldnt get back to sleep until 8.30 :eek: at 7am I made DH bring me hot chocolate and whilst I was drinking that I was listening to Christmas music - he just laughed and said I must be feeling a bit better if i was jiggling to christmas music
I am feeling a bit better but wish this awful cold would go away!
I have my flu jab tomorrow and lunch out with the inlaws for DH's birthday. We have quite a few fun things planned next week and I don't want to ruin it by being ill (I have had this for a week now!)
Also for those in their 3rd trimester like me there was something on the news about having the whooping cough vaccine because it immunes the baby for 3 months after the birth and there is an outbreak.
I will enquire about mine tomorrow, just thought id share as id not heard about it.

Oh and also I have decided I am going to buy 2 Christmas WW books off amazon (I don't do ww but like the recipes) when I get my next voucher and im going to keep our Christmas as healthy as possible which means no big boxes of chocolate or tins of biscuits.
I will let DH have his Hotel Chocolat and will do this kit kat thing I wanted to do and then use vistaprint to make myself an elves mug and get him to fill it with elves for me and a box of festive friends but that is all!!!
I may make us a Christmas fruit hamper and fill it with fruits we can't normally justify buying.
I am 100% not going to give in to the tins DO YOU HEAR ME LOL!!!! slap with with a mackeral or some other vile fish if i fail

katy1987

doodygirl wrote: »

Aww I'm pregnant too due in march 7th, also had a winter baby last nov :j

lovely! i'm due on the 15th. tis also my birthday on the 6th. and a niece and a nephew both due to arrive in feb (bringing the total nieces/nephews to 5, plus my own 2! :eek:). so i'm trying to get organised for christmas 2013!! aargh.

Vintage_queen_72

Vintage_queen_72 wrote: »

Hi there how about a little soft toy like Santa or a snowman for the youngest. Some gold coins or christmas lolly ? A nice Xmas book ? Some bubble bath for their bedtime bath I think you can get Xmas themed ones. Umm some carrots for Rudolph ? Sure u ill get some more suggestions

Oh I just thought about some colouring books or Xmas activity books with pencils or chunky crayons

his_missus

clare64 wrote: »

Went to Tescos today and bought a tin of Celebrations and Heroes.
My children have lovely fabric advent calanders that have a little pocket for each day, just the right size for putting one of the chocs in.
When I first started doing this about 5 years ago, after filling the calanders, there would be loads of chocs left for Hubby and I, but because they have decreased the weight we do not get so many now:(

Me and DH have fabric advent calendars and I've just bought a tim of heroes from Mr Ts today for them.

*Twinkle* wrote: »

Am i the only one who when logging into this thread always starts humming 'oh the weather outside is frightful' due to the name of the thread?
My OH always glares at me when i sing 'let it snow let it snow let it snooooooow' out loud numerous times a day

I just sing it in my head

noodles86 wrote: »

Some of my foam has arrived for us to make a snowman fridge! Also bought a scarf from poundland which is flimsy enough to be held on my magnets! Right gonna catch up with the rest of the thread now!

A snowman fridge ?!?!?!?!!?!?:eek:

his_missus

Vintage_queen_72 wrote: »

If anyone fancies a early bit of christmas movie time today at 1pm on true movies 1 Once upon a christmas is on and on true movies 2 twice upon a christmas is on :santa2:

I'm sure they are just the made or TV type films but I may make a hot drink and curl up with the cat and watch one and record the other
:snow_grin

NOOOO!!!!!!!!! I'm at work. Still, got all tomorrow afternoon's films to lookforward to

ought my first xmas purchase today at lunchtime - a tin of hereos whilst they were still £4

girlinayellowdress

Well I've managed to empty and clear my big old fashioned bureau which is now going to be designated as my Christmas cupboard and may god help anyone daring to open it. I'm being so organised this year I'm even making myself feel quite annoyingly smug

will-be-debt-free

as a fellow pregnant person - i am due on monday - so filling my time looking at xmas goodies whilst i am "waiting". is my 3rd so know what i am in for, but my youngest started full time school a few weeks back, and dh is off work sick after a hernia operation - and wish i had the house to myself for a bit before baby comes but never mind.

dont know if this helps anyone but i got an email from amazon today about amazon family - gives you 3 months free(have put reminder on phone to cancel before they charge) but they are giving you free amazon prime delivery for 3 months - brilliant for xmas shopping!!!!!

will-be-debt-free

also - groupon have sent me a £5 voucher - if anyone would like it let me know as i wont use it