Christmas is coming! 2007 - merged thread

Hapless_2

I am saving my Nectar points in a scheme which doesn't let me use them until Dec 1st. So far I have £50 worth.
I make my own cards and gifts (it's my trade) and anything I need to buy will be bought on the CC and paid off completely in January. Well that's the plan anyhoo.
I make my own mincemeat for pies ( I can add extra brandy that way) and home brew the ale and wine. (got banana wine on the go at the moment)
Although I did buy some posh red wine from a supermarket that was having a half price wine deal, £5.99 instead of £13 and can be laid down for a few years too.

:money:

Minimoneysaver_2

Hi all. I've been lurking around for a while and this is my first post. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread as every year Christmas cripples me.:( Last year i used a credit card for chrsitmas and forgot to stop:eek: So any tips are very welcome!!!!!

So far I have got :
£20 Boots Vouchers
£18.00 M&S Vouchers
£5 - Comet gift card

Fishcake_Random

Hey Everyone,

So far i have;
A well stocked pressie cuboard
All my staple xmas cards written out and ready in the box. i write them in january when i buy them in the sales. (aunts,uncles,cousins etc)
£20 in boots points
£20 on asda card
£4 tesco stamps
collecting all my survey points up for vouchers nearer the time.
6 rolls of wrapping paper reduced

kind regards
fishcake

Hapless_2

Here's a tip, but a couple of rubber stamps and a few stamp pads. Use plain brown wrapping paper and then stamp it with the inked stamps. Instant personalised individual wrapping paper. You can sometimes get rubber stamps for about 99p each from craft shops. Anyone that doesn't appreciate something handmade isn't worth buying for.

benedictadams

Will do with Christmas Cards what i did in 2006, not buy any and donate the money i would have spent to PDSA and Cats Protection.

Not one person minded when i told them that was what i was doing,

and felt so much better

Will have to be better prepared with food this year as i didn't have any luck leaving it til Christmas Eve.

Will aim to get the pudding by the end of the month

Not a fan of turkey so wanna try something different, does frozen duck taste ok?

Hapless_2

benedictadams wrote: »

Not a fan of turkey so wanna try something different, does frozen duck taste ok?

Only if you defrost it and cook it first:rotfl:
I love duck

EagerLearner

save-a-lot wrote: »

Thanks, great idea, I will start to do this and get my wife to do the same. On the same theme, which other major High Street retailers have schemes like this???

Hiya - I know WH Smith do, as do Virgin, HMV, Debenhams etc etc - probably M&S and any store that sells gift cards really as you can choose the amount and then top it up as you need to.

I intend to put around £1 on it each time I go to Boots as that will be painless, but be nice to see when Xmas comes along, even if I don't use it for Xmas and use it for 2008 toiletries or something...

sammy_kaye18

Hi peeps

Just ot add to my christmas box thats lurkign under the bed - ive decided that my mummys gift hamper will be tiger themed.

Today i brought a cuddle 'cuddles' tiger - which is fairly big and soft so i figure ill put that in one of the deeper baskets and then i think i will go about adopting a tiger as her christmas present so i cna have the certificate framed and in the basket too along with the notes etc they've sent her about 'her' tiger as she loves them so much.

I will have to have a look for what else i can find but i want to see if i cna get soem fake/plastic tiger lillies to fill out the basket with round the tiger as these are her favourite flowers too

rosieben

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

... i think i will go about adopting a tiger as her christmas present so i cna have the certificate framed and in the basket too along with the notes etc they've sent her about 'her' tiger as she loves them so much.

what a great idea!

^!£$&

Hey guys figured i would join the festive fun have started shopping too
Got a great buy in primark last week they had loads of disney multi coloured adult socks reduced to 50p each from £2! so grabbed lots of em with dif characters on such a pooh, tigger and eeyore for all the family this xmas
also have a stash of stuff from the boots 75% clearance in jan!
wohoo