* Walking in a Winter Wonderland * - It's the 2015 Christmas Chatter Thread

mrs-moneypenny

Hope all are well
Love the themed wrapping ideas.
Need to do lists of ideas and have a look what I need.

lazysheep

Team Paul for the GBBO Fingers crossed he's not out first week but knowing my luck Now I know where I will be each Weds..

Christmas shopping is coming along slowly but I'm at 40% savings so far so hoping to continue this (yes I have a spreadsheet and yes I know I'm slightly odd..)

There is a British Gas advert on the radio at the moment which has a little bit of a christmas song on it which always makes me smile like a loony when I hear it, thankfully the weather is suitably autumnal at the moment so it doesn't feel too strange :rotfl:

alja

I don't really have a theme with my paper, because I have so much left over from previous years! I did pick up a couple of rolls in the sales earlier this year, but it's paper I could easily use for birthdays anyways.


I've usually just picked up any paper I like the look of, but I'd like to try out the brown paper and ribbon idea one year


Not bought any more presents at the moment, but have looked through a few sale areas to look for bits - will keep hunting!

missjec

hello everyone


decided to join mse after a long time lurking as a non member


im Christmas mad and bargain mad so thought the best place for my first post was here


I start shopping in January and then scour the shops for bargains all the year thru. friends and family think im crazy until they see how unstressed I am come December and they are scrimping/saving/borrowing/stressing over Christmas xx

MoneyMission2015

Hi missjec

I've only just found this Christmas thread but everybody on here is so lovely & we're all a bit Christmas mad : )

How is your Christmas planning/shopping going?

x

FeistyFidget

Loving all the wrapping suggestions! I printed some luggage style tags on Kraft card in black and red with cute typography sayings on it last year and the black looked great with the gold ribbon and jute string! I also stocked up on candy canes and attached them to the tags and pressies, these went down really well lol.

I think I may do the same again this year as I always miss out on the nice wrapping paper in the January sales and I know this can be turned around quickly. The only problem is making sure I order enough ribbon as it always seems to use miles! x

freespirit66

Evening everyone, i really enjoyed GBBO tonight, i felt so sorry for Dorrett she was so upset, that is why i could never do competitions, baking is so hit and miss my anxiety would be through the roof i think i made my best brownies ever today, it was a Good Food recipe called funnily enough.... Best Ever Brownies :rotfl:i also made Banana and Cinnamon Muffins a Holly Bell recipe, she was on GBBO in about 2011?? Just thought i would post a link to this years Yankee Candle Advent Calendars, i found them on amazon today, not available to buy yet but here are the piccies:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yankee-Candle-Advent-Calendar-Carousel/dp/B012FVTPWA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1438806569&sr=8-3&keywords=yankee+candle+advent+calendar+2015

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yankee-Candle-Advent-House-2015/dp/B012FVTFIY/ref=pd_sim_sbs_201_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=015S8N7N3SR6PNR09SMM

KAYA i see you are with Sandy as well in the pot luck, we at least got through the first week :T I wonder if that is where the photos have come from then Selfridges??

MANDCO haha i have already thought of Thumper and my tree oh what a shame, i am the one usually who is last to the party on here, i dont notice a thing even if it is in bold letters, i just struck lucky that this did jump out at me at the right time, ahh that will be lovely making a stocking out of Tazs t-shirt

MONEYMISSION you did have to be quite quick joining in the pot luck i really like Marie and the young girl, the eye candy went tonight hey ho

NEWTHRIFT wow that has gone quick, i didnt realise it was so soon, im glad you are nice and relaxed and organised, there is nothing worse than a bridezilla :rotfl:good luck with the baking, i remember your Homer Simpson cake it was fab! oh blimey the most i have ever done christmas dinner for was 11 these days its more like 5 adults and DGS so not so bad!

MRSMONEYPENNY hope you are well too!

LAZYSHEEP oh good you are through to next week then you arent odd at all a lot of our lovelies use spreadsheets, i am too much of a luddite and use a little book i carry in my bag all year so i am never without it I will have to look out for the British Gas advert :rotfl:

ALJA there are quite a few sales atm arent there, some nice bargains!

MISSJEC hi and welcome to our lovely thread, we arent the mad ones like you say we can have a lovely December with no stressing

FEISTY yes when i was in my red and white days i used candy canes, i love anything american and love their colours of red, white and lime green atm

kaya1991

FREESPIRIT66, are you as glad as I am that we didn't get Stu? I loved tonight's episode! GBBO is my second favourite time of year... after the obvious of course Also thanks so much for the Yankee links, I'm a huge fan so will be keeping a close eye on them!

Is anyone else secretly quite enjoying the little rain showers we've been having recently (down here in Brighton at least) - it feels like we're approaching boots and jumpers weather... (not just yet though, OH THE HUMIDITY!)

freespirit66

KAYA yes i am :rotfl:i was quite disappointed i didnt get him but tonight i was so blooming glad! You are welcome i just came across them while browsing this afternoon and knew some lovelies who would be interested seen as a) they are yankee and b) they are CHRISTMAS Oh im glad someone else feels like me about the weather, i was just thinking today, its lovely it feels like Autumn (without the humidity of course which is awful here) then i thought i bet i am the only one wishing summer away

lazysheep

We had some cracking thunder and lightening here this evening just before GBBO and I was crossing my fingers that we didn't get a powercut as I need to be able to discuss it at work tomorrow :rotfl:

Have no idea from the first episode who might struggle but I'm optimistic of making it halfway with Paul maybe? I'll have to keep an eye on Sandy too lol. I quite like the look of Marie but they all have their strengths and weaknesses and it only needs one bad week..

I may not have a book but I do have a note app on my phone, kindle and it's available via the web so anytime I have an idea I can just note it for further consideration without worrying that I'll forget (although that's less of a worry and more of a certainty tbh )