*The Holly and the Ivy* and the You Know What 2013 Chatter Thread.

princesskitty29

Thanks for your advice on the toiletries FiestyFidget.

Opee congratulations on your engagement, that's wonderful news! Moving house can be really stressful and I can't even imagine what it's like when you're about to give birth - but just remember that everything will come together in the end. And even if you don't manage to get as much done as you'd like before the baby is born i'm sure you'll make the best of it. Good luck with it all, I hope it goes well. x

pinksteps - really glad to hear everything went well with your son!

moneysavingmumofone - congrats on becoming Godmother to your nephew! It's lovely isn't it? I was asked to be Godmother to my friends little boy a couple of years ago and I was really honoured, it's lovely someone thinks that much of you. Although I keep having this bad tendancy to call him my Grandson!!:o

msgigglewick

The bear i mentioned last night actually has just come! and i passed it to libbie who burst out crying saying 'he's back! bear is back, bears been in the snow, i got bear back!' bless her. its moments like that, that make being a mum all totally worth it.

My baylis and harding goodies have come too, for some reason i imagined them all to be the mini sets but nope! two of them are full sized and the 6 pack of the mini sets.. Very impressed, think i'll keep the xmassy one to myself though lol well worth the £8.20 for the lot, wish i ordered more of the xmassy one now lol oh well will know next time.

jakesbakescakes

msgigglewick wrote: »

The bear i mentioned last night actually has just come! and i passed it to libbie who burst out crying saying 'he's back! bear is back, bears been in the snow, i got bear back!' bless her. its moments like that, that make being a mum all totally worth it.

My baylis and harding goodies have come too, for some reason i imagined them all to be the mini sets but nope! two of them are full sized and the 6 pack of the mini sets.. Very impressed, think i'll keep the xmassy one to myself though lol well worth the £8.20 for the lot, wish i ordered more of the xmassy one now lol oh well will know next time.

Awww what a cutie:D so glad she was happy to accept the new replacement. For future reference you could try
Toys Reunited...... where you can post info about lost/found toys/locations etc..... I have a feeling it might be run by mums.net. HTH x

mrs-moneypenny

glad your DD is happy to have bear 'back'

my DD whos now 23 lost a teddy when she was a child and still goes on about it now.
she swears that the famlily member we used to rent a holiday chalet off used to kidnap peoples toys and thats why we were told it wasnt for let anymore the christmas after 'beddy bear' went missing. it even had a label sewn on it with DDs name and our phone number as it went to hospital with her. i look at cuddlies at carboots hoping oone day ill see another one

msgigglewick

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

glad your DD is happy to have bear 'back'

my DD whos now 23 lost a teddy when she was a child and still goes on about it now.
she swears that the famlily member we used to rent a holiday chalet off used to kidnap peoples toys and thats why we were told it wasnt for let anymore the christmas after 'beddy bear' went missing. it even had a label sewn on it with DDs name and our phone number as it went to hospital with her. i look at cuddlies at carboots hoping oone day ill see another one

awww so sad... all my teddies and little toys vanished one day when i was out playing, my father decided when i was 10 i was too old for toys and gutted my bedroom without even mentioning it to me so know how she feels.. silly things huh.

FeistyFidget

I have an original 50s chest of drawers that I have just liberated from my nan. The two bottom drawers are very deep and now over-flowing with gifts! I was going to buy another cabinet for them, but resent spending the money when we're supposed to be saving. I may keep an eye on gumtree, managed to buy a fab ikea table for £15 last october, and a school tray storage cabinet on wheels for £20, bargains!

Snugglebunny8

quick heads up on a brilliant Yankee Candle offer :j yankeecandle.co.uk go to 'sale' tab, 50% off Christmas candles, the boxes of 12 tealights are £3.38 instead of 6.75, and the 3.7oz (25-40 hours) jars are £4.20 reduced from 8.39, they have Winter Wonderland, Christmas Cupcake, Christmas Eve etc - if your order is less than £10 the p+p is £1.95

for anyone who wasnt sure, would recommend trying them at that price, never seen them so low! my Debenhams has some 50% off some but not the Christmas ones (Debenhams offer not online) Ive stocked up on Winter Wonderland which is amazing, smells just like Christmas to me

Own_My_Own

Snugglebunny8 wrote: »

quick heads up on a brilliant Yankee Candle offer :j yankeecandle.co.uk go to 'sale' tab, 50% off Christmas candles, the boxes of 12 tealights are £3.38 instead of 6.75, and the 3.7oz (25-40 hours) jars are £4.20 reduced from 8.39, they have Winter Wonderland, Christmas Cupcake, Christmas Eve etc - if your order is less than £10 the p+p is £1.95

for anyone who wasnt sure, would recommend trying them at that price, never seen them so low! my Debenhams has some 50% off some but not the Christmas ones (Debenhams offer not online) Ive stocked up on Winter Wonderland which is amazing, smells just like Christmas to me

Here you go

http://www.yankeecandle.co.uk/en/uk/shop/sale/icat/sale2/

msgigglewick

oh im sooo tempted! only found yankeecandles last year and got two of the winterwonderland votive ones in clintons to try out, wish i had got more and some of the cinnamon ones and maybe the jars when they were 75% off now.. they are now 25% off in there now but had people putting in new windows so couldn't go in on tuesday lol..... must be good, £10 on candles is not a necessity.

nic2075

Aww Mrs G, that is so sweet, glad you could find a replacement.

Ive spent the afternoon setting up a new website. I'm not sure if it's the right thing to do, but Facebook are deleting accounts where people don't interact much. So I am losing likes and business. Fb want £25 a month for advertising! It's not finished and need to upload some products, but it's looking good. I feel like a proper business now.