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

MrsChristmas

Finished the catch up! Delia's now on in the background (Food Network)
Christmas plans & preparations will be in full swing from next week as half term is over.

:rudolf: All the very best of luck to you Feisty at the fair :xmassmile

System

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!!!!!! we were counting on these to cover at least one Christmas present throughout the year can anyone suggest the best way of spending nectar points? Also do they do a trade up like tesco double club card vouchers? I'd hate to spend them and then see I could have gotten more :rotfl:

I don't know about a trade up but I spent mine in Argos and Ebay .

quidsy

Yesterday I put the makings of fat free mincemeat in my slowcooker. It is now reducing down but tastes amazing and my house smells like Christmas. I have to wait till it reduces then cool and add some booze, I sterilised a couple of kilner jars to store. I make this mainly for my mum as she cant eat fat but it's great to keep in the fridge for mince pies and even on it's own with vanilla ice cream or custard.

mrsinvisible

Good morning, hope everyone is well and Christmassy, I put all the Halloween tat back in the loft and did a quick reccy of the Christmas stuff...... found 3 boxes of crackers that l can't remember buying, so at least l don't have to pay full whack for this year.
Today is DGS birthday, 12 years old, soon be a teenager! (cries of 'you don't look old enough to have a teenage grandnib!) like yeah, l do. DD arrived so off to gas.

Ruth_honey

Thought I'd make a list of the Christmas kindle books that some of us may be interested in reading. Of course, a lot of these might also be available as paperbacks too, but some are kindle exclusives.

The Christmas party-Carole Matthews
Twelve days of Christmas-Trisha Ashley
The night before Christmas-Scarlett Bailey
The gift-Cecelia Ahern
Meet me under the mistletoe-Abby Clements
Winter Wonderland-Belinda Jones
Calling Mrs Christmas-Carole Matthews
The charm bracelet-Melissa Hill
A winter flame-Milly Johnson
A merry little Christmas-Julia Williams
Six geese a-laying-Sophie Kinsella*
Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' sweetshop-Jenny Colgan
A gift to remember-Melissa Hill
The Christmas bake-off-Abby Clements*
The Xmas factor-Annie Sanders
Coming home for Christmas-Julia Williams
Humbugs & Heartstrings-Catherine Ferguson
Christmas without Holly-Nicola Yeager
The snow globe-Kristin Harmel*
Skipping Christmas-John Grisham
The Christmas list-Chrissie Manby
Christmas at the beach cafe-Lucy Diamond
One hundred Christmas proposals-Holly Martin

:xmastree::xmastree: :xmastree:

*currently free

IrishRose12

fluffysox wrote: »

I am hoping to do this too but no dunelm mills round here. Still sure I'll see a white tree soon enough

I bought one on Asda online for £5 :T just have to find the time to go collect it now lol.

Miracle on 34th street is on Sky 1 again today if you're like me and missed it last night:o So my plan is to sit and wrap up he presents for the children in my class while watching that .
I know I had a different plan for today but screw that one:rotfl:

Older kids are off to their cousins today for a sleepover (they don't start back to school till Tuesday) and heard over on Hot UK Deals that the Argos 3 for 2 starts again this Wednesday. DH went up this morning to the loft when kids went off and had a look at what we actually do have for them, sat them in separate piles and took photo's of each one to remind us what we have and what it looks like.
Turns out we don't have as much as what we thought we had. Even DH said I thought we had more lol. But then we remembered that even though we bought loads in sales etc last year, they were given out as birthday presents for our kids and others lol. They also get a token gift if they get best girl or boy i school.
There was also stuff that we had and kids didn't want/lost interest in over the year and I've sold them on FB. We were wondering why we had more money in each envelope that we should have lol.

So yeah, we've now got a picture of what we have, and I'll have a look at what we may need from Argos and get them on Wednesday. But honestly they don't need that much more so I'll be very good lol. I don't mind though as they don't have nor won't be getting iPads/tablets etc. They're too young for them and they don't need them as their children.

mandco

JJ you still amaze us all with how you deal with everything hope this wk isn't too bad and you get some answers. hopefully some visitors will help pass the time

Fiesty nectar are doing a double up offer soon see here http://www.nectar.com/doubleup/index.rnectar not the greatest deal and you do have to check exclusions but might be something included that's relevent to your needs

Quidsy I got marvel comic book style giftwrap rolls from primark so maybe worth a look

mrsI happy birthday to dgs

Ruthhoney thanks for the list. any that you would say don't miss?rarely get time to read can't actually remember the last time I read for me but that needs to change and a great xmas book maybe just what I need

had a busy wk away weather was actually pretty good considering the time of yr,caravan was lovely and heated throughout and the tech ban wasn't so bad the boys had a few complaints/whinges but was nice to have a break from it all. spent too much but did get some xmas presents in the boots points event and lots of little xmassy bits including a reindeer & sleigh candle holder.

Iceland have offered me the £5 bonus on 2 X £15 shops so will take them up on that and get a few extra xmas goodies. also debating on wether to do an asda bonus card or not?

newthrift

Afternoon.
It's quite chilly here today so I am going to get our log burner lit soon! We have been out this morning and in to the early afternoon sorting stuff out for the builders at one of the rented properties and then did a HB & Wilko shop - OH wouldn't let me nosy all the way round HB incase i got carried away buying what we didn't need although I did pick up 3 x 18 loo rolls :rotfl:
Nothing much christmas related happening here, although I did watch 3 Christmas films on 5 yesterday we don't have sky so can't get christmas24
feisty I hope the fair has gone well today!!

I can't remember who mentioned about the postpals? But thank you I have begun working my way through and writing a short card and going to see if I can spot some offers on small things they would like to send also. I have told friends about it too, it's a lovely thing!!!!

Time to finish my cuppa and then tidy up

starlet1990

Thank you for the list of books ruthhoney and the post pal link looks fabulous although forgot who mentioned it. This thread is moving along nicely and just been catching up but forgotten to write what I wanted to say down. So hugs to all who need them thanks for all the links and ideas and happy birthday to all who need them.
Been a busy weekend not much xmas wish although did get xmas socks for my bf. Im off to do christmas shopping tomorrow so excited. Next week im going to my bf's he lives in london so shall get some more done then. If anyone can recommend anything christmassy to do thia time of year there be appreciated.
Also one more thing is true christmas and christmas 24 worth a watch?
Thank you and sorry for the long post. X

Ruth_honey

mandco wrote: »

Ruthhoney thanks for the list. any that you would say don't miss?rarely get time to read can't actually remember the last time I read for me but that needs to change and a great xmas book maybe just what I need

Of the ones I've read, my fave is Calling Mrs Christmas. They are mainly chick lit/light reads as that's what I tend to go for. I'm a nightmare for choosing books by the cover, but I tend to be right. Of course, there are probably loads of great books that I miss out on because they don't look like the sort of thing I'd usually read. Some of those are short stories, so maybe choose those to start with if you don't get much reading time.