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

Gleek

Own_My_Own wrote: »

I got my Mums calendar today, so I only need to get my Dads cheese board and I am done. :snow_laug:snow_laug .

Got everything to make the coasters today. I won't say how much I spent, as typing it may make my cry with fear.

I am not going to start them until next weekend. I am waiting on a few bits from Ebay and am going to Lakeside/Ikea on Wednesday. If I wait till then I will have more bits and will be able to make more things.
That way while the glue is dying on the tiles I can make the bookmarks to take my mind off the tiles.:rotfl:

I have been making things all my adult life, but for some reason this is really freaking me out:eek:

Am also going to make a Bah Humbug Advent. The idea came to me in a sleepless moment last night.

I bought a square framed blackboard from the 99p shop. I am going to mask off vertical stripes and paint them white. Then I am going to glue painted mini pegs on the board and number them. Off each peg I will hang a Humbug.

:rotfl:It looks great in my head.:rotfl:

B&Q have a humbug decoration for £2 if you want help decorating the top of it or something to use to hang it up (on 3 for 2 too) http://www.diy.com/nav/christmas/decorations/individual-decorations/individual_decorations/-specificproducttype-other_decorations/B-and-Q-Fuchsia-Humbug-Decoration-12498915

Gleek

Was in the Original Factory Shop yesterday: http://www.theoriginalfactoryshop.co.uk/

Found the cups I'd been after for ages £4 each -



Also got 3 (£2 each) 'Keep Calm It's Only Christmas' reusable shopping bags for my Christmas shopping (well. More Christmas Shopping :rotfl: )

They also had some large a3(ish) sized Christmas cardboard storage boxes with festive things on the front - fantastic for Christmas Eve Hampers.

Unfortunately however, ours had put theirs outside (!) and the snow/rain had wet practically all of them through so I didn't get any. They were £4 each too.

Gleek

kayandy wrote: »

eBay have loads if Xmas notebooks although not very MSE but some are cute!! I just typed christmas notebook and loads came up will try post link later can't ATM as on phone

They also have lots of keep calm its only Xmas stuff which I love.

Heee I do too (sorry for the posts, still catching up :rotfl: )

Boyes have Wallace and Gromit Christmas notebooks if anyone has one near - I think they're like 49p (a6) and 79p (a5)

Examples of the designs are here: http://www.aardstore.com/*/Wallace-And-Gromit-Christmas-Stamp-Range/

Gettingtherequickly

VICSH wrote: »

BUT in the food seciton I got a box of already made gingerbread tree decorations for 75p for 10 so DS and I can decorate them and the gingerbreadhouse making set which was £2 I actually am not sure I got make them cheaper!

Missed them, but did pick up a couple of tins of their ginger biscuits which I like!

Did you enjoy lunch there or did the food in Costco shout louder?

autumngirl

I'm sitting at work having major withdrawal symptoms, not being able to keep my mind focused on Christmas stuff as it has been all weekend.

Had a brief moment of excitement when I visited another dept and saw that they had some Christmas decs up.....until someone pointed out that they've been there all year because they can't be bothered taking them down and putting them back up again! I must admit I have a few decs at home which I can't bear to put away so they stay out all year but only a couple.

Each to their own and all that but I do find it a huge shame when people don't enjoy the Christmas preparation and see it as a chore.

Own_My_Own

:j:j Got my biscuit tin tree in Marks. Well I got 3 actually. One for us, one for the baby, and one for my Grinch Father who doesn't have a tree at all.:rotfl:

I also got in the cheap shop next door to Marks -

10 whisks for my 'We Whisk you a Merry-Kissmas' gifts. £1 each 144 wooden pegs for fridge magnets £1.20 for 36
A silicone mould of 6 gingerbread men for my 'perfect man' gifts £4
And a beautiful silicone Christmas Tree mould for making slabs.£2.50

Not a bad afternoon off really.:D

VICSH

Gettingtherequickly wrote: »

Missed them, but did pick up a couple of tins of their ginger biscuits which I like!

Did you enjoy lunch there or did the food in Costco shout louder?

Ha Ha we got up there too early for lunch but we did have coffee and cake in IKEA which was a good ideas as by the time we got to costco it was RAMMED :-)

The decoration gingerbread wasnt with the rest of the xmas stuff in the shop they were slightly hidden away from the till nearest the hot dogs if you go back

aliaslotte

kayandy wrote: »

I need to start wrapping my presents think as soon as I get some paper && tags ill start as I have a lot of people to buy for then my bf's family to wrap too so I used to spend all day but this year I have nowhere to store them so my families are going to my mums once wrapped so it needs doing ASAP really

Thankyou for tips on matey bubble bath wil look in them shops tomorrow

Superdr*g have Matey Bubble Bath sets - the bubble bath plus a soft toy. They are around £3-£4 I think. I put one through the till at work and thought of this thread.

clayton79

Hello everyone... well apart from an earlier dive into M&S on way home from the doctors im feeling pretty rubbish today. So much for an early flu jab! Oh well im dosed up to the eyeballs with the heating on full blast and im going to try and find a Christmassy movie to watch to try and cheer me up. On a brighter note ive just managed to get my Dad a Belkin Ipad Case from Amazon for 24.95. They are 49.99 everywhere else! x

keelykat

Hello, can someone help please? Where can I buy the plastic/celophane to go over hampers/presents, and also the plastic bags to put sweets and choccies in? Ideally don't want to end up spending loads on them.

Thank you.

keely.