* It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year * - It's the 2016 Christmas Chatter Thread

creative_gal

I've been following this thread for quite some time and very much enjoying it, as I am a bit of a Christmas nut. (adding to the excitement of the season, my birthday is the week before Christmas, so it's always been a very special time of year.) I am particularly excited about this year though, as, for the first time since 2006, I've actually got the Christmas holiday period off, (rather than just Christmas day and Boxing day) because by brother is getting married close to Christmas, so it's going to be doubly exciting and special. Yesterday, I also managed to start my present shopping, as I found some lovely Christmas scented votive candles in The White Company sale which I will repackage nicely, as the box is rather bashed, and give to my mum. That purchase has now triggered the list of presents brought and to buy on my phone, which helps me keep track of where I am.

murie

Free- sounds like a perfect day! I have finished my project too (if I decide to go with that one lol!). Problem is now that I have finished it I want to do something else -so I can see I can potentially be doing a craft every other day lol. This one was something that I have never tried before so Im not 100% happy with it but its done.


Peppa- we have nans in our family too.


Welcome creative gal! Its exciting once the present buying starts isn't it?


I have had my fruit soaking for a week now so I may make my Christmas cakes today- I LURVE the smell of Christmas cakes baking!


Hope everyone has a lovely day- looks like summer is back for a while x

mrsinvisible

congratulations, Murie-nan , glad both are ok, well done on the jingled bell front too.
Oy, swotty free, ok, I'm gonna copy your homework!! seriously, well done you.
Come on in Creative girl, we are glad to have another Christmas nut on board.
DGSs football boats/boots arrived yesterday, thankfully they fitted, as 13 is the biggest l could find. They were reduced to £26 thanks to the sale and a 30% code, and are leather so should be ok. Next month it will be trainers, but we have a New Balance factory nearby, and one of my friends works there, so ....
Now while l am waiting to skype the nibs do l 1)iron 2) dust 3) jingle my bells? no contest eh? coffeeeeeeeeee xx

04624181

Sorry Guys, been feeling a bit rough so have been in bed. Didnt stop me from ordering some christmas gift bits though lol. Got some more bits from halfcost, although still did not receive the planter houses even though they still state they are in stock online! Made 2 wish lists for the kids on amazon and keep dropping appropriate bits in it. Have ordered these for a fun gift for the kids.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seen-Bouncing-Bubbles-Blowing-Activity/dp/B00X3NHA1S/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1470567442&sr=8-5&keywords=juggle+bubbles

I always do us a couple of family gifts that are about us spending family time together. Whether it be a board game, a day out or an eating out voucher. The family gifts are always about us having fun and spending time together so may pop them in the family box for us all to play x hubby and kids gone to church so I am sat in bed in silence.... ( on the laptop of course)
plunduf55- your snowman jumpers are fab, you are very talented.
Mrs_Ryan- Wow fantastic bargain on the george foreman grill, they are amazing! Have a wonderful holiday x
mrs invisible- hope you found some inspiration on pinterest. i always end up distracted to other lovely items/ideas. Size 13 in mens sizes? i thought it was difficult enough with my son who is nearly 14 and is in a size 9.
mandco-thankyou im beginning to feel better, have managed toast today. Congratulations on becoming a nan, how wonderful xx
Free- wowzers! you go girl!! If you would like another task for extra credit ....:rotfl:
Creative gal- Hi and welcome, pull up a chair and get christmas planning with us all. If you would like to take part in the christmas craft challenge please feel free.
murie-Wow you finished too? if you want to do more than one craft thats fantastic xx it gets us all in a fab christmassy mood xx

murie

Mrs I-huh?? Im not the nan (that I know of anyway ) its mandco- but thanks anyway ! I remember how expensive it was this time of year getting shoes trainers rugby boots ballet shoes etc- not to mention uniform and PE kits! Not to mention stressful lol!


04624181- hope you are feeling a little better now x You are a true Christmasaholic ordering pressies from your sick bed x

Peppapig

Wow FREE and MURIE, I haven't even thought of what to do yet and you're both finished! I'm getting bits out of the way that I'm committed to like my up cycled chair, DHD's Shopkins shop, my upcycled bookcase/shelf combo that I'm hoping to make look like a dresser and a Spiderman PE bag for DGS! As soon as they're done I shall be on the case in earnest! I have at least got til October now for the Shopkins shop so that's been put to one side.

0462 I really feel for you and hope you're soon on the mend. At least DD has perked up now so hopefully you won't be far behind.

Welcome to posting CREATIVE GAL, sounds like it's going to be full on for you this year - fabulous! Are you going to join us in the Christmas craft challenge? With a name like yours it's going to be hard not to.:D

Well done on the football boots MRSINVISIBLE and good luck with the trainers.

Very productive day today, got lots of little jobs finished, had lunch in the garden and an hour on the bed!

I've sort of given up on Instagram so will just have to practice putting my pics on here. I find what with this thread (fave obviously), Facebook and eBay I just don't have time for any more or I don't spend any time in the real world!

Just realised how dirty my windows are - only drawback to the lovely sunshine is that it really shows up all the dirt, dust and finger marks. Oh well, job for tomorrow I'm done for today.

Happy Sunday everyone, hope the summer weather continues! :T

Treasurequeen

I haven’t been on here for a while so I am just catching up on the last couple of pages.
Welcome to the newbies you will enjoy this thread we are all Christmas nuts. None of us will criticise on how early it is to buy presents. Today I was called a weirdo for getting my Christmas presents and cards this early. Welcome back KAYA.

MrsRyan you must be so chuffed that you have nearly finished your Christmas shopping, you’re a woman on a mission:rotfl:

When I managed to get to my local asda they were reducing the gardening bits down to 75% off. But I didn’t see anything worth getting. PeppaPig I know the lamp you mean I saw it at full price. What a bargain.

Murie the pizza oven is a great gift idea you will be sick of the sight of it from now to Christmas. That’s was a steal at that price, did you get cashback with groupon? I didn’t realise that groupon was included in cashback sites.

Mandco the puppy is so adorable.
Peppapig im glad the chemo is going well for you. I will keep my fingers and toes crossed that everything turns out ok for you.

04624181- the nail polish crackers look like a great idea they work out at 83p ish each, which is a bargain.
Plumduff: the jumpers look great you are very talented; I wish I could do something like that.
Congratulations mandco. on becoming a nan.

I love the idea of the craft challenge, Pinterest here I come!

To the fibro sufferers from a fellow sufferer I can’t take pain meds so I have done my own research into treatments etc. I have found that a Himalayan salt bath helps ease the pain and helps me sleep if I have it in the evening. It also good in a foot bath you can get it in boots and have seen it in TKmaxx or buy in bulk from westlab. Also hot massage oil used on legs with ginger in is good to help ease the pain. Turmeric is also supposed to be good for joint and muscle pain. I have also found that I have restless legs and a cup of cinnamon tea before bed helps.

freespirit66

Evening everyone, we had a lovely family day today with a big buffet lunch that DS did so we could all meet his OH it was just like christmas :rotfl:i havent done anything but feel shattered. I have drs appt tomorrow and then hospital appt tuesday so the next two days arent going to be my favourites grrrr! I hope everyone had a great weekend

CREATIVEGAL hi and welcome to our thread, ooh how exciting a christmas wedding!

MURIE i bet your project is fab! I love the smell of christmas cakes cooking mmm

MRSINVISIBLE
Oy, swotty free, ok, I'm gonna copy your homework!! seriously, well done you. :rotfl::rotfl:
My DS is a size 12/13 too he calls them clown feet I hope you jingled your bells today!

04624181 haha no i will be called teachers pet as well then I hope you are feeling a bit better tonight, i love that you still christmas shopped though haha

PEPPAPIG where do you get your energy from doing all those projects lol? I know what you mean with all these social networking sites, im just too damn nosey thats my trouble i love seeing what people are up to I did exactly the same today, i sat in a different chair in my LR and looked at the window and nearly died they are thick with dust outside..........guess what i will be doing this week!!

TREASUREQUEEN funnily enough i put Himalayan Bath Salts on my list the other day along with Epsom Salts for my fibro thanks for the other ideas though i will definitely try them. Especially the cinnamon tea, i love cinnamon, do you just add a teaspoon to hot water?

springdreams

Peppapig wrote: »

I've sort of given up on Instagram so will just have to practice putting my pics on here. I find what with this thread (fave obviously), Facebook and eBay I just don't have time for any more or I don't spend any time in the real world!

Easy to upload photos - courtesy of tweets from the Elite thread.

Use Tinypic http://tinypic.com/

1. Browse - locate your photo
2. on Resize - select Message Board 640 x 840 on the drop down
3. Copy the security words
4. wait whilst uploading.
5 When uploaded copy 2nd line

springdreams

plumduff55 wrote: »

http://s346.photobucket.com/user/Sheila_Moffat/media/image_zpsjn6azlbz.jpeg.html?sort=3&o=0




Hi, don't know if this is going to work. I'm following instructions to join photo bucket and post photos. Here goes if it doesn't work I'll delete it and try again xx

Edited to say I'm amazed that it works, there should be 3 photos of snowmen jumpers xx

Your snowmen jumpers are beautiful.

You need to add at the end for them to post properly in the forum. Or you could simply follow my instructions above for using tinypic.

Photobucket has changed slightly since I posted the original Elite 11+ Photobucket instructions that Freespirit has kindly been re-posting for the benefit of all. There is no longer a suitable "share this photo" link that you can simply cut and paste from Photobucket for forums as the IMG codes have been removed. You now need to add your own IMG codes that I mention above. Or click on the image / button of a mountain at the top of your post when you are typing it before posting and add the photo link from Photobucket that way.