Santas challenge 2017

Hope everyone had a brilliant Christmas and that you’re all happily hitting the sales ready for next year 😆

I hope everyone has had a great Christmas.

My bank card is almost in intensive care.Def aim for Jan-no unnecessary spending.
DD wanted to go to our small B@@ts in town yesterday as she loves the sales. I wasn't sure as with their website playing up I thought there would be alot of people when the store opened. There was very few of us so managed to get some birthday and Christmas bits.
Stocked up on paper and special cards yesterday aswell and today checking dates carefully while only originally going out for cat food, I ended up buying sweets half price like a big box of liquorice allsorts for a £1 that will be ideal for birthdays. I picked up ones that I'm not keen on so they will be safe from me eating them!!!!!

Chanie I'm glad that you've enjoyed your first cocktail bauble. Poor DD had an operation on her nose earlier in the year and it hasn't worked. She's had problems with her sinuses and the septum is swollen.she hasn't been able to taste anything. She had planned to have a bauble on Christmas day but decided to wait u til she could taste and enjoy them properly.
Talking of epic fails...epic fails with me
* despite being organised I still ended up running around, I was so tired Christmas afternoon
*never thought but a relative could take a birthday present back with them which would save on postage and go in the Star Wars gift bag I had actually bought(cheap). Meant having to shoot to the shops for a card and wrapping the presents last night ready to go this morning.....the last thing I wanted to do is wrap more presents.
*Christmas Day I was doing part of the dinner and my DM the other half. DD being so laid back we end up rushing to DM house. DD left the kitchen door open with the rest of a 10lb turkey in there. I have 6 cats. It survived to tell the tale only because I had put it somewhere out of the way to cool down which made life difficult for the cats. I think I would have cried otherwise
Off to tidy the house, its in a right state but have done a good job parceling up the recycling ready for tomorrow

I've just completed my first 2018 Xmas task: printing off labels for snowman soup/magic reindeer food, and Elf/Santa letters. I always forget to do them until its too late. I'll put them in with the Xmas decorations, ready for December.

All packed away now til next year. I love the tree and decorations up early, but once the big day is done I like them down again. I can’t stand having it up for new year.
Went into Manchester to have a nosey in the sales. Did ok online but haven’t been in I. Person for years. Got into card factory and got all the personal cards for next year, plus a good few “from all of us” and “to all of you” type ones as they’re always handy to have. Some bits from the works. Kids Christmas books for 10p!!
I got Christmas jumpers online from Asda. All free through a cashback app. That’s my New Years resolution. More cashback apps, comping, freebies and coupons. Anything to help save the ever dwindling pennies. Scary looking back how much I spent in the sales last year. But it did set me up well for this year.

This thread has been really helpful, so I pop along whichever option.