Christmas is coming! 2007 - merged thread

sammy_kaye18

Hey MelWhere in Wales are you?? Cardiff????

postingalwaysposting

right i am having seriours problems with my brother :wall: i am hopiung to get my gift list sorted by the end of august so i can get on and buy it... but my brother grrr... the only thing i can think to get him is his annual present ~ a wallet :rolleyes: but i was thinking of buying him some type of storage caddy for the bathroom (that can be hung quite high) and fill it with shower gel etc? saves him pinching mine but at a pricing range of £50~£100 unless its made of gold i have to do some quick thinking... unless i play it safe with vouchers :rotfl:

MrsTinks

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

but at a pricing range of £50~£100 unless its made of gold i have to do some quick thinking... unless i play it safe with vouchers :rotfl:

So you want to spend £50-£100?
Well get a really nice hanging thingy (not sure where...) and fill with bogof but brand names - so lynx bath stuff, maybe calvin klein aftershave and an eu de toilette? I'd see what you can get from Boots with vouchers (pigsback ofcourse!) and maybe for a giggle get him a water proof single use camera... well boys will be boys right? :rolleyes:

frugalpam

Wonderful :T I've just downloaded it - can see I'm going to go competition crazy from now on

Pam

tine wrote: »

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!!!

djdymond

wel im proud to say this gone weekend i bought 2 xmas pressies! they are perfume/lotion boxes you get in boots etc, i got mine in superdrug, both reduced to 15 quid each instead of 26!!

sammy_kaye18

Woohoo - im having a good day - went out today jsut o pick up a few bits form town and saw in wilkinsons a projector set (kids drawing thingy) from £9.99 down to £4.99 so i picked that up for DSS (aged 6) and also got him some power rangers trump cards then decided Ben should get £10 too so i brought him a dinosaur that roars when you push a button - he loved it so i have finally made a start on the boys

somethingaboutshopping

Phatmouse wrote: »

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.

So can we assume you are converted? Sounds like a lot of thought went into your gifts!

xxx

postingalwaysposting

tine wrote: »

So you want to spend £50-£100?
Well get a really nice hanging thingy (not sure where...) and fill with bogof but brand names - so lynx bath stuff, maybe calvin klein aftershave and an eu de toilette? I'd see what you can get from Boots with vouchers (pigsback ofcourse!) and maybe for a giggle get him a water proof single use camera... well boys will be boys right? :rolleyes:

thanks tine, i will definatly do that, but a scaled down version as he has now informed me he wants Knight Rider: Ultimate Collection simple and i can get a lot of cashback too :beer:

MrsTinks

LOL well just get him his own scrunchie thingy and check Boots (with your pigsback vouchers) and I bet you can get some set or other for him for very little money As well as Knight Rider.... How concerning the kid looks up to the Hoff... but bless, he's young yet

fruityslh

Glad to see kindred spirits out there, my Christmas shopping is almost complete (just my DH to buy for and I do leave that to Xmas time)

Cards and Wrap bought in January Sales, and then most of my other presents have been bought in the summer Debenhams / M&S / Disneystore and Next Sales.

A big thankyou to whoever mentioned the 5 Xmas movies for a fiver on play.com, I'm doing a movie box for my friends 3 little ones so this is a great idea for them, different from anything else they will get (they get so much anyway, I always try and do something different, they got baubles with their names on last year).

I keep a spreadsheet of all my purchases (Mainly so I know who has got what), I buy for 17 people (excl DH, but incl of all his family) and have spent £210.66, I do try to spend a £10 per person, but sometimes I just get so tempted particularly for my niece and 3 nephews. Had I paid full price for these items I would have spent £427.92, so a massive saving.

My friends and family mock me for being so organised, but with that kind of saving I take it on the chin.

My other reason for buying so early is that we live so far away from our respective families, if I have bought everything by August, I can start distributing from September onwards on visits, which saves the mad dash at Xmas to ensure everyone has their presents (and great expense - we are in the Midlands, family stretches from Kent to Scotland). I can also buy whatever I want without being restricted in size, due to excessive postal charges.

Been doing this about 5 years now since getting married and familes expanding with nieces, nephews, godchildren etc.