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

3forholidays

Belated birthday wishes to MrsI. Glad to read that you had a lovely day.

System

This injury was caused by pound shop " Frozen" snap bracelet. That's a piece of metal tape measure inside.

mrs-moneypenny

ouch Chrissy that NEEDS reporting to trading standards.
has little one had that steristripped or been hospital with it.
Hugs to you both must have been a heck of a shock.

Thank you for putting a warning up

just had to call IT support down from his bedroom as puter went strange everytime i tried to type anything a word doc opened and when i scroolled the page down it shrank!! good job he doesnt charge a call out fee id left the printer flap open pressing down on the ctrl button:o i am such a luddite

newthrift

Oh chrissy that looks terribly painful. I hope the little duck is alright!!!!

Not much Christmassy goings on here other than another couple of films watched throughout the day. Can't believe how dark it is at this time, although the log burner going and candles lit it feels very cosy.

IrishRose12

mandco wrote: »

I was hoping it would be a good idea something a bit different and more useful then the endless boxes of chocs/flowers ect. Do you think it would be better to send in at the begining of the last wk rather then last day? Considering Ds has 3 daily ta's aswell as his teacher and several others who are help out weekly it will prob work out a bit cheaper too.

It is different and would/should be very much appreciated. I know it would in our staffroom, by both teachers and the assistants. And yes, it would be very different from the numerous boxes of chocolates/bottles of wine, soap sets that are always given. Because of this I always make sure to think outside the box for my children's teachers and assistants and try to stay away from that kind of stuff. I know I receive an awful lot of stuff that I won't use/drink/don't like, but to me it's the thought that counts and am always grateful. I always make sure to thank parents in person if and when possible.
It's totally up to you when you send it in, The last week would be a good idea as it's usually one of the the busiest weeks for schools. Well it is in our school anyway, that and last week of the school year, when people tend to think and say to us about "winding down" They are the worst times of the school year!:eek:
So the last week sounds like a good idea.

I'm now thinking I want to steal your idea and do the same for my LO's schools, even though I've already got their teachers and assinstants in lol

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

ouch Chrissy that NEEDS reporting to trading standards.
has little one had that steristripped or been hospital with it.
Hugs to you both must have been a heck of a shock.

Thank you for putting a warning up

I don't think this little girl is related to Chrissy. Apologies if she is though! This pic has been circulating around facebook for a week or so now.
If she is related to you Chrissy though I hope she is ok!

IrishRose12

I have an odd question. Anyone know if you can buy the disposable cups from Costa alone instead of getting coffee etc??

Reason being is I want to use them for LO's surprise visit to see Santa in the zoo but they don't like their Hot Chocolate, and I don't drink anything from that shop. I don't like coffee at all so would prefer to just buy the cups empty if you know what I mean?

mrs-moneypenny

irishrose, thank you, i assumed it was a relation of chrissies.

its worth asking in costa, i asked about cake boxes in our local bakery and they sold me a couple cheaply (for my DD to put cakes she was making in)

msgigglewick

i've had a rather xmasy day today.. wearing my elf jumper, we went and met the inlaws at costa for xmas hot chocolate drinks, came home and watching miracle on 34th street and a few other xmas films, then i made 4 personalised baubles with my girls names on... lol not sure how to end the day all xmasy too yet.. I put a photo of my baubles on my personal fb page and already had orders for 6 :O so much for not selling anything this side of xmas lol ho hum. oh and i've run out of white vinyl blah! roll on tuesday when i can put an order in for some.

kiss_me_now9

IrishRose12 wrote: »

I have an odd question. Anyone know if you can buy the disposable cups from Costa alone instead of getting coffee etc??

Reason being is I want to use them for LO's surprise visit to see Santa in the zoo but they don't like their Hot Chocolate, and I don't drink anything from that shop. I don't like coffee at all so would prefer to just buy the cups empty if you know what I mean?

Worth asking, you might be able to get a couple if your local are nice, though I imagine they wouldn't give out big quantities just in case anyone wants to pretend they're selling Costa! Can't imagine why you would but it's worth a shot.

Feeling a little bit happier now, I've spent the afternoon baking and making soup - 10 pots of french onion and potato, leek and bacon ready to go in my freezer, I'm debating on whether to do some carrot and coriander as well (may be dependent on if I have coriander in) as I don't really watch anything that's on TV atm. I've also baked some macaroons and they have turned out rather well :T so now I'm thinking that I might make some at Christmas, either as a gift for my parents or for Christmas evening.

I've also decided the Gingerbread house will be made for my Christmas lunch at work so I am definitely going to have to do a trial run, but not today!

nic2075

Evening. My oh is out at a gig, so I have an evening with a glass of wine, nibbles and Christmas 24. Heaven


I have also managed to reserve a Snow glow Elsa from Argos. Plus a stunt scooter for my DS and Dd1. (3 for 2 on toys) It's only things they have asked for. My 3 yr old I'd still obsessed by Frozen, so was worried when all Elsa's were out of stock. I've did the fast track pick up thing, so have paid. Fingers crossed it doesn't get cancelled before its due in. X