Slipping Through My Fingers

LABMUM

Love the afternoon tea idea.

nomorecredit

Good morning Tea

So impressed with the organisation for Christmas, I need to get researching for gifts, I have my list and budget per person done just need to get the "show on the road".

Great idea about afternoon tea, my mum is the same and its the case of if she needs anything she will buy it. She is contemplating wanting a coffee machine and my brother always gets her tickets to the theater which she loves.

Hope you have a lovely day - its a wet one here in Yorkshire so no excuse to get the house work done !

Take care
NMC xxx

teafor2

beanielou wrote: »

Great idea on the afternoon tea xx

LABMUM wrote: »

Love the afternoon tea idea.

Thanks. I think I'll more than likely go with something like that. She's probably not even that bothered about the tea bit, but will enjoy the company. I know how much she's been organising things and clearing out over the past few months so she genuinely means "don't buy me anything". She loves lilies as well so that could be another option. It's definitely going to be something that can be eaten or has a shelf life though :rotfl:

nomorecredit wrote: »

Good morning Tea

So impressed with the organisation for Christmas, I need to get researching for gifts, I have my list and budget per person done just need to get the "show on the road".

Great idea about afternoon tea, my mum is the same and its the case of if she needs anything she will buy it. She is contemplating wanting a coffee machine and my brother always gets her tickets to the theater which she loves.

Hope you have a lovely day - its a wet one here in Yorkshire so no excuse to get the house work done !

Take care
NMC xxx

I've done my list and amounts next to each person this week. There's not as much left over as I thought because I've also still got to buy a couple of stocking fillers for DS too.

The coffee machine is a good idea, funnily enough that's one of the things mum has put to one side and reverted back to a kettle. No doubt next year the kettle will go back in the cupboard and the coffee machine will come out again :rotfl: Always good to have the choice though.

Theatre tickets are a great idea, but she wouldn't go on her own and then I end up spending double what I would so somebody can go with her. That probably makes me sound really tight but they're not exactly cheap these days

It's been raining non-stop here all week. From a washing/drying point of view it's driving me a bit nuts now. Have a lovely weekend. xx

nomorecredit

Hope you had a lovely weekend Tea x

Its not been the best day for rain today here - it was quite nice yesterday too.

Ha I was thinking would she end up having to keep it in the cupboard and forget about it as she has a small kitchen and not much space on her worktops.

It works out quite well for the theatre tickets as they always get one for themselves as they like going and one for my SIL's mum too so they all go together. They did get my mum one for her birthday and my mums friend one too but it was 241 they go that much they now get notified of special offers :-)

Hope you got to enjoy some dry weather

Take care
NMC xx

Choccygirl123

I love buying our teenagers theatre tickets for birthdays and christmas. `My girls are 15&13 and both love the whole experience as it feels like a real treat with dinner before. They always say they remember the shows rather than the toys they've had, which is sweet.

I just wish my 80year old dad would go! He never wants anything. Last year he asked for a posh can opener like mine,....£6.99 from amazon. Bless him, so any ideas other than chocolate, socks would greatly be appreciated.

teafor2

nomorecredit wrote: »

Hope you had a lovely weekend Tea x

Its not been the best day for rain today here - it was quite nice yesterday too.

Ha I was thinking would she end up having to keep it in the cupboard and forget about it as she has a small kitchen and not much space on her worktops.

It works out quite well for the theatre tickets as they always get one for themselves as they like going and one for my SIL's mum too so they all go together. They did get my mum one for her birthday and my mums friend one too but it was 241 they go that much they now get notified of special offers :-)

Hope you got to enjoy some dry weather

Take care
NMC xx

Thanks NMC we did have a nice weekend and Saturday was lovely. Yes, worktop space is limited in my Mum's kitchen as well. She tends to rotate things depending on how she's feeling. One week the soup maker is out the next it's gone and the bread maker is there. She has tons of gadget, way more than me lol.

I think theatre tickets are a great gift and a lovely family night out if everybody enjoys going and likes the same type of show. xx

teafor2

Choccygirl123 wrote: »

I love buying our teenagers theatre tickets for birthdays and christmas. `My girls are 15&13 and both love the whole experience as it feels like a real treat with dinner before. They always say they remember the shows rather than the toys they've had, which is sweet.

I just wish my 80year old dad would go! He never wants anything. Last year he asked for a posh can opener like mine,....£6.99 from amazon. Bless him, so any ideas other than chocolate, socks would greatly be appreciated.

Hi CG Yes, shows and experiences are great memory makers aren't they. I loved going to the theatre with DD and DS during summer and one of our plans while DD is back at Christmas is to choose a show we want to go and see in the New Year.

Laughing at the can opener. Mum once asked for a diary for her filofax and was over the moon with it. Another year we bought her a mini oven, so it can go from one extreme to the other. Hubbys' Dad was very hard to buy for but one year we got him a magazine subscription which he really enjoyed. The hardest thing about Grandparents is you have to think of double gifts with something from the children as well :rotfl: xx

teafor2

Morning Everybody

Halfway through October already and only 4 days until half term!

Moneywise, I cashed out just over £5 from Prolific last week and I've £2.59 pending. Should also be able to cash out £5 from Shoppix later on today. Receipt Hog is still lagging behind at 515/1500 points but it always gets there in the end so I'll persevere.

I'm not giving myself my full quota of spends today. It's too much and although I'm not exactly frittering it away I've been loosening the purse strings more than I really need to. A few weeks of not overthinking money has been nice though and so have the treats

So instead of £47 I'm going to give myself £30. I'll divide the £17 between the 2 Christmas pots and the £10 I've got left over from last week I'll pop into savings which is at a big fat £0. Told you I'd been having a nice time :rotfl:

I wrote my Christmas list of people/money and there's not quite as much left over as I thought so still going to bump that up over the next few weeks. Not with the specific intention of spending it but to give me a head start next year.

Think I only need to buy DS a couple of bits for his stocking now - just a few sweets etc. Nothing more than £5 I shouldn't think. Also a pair of PJ's. Then DD and DS are done. They're having cash, the I-fly experience, a gift, PJ's, selection box and stocking. More than enough. Actually, I've done quite well with Christmas even though I say so myself Apart from the cash hubby stumps up, I've covered everything else for DD and DS plus saved the money for the family we buy for. I'm better at this than I thought :rotfl:

OK, enough waffle for now. Hope you're all keeping well. Have a great week everybody. xx

beanielou

Sounds like you are so organised xx

HairyHandofDartmoor

You are putting me to shame with your Christmas preparations . You've inspired me to make some Christmas present lists over half term.