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

FeistyFidget

Omo I may have text a friend who's mum works at boots to ask for the inside scoop on the sale date

springdreams

Happy birthday for yesterday Archiebear

lizzie_b

Thanks for the welcome
More money spent today, although not in sales and nothing festive
New bottle teats and a new bath seat for the ever growing little monkey, costing me a fortune!!
Looking forward to OH going back to work on Monday, 2 weeks with him under my feet has been far too long :P
xxx

nic2075

lizzie_b wrote: »

Thanks for the welcome
More money spent today, although not in sales and nothing festive
New bottle teats and a new bath seat for the ever growing little monkey, costing me a fortune!!
Looking forward to OH going back to work on Monday, 2 weeks with him under my feet has been far too long :P
xxx

Lol I feel the same Lizzie. My OH is a teacher and has been off since the 19th. The kids too. On Monday they all go back to work/school and I am off that day. Looking forward to catching up with other chores and some craft work. Love them dearly, but we have spent the last few days in the house together, I need peace

Been trying to teach my 9yr old dd to knit. I'm not the best knitter and find it hard to teach. Jsut trying to get her to hold the needles right is hard. In the end she managed to cast on 30 stitches and complete 3 rows. It's meant to be a bag, but we will aim for a blanket for the elves lol

msgigglewick

waves .. welcome to 2015...though i'll happily skip to 2016.

ive not got too much in the sales so far, well compared to other years. got my mum a reindeer cast iron pot saver thing for the worktop (need to work out what to put with it) my sister a gift pack of socks and a wheres penguin book.. might get slippers,pjs and new gown to go with. and thats it for xmas so far oh i lied i got some other socks and dd4 and dd2 a xmas outfit for next xmas too.

did swap my handbag over today and found a newlook gift card at the bottom, went to see how much was on it and it was enough to get myself a new pair of knee high boots and a couple of their xmas tops.

trying to save save this year.

hope everyone is happy and healthy

mrs-moneypenny

happy birthday for yesterday Archiebear, hope it was a good day for you.

Ruth_honey

msgigglewick wrote: »

waves .. welcome to 2015...though i'll happily skip to 2016.

ive not got too much in the sales so far, well compared to other years. got my mum a reindeer cast iron pot saver thing for the worktop (need to work out what to put with it) my sister a gift pack of socks and a wheres penguin book.. might get slippers,pjs and new gown to go with. and thats it for xmas so far oh i lied i got some other socks and dd4 and dd2 a xmas outfit for next xmas too.

did swap my handbag over today and found a newlook gift card at the bottom, went to see how much was on it and it was enough to get myself a new pair of knee high boots and a couple of their xmas tops.

trying to save save this year.

hope everyone is happy and healthy

Ooh, where was the reindeer pot saver thingy from, please? Sounds nice.
What a bonus finding a forgotten gift card. I've had a little splurge on the New Look website myself tonight.

Own_My_Own

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Ooh, where was the reindeer pot saver thingy from, please? Sounds nice.
What a bonus finding a forgotten gift card. I've had a little splurge on the New Look website myself tonight.

They have them in Boots £5, but are OOS online xx

fluffysox

Happy New Year everyone! We had planned a quiet night in with a bottle of prosecco. However the night before a friend popped in "for half an hour" and stayed the whole evening lol. Anyway, her plans with another friend of ours fell through and so we ended up hosting them and the other girls' OH. we had great fun but I had too much wine and felt awful the next day, not used to partying anymore lol.
Nic, your windows are brilliant!
Good to see OMO and Nanamia on here xx
Packed the tree away and took some of our decs down today. Still got lights up though. Past two weeks have flown by, back to work Monday
Sold a couple of bits on Facebook today, £18. Then decided to buy a Thomas tank toy box, toy storage drawers, book storage and a lampshade for DS2 from a friend. £70. Don't know how I'm going to fit it all in :eek:
Goals for 2015:
1. Move house!
2. Have things to look forward to on the calendar for every school holiday, makes a massive difference to my outlook. My brother has just been selected for a job in Florida so hoping we can afford plane tickets.
3. Spend less, especially on grocery shopping.
Night all x

fluffysox

Went out under cover of darkness tonight, our recycling bins are emptied tomorrow. Ours is packed! So took a bag down the road checking whose bins had a bit of space for bottles and tins. :rotfl: Felt so naughty- really don't know why- I wouldn't be bothered if someone put a few bits in mine when it's on the kerb lol.
Have also put a box of cardboard next to our bin, they will probably leave it but hoping the bin men are feeling generous. If not it can go straight in the empty bin.