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

mrs-moneypenny

just looked on the abelandcole site incase they had a christmas hamper as it was on a best hamper list i googled from a few years ago, didnt find their christmas one yet but 4 luxury mince pies for £4.99, 4 christmas muffins for £6.49 and christmas cake is £19.99.
looks nice but think i'll be sticking with my hm ones.

oh DD3 did bring us a pack of mince piesround last weekend as she knows we have a weakness for them so ive already sampled my first pie

Peppapig

Have copied below from the Grabbit thread - thanks to Joanygq for the original post (Grabbit board, B&M bargains thread)

"Noticed my shop local to work (Westwoods) had loads of American sweets in. FAR cheaper than Spar/ Mace etc

Big bags of twizzlers 340G for £1.99

Double size babe ruth bars for £0.89
Peanut butter M&Ms and other flavours for £0.69
Seen these in other shops for well over £2 each

Could be handy if someone is doing an American style Christmas/ movie hamper"

Hope it helps someone.

pinknfluffy28

CupofChai - could you put her together a hamper focused on her like of baking?
The book people have a flash sale with lots of baking/cookery books
b&M and hb also have lots of nice bits in
Maybe add an apron, oven gloves etc?

Sorry, I am obsessed with hampers so thats all I really think about these days!

Hugs to all who need them x

Just placed an order with the book people, got a couple of crime fiction collections for dh, a doctor who book for dd2, a couple of xmas activity books for the elves to bring, and the nutella cook book for dd1 (going to team it with a nice big jar of the stuff - she loves it!)

DD1 and Dh are at a concert tonight, so DD2 is tucked up in bed whilst I watch nothing on tv and sip a rather yummy gingerbread latte! My fav, and asda have them half price so picked up 4 boxes!

IrishRose12

Well I've just sat and made the rest of my candy cane reindeer. I'm absolutley shattered, I've been doing extra hours in work this week and it;s taken it out of me:eek: I'm beginning to think I'm a teacher instead of a classroom assistant:eek: In from 7.30 in the morning and not leaving till 5pm this past 2 days:(

springdreams I haven't used any double sided tape on mine this year........ well that may change depending how this lot survive the next 8 weeks :rotfl: I may need to fix them come closer to the time again.

I have just used Pritt stick for my eyes and nose on them. Scooped a lump onto each eye and plonked it on there. I'll let you know if they survive:rotfl:

I'm not doing anything else tonight, kids are in bed so I think I'll head to bed myself soon. 2 more sleeps till Friday:j

wort

if you order food from m and s for xmas before 10th nov you get free bottle of wine!
think its £70.00 spend but if you were gonna buy it anyway its worth getting in early!

mandco

Totality wrote: »

Just any other online food retailers I guess - anything other than the supermarkets who are worth checking out?

depends on your budget but donald russell do a good range of meat products and a few desserts ect the prices are on the higher side so check for cashback/voucher offers

JJ sorry it wasn't better news hope they don't keep you waiting too long and your feeling better soon

cupfochai what about some kind of activity/day out voucher or a magazine subscription?

as l've read back twice now and still can't remember half of what everyone's said I think I'm going to call it a night tc all and catch up later

tin_can

hi all b&m are selling 1.3kgs of quality streets for £8.99 plus its a tin not plastic tubs hope helps with christmas shopping:xmastree:

freespirit66

Evening everyone, must just tell you we had our first is she/isnt she in labour drama tonight :rotfl:when DD2 was driving home from work she suddenly started having really painful cramps, now she has suffered with pain ever since she was about 9 so she is quite hardened to it by now and has to be in considerable pain to say anything so when she rang me on the car phone and i heard her i knew it was bad, i told her to pull over and stop as soon as she could (she was on a dual carriageway) i rang her OH and told him to get to her and drive her car home asap and told DD2 to time them, anyway she had about 6 of these intense pain spasms but they didnt get quicker so we decided it was Braxton Hicks and not real labour, she is fine now, but it was nice to hear two men stopped in different cars to help her and see if she needed an ambulance and one stayed with her until her OH got there, there still are some decent people out there I wonder how many more of these we go through before he arrives :rotfl:3 1/2 weeks to go!!

junior_j

his_missus wrote: »

Hugs JJ, hope you start to feel better soon xx

Thanks lovely.

freespirit66 wrote: »

Afternoon everyone,


JUNIORJ thinking of you honey, hope it all goes well and hurries up so you can get on with life, there should be links at the front of this thread for snowman soups/christmas sleighs

Thanks lovely , I am keen on the idea of the soups and sleighs as something different.

newthrift wrote: »

jj hugs I hope they sort you soon!! I am in awe of how positive you stay, it's very admirable!!

Thanks newthrift. Luckily I have brilliant people around me.

junior_j

noodles86 wrote: »

Hi Junior J, poor you with the surgery, really hoping things get better for you soon.

I made both sleighs (for family) & snowman soup (for the school to sell last xmas).

For sleighs I got two candy canes, a terrys choc orange bar, mint poppets, mars bar, freddo and a mini chocolate santa to drive. I added glue dots (which i have seen in pound land today) to the bottoms of the chocolate & stuck them on top of each other. I wrapped some ribbon around too.

Snowman soup I bought disposable icing bags from pound land (20 for £1) filled with hot chocolate, some chocolate chips (to stop the hot chocolate going on the marshmallows), white marshmallows. Tied with a small band, added a candy cane & curled ribbon around with a tag.

Thanks for the recipe lol , I shall look out for the glue dots.Also should look for offers on the chocolate oranges

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

JJ send you hugs and i do hope that things get sorted for you very soon

mandco wrote: »

JJ sorry it wasn't better news hope they don't keep you waiting too long and your feeling better soon
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Thanks lovely. xxx