*Stop The Cavalry* It's The 2014 Christmas Chatter Thread

Spendless

Thanks for the supportive messages folks, haven't caught up to be able to acknowledge everyone.

Re the £75 pe kit, is this for Primary or Secondary school? Including footwear my 14yo son's pe kit is well over £100. He has to have a black rugby outdoor top, white indoor top, shorts, white socks, black football socks, trainers, football boots and shin pads.

My daughter starts at the same school in Sept, and though I don't know the girl full kit yet, she will also have to have football boots.

It's why I make sure xmas present don't cost too much.:p:D

Both my kids birthdays were last month and they received a book token each from their Aunt. DD spent hers last week at WHSmith, she got 2 books because they were buy one, get 2nd half price and then bought a 3rd with the value left on it. Anyway I got a reward card for buying kids books, with 3 stamps on it (1 per book) and it said collect 4 stamps for lego figues, collect 6 for an art set, but I thought the best was collect 8 for £10 off kids books with a min spend of £10.

Son still has his book token to spend, so I thought I'd take him into WHS and have the stamps for the books he gets, and then between now and xmas I'll have made it up to 8 stamps and I can get a free book. :j

mrs-moneypenny

i dont think schools count footwear when they sell the kit, that is usually bought from shops so would possibly be extra to the £75 quoted.

my school sell the socks tops and shorts then say what footwear shin pads etc you need as well as allowing you to wear plain non logo or stripe seam joggers or tracky bottoms for outdoor pe but you can source those youself. (as i said earlier most of us 'source' the shorts and white pe tops elsewhere also)

love todays quote, reminds me of the joke about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac who stayed awake at night wondering if their really was a dog.
no offence meant to anyone.

3forholidays

Hi everyone

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately but I've still been popping in to read and catch up.

It is organised chaos at work at the moment. :eek: I've just had one of those days where you feel you haven't got anything done & the 'to do' list has got longer!

Hope everyone is keeping well.

Hanley25

Hi all. Haven't posted in quite a while. Hope everyone is well.

OMO I love the quotes, I have a good chuckle over each of them!

Re PE kit, I remember when I got to high school it was so expensive that my Mum bought the biggest size in everything and they lasted me 5 years! I remember the netball skirt and tennis skirt being below my knee in year 7 and in year 11 they were mini skirts! :rotfl:

FeistyFidget

Nana and JJ so great to see you both

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
hope everyone is as well as they can be and life doesnt give you any lemons (or melons) today.

suns out which is a good start.

mrsinvisible

Well, SIL has gone home, and DGS is going home in an hour, so I will be alone. I think it signals early night. Glad you are back, Nanamia, and that Mia's sore face is being limited, OMO.
JJ not another infection, honey, hope the biotics work.
today l have been busy in the garden, we have cut down the huge willow tree from next doors garden which was stopping the light getting to my other neighbours patio, and making my trees lean forwards to get a share of sun. Now I have to get rid of all the branches, the logs will go to the neighbour with the log burner, and the rest will get shredded, by Nev-the shred.It will take the garden a long while to recover, though, as it is so wet underfoot.
Nana I have severe wardrobe envy, send/post photos asap.


































jj

Own_My_Own

Today's quote

Rebel_Hedgehog

Well just 6 months to go.....






























Until M&S release their Xmas Food Catalogue
(Always around 10th October)

freespirit66

Evening everyone, i hope everyone is well need to put challenges on for last few days

TUESDAYS CHALLENGES
1. Complete the daily sudoku challenge
2. Complete your brain age test
3. Do some scrapbooking
4. Watch episodes of your favourite sitcom

WEDNESDAYS CHALLENGES
1. Complete the daily sudoku challenge
2. Walk route 4 (1.3km)
3. Wake up and smell the roses
4. Read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

THURSDAYS CHALLENGES
1. Complete the daily sudoku challenge
2. Complete the Big Brain Academy test
3. Write your Personal Positive Qualities worksheet
4. Complete a language module