Christmas is coming! 2007 - merged thread

stenephe

Hi, really pleased to see that I'm not the only person who has thought about christmas. We came back from our summer holiday on the tuesday (3am) and that evening I'd bought 70% of our christmas and birthday presents for the rest of the year from tesco. As much as I hate giving such a large corporate my money, when it was possible to buy a 'learn to play chess' set for £2.49 instead of £10, (and I had the perfect recipient) then what else could I do... I think Tesco direct still have a sale on at the mo if anyone's interested.

Haven't made anything from the pigsback etc type of sight... still slowly saving my boots points. Sent my parents away on eurostar with tescos for mum's 65th birthday (feb) and will do the same as their christmas presents (have already had the discussions). Other than that, have bought great books for people through bookpeople.co.uk (ferrari book, should be £25, £4.99, great for a fan).

Hope some of this helps. As a mum of two toddlers (2yo & 1yo), shopping in the convential sense for christmas is a complete no-go... Steph.

cazian14

pigpen wrote: »

That's a brilliant idea.. I might have to 'steal that one and do my hubby a '70's' one.. with all those fab films.. grease,!! saturday night fever.. car wash.. etc.. oh yes.. I'm away!!!!!

thundercats! He-man!.... transformers.. wonderwoman..

an 80/90's one.. some music as well.. 'hits if the 80/90's'kind of cheesy stuff lol.. knight rider.. my brother loved that!! (he's 28) .. could you ask his mum what his fave toys were as a sprog just in conversation.. or start a convo with him about YOUR fave toys and ask what his were.. oooh.. A-team.. I'm sure you could get action figures.. I know my brother had the black van! It sounds like such FUN!!!

hiya tesco have an A Team dvd in there sale for £6 i saw it today and though what a great gift it would be for my oh he loves it!

plumduff55

Hi, I was at a shopping outlet village yesterday and two shops there had great bargains for Christmas.

Julian Graves had lots of fruit and nuts half price. They also had really good quality wicker baskets reduced to £2.99. Guessing the size was about 18"x12"x5". I had already bought mines' from a local market.

Also Whittard of Chelsea had reduced everything in their shop to half price. Great for anyone making tea or coffee hampers. I bought some of those little coffee flavouring bottles reduced to 75p and a large bag of crystallised ginger for 99p.

nicki_2

Those who live in/around Liverpool and wondering about the new Primark in Church Street - It's supposed to be opening on the 12 September

Sallys_Savings

jamtart6 wrote: »

Posted this on the mens thread below, should prob go on the hamper thread but decided to make my dearly beloved a vintage hamper for xmas as he is a massive big kid! including games such as frustration and hungry hippos from his childhood, annuals and videos of dangermouse, teenage mutant hero turtles etc and also the old vintage sweets such as black jacks etc as per retro sweety boxes. Also thought I might put in a retro football shirt - an 80's shirt for the team he supports - anyone else got 80/90s kids inspiration??

I did a similar idea for my other half last year and bought items from car boots to fill a box...he loved it!!

Sallys_Savings

pigpen wrote: »

WELLIES!!!! LOL

Umbrellas.. flask.. loo roll.. and a porta-potty.. the ones you get for babies that fold flat and have a kind of nappy sack in them for 'deposits'.. camping stove with extra gas canister for a cuppa.... warm fleece.. rain coats.. train fare home.. pmsl... my sis and bro went last year!!

Theres camping bits and pieces all going cheap at Tescos at the moment...including fleecy blankets, flasks etc.

jamtart6

nicki wrote: »

Those who live in/around Liverpool and wondering about the new Primark in Church Street - It's supposed to be opening on the 12 September

I was indeed wondering about this - did you see the sign by the tunnel this morning? I cant believe i saw the sign this morning and then saw your post ivebeen dying to know when it opens! cant wait! hope its like the glasgow one!!!

Sallys_Savings

Theres a good buy for over 6's and over 10's at Tesco.
They're selling mini chemistry kits buy one get one free, £1.97....so works out to be 99p each.
They look pretty good for pressies

nicki_2

jamtart6 wrote: »

I was indeed wondering about this - did you see the sign by the tunnel this morning? I cant believe i saw the sign this morning and then saw your post ivebeen dying to know when it opens! cant wait! hope its like the glasgow one!!!

I saw one by Lime Street Station and all over the shop itself on Wednesday :rotfl::rotfl: I was starting to think it would never open! :rolleyes::rotfl::rotfl:

cazian14

nicki wrote: »

Those who live in/around Liverpool and wondering about the new Primark in Church Street - It's supposed to be opening on the 12 September

When ours opened in stoke before christmas last year people were queing from 3/4am to get in the first so many people were given either £50 or £100 vouchers to spend in there and they were giving everyone in the que sweets and stuff-i didnt que up but i know alot of my clients did (im a hair stylist) the shop was cleared out that morning!