OS Christmas Support thread & timetable

recovering_spendaholic

pavlovs_dog wrote:

ok, i have officially found the best christmas site on the web.. i would almost go so far as to say that it is better than organisedchristmas :shhh:

sooo many amazing craft and HM gift ideas that i dont know where to start! ive got to buy myself a christmas book to note all my ideas in

This is a great site!! i have tried to find the organised christmas site but can't seem to get it - can someone put up a link or give me the address please? Also this will be my first attempt at OS Christmas so any other Christmassy sites would be most welcome!!

AussieLass

pavlovs_dog wrote:

ive been having a look around the organised christmas site that was mentioned earlier in the thread,

There you go recovering spendaholic. Hope it works for you. I can't do the link thing.

pavlovs_dog

me again

ive made more inroads into my pressie shopping. bought a gorgeous che guevara t shirt in primark for £3 for OH's che mad cousin.

im using my £5 cd wow code (from the sunday express) to get something to put away (dont know what yet, but need to get cracking as it expires tonight :eek: )

and yesterday i swiped the free bottle of wine voucher from MIL's mail on sunday. have a friend who is a wine fiend, so i can get her two bottles of jacobs creek for £7 she is a bit of a foody, so im thinking i might make her a hamper, with a few bits from her favourite local deli to accompany the wine :j

well-medicated

What a terrific thread! I, like a few others, cut down on the groceries last december - on the treats and rich food especially. Have started to work a little towards this year; using the POCKETMOD as my chrictmas lists/planner, and a big time-saver for me - I have created a mail merge document of all my Christmas card addresses. OH and I have about 70 cards to post each year, and the thought of writing all those envelopes again....... So now they'll be printed in a decorative font onto labels - I've also done the same task for a few of my friends on their lists. That's going to save me a lot of time and grief this December.

pavlovs_dog

with christmas cards, if you really want to add a personal touch to them you could always use the royal mail SMILERS where the photo of your choice is made into a stamp

pavlovs_dog

well-medicated wrote:

Have started to work a little towards this year; using the POCKETMOD as my chrictmas lists/planner, and a big time-saver for me

the link for the POCKETMOD thread is here - enter at your own peril, it is addictive

thriftlady_2

Just want to say thanks to Pavlov's Dog for the links to the great Christmas sites and her good ideas:T

One other thing what does the Welsh bit of your sig mean,and is banana really a Welsh word ?:D

Diolch yn fawr in advance (sorry if I spelt that wrong:o )

nicki_2

I've not even thought about Christmas yet this year :eek: Makes a big change as I usually start in January :rotfl: (Member of Rudolph club on OrganizedChristmas.com and I have been for a few years). The only things I do know about Christmas are :

• Christmas is in Liverpool this year so I'll have to do Christmas dinner this year - NOTHING on the scale I did last time. This time it will be 1 Bernard Matthews Turkey Roll thing, a few roasties etc - basically a Sunday Roast with Christmas Pud/"Squirty Cream" for pudding and a SMALL Christmas cake for afters if wanted, probably bought though. Forgot Crackers to pull (I think I might have these hiding in one of my Christmas boxes :think: ) and DD can make a center piece again
• Addresses are up-to-date, and I'll continue to update them. Stickers for address labels are already bought (I use the same ones for my ebay parcels) and so are return address labels.
• Need to do the Newletter but will file that in my documents for now.
• Budget is already set - £10 for family (£5 for 2 members & 2 dogs can have £5 spent between them!), £20 for me and OH, £50 for DD (usually £10 for stocking fillers, £10 for new clothes, a "big" pressie and then a few bits like a new book or two etc) - So that is £210 without a few extra bits of food. :eek: Mind you, 2 people usually get LESS spent on them than what I budget as I bake for them instead Plus there may be a few "joint" pressies this year which also cuts costs Plus I always include an up-to-date School photo
• Cards are already bought - clearance in Tescos last year

Blimey, I'm actually more organised than I thought! :j

**purpleprincess**

189 days til Christmas!!!

pavlovs_dog

thriftlady wrote:

Just want to say thanks to Pavlov's Dog for the links to the great Christmas sites and her good ideas:T

One other thing what does the Welsh bit of your sig mean,and is banana really a Welsh word ?:D

Diolch yn fawr in advance (sorry if I spelt that wrong:o )

awww glad to have helped :T i guess being a christmas addict has its uses :rotfl:

the welsh part of my sig is a quote from a book. it reads "one foot in the grave and the other on a banana skin." it tickled me pink - i thought it was a very humbling and down to earth view on mortality (for us all, not just the old people it was referring to in the book).

banana is the welsh word for banana (although pronouced slightly differently). as with all languages, we have our shared of borrowed words where some things just will not translate

and your spelling was spot on - da iawn ti! :beer: (well done you!)