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Rebel_Hedgehog

ellie9ellie wrote: »

I went in today - and there it was. Free wine or choccies if you order over £60 by 11 November or free Cava or choccies if you spend over £100. Will be placing my order tonight :j

Are you saying the catalogues out already Ellie?

:j

gupalsmurthpadacal

Own_My_Own wrote: »

If you get stuck, you could still do the mugs with organic chocolates.

Oooo good idea! Thanks

katy1987 wrote: »

It's not a hamper, but I got my dad and his wife a set of self sufficiency books from the book people. £13 for 12 books, could get a couple of sets and split so each couple gets 8 books each? (apologies if my maths is all wrong!)
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grow your own, soapmaking, beekeeping.. and they are a nice looking set with RRP of goodness knows what on the back of each one, so it looks like you've spent loads :rotfl:

quite interesting, i thought. hth

Those look brill! how thick are the books out of interest (size as well if you dont mine me asking ), this with a few organic choccies and some sort of gardening bits will solve two of the couple presents!

pinknfluffy28

I have a bit of a dilema, its quite complicated but I would be grateful for some advice. I have two daughters 12 & very nearly 5, and 2 step daughters 15 & 11 (my eldest is from my previous relationship). My dh came back from picking step-d's up last nite & announced their mother has promised eldest her dad would get her a new tv/dvd combi for xmas. She hadnt spoke to him about it first, and although dh is very angry at her, he doesnt want to dissapoint child. However, we have already got ALL their presents! as a rule, the step-daughters get half budget of what the 2 at home get (on account of ours being their second xmas etc). Now a tv/dvd combo is gonna be at least £100, so is it wong of me to now get a few extra bits for the other 3, obviously im talking £20 0r £30 each, not £100! dh says theres no need, but i feel as though they should all be treated the same, if we have to go over budget for 1, we do it for all. The cost isnt really an issue, its more from a moral and fair-parenting point. Sorry to ramble on, and i know it might seem silly, but im getting myself in a right state over this, and dh, being male, just doesnt seem to get it!

katy1987

ahem. they are already wrapped!

have just measured the parcel though! so the books are all 21cmx15cm, and in total they are about 11.5cm thick. so just under 1cm each. but i had a flick through the weaving/spinning one and it had loads of information plus illustrations, did seem good for the price. hope that helps!

katy1987

pinknfluffy28 wrote: »

My dh came back from picking step-d's up last nite & announced their mother has promised eldest her dad would get her a new tv/dvd combi for xmas. She hadnt spoke to him about it first,

:eek:

ack! what a pain. is the mother approachable? maybe she could be asked to explain to eldest that she spoke out of turn? (maybe she could fork out for the tv instead!!)

if your budget allows and you don't mind getting the tv (plus extra to make it fair - i do understand your wanting to do so, btw), then by all means go for it. but if it means getting into debt or struggling financially, just for the sake of xmas, i think it needs addressing. tricky situation.

ooh- or give the girl a contribution and tell her to pick a telly up in the sales :money:

katy1987

sorry for multiple messages - just wanted to say welcome to nic

Crowdpleaser

pinknfluffy28 wrote: »

I have a bit of a dilema, its quite complicated but I would be grateful for some advice. I have two daughters 12 & very nearly 5, and 2 step daughters 15 & 11 (my eldest is from my previous relationship). My dh came back from picking step-d's up last nite & announced their mother has promised eldest her dad would get her a new tv/dvd combi for xmas. She hadnt spoke to him about it first, and although dh is very angry at her, he doesnt want to dissapoint child. However, we have already got ALL their presents! as a rule, the step-daughters get half budget of what the 2 at home get (on account of ours being their second xmas etc). Now a tv/dvd combo is gonna be at least £100, so is it wong of me to now get a few extra bits for the other 3, obviously im talking £20 0r £30 each, not £100! dh says theres no need, but i feel as though they should all be treated the same, if we have to go over budget for 1, we do it for all. The cost isnt really an issue, its more from a moral and fair-parenting point. Sorry to ramble on, and i know it might seem silly, but im getting myself in a right state over this, and dh, being male, just doesnt seem to get it!

Hmm difficult...

Has she a birthday soon? I always hated it as Im a January baby but could you say yes you will contribute but it will have to be both bday and xmas present? xxx

pinknfluffy28

katy1987 wrote: »

:eek:

ack! what a pain. is the mother approachable? maybe she could be asked to explain to eldest that she spoke out of turn? (maybe she could fork out for the tv instead!!)

if your budget allows and you don't mind getting the tv (plus extra to make it fair - i do understand your wanting to do so, btw), then by all means go for it. but if it means getting into debt or struggling financially, just for the sake of xmas, i think it needs addressing. tricky situation.

ooh- or give the girl a contribution and tell her to pick a telly up in the sales :money:

unfortunatly their mother is far from approachable, this is typical "her", and if last years anything to go by she wont even let the kids come over xmas anyways! its tough, i hate arguing with oh over these kind of things as he really does get constant greif from his ex (weve been together 10 yrs, married 5, we kind of hoped she would have chilled out year ago!), but i thing i need to put my foot down on this one. he's usually so tight with money so i might tell hime its fine to get her the tv, but i want an extra £150 to get the other 3 extra too, either that or as u suggested, she gets a contribution. argh why are some people hell-bent on causing misery for others? its the first year my early xmas buying has ever caused issues!

onriebaby

pinknfluffy28 wrote: »

I have a bit of a dilema, its quite complicated but I would be grateful for some advice. I have two daughters 12 & very nearly 5, and 2 step daughters 15 & 11 (my eldest is from my previous relationship). My dh came back from picking step-d's up last nite & announced their mother has promised eldest her dad would get her a new tv/dvd combi for xmas. She hadnt spoke to him about it first, and although dh is very angry at her, he doesnt want to dissapoint child. However, we have already got ALL their presents! as a rule, the step-daughters get half budget of what the 2 at home get (on account of ours being their second xmas etc). Now a tv/dvd combo is gonna be at least £100, so is it wong of me to now get a few extra bits for the other 3, obviously im talking £20 0r £30 each, not £100! dh says theres no need, but i feel as though they should all be treated the same, if we have to go over budget for 1, we do it for all. The cost isnt really an issue, its more from a moral and fair-parenting point. Sorry to ramble on, and i know it might seem silly, but im getting myself in a right state over this, and dh, being male, just doesnt seem to get it!

I totally unerstand what you mean about making it fair. I go by how may pressies each has got rather than total money spent but if me getting something means one child has more than the other child then the other child will get another pressie too. As said above, if you have the money and can do it (get them all something else) then fine, but if you cant and you will be burrowing money etc you shouldnt have to put yourself in that situation and I wouldnt especially as you have been so orgaised to be done already. If the Mum is at all reasonable, I would discuss this with her and let her know as I dont think its right for her to say your oh is going to get it without discussing first. And I also understand what your oh is saying too - after all its not the childs fault the Mum is so inconsiderate. HTH xx

pinknfluffy28

Crowdpleaser wrote: »

Hmm difficult...

Has she a birthday soon? I always hated it as Im a January baby but could you say yes you will contribute but it will have to be both bday and xmas present? xxx

unfortunatly not, for her bday we got her the nikon camara her mother told dh she wanted, only for her to open it and announce her mum had brought her one!