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

littlemoon_3

sorry its a girl. would like to spend up to £25.

and up to £70 on sil and bil.

i love christmas a prepare for it all year, my family think am mental! they wont talk about it until december, so glad i found you all to talk to. :j

Vintage_queen_72

littlemoon wrote: »

sorry its a girl. would like to spend up to £25.

and up to £70 on sil and bil.

i love christmas a prepare for it all year, my family think am mental! they wont talk about it until december, so glad i found you all to talk to. :j

Welcome to the site littlemoon I love having like minded people to chat to as well as you say so many people won't talk about it yet Its only 8 weeks !!! :T. They will be the ones moaning about the cost and things being out of stock whilst running around like headless chickens ! We will be the smug ones curled up inside watching christmas TV and spending time with the family and friends
I was worried about buying DVDs they already have to when doing my brothers and sil but maybe you could also get a cinema voucher which still ties in with the theme

Vintage_queen_72

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Vintage queen 72. The best things in life, come to those who wait.
(Even if it's not by choice:D)

I love lists. Even though I have a christmas list app, I still love the feeling of actually writing it, and seeing it down on paper. (Am I showing my age now :eek:).

Very true I also have the app but like you love seeing it all written down and eventually crossed or ticked off :T. My children do not try and have a sneaky look at my lists but my OH does !! So his list is on the app only. His face was a picture when he tried to have a look on the app the other night and saw it was password protected

bunbun2

vintage queen sorry you have to wait for your pay. I agree I don't think people who are well off think that you might be desperate for the money. at least you have more time to plan!

own my own your choc slabs are great. I have made them before but not as detailed so may have another go. It was quite a while ago and I can't remember how they turned out. Do you find that they are OK once taken out of the fridge? I have also made choc hearts and Christmas shapes but found they melted when they were taken out of the fridge so haven't made any for presents:(

littlemschatabox

vintage queen I'm so cross for you, I feel like they are out to get us! We just want to shopppppp! Enjoy your roast, will be doing the same later!

own my own for these chocolate slabs do you think a silicone mould would work best for popping it out? Saw some in the pound shop so might grab one and give it ago!

Hello littlemoon welcome to the nut house (we are sane I promise)

islandgirl8

katy1987 wrote: »

i haven't read back so apologies if these are old news - but £1.99 christmas pinnies! aaargh i want them all!

http://www.hm.com/gb/subdepartment/HOME?Nr=90001

Thank you! I have just ordered 2 (max per customer). They are great!:)

Own_My_Own

bunbun2 wrote: »

vintage queen sorry you have to wait for your pay. I agree I don't think people who are well off think that you might be desperate for the money. at least you have more time to plan!

own my own your choc slabs are great. I have made them before but not as detailed so may have another go. It was quite a while ago and I can't remember how they turned out. Do you find that they are OK once taken out of the fridge? I have also made choc hearts and Christmas shapes but found they melted when they were taken out of the fridge so haven't made any for presents:(

I just store mine as I would any chocolate. In a dry cool place. They should be fine out of the fridge.

Own_My_Own

littlemschatabox wrote: »

own my own for these chocolate slabs do you think a silicone mould would work best for popping it out? Saw some in the pound shop so might grab one and give it ago!

I always use silicone moulds. I got both of my slab moulds in the 99p store. Look out for silicone ice cube trays, for making small chocolates. They seem to be cheaper than chocolate moulds, even though they are the same thing.:D

sugaJen

Own_My_Own wrote: »

What about a pamper hamper ?

I would assume they use the same toiletries.

springdreams wrote: »

Or a movie hamper with a cinema voucher or Lovefilm voucher?

Im thinking of a mixture of the 2 ideas, Im going for the cinema voucher as I have no idea of the kinds of films they like. Also I think Luke will enjoy making them a choc slab each. I think they would appreciate home made stuff.

KMR1984

For those doing movie hampers, I have a LoveFilm subscription and each Christmas they send me free vouchers for a 3mth subscription to give to friends and family, if you're a subscriber too this may be something to look out for? If you're not, maybe you could purchase a gift subscription? Though I'm not sure how much they are to actually buy.