* Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * - It's the 2019 Christmas Chatter Thread

stirchleygirl

hi again

thanks for the welcome messages

Stirchley is south of Birmininingham and is part of the city sprawl tho historicly it was a vilag and ther ar signs sayinining welcome to Stirchley vilag

the estat I liv on has lots of matur trees and a variety of wild lif visit my garden includinining foxs it is ner kings heath park so it is a very green and quiet plac to liv despit the 'city' locaton

on a non Christmas note pleas check that if yur home has any gas that yu hav a carbon monoxid detecter
mine went of for the first tim this mornining - luckly one of my carers was her and herd it and trackd down what the beepinining was cominining from - then had to luck up online what to do as never had this happen befor
so she turnd boiler of and cookr of and opend windows whilst I phone gas emergency number
I said I was disabld and culd not evacuate
they said someone wuld com with in 2 hours
they arrivd approx. 30 mins later
outcome is gas turnd of at meter as boiler is the problem and needs to be replacd and iv contactd my landlord to get this don
luckly as part of my disablty im stuck on overly hot and still hav bedroom windows permanently open and 4.5 tog duvet so not havinining heatinining at moment is not an issu for me
im so thankful for the alarm and I wuld hav died without it goinining of as all but 1 of the symptoms of carbon dioxid are the symptoms I alredy hav with my disability so I wuldnt hav noticd
so pleas pleas check yu have an alarm and know what to do and hav the phon numbr next to it wich is 0800 111 999

stirchleygirl

Peppapig
yes I to look back at previos spred sheets to make sur I don't give people same evry year (apart from those who I always give a box of biscits or a tub of choc to)

stirchleygirl

freespirit66
I agre with SpekySquarehead don't kep us on tentr hooks abut the pjs do tel pref with pics

stirchleygirl

so had a delivry last wek of numeros boxes of biscits
that I give to familys as thes ar chepr and easyr that getinining individul gifts for each famly membr
and also yu know they wil get used rathr than getinining something they don't lik that wil sit gathrinining dust or get throne away
family circle biscits wer on offr at 2 boxes for £4.00 from Iceland so excelnt valu and foxs biscits wer on offr for £3.00 per box for thos I ned a slightly poshr gift for
so that's afew more gifts alocatd

nic2075

freespirit66 wrote: »

Evening everyone, hope everyone is well. I’ve bought some Christmas sweets and biscuits while they are on offer, saving some money. I’ve ordered a pair of Christmas pjs for DS, I think they are hilarious, they really tickled me, I hope he thinks they’re funny DD2 wants us to go to theirs for Christmas dinner, which I’m totally down for Thumper can play with his presents then.

PEPPAPIG thankyou, a brexit box is really what MANDCO said, a few extra bits that we use, that we wouldn’t want to be without. Just in case, I laughed at DD1 in the beginning but the amount of anger in this country, we just don’t know what will happen. I’m already having some trouble getting my hrt

MANDCO no that’s exactly how I feel, I never know if it’s the fibro, colitis or diabetes! Some of the symptoms are the same!

PRINCESSKITTY thankyou my lovely

NIC how are you feeling?

I’m feeling a bit brighter, thank you for asking I have been trying to take my self out of negative situations and taking more care of my needs.
I also have a brexit stash. I had a bit of a meltdown and bought loads of tins, bread flour, yeast, uht milk and toilet paper. I told folk at work and they thought I had lost it. But I keep adding to it and I feel a bit happier knowing it’s there as a back up. It’s all stuff with long dates and will get used through next year anyway. I did have to take myself off a brexit prep board as they really go for it. I was getting anxiety that I wasn’t prepared enough.


Not sure who was looking for the sweetie tubes, but Home Bargains had loads. Including the orange smartie ones.

nic2075

stirchleygirl wrote: »

so had a delivry last wek of numeros boxes of biscits
that I give to familys as thes ar chepr and easyr that getinining individul gifts for each famly membr
and also yu know they wil get used rathr than getinining something they don't lik that wil sit gathrinining dust or get throne away
family circle biscits wer on offr at 2 boxes for £4.00 from Iceland so excelnt valu and foxs biscits wer on offr for £3.00 per box for thos I ned a slightly poshr gift for
so that's afew more gifts alocatd

Tins of biscuits are alway my go to as well. Especially for my older aunties etc. The Foxes ones and Shortbread are always a winner here. I need to wait to nearer Christmas to buy them though, or else they would all be gone

nic2075

noodles86 wrote: »

Free - glad you were able to treat yourself, I always find when I have money to treat myself, I can never find quite what I want!

JJ - I saw lots of sloth home items in New Look last week.

Nic - Sorry to hear you're not feeling yourself, I had a horrendous year last year, unfortunately I couldn't find any medication that suited me once the initial high wore off and the GP weren't any support other than sympathetic nods. I can't offer much than, try and look after yourself as much as possible, my biggest problem was learning to say no to things that caused me stress! It's still a work in progress. Just seen your latest post, my youngest is conkers mad at the moment, so we've made a little display with candles and conkers! maybe another thing to add, your display sounds lovely.

Beshki - That farmshop sounds amazing!

Thank you. On Monday the weather was glorious, so myself and my youngest DD (8) went a nice autumn walk to the cemetery. We like to walk around and acknowledge the old graves that no one visits anymore. While we were there we spotted a conker tree. We gathered a few and some nice autumn leaves and fern on the way back and added them to our display. Gives me pleasure to see it, it also gave us a lovely walk and a bit of fun.

mandco

sains toys sale started today and it was crazy my local store isn't that big so they don't stock much but people were clearing shelves and there wasn't much left by 9am :eek: managed to pick up a couple of bit though

Smyths have some 1/2 price toys

The boots points event is this week its running fri to sun £10 worth of points on £50 spend in store or £60 online

Ordered a few bits from the works including a cocktail making book for dd's hamper and a couple of calendars for stocking fillers £1.50/£3 with matching diary and got the extra 25% off a £10 spend too.

seen a few posts suggesting that the sains double up is happening at the end of the month which will be great if its true

mandco

Beshki wrote: »

I have two mobile phones to buy as presents. Both have a bit of money off them at the moment and so I would like to buy them and put them away, but do you think it’s better waiting until closer to the time? I’m thinking of perhaps if something is faulty with them upon first using etc, warranty’s?

I think it depends on who you are buying for how much you would be saving and how much you are spending. I've brought things early for the kids and make some decent savings that way but I've checked they worked ect before wrapping which may not be an option depending on who you are buying for.
Warranty wise its usually 12 months from purchase so would lose 2 months worth if you buy now not such a problem on a cheaper item but could make a huge difference on a more expensive item.

Treasurequeen

Went into my local hobbycraft today they had fill your own advent calendars kids designs for £5.00. Bought some sweets to go in stockings in home bargains for 89p.

I can recommend plamil so free vegan advent calendar, had it last year and the chocolates tasted amazing. It’s Free from dairy, gluten, wheat and nuts.