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

charliemaine1bee

Harrods have free del no min spend at the mo..felt a bit posh on there..lol..doing hampers for the outlaws so ordered some chutneys and jams to go in..and some picallili for hubby as he loves trying new brands.may have to wrap it up for chrimbo :-)

Mrs-hoppy_2

Sugarspun That code would be great if you could PM me

I love your signature with your present rrp savings, made myself a big spreadsheet this week and sorted all my present stock so I could work out the same hehe

jemtom

Westywoodpecker wrote: »

Thank you so much for this. I've not wanted to ask where everyone got their cello from so I didn't look dumb!

I'm doing two hampers for the first time, largely from the inspiration from this thread. One's for my student son (20) & one for my mechanic son (21) Keeping an eye out for things to put into them is keeping me quite entertained really.

Thanks for all the ideas

dont worry you wont look daft, cellophane from hobbycraft/ebay and some people get theirs from florists.

Kezp84

Hello all! My house is smelling very much like christmas as i've just made a second christmas cake to make into mini cakes for gifts. And yesterday i made some chutney for gifts. Its my first year making chutney so i'm hoping it tastes good.
I went out this morning and bought the last 6 selection boxes on the shelf in our local tesco express and planning to go to B & M's in the morning to hopefully get some more photo xmas cards.

I am getting excited now as its only 2 weeks until we visit my brother in london for the Hyde Park winter wonderland and 1 month to go until we visit Center Parks for their winter wonderland. It look so magical from pictures i've seen.

Happy shopping everyone! :)

jemtom

his_missus wrote: »

Congrats pinknfluffy on the job :T

Louise those tree decs look fab, going to try making some for my tree. Hope you do really well at your craft fair.

Nothing much Christmassy to report. Tomorrow, when DH is at footy, Christmas 24 will be on and I'm going to write out my Christmas cards to make sure I've made enough. Also thinking of doing a personalise calendar for Hubby. Does anyone know of any sites that do them fairly cheaply where you can add important dates? Or even a template online I could print my own out though that might use a lot of ink.

vistaprint is good if you can get one for free although postage is high but it depends on how much you get. another one is photobox which is good for prints/gifts ect.

kellyhghs

Vistaprint

I've used vistaprint last few year for calendars etc at christmas and find them great, do have to order early (took pics of dd's next to metrocentre xmas decorations last week to get our december picture in plenty of time) if leave it till last minute postage is huge.

Also receive loads of free offers from them (can get 4 free things per order) i placed an order with them y2day for £20.17 (inc p+p) got 3 calendars, mug, 2 pens, merry christmas stamp, 10 xmas cards and a 20 page photo flip book.
Placed another order today for £5.92 (inc p+p) and got another calendar, notebook, diary and t shirt.
All personalised with pics of kids, gonna be some very happy parents and grand parents come xmas day:snow_laug

ReformedShopaholic

News of a Christmas book coming out on 14th December.(Discovered this on the 'Christmas Present ideas-what do you actually want' thread.)
Written bysomeone off MSE podperson, its an e-book for adults called An Angel for the tree. Its a holiday romance with a magical twist.

justb

justb wrote: »

I got some in Newcastle Eldon Square branch at the beginning of the week, I will have a look later on my way home and let you know if they still have them in.
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Yes guys they still have them in - loads of other Christmas stuff too & I got £1 off my next shop over £10 when I spent £7 :T

but couldn't see any of the bin liners:(
B
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bossymoo

Hi

Thanks to ideas on here I've made my FIL a pint of socks. I also asked one friend yestday if she wanted to not do kids presents as we were saying how much clutter we have, she was in agreement. Have another pal to suggest the same to...
Got the grandparents sorted, although I would like to take a nice pic of the kids to frame for each too. Got my nieces sorted, the kids almost sorted, and I can't think of anyone else I need to buy for. Oh, my old granny. Lol. I'm getting her some crisps to go with a 4-pack of mackiesons stout lol.

Haven't started wrapping yet, but I have paper and tags, so it's just a case of getting on with it. Don't like that bit

will-be-debt-free

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Will do ! . If the one in Ipswich has any when we go .

thank you ever soooo much - i would be very greatful x