Old Style Christmas Preparations for Christmas 2013

Jammygal

Hello I have been concentrating on homemade goods so far. Today I made some raspberry vodka and gin to add to my collection.
I now have,
Sloe gin
Sloe vodka
Blackberry vodka
Raspberry vodka
Raspberry gin
Rosehip syrup
Apple chutney
Christmas chutney

craigywv

home bargains selling Cadbury stockings for 2.39 and selection boxes 2 for 3 pounds and a Cadbury box thingy with chomps, frddos etc smaller choc bars in a penguin for 1,89 I got quite a few and put them away they deffo cheaper than tescos etc by quite a bit esp the stockings hth

mum2one

Islandmaid wrote: »

Cupofchai

I,ve made nigella,s chilli jam, I used bulk standard vinigar at 23p a bottle and it tastes fine.

I got some 250ml 'flip-top' kilners from d@nelm m!ll - not cheap and near £2 ea but as they are for Xmas prezzies I thought i,d better - I don,t think old marmite jars look as good

I guess the posher jars do look gd, I've used some normal jam jars for jam for xmas (did buy 4 little ones for £1 from £1world), but any big jars I use, I'm going to cut a circle of fabric. xx

Thank u for the tip for standard vinegar - found nice recipie online for dried apricot and pear chuntey - takes my fancy xx

mum2one

double_mummy wrote: »

OMG i have just seen people selling the little sledges with 2 finger kit kats for £2.50 and ones with 4 finger kit kats for £5 i know what i am going to be doing for the next couple of weeks!!!!!

I'm doing some for xmas prezzies - but I reckon I can bring mine in for £1.50, - seen one seller on facebook or etsy there selling theres for £3.50.

xx

mum2one

Jammygal wrote: »

Hello I have been concentrating on homemade goods so far. Today I made some raspberry vodka and gin to add to my collection.
I now have,
Sloe gin
Sloe vodka
Blackberry vodka
Raspberry vodka
Raspberry gin
Rosehip syrup
Apple chutney
Christmas chutney

I know where I'm going for xmas;) can I be cheeky do you have the recipe for the christmas chutney and the apple one, they sound fab xx

babyblooz

And me too please!!!

mummyyof5

I expect its already been said but £world now have boxes of candy canes 15 in a box HTH xx

iammumtoone

Jammygal wrote: »

Hello I have been concentrating on homemade goods so far. Today I made some raspberry vodka and gin to add to my collection.
I now have,
Sloe gin
Sloe vodka
Blackberry vodka
Raspberry vodka
Raspberry gin
Rosehip syrup
Apple chutney
Christmas chutney

Where do you get your bottles for the alcohol for presents. I would like to give sloe gin as presents but never found anything suitable to put it in.

SilS

Can't wait for Christmas time!!!! Thanks Zippy

PenguinOfDeath

Annie_99 wrote: »

I had a really strange moment in Town. I sat my 20 year old daughter down and asked her what she would like as a main present and she said a Pandora ring for £40 and would that be ok.. She never ever asks me for anything and knows money is tight so I agreed and we went to buy it.. The girl oozed money and clearly usually serves much richer folk than us!!! This was a BIG purchase for me and my daughter as before we were debt free we could never have done this...
The assistant said, is this ring for anything special? Christmas my daughter said, she looked as if we had 3 heads and said, Oh but you will be getting more things???? What on earth!!! I was annoyed that she tried to ruin my dream of buying a what in our eyes is a special thing. To her it was probably peanuts but to me it was massive!! :mad::D

Aww, it was probably a way of her starting a conversation about other products in the store so she can persuade you to buy them! I agree it was poorly executed, she's probably on commission so part of her daily chat and didn't realise how insulting it would have sounded in isolation.

A few years ago I was in America and had seen a perfume I liked so OH said he would buy it for me. I went to the counter to enquire the sizes and the cost then went back over to OH, had a chat about it and I kissed him on the cheek as I normally would. Went over to the counter and asked for the smaller size and the assistant said to me "You should have kissed him longer he would have bought you the bigger one!" :eek: Way to make me feel like a prostitute!