OS Christmas Support thread & timetable

hennagirl

Keep a look out at your local Lidl for their 75% clearouts of non food stuff - it is usually just for one day and is only advertised in store. Managed to pick up 50p bragains for kids stocking fillers eg watch, calculator etc plus also usually have loads of kitchenware stuff - I got a lovely separated snacks tray for £2.00, plates and dishes for £1.00. Be warned though - it gets really crowded and take cash a no cards accepted.

Got some smellies from Boots on Boxing day half price last year for SIL and am thinking of making choc dipped dates for someone this year - possibly FIL.

**purpleprincess**

145 days to go!!! :xmastree:

dorry_2

hi :wave:

started knitting my first xmas pressie for sil, the wool is pink and fluffy with ribbon bits on!! only going to cost 2.98 for lng scarf!

love dorry x

**purpleprincess**

dorry wrote:

hi :wave:

started knitting my first xmas pressie for sil, the wool is pink and fluffy with ribbon bits on!! only going to cost 2.98 for lng scarf!

love dorry x

Coo-el!! I've got a scarf I need to finish before I get started again for xmas pressies!!!

greenpixey

Any ideas what I can buy/make for my 27year old husband for Christmas. I got the same problem every year when it comes to gifts. He usually asks for expensive gifts and gadgets he knows we cant afford (and never gets). Most of the time I end up buying something boring that he needs, like clothes.

What do you get for your husbands/partners?

kal25

Just thought I would say I cannot believe that you lot are thinking of xmas already... However, I have vowed that I must start thinking about it earlier than Nov (I have said this for the past 3yrs lol). It is busy for our house at the end of the year we have my youngest son birthday on 30th Oct,eldest son on 8th nov,mine is on 10th dec and my daughter will be one on new years day (this was her due date). Last year I was lazy buying everyone 3 for 2 from boots with my points,where as the year before I made shortbread,fudge,rum truffles and attempted to make unsuccesfully some turkish delight. These were all accepted a lot better I think than just buying stuff from the shops. This year I plan on making some bath stuff for ladies and possibly sweeties or something for the men. I haven't started buying yet but have seen some stuff that I am going to pick up for the kids. Hopefully I WILL be organised this year.

Congrats to all who are due near or over the xmas period.

**purpleprincess**

greenpixey wrote:

Any ideas what I can buy/make for my 27year old husband for Christmas. I got the same problem every year when it comes to gifts. He usually asks for expensive gifts and gadgets he knows we cant afford (and never gets). Most of the time I end up buying something boring that he needs, like clothes.

What do you get for your husbands/partners?

Last year me and boyf set an amount of £20 each and this meant that we had to think as we didn't want to just get one thing. ..............................................I knitted him a scarf, bought him a belt, bought him some little badges with scooters on, a reduced book about the Clash, ummm :think: got him loads of little bits!! A little card with a quote about footy on it...... list goes on!!! ............................................................And he did the same for me and I was soooooo chuffed with it!! He made me a CD with a song from each of the gigs we'd been to last year and made a cover with photo's from hol's, got me a lego person keyring that was me! loads of cool little things!!! Bless!!!

nicki_2

greenpixey wrote:

Any ideas what I can buy/make for my 27year old husband for Christmas. I got the same problem every year when it comes to gifts. He usually asks for expensive gifts and gadgets he knows we cant afford (and never gets). Most of the time I end up buying something boring that he needs, like clothes.

What do you get for your husbands/partners?

I usually get my OH something along the lines of a video/DVD of a film he likes (I'm looking into getting him a boxset of James Bond this year... ) and put it with a HM voucher for a "movie night" where he gets to watch the film in peace and quiet and as long as he gives me some notice, he can have beer/pizza/popcorn or whatever he wants as well.

DD usually makes him something plus she give him a school photo for his office.

Xmas 03 - t-shirt, tie, boxers, silly socks, CD
Xmas 04 - No idea as I've lost his info
Xmas 05 - DVD, tow-rope; pyjamas; silly socks again; selection box; handkerchiefs; desktop puzzle and I made him a stocking filled with lots of travel sized toiletries individually wrapped and an elasticband ball as he's always complaining he can't find one when he wants one :rotfl:

How do I know all this? I have an excel spreadsheet with the budget laid out per person and I list EVERYTHING I buy so I know what I've got enough. If I'm going out on a shopping trip I either print out the whole thing and put it in my notebook I take out with me, or I just write out what each person has left in their budget I keep it passworded so no-one can snoop and have a new sheet for each year which stops me buying the same gifts for the same person every year

**purpleprincess**

Bump!!! :xmastree:

savingstill

Is this the longest thread on MSE?