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

elliew8

Mai, I got the email about the Boots points, I just checked and it said it was £10 off £50 in store between 30th Sep-1st October...it's only the stores doing the Christmas event so check online for your closest one. I can't paste links but it should be available in News & Events on your advantage card account.

mai_taylor

Thanks Ellie, I've checked but my nearest store doesn't seem to be doing the event and I'll be at work anyway. I might just spend the £60 online and use my vouchers for other presents (they're love to shop vouchers).

Haribo1

Elliew the Range is full of Christmas goodies now. Everything is out in mine. Strangely enough I didn't buy anything today though. Nothing caught my eye. Will leave it a couple of weeks and then go back for another look.

elliew8

Ooooooooooh yay!!!!!! Going to the Range has become a bit of a Christmas tradition for us as we went there to buy most of our Christmas decorations when we first moved in... the OH literally holds my arm (kind of like a leash lol!) because I'm like a kid in a candy shop! Thanks for letting me know Haribo, I may drag him up there this weekend

Clumsy42

Been shopping this morning for my sister's presents. Properly tired now (the ME specialist would tell me off for this! It's fatigue not just tiredness apparently ).

Went in B&M first. Their christmas aisle is amazing! Got my sister a hot chocolate and mallows set in a cute mug (£2.99) instead of those blasted stick things I'll never find! They had several different designs of mug including an adorable owl one. All of them looked great.

So I now have for her birthday pamper hamper: box of Cadbury Roses, 6 face masks (3 for 2 in superdrug!), glittery/fluffy bedsocks, hot chocolate mug set and 2 pairs of socks with moisturising stuff already in them (they are like the foot equivalent of one of those fabric face masks). Going to order a headband for keeping your hair off your makeup/face mask off ebay (cause apparently you cant buy them in shops!) and buy a gift box and it should all be done.

Hope all this waffle makes sense.

MoneyMission2015

Ooh, I will have to check to see if my local Boots is doing the Christmas event because there is a perfume my daughter wants so would be great if I can get the voucher as the perfume set costs £50


I've had a few orders delivered and my Christmas present pile is getting a bit in the way now, so I need to have a bit of a declutter and sort this weekend to make some room for all the stuff.


I've been trying to find out when the Benefit advent calendar is out but still not had any joy. I have pre-ordered a different beauty advent calendar though but will cancel my order of that one if the Benefit one gets announced soon.


I've been finding lots of deals lately on various things I've bought, some were money off which is great because it means the money I budget goes a little further and some are free gifts, so my present stash is bigger than I expected it to be so I think I'll have a few nice freebies that I can put in my sisters presents as an extra treat for them.


I'm usually useless at thinking of gifts for myself. Every year I get asked what I want & honestly can never think of anything. I hate being asked! But I've written a few things down over the last few weeks. It's mostly stuff that I've seen and was going to buy myself but because I don't need it right now I thought I'd be better off having a few ideas listed for other people when they start asking. Much more organised this year than I have ever been!


I've seen a lovely idea that I want to make for somebody in my family so need to start looking around for the stuff to make it. It's a box frame, but inside the frame is lots of those little jingly bells (I have no idea what they're called) and on the glass it says 'Jingle all the Way'. I want to make one for her but don't know where to start as I will have to get a particular type of frame and will have to get some sort of transfer for the glass. Any ideas? I'll try & post a photo now so people can see what I'm on about.

MoneyMission2015

http://sweetestesthome.tumblr.com/post/66955214752/christmas


This is the thing I was on about above. I hope you guys are able to view it, it's so cute & I will have to start looking in to how I make it. Pinterest have loads of them on there so I guess I'll start reading the instructions

lazysheep

MoneyMission2015 wrote: »

http://sweetestesthome.tumblr.com/post/66955214752/christmas


This is the thing I was on about above. I hope you guys are able to view it, it's so cute & I will have to start looking in to how I make it. Pinterest have loads of them on there so I guess I'll start reading the instructions

That looks so cute

There's vinyl lettering on Etsy, loads of silver bells on Amazon and you'll probably want to be looking for a shadowbox to put it all with

msgigglewick

MoneyMission2015 wrote: »

http://sweetestesthome.tumblr.com/post/66955214752/christmas


This is the thing I was on about above. I hope you guys are able to view it, it's so cute & I will have to start looking in to how I make it. Pinterest have loads of them on there so I guess I'll start reading the instructions

i can make you the vinyl decal too if you can't find one on etsy for uk post. (message me and we can talk if over if you get stuck )

dropsofjupiter

Haribo1 - Yaay, that's my weekend sorted! Absolutely love the Range's Christmas displays (well most people's if I'm really honest )

Freespirit - Our B&Ms isn't that big but there was one side of an aisle of Christmas stuff, with the other side displaying the Halloween stuff. A few ends of aisles had extras like selection boxes and candles so there was enough for a nice browse