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

freespirit66

Afternoon everyone,

Nanamia wrote: »

Freespirit look what you've managed to do, you've even got our Linky posting soppy best wishes haha. You know she's not easily moved! Let that be a warning to you! SHARE we are your friends, your virtual family and support. You've always been there when we needed it so please let us repay the favour. We love you xxx

Oooooh NANAMIA you are so right, you are all my virtual friends, that did make me laugh about your little DGDs vying for attention, bless them, glad you can see light at the end of the tunnel now in your LR your xmas deccies sound as if they are going to match perfectly

mrsinvisible wrote: »

Hello, slurps from steaming mug of (skinny) hot chocolate, with (not skinny) marshmallows and sprinkles and double elmle*. I know, but its comfort food innit? . Chrissy, go, you, and well done, glad DD is settling on new course.
Rebelhedgehog that room is gorgeous, l wouldn't want to go out if l lived there!
Just been round to prep the bedroom for painting on Friday, all holes filled, all bumps sanded, masking tape and dust sheets in place, but can't do any more until filler is dry, so I have got some white curtains that just need ironed and will look right to complete it.
now, eat the mince pie, ....or the iced slice.....decisions eh?
play nice, everyone xx

That is such a lovely thing to do for your friend, btw its got to be the mince pie, mmm, i havent had one yet

murie wrote: »

Nanamia- fingers crosse the room is fully completed before very long! Bet you cant wait to see it in all its glory!
Mrsinvisible- go for the iced slice- that's my advice:D
Chrissy-glad things are all moving in the right direction.
Been to Tesco this morning and seen the stags head cushions in the flesh and I think I may just have to have a couple!:rotfl: On the food front I brought the Christmas gammon so that's tucked up in the freezer (why is it that even though I have cleared the freezer out a few weeks ago that its all in a mess again and I am struggling for room??:mad:)
Feisty- hope you are feeling a little brighter in the face of all your probs xx
Got my DD at home today with a kidney infection (she is prone to these) so cant do much in the housework line in case I disturb her (that's my excuse anyway!!)
Everyone else- have a brill day and hope things are going well for you xx (that covers everything right?)

Hope your DD feels better soon bless her

OMO just a quick question, when you spray your ornaments white what sort of spray do you use, i am thinking if i do redecorate i will have to spray a purple glass mosaic buddha but i would want it shiny still?

KATIEBEE oh im not able to get to morrisons so i know it will all go like other years and i will miss out :mad:
MELON oh how exciting a new puppy, what breed will it be?
SNUGGLEBUNNY oh they look so snuggly and warm
MICHELLENEALEMUM thanks for the links
DISABLEDNCISFAN oh sorry to hear you have been unwell, hope you are feeling better now
CHRISSYG glad DD is getting on well at college

Ruth_honey

Snugglebunny8 wrote: »

hello all! will catch up after work but just to let all you stag lovers (!?) know they have the most amazing fleece throws in N3xt, they are lovely snuggly fleece 120x150 and the underside is shearling so super soft and costy, £18 each - the one that I saw that I fell in lov with is Fairisle (its neutrals/creams with snowflake/fairisle pattern) but I asked if they did it in red and thats when they showed
me the Stag print one, its various shades of red stags on cream with the shearling underside, couldnt not resist! came out £36 lighter! *gulp* they are on the website if you type in Stag fleece throw or Fairisle flece throw, it mentions shearling underside, they are just the softed cuddliest thing ever! Better get off to work now to pay for it with overtime!!! xx

Oh no. I'm now in love with the fairisle throw. Anyone know of any way to get discount at Next?

michellenealemum wrote: »

Lidl magazine stag welcome mat
http://www.lidl-pageflip.com/uk.html?kid=wQzroG&ar=10#1604470752_17

There's so many things with stags on now. I'm spotting them everywhere!

I've forgotten who was looking for snuggly socks in red, but I saw a 2 pack today in Primark. Dark red with sparkles and black with sparkles. It was either £2 or £3.
The Coke 'holidays are coming' t shirts in there are £6, but they only had 10 or 14 in the branch I went to. Would love to get one for my best friend as the New Look ones are over budget. Will keep looking. They had such fab Christmas clothing in there. Just as well it's all too small for me at the moment because I would've spent a fortune. Took all my will power not to buy lots of socks and gloves (size doesn't matter with those! But I have plenty of Christmas socks already and the pudding mitten/gloves are already on my Christmas list)

Forgot which thread it was on, but wasn't someone after a green dress? I bought a long sleeve wrap one from Pink Clove and it's lovely. Soft comfy fabric (although not really thick) and a nice fit. It was £30 and a nice forest-y green shade. Have talked DH into buying it for me for Christmas. :T

nic2075

I still havnt heard anything, thank you for asking Nanamia. X


I have spent a small fortune today. Went to Sansburys for the toy sale, got a good few bits for the kids. It was nice and calm by 12pm and they were stocking up the shelves while we were there.

I also got 4 rolls of lovely wrapping paper from Wilco's. They were 2 for £3 and are all 12m long. I usually get loads in Jan, but we were moving house the end of Jan this year so didnt want to take extra with me.

Also got DS a Skylanders starter pack for the Xbox.

Feels good being able to go and finally buy stuff x

Own_My_Own

Freespirit I use the one in The Range. It comes in all colours and in Matt or Gloss.

I would suggest spraying it in matt first, then the final coat in gloss. Gloss is a lot less forgiven mistakes. So make it the colour you want with matt then you will only need one layer of gloss. Just remember to go slowly. One light layer then leave it. It is hard as you just want to get it finished, but if it's too thick it will run.
If you do get a run leave it, then lightly sand it down, before giving it another coat.

mrs-moneypenny

nipped in B&M yesterday loads of christmas stuff
candy canes are 89p for 12
christmas doormats were under £5
some really nice stuff
bells that would make nice polar express "Believe" bells were £1.49 for 12 but you get 2 different coloured ones in each pack so 6 gold and 6 red other packs had silver purple and black and another colour in. they were with the tree deccys

hope all are well

sorry its half term here so not in properly this week

mandco

pigpen wrote: »

Just adding my shopping list here so if you have any bright ideas to help with the gaps feel free to make a suggestion! (and so I can access it while out shopping and not lose my piece of paper like I usually do!!)

Mother (60).. so far I have got her a snail tape measure.

Stepdad (66).. he can't drink and is on reduced sweets due to heart attack last year..

Sister (26).. Jack Skellington hoodie/jacket.

DS2 (18 in Jan)... passport??.. for Id purposes.. that sounds like a good present!.. should arrive just in time for his burpday..

DS3 (15 in March)... sweets out of the question as he has diabetes.. he isn't interested in phones. and he has laptop and plays the same silly free online game all the time. I have not a single idea and neither does he! activity vouchers? I buy cinema/ bowling ones saves forking out when they want to go with mates very mse . accessories for the laptop ds has asked for a wireless mouse for gaming as its more acurate than the touchpad for designing stuff.

popped to sains 1st thing before school couldn't believe how quiet it was not a singe person in the toy section got what i wanted and out in under 10 mins ventured to a bigger one around 10ish and it was mayhem people shoving and whinging about discounts not being as much as they wanted.

loving all the stag finds shame my purse doesn't share my enthusiasm. talking of stags anyone else seen the jumper in sains?its patterned with a brown stag in the middle not xmassy but still lovely might wait for another 25% off clothing offer

mrsgigglewick love the outfit you just need the matching slipper boots & hat then your good to go

got my own little xmas elf in training ds is currently sharing my love of all things xmas and asks every 5 mins to "put kiss tree up" as its sat at the end of the bed and running the batteries out of the pretty trees(mini fibre optic xmas trees)lol

Trendyjenny

Hi everyone x listening to Christmas music x will catch up soon x

craftymummy_2

Ruth_honey wrote: »

I've forgotten who was looking for snuggly socks in red, but I saw a 2 pack today in Primark. Dark red with sparkles and black with sparkles. It was either £2 or £3.

Thank you Ruth-Honey, it was me looking for fluffy socks, those do sounds like just the ones I'm after

kaya1991

Oh my goodness, I leave this thread unattended for a few days and I'm pages behind!

In Kaya HQ we're trying to decide on a theme. We normally alternate between jewel colours and Nordic but this year my mum is thinking of a Highland theme. I might buy some tartan ribbon and tie it into little bows and then put them EVERYWHERE! We're also stag fanatics in this house (is that a prerequisite of posting in this thread?) so they'll feel very at home

Nice to see the Nigella love, and I think I'll be making her Christmas muffins a little nearer the time too! I really really need to go through the bag of presents I have so far so I can get a bit more organised (though I'm pretty sure I said the same thing in my last post!) I start my new job on Monday so won't have a lot of time after this as it'll all be a bit manic.

Don't know if anyone has mentioned it before but there is a Facebook page some of you might be interested in. It's called '10 ways to have money as a student, without working' and it has some amazing glitches, offers and discount codes. You don't have to be a student for the majority of them and I've saved a lot of money from their posts! The other day for instance, I bought two electric toothbrushes for £32 for both - should've been £49.99 each! Well worth a look if you're hunting for bargain presents

mrs-moneypenny

oh they had packs of christmas socks in B&M as well not fluffy ones normal but with christmas things woven if you know what i mean sorry cant remember the price

went in lush, it was as always very tempting. loved flicking through the book but it was a bit too far on the pricey side. didnt get a penguin bathbomb as all the ones in our shop had lost their beaks and looked a bit misshapen