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

mrs-moneypenny

hope OMO and the other mias are all ok and just too busy to get on here

hugs to everyone whos being dealt a bad hand from life at the moment - i do hope things improve and the new year is much better for us all
knitted 2 stockings while watching a film tonight - hope to get up at 5.50 once Dh has come down for breakfast then i can knit the other two in bed before the boys need waking up breakfasting and packing of to school and work.
going to a christmas fayre tomorrow night at the school i work at, then got 2 tomorrow one at high school and one at church. so ill be christmassed out by sunday.

fluffysox

mandco wrote: »

Happy birthday fluffysox :bdaycake: is the tree up yet?

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes x You've made me feel special
The only decoration we have up so far is a 30 cm tall LED Glitter swirl tree I blught from "The Book Club" at work. I love it and want to buy more if them for my envious mum and her friend but not bern able to get through to the rep yet
I'm off to a Spa/ party package this weekend with 3 good friends. Long overdue a good rest and some girly time
Looking forward to putting our trees up tomorrow or Sunday Including the snowman one with DS1
Next weekend, Thomas Land: winter wonderland. Staying overnight in an inn
Following week: Old Mother Hubbard panto
Still got to select photos for our photo calendar gifts =-O

Other news, DS1 decided to give up his dummy last weekend. He agreed the elves can take his dummy to Father "Crimas". So I put a Card Factory Elf on his pillow. He loves the elf a d takes him to bed every night

freespirit66

Evening everyone, so thats two days running i have sat down with hot chocolate to watch a christmas film and i have already seen it :cool::cool: never mind try again tomorrow

GETTINGTHEREQUICKLY i never buy meat from costco because it is always in big packs and it always looks expensive, i cant quite get the buy big and portion aspect of it do you think it works out cheaper?

ALIASLOTTE aah that nativity is so sweet

PEPPAPIG aah thankyou my lovely

PIXTOTTS ah honey sending you hugs, the tide of bad things must turn sometime soon for you and your family

JOBO aah thankyou my lovely, ooh that garland sounds gorgeous, can we see pics of it when you have finished please, i love the fir cones

NEWTHRIFT thankyou honey, i must clean my LR tomorrow ready for the tree as well

FLUFFYSOX oh bless your DS i love the story of the elf taking it, have a fab time at the spa this weekend

FeistyFidget

Whenever I see a stag related item I always think 'I must tell OMO' but then I remember she's still MIA We really miss you! xxx

Still no brown paper Oh well, DH is taking me to Lakeland tomorrow to pick Christmas presents and then we will officially start the wrapping! (I have a small amount of brown paper from packing business orders).

Christmas is well and truly ingrained in my brain, I spent a good 20 minutes last night tossing and turning, mentally designing the gift box for my secret santa present :rotfl:

Gettingtherequickly

freespirit66 wrote: »

GETTINGTHEREQUICKLY i never buy meat from costco because it is always in big packs and it always looks expensive, i cant quite get the buy big and portion aspect of it do you think it works out cheaper?

It initially feels painful, but when you consider I got 4 sirloin steaks, 12 huge (talk minimum twice size of supermarket) chicken fillets, 9 lamb loin chops & about 16 chicken thighs for £44, factor in the excellent quality and the meat being very tender, it is good value. Plus when you include that they need to be portioned out, takes up less space in freezer than having supermarket packets which I just bung in freezer rather than emptying into freezer bags.

quidsy

I echo gettingthereuickly, the quality of the meat from Costco is hard to beat, even from the local butcher. The size of the packs & cost that goes with buying meat that size can be off putting but once portioned up it is very cost effective. I buy a tray of 25 chicken thighs for around £8. I then split it into 4 so get 6 large portions at just over a pound & 30p per portion. They also do 2 whole free range chickens for £7. These would probably be classed as large in a supermarket. I have bought their triple packs of gammon over the year & will be buying a large one for Christmas. Compared to last years price at Morries of £23 for a 1.6kg unsmoked, I saw last week Costco are doing them for £17 ish & they def taste better.

newthrift

I love Costco and now and again tag along with my mum & dad (as they have a card) or send requests for items :rotfl: but have not been for a while. The nearest one to us is about 30/40 minutes drive away so I have to make a special journey to go unless I time it in with something else that way, whereas my mum works over there so they norm tie it in with that or go for a tootle on there day off (both work shifts). I haven't had any meat from there in a while but I am seriously considering going and just getting bits from our local butcher..hmmm:think: I like doing the rounds tasting, then sneaking back in for a second try on the really nice ones :)I keep meaning to price up the supersize shampoo & conditioner tubs from there to see if I could save on them. - my brain is now adding to a list what I want to check at costco now :rotfl::doh:
So excited to begin getting all the Christmas items down, I might start today so come Monday I am fully ready to go, plus will give me chance to have a good hoover/clean in the spare room where it's all kept. Will be posting some cards out today so they have them for 1st :santa2:

OK enough rambling from me, hugs to everyone and have a good day

freespirit66

Gettingtherequickly wrote: »

It initially feels painful, but when you consider I got 4 sirloin steaks, 12 huge (talk minimum twice size of supermarket) chicken fillets, 9 lamb loin chops & about 16 chicken thighs for £44, factor in the excellent quality and the meat being very tender, it is good value. Plus when you include that they need to be portioned out, takes up less space in freezer than having supermarket packets which I just bung in freezer rather than emptying into freezer bags.

GETTINGTHEREQUICKLY oh see when you put it like that i can see the value i will have to have a really good look at all of it next time, work out prices and portions and then what i am paying at the supermarket which isnt the best quality, i have to admit i have never really worked it out i just see like the price and think ouch, you dont see me doing it round the bakery bit though :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

quidsy wrote: »

I echo gettingthereuickly, the quality of the meat from Costco is hard to beat, even from the local butcher. The size of the packs & cost that goes with buying meat that size can be off putting but once portioned up it is very cost effective. I buy a tray of 25 chicken thighs for around £8. I then split it into 4 so get 6 large portions at just over a pound & 30p per portion. They also do 2 whole free range chickens for £7. These would probably be classed as large in a supermarket. I have bought their triple packs of gammon over the year & will be buying a large one for Christmas. Compared to last years price at Morries of £23 for a 1.6kg unsmoked, I saw last week Costco are doing them for £17 ish & they def taste better.

QUIDSY wow that definitely is value for money and yes i know the quality of everything in costco is fab i dont think i have ever been disappointed with anything from there

newthrift wrote: »

I love Costco and now and again tag along with my mum & dad (as they have a card) or send requests for items :rotfl: but have not been for a while. The nearest one to us is about 30/40 minutes drive away so I have to make a special journey to go unless I time it in with something else that way, whereas my mum works over there so they norm tie it in with that or go for a tootle on there day off (both work shifts). I haven't had any meat from there in a while but I am seriously considering going and just getting bits from our local butcher..hmmm:think: I like doing the rounds tasting, then sneaking back in for a second try on the really nice ones :)I keep meaning to price up the supersize shampoo & conditioner tubs from there to see if I could save on them. - my brain is now adding to a list what I want to check at costco now :rotfl::doh:
So excited to begin getting all the Christmas items down, I might start today so come Monday I am fully ready to go, plus will give me chance to have a good hoover/clean in the spare room where it's all kept. Will be posting some cards out today so they have them for 1st :santa2:

OK enough rambling from me, hugs to everyone and have a good day

NEWTHRIFT i am very lucky our costco is only 10 mins away so can just pop there as and when

Gettingtherequickly

freespirit66 wrote: »

NEWTHRIFT i am very lucky our costco is only 10 mins away so can just pop there as and when

Where is your nearest?

quidsy

Well jell, if mine were 10 mins away I'd be there weekly, as it is we co-ordinate going when toilet roll etc runs out, it's about a 50 min drive for us with decent traffic so no time to go more often.