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

moneysavingmumofone

Just looked online at the IKEA deal, it says:
Pick up a real tree from just £25 and take home a £20 gift voucher
Deck your hall with a gorgeous, sustainable spruce and see how money does grow on Christmas trees.
On 1st and 8th December we will have Christmas trees for sale at IKEA Wembley. Pick up a real tree for just £25 and take home a £20 coupon to spend after the holidays.
We will also provide a tree recycling service for your tree from 6th to 13th January, so you don’t have to worry about what to do when the needles dry out. A FREE Christmas tree for the first 200 IKEA FAMILY members through the door on Saturday 1st December 2012. :j
One tree per household. Terms and conditions apply. While stocks last. Height and width of trees can vary.

Sounds great as long as theres not silly terms and conditions. I noticed they have a free creche?!! Do all Ikeas have that?!

moneysavingmumofone

My friends husband loves spicy things so would this look silly/rubbish? A bar of Lindt chilli chocolate, chilli pepper shaped fridge magnet pen and microwave chilli popcorn wrapped in a cellophane bag with an appropriate tag? Like a mini hamper I suppose. (we only exchange small gifts and it needs to be postable)

BloomingTasty

Had a fairly good day today. Went to Chelmsford on the hunt for new socks to make DS a new monkey. He lost his at the weekend.

Whilst there i went to poundland, pound world and the £1 shop! A few bargins but my favorite has to be magnets which turned my fridge into a snowman :snow_laug

Then for good measure popped to home bargins. Hubby working tomorrow nite so gonna have a good sort out while i taste test mulled wine and mince pies in the name of research for our schools xmas bazaar. The things i do for that school:santa2:

will-be-debt-free

tin_can wrote: »

yes they do reply to your letter my foster sister is 39 still write to father christmas she got speical needs

just a quick note for the person asking about the santa royal mail address - every year the nspcc do really nice letters from santa for a donation, this is the link

http://christmas.nspcc.org.uk/santa?utm_source=121031-ig-em917-lfs-pp-e-c&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button-lfs-body&utm_campaign=ig-wm&ac=135173

i do them for my children every year, and they are lovely x

kraftykat

boiler_man wrote: »

For those making hampers, Lidl are selling their clear and patterned cellophane film for 99p from next Thursday (plain 10m and patterned 5m). Time to stock up :j

OOhh, I must look out for this :T

Hanley25

Congratulations Pinknfluffy. :T

Aliaslotte - Just watched Holiday in Handcuffs on you tube. I loved it! Can't believe I'd never heard of it before tonight. Thank you.

moneysavingmumofone

will-be-debt-free wrote: »

just a quick note for the person asking about the santa royal mail address - every year the nspcc do really nice letters from santa for a donation, this is the link

http://christmas.nspcc.org.uk/santa?utm_source=121031-ig-em917-lfs-pp-e-c&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button-lfs-body&utm_campaign=ig-wm&ac=135173

i do them for my children every year, and they are lovely x

I second this, done it last year for DS.

mandco

pinknfluffy congrats on the new job

was browsing the johnlewis xmas mag and found this http://www.johnlewis.com/231666813/Product.aspx?SearchTerm=78401305 prob not worth the £15 price tag but a novel change from the usual gingerbread
they also have a few gifts that inc donations to various charities starting at £5 for xmas themed mugs in tins

the nspcc santa letters are great and while not free its money for a great cause esp at xmas

will-be-debt-free

also, just wanted to share my primark finds today whilst chrisstmas shopping

lexie is going to be very christmassy in this dress



and i got these socks for myself

*Louise*

Some great stuff being posted, everyone is so busy!:j Loving all the shopping reports

I bagged my tree decs today and made bags of snowman and reindeer poop