Christmas present thread
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*Emsie*
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Have just had a look at some of these., there are some good ones thanks for sharing x
Poppet12
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No problem
I love Christmas but dislike the sometimes 'pointless' gift giving- im always on a tight budget so feel the pain! So if there's nothing the person wants or needs I go for charity gifts x
Princess_Stevie
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I've got 50% off at the Body Shop if I show my work pass (I work for a Local Authority) until next Weds. So I've been in at lunchtime and bought a couple of gift sets for my two friends, £8.50 each instead of £17! Bargain
Princess_Stevie
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That's good. Hadn't realised it was online too. We were just told if we show our passes we'll get discount and as there's one right by work it was handy to call in and pick them up, rather than faffing around ordering online! It really does make their stuff better value for money, and some of the sets are beautiful.
Happy Holidays
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Just ordered some make-up items from Feelunique.com. Thought I'd Google discount vouchers beforehand and received a code for 10% off, which equalled £6.39 off! So glad I checked for discount vouchers first!
Kathy
Happy days, that's brill
Poppet12
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This weekend I made my OH a coupon book. Sounds a bit naff, but I downloaded them and printed them on card, cut them out and made them into a booklet. So they look quite snazzy ;-)
I kept some 'original' ones from the site (e.g movie night, foot rub) and personalised some I know he'll love (24 hrs no animal duties, candlelit bath).
Thoughtful ideas and none cost anything! Big help for me this year
I kept some 'original' ones from the site (e.g movie night, foot rub) and personalised some I know he'll love (24 hrs no animal duties, candlelit bath).
Thoughtful ideas and none cost anything! Big help for me this year
Happy Holidays
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This weekend I made my OH a coupon book. Sounds a bit naff, but I downloaded them and printed them on card, cut them out and made them into a booklet. So they look quite snazzy ;-)
I kept some 'original' ones from the site (e.g movie night, foot rub) and personalised some I know he'll love (24 hrs no animal duties, candlelit bath).
Thoughtful ideas and none cost anything! Big help for me this year
That's a really nice, thoughtful gift.
Princess_Stevie
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Ordered Warren's main present on Saturday night - a new pair of football boots that he wanted. Pleased to have gotten that one out of the way
Poppet12
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Thanks guys
I've bought some supermarket white chocolate (aldi is the best!) and a bag of almonds & cranberries mixed so I'm going to make little fruit & nut discs today. Wrap them up in cellophane for posh chocolate coins!
I've got some dark choc too so could make alternate..
I've bought some supermarket white chocolate (aldi is the best!) and a bag of almonds & cranberries mixed so I'm going to make little fruit & nut discs today. Wrap them up in cellophane for posh chocolate coins!
I've got some dark choc too so could make alternate..
Mandlegrot
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no idea yet - i only have my mum and brother to buy for thankfully. I'm out of work with no income, so I am writing off the idea of xmas presents until I get a job...but even then, I have no idea what to buy? Its my first xmas at home in about 5 years :/
Dougal1983
Proud Mummy
I'm pretty much finished now just got to buy my mum and dad something else, which I'm really struggling with...
So for my husband I have brought: a bottle of his fave wine, 2 bars of his fave choc, a couple of books he wanted and a tub of mini cheddars lol!!
One of the gifts I'll wrap up from our little boy
My sister, I've brought her a book she wanted and a jar of liquorice allsorts.
My mum I need to get some ideas off my sister, but mum is pretty easy to buy for...
My dad is another story!!
For our little boy, we've got him the Fisher Price newborn to toddler rocker and some bath toys.
We originally agreed that's all we was going to buy him, as we are going away for new year so need the money and he'll only be 7 months old so won't know the difference.
But somehow there's a big bag of clothes to wrap up too... Lol
We are giving both sets of parents a calendar from Oliver, both will love it- it was hard picking out just 12 photos tho!!
MIL has an iPhone 5s so we're getting her a phone case for it with Oliver's photo on it
Excited for Xmas and our Belgium trip for new year xx
So for my husband I have brought: a bottle of his fave wine, 2 bars of his fave choc, a couple of books he wanted and a tub of mini cheddars lol!!
One of the gifts I'll wrap up from our little boy
My sister, I've brought her a book she wanted and a jar of liquorice allsorts.
My mum I need to get some ideas off my sister, but mum is pretty easy to buy for...
My dad is another story!!
For our little boy, we've got him the Fisher Price newborn to toddler rocker and some bath toys.
We originally agreed that's all we was going to buy him, as we are going away for new year so need the money and he'll only be 7 months old so won't know the difference.
But somehow there's a big bag of clothes to wrap up too... Lol
We are giving both sets of parents a calendar from Oliver, both will love it- it was hard picking out just 12 photos tho!!
MIL has an iPhone 5s so we're getting her a phone case for it with Oliver's photo on it
Excited for Xmas and our Belgium trip for new year
xxMandlegrot
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Sounds like you are in good stead Dougal! organization always pays off, I'd done all of mine by this time last year, then again I had lots of money so it wasn't an issue. It's harder when you have a very strict budget, as I'm rubbish at finding good ideas (not just the same stuff every year), and the idea's I have had so far are a bit too expensive.
MrsK81
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This weekend I made my OH a coupon book. Sounds a bit naff, but I downloaded them and printed them on card, cut them out and made them into a booklet. So they look quite snazzy ;-) I kept some 'original' ones from the site (e.g movie night, foot rub) and personalised some I know he'll love (24 hrs no animal duties, candlelit bath). Thoughtful ideas and none cost anything! Big help for me this year
I love this idea
Poppet12
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Home made cranberry & almond white chocolate coins
Lol the knife in this pic looks a bit odd. Id been chopping the chocolate with it, I'm not a weirdo I swear ;-)
Happy Holidays
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They look yummy
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