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

bunty109

All this talk of Yankee Candles has made me decide to go to the local garden cane to browse them today! Picked up another present yesterday so doing ok. Just struggling as to what to get my brother who is coming to stay for the big day: last year got him a Starbucks voucher as he loves his coffee and can't afford to keep paying out for a treat there. Any suggestions?

pigpen

mrsinvisible wrote: »

Pigpen, you have inspired me, I will get boxes to put the kids presents in, (if the boxes are big enough I wont need to buy presents, the nibs can play in/with the boxes). It will save me the frustration of knowing its there 'somewhere'.

I got them large plastic crates one year instead of the usual Christmas sack.. it leant I could wrap and drop in the correct box.. usually we just have cardboard boxes.. my bedroom looks like a warehouse with a bed in it! 1 box each for the older 8 and the baby, 1 each for the 3 grandchildren, 1 for extended family (stuff I wrap once the children go to KHs on Christmas day) 2 each for the little 2.. OH's stuff isn't coming until late next month. Plus my usual boxes of gubbins.

Yesterday night I found 2 boxes of stuff I had bought very early in the year (like October last year!!) full of more Christmas bits for these.. that took a leap forward in my shopping!

I got some cheapy bits of jewellery for the older ones yesterday.. my poor credit card is taking a hammering.. good job I manage to pay it off most months!

OH has kindly shared his cold so I am dosing myself up now in the hope my immune system can deal with it.. I had a second wheezy episode in a week last night.. if I get another in the next week I shall take it to the quack.. it was right on bedtime yesterday so I was very naughty and borrowed one of the childrens inhalers.. sorted it quickly so I may need my own! something else to tip drugs down my neck for!)

choccymoose

Once I have dropped spare children back to their respective homes, I am going to the beach to take the dog and my two for a trek in the fresh air. Then home via town to pick up christmas catalogues so that the youngest and go through and make his christmas list, because of his dyslexia and irlens its very difficult for him to write so we use a mixture of pictures and his writing as he has to practice! At parents evening last week they have said that he is going to be able to use a programme called dragon dictator with the ipad to help him record his work. Not all the time of course becaue he needs to be able to write but yey.

We usually have hot chocolate and cookies while we do it, but its flipping warm down here today! Then off to the forest school site to prep it for planting 90 trees!

My task this week is to sort the top of the wardrobe and again see what I do actually have as I managed to lock myself out of my app :eek: Bike is in the cellar.

Linz4383

omg this thread is moving sooooo quick! not had chance to come on for a week as ive been busy sorting xmas and wedding planning so ive just sat for the whole morning catching up!!!!!!!!!
not been able to watch the christmas films on true movies yet as im waiting to have sky put in tomorrow, im gutted ive missed them! think im most looking forward to the xmas film when its dun lol

Arthien

kaya1991 wrote: »

Here's one I had to share with you - spotted this in Lakeland at the weekend and I know that some of you will be interested in this lovely The Perfect Christmas book! It's only £3.99 (RRP £12) and I'm reliably informed (by my mum) that it's excellent, particularly the pudding section!

Also available in the Works if anyone is planning on ordering there:
http://www.theworks.co.uk/p/cookery/love-food-the-perfect-christmas/9781445488905

Currently £4.99 but use the 20% discount code shown on the screen to bring it down to the same price as the Lakeland offer.

I'm waiting for delivery of the Delia Smith Cakes cookbook I ordered for £5 off Amazon for my MIL, which is a bargain, and I know she'll love it. Unfortunately whilst I was shopping I may have accidentally edited the quantity to 2... Thank god for survey vouchers! :rotfl:

Nanamia

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EY73FFW/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 pinched ney borrowed from another thread, specially for you Linky

Be back later just reading whilst I sort lunch. Of to see Wicked later with my BFF can't wait xxx

msgigglewick

Having rather a muddled emotions day today.... woke this morning to discover our lil white blind rabbit had passed away que a very upset 11yr old (and me) so we've scrubbed and cleaned the hutch out and now just have her mum left. Though shes looking very subdued right now too.. hope she doesn't pop her clogs too

Then tescos cancelled the order i made yesterday for the hudl's.. none in stock apparently so they supposedly refunding my money and said they haven't touched the clubcard points so i could reorder when in stock.. guess what... yep this morning all clubcard points gone and no sign of money yet... waiting on them to get back to me about it.

Its my dd1's 17th bday tomorrow and my dd4's 4th bday on monday so went up town with two of my other daughters to get cards.. had quite a nice few hours walking around the new shops (got an old fashioned elf oops lol) dd3 got two teddys to cheer her up.

Home now to carve pumpkins and find some xmas cheer...

Own_My_Own

Nanamia wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EY73FFW/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 pinched ney borrowed from another thread, specially for you Linky

Be back later just reading whilst I sort lunch. Of to see Wicked later with my BFF can't wait xxx

You will love Wicked. You'll never see the Wizard of Oz in the same light again.

M&S have 20% off Homeware at the moment. Have ordered the stag tea-light holder for £7.60 down from £9.50.

Also ordered the stag sack for Robbie's presents out of Next. I really need to get my bedroom tidy.

I can't remember who was after a large trifle bowl LAST YEAR, but Homebase have some in half price £9.99

Arthien

Own_My_Own wrote: »

I can't remember who was after a large trifle bowl LAST YEAR, but Homebase have some in half price £9.99

Ooh that looks great, very Britsh Bake-off! I wonder what other puddings would work in there? I'm not a fan of trifle as I tend to think that fruit in dessert is all kinds of wrong and mostly just takes up the space where more chocolate ought to be...

Ellie_B

Hope everyone's ok Not had chance to catch up really... but thought I'd let you know how we're doing.

I've been stocking up for Christmas presents over the months when I've seen stuff.
Got it all down the other day, and made a list of who is having what.

Turns out I've got at least half of my presents sorted!

Had a trip to Home Bargains yesterday, and finished my God daughters present - a load of Hello Kitty stuff, which will be put in a cute bag I'd bought her.

They've got some lovely A4 lego comics / activity books in there for 99p, so got a couple of those as well.

Doing well

Also bought some really cheap little baubles - decided that they are goign to go with the wrapping paper as decorations on the pressies!



Need some inspiration for the hot chocolate hamper I'm doing though!!