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

mrsinvisible

morning, you busy, MSE cybermates, JJ you are one gutsy babe, l so admire your spirit.
Todays list is endless, and l don't particularly want to do most of the things on it, so, kitchen timer time, l guess.
I used to think l got good bargains until l started on this forum, now l think I need lessons. Yours really rock.

VfM4meplse

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

watched the christmas film on 5 this afty and am now going to sew some of the mini stockings up ive knitted so far

What was it and was it any good? If the weather doesn't improve this week, I shall watch it on 5 on Demand.

I've made an amazing discovery with my mug of tea this morning.....M&S Yuletide Chocolatey Bites are exactly the same as the year round bites, but with an added coating of icing sugar

Gettingtherequickly

Forgot about the unexpected bonus on Regent St, we saw the Coca Cola truck :j

VfM4meplse

Gettingtherequickly wrote: »

Forgot about the unexpected bonus on Regent St, we saw the Coca Cola truck :j

Holidays are comin'

starlet1990

Just wanted to pop in and say hello shall have a catch up this afternoon. Christmas is really approaching now lots of feel good christmas films and music so feeling super happy. Love this time of year. Hugs to those who need it and good to see jj is home and posting!! X

lazysheep

Finally I get to think about christmassy things again now that my exams are over I had a self imposed festive ban whilst I did the final revision so now it's all go for Christmas.

Thankfully I had done a fair bit of my shopping already so I sorted out all of the presents the other day and updated my spreadsheet so I know what I have and what I still need to get. Few things left to be ordered and then I am done apart from my friends kids but we're meeting up this week so I shall bug them for ideas

I like to leave my wrapping til December so I'm feeling ready.

Hugs to all who need them.

starlet1990

Just watched nativity for the very first time was so funny and heart warming!! The kids were so good in it x

mrs-moneypenny

VfM4meplse wrote: »

What was it and was it any good? If the weather doesn't improve this week, I shall watch it on 5 on Demand.

I've made an amazing discovery with my mug of tea this morning.....M&S Yuletide Chocolatey Bites are exactly the same as the year round bites, but with an added coating of icing sugar

sorry didnt know what its called it was a young man who was father christmases son he was trying to find if the magic of christmas still existed and a young divorced mum with a little boy was trying to keep the magic alive for her son by gettting him a retro action man of his dreams off eblay but she kept being outbid. i watched the first part round my mums and caught the end at mils when i took her tea round. my DD1 saw it all and said it was a lovely film.

just watched nightmare before christmas

ive made 14 mini knitted stockings so far and have 15 more to do

Ruth_honey

3forholidays wrote: »

According to mysupermarket the dark chocolate oranges are £1 in Superdrug at the moment.

Will try some different branches of Superdrug tomorrow. Not found the dark in stock so far. Friend tried asda for me today and woman said they don't the dark ones as they don't sell!

kiss_me_now9 wrote: »

I wanted to get her a makeup palette (this one) but as it's £45 (I know, so expensive! But she's saving for a house so doesn't have any money at all to indulge in her make up addiction so I wanted to get her something she'd love and use for years - as it would last a long long time) quite rightly my parents veto'd it. I earn my own money but they are my advice line!

Ideally I wanted to get her something like that, from a good brand (I love Urban Decay and Mac but again - expensive) and with a good range of colours - what I really liked about the linked palette above was that it's a good mix of bright colours and neutrals. Neutrals she can wear to work and brights she loves wearing when she's off work; she's very good at make up and can do bright very well.

I thought about making my own - for instance from Inglot but a 6 pan empty eyeshadow palette is £10 and then the eyeshadows are £4 each, so again very expensive.

Pixtotts, I'm so sorry. We lost my Nana this May, five days before my birthday... she'd been ill for the last five or so years (COPD brought on by an excessive smoking habit) and every time before had bounced back so when she went into hospital in April we all thought Oh, she'll be home soon, it's not the end. She also was 'healthy' (as healthy as someone with acute lung failure could be really) two weeks before she went in... she went in for a mild case of pneumonia I think and it just went down. *hugs* FWIW, hospitals should now be gearing up for winter pressures and so should be hot on infection control so hopefully she doesn't get any nasty bugs whilst she's in.

I couldn't find that one anywhere, I'm afraid. Why not make a make up set with cheaper make ups instead? Poundland have started selling their own range recently (check poundland thread for some opinions) and I hear good things about the Superdrug MUA (?) brand. Home bargains have some cute make up bags. You could probably do something quite impressive for half the cost of the one you wanted. I know it's not what you were after, but your parents would only tell you off for spending lots of money.

junior_j wrote: »

I am getting there with the songs hehe! Me and another patient were so naughty sneaking off all the time that one of the nurses timed us out to our own beds for two hours after shouting as us hehe! That was because I got up before the 4 hour safety period after a procedure (in my defence I assumed because I was allowed up to the toilet I was allowed to walk about again) hehe.

I ordered mum a few bits and will pay them off next month. Then a hour later she said she just wants one present from me with a value of £45 lol! I didn't let on I had got her stuff already so may give my brother the idea she wants.

Did she sit you on the naughty step? Lol! Hope you're enjoying being back in your own bed again.

Smoosh

Wondering if anyone can help...

I've been asked to buy a bath toy for my 16 month old niece. The problem is I only really want to spend around £5 because I have a lot of people to buy for, and not much spare money this year. I've been searching round a lot of the obvious places but a lot of the toys seem either too young or too grown up, so I'm really stumped!

Any ideas?