Christmas is coming! 2007 - merged thread

Hapless_2

well I have my eldests pressie, a nintendo DS, only she doesn't know yet. With it she has the brain training games. It'a a bit extravagant but then it is her birthday too.

nicki_2

My daughter has said she only wants a DVD for Christmas :eek: She's 6 and has said (and I quote) "I always get games, clothes, books and DVDs, I want something else" :rolleyes::rotfl: Sooooo I guess 1 pressie from "Santa", 1 DVD from us and a shopping trip to the Trafford Centre will be surfice this year :rotfl::rotfl:

sammy_kaye18

Welcome newbies - im going to pull my finger our today and have a total day of jsut finishing off my christmas plans. im going to finalise my gift list too because i want to know come christmas there are only a few people to buy for - im hoping on my side the only people i will have to buy for will be kids - 2 girls (my nieces) the oldest (2 years) will be getting a toy and the other who is due in september will more than likely be getting a few little bits. (rattles). And then i can focus the rest of the shopping on my Ben and OH

MrsTinks

Well I have entered about 200 competitions this morning (made easier with robo thingy that enters your details for you ) So with luck I might get some freebies for christmas (or who knows... maybe a holiday! :rotfl:)

Phatmouse

I read all the post about home made hampers last year and thought about how I would be gutted to get one off someone, as though this house isn't already full of rubbish. Much rather someone just spent the £10 they spent putting it together on a bottle og gin.

It was my birthday on Saturday and i'm preggas so no gin!

OH's mum gave me a bag with a couple of mags, a bar of green and blacks white chocolate, a lovley big mug and satches of flavoured horlick and a nighty.

It was one of the nicest things to receive, so thoughtfull. Mum got me everything the body shop does in white musk and I had a long soak, read my mags, put on my new nighty and had a big cup of horlicks and a huge bar of chocolate. So relaxing.

frugalpam

Oooh - whats the roby thingy? I don't enter many comps cuz it gets so boring having to fill in my details over and over again.

Pam

tine wrote: »

Well I have entered about 200 competitions this morning (made easier with robo thingy that enters your details for you ) So with luck I might get some freebies for christmas (or who knows... maybe a holiday! :rotfl:)

sammy_kaye18

Well peeps. i have had a really good day. I went into town today adn was on my way back a bit disheartened as i couldnt find anything that was goign to help me in my 'must get the hampers sorted soon' quest. Anyway was wandering back past Thorntons and noticed they had a sale table. So went in for a looksie - there were beautiful little gift boxes of chocolates - have about 9 choccies in each in dark,milk and white chocolate. Anyway they were ment ot be about £4 but i got them for £1.25 each and the dates are good until June 2008!!! They were reduced becuase they werent selling so these are going into my two pamper hampers, just need a big fluffy towel now and a few candles and they are done............................................... Then i was wandering past wilkinsons and i went in for an egg timer. Was looking round the cooking section and decided that i could pick up a few bits for my sisters cooking hamper. Anyway half way through i changed my mind and im now doing a baking hamper for her. In total i got cup cake tins (£2.99)

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a wooden spoon (23p)

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sieve (99p)

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2 sandwich tins (89p each so £1.78)

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rolling pin(95p)

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cookie cutters (69p)

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icing set (69p)

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whisk (59p)

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4pc spatula set (79p)

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anyway i brought all this then it suddenly dawned on me 'oh no what if she hasnt got a mixing bowl??' so i went back adn got a big plastic mixing bowl for 99p (which is now becoming the hamper). In total the lot cost me £10.69 so i think i might buy a nice note pad and steal some of the ideas off this site and the organized christmas site and make her her own recipe book.

MrsTinks

frugalpam wrote: »

Oooh - whats the roby thingy? I don't enter many comps cuz it gets so boring having to fill in my details over and over again.

Pam

It's called RoboForm - google it

it's seriously easy to enter lots of competitions when you use it. Insteda of a couple of mins per entry (if you type fast!) it's more like 20 seconds!!!

MrsTinks

Sammy that sounds fab for your sister!

Don't get me started on the thorntons chocolates... they'd never last till christmas here! :drool:

welshgirlmel

Linab15 thats Hawkins site has a shop in cardiff in St davids centre noticed there was a sale on a couple of days ago, thanks for the website link, it a fab shop for gifts for kids

mel