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Post by Missredhead on Oct 7, 2010 10:26:09 GMT
I ordered 3 books from a book club at school today and brought some tubes of sweets as wrap ups for my kids.
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 7, 2010 17:51:54 GMT
I see today that M&S have their C.puddings mince pies and biscuits etc...on sale .
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Post by Missredhead on Oct 7, 2010 18:15:09 GMT
so do Lidls.....
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 7, 2010 18:42:08 GMT
I saw mince pies in the Co-op on Tuesday - I love mince pies ;D
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Post by MamIDdau on Oct 7, 2010 19:22:51 GMT
Only a couple more presents to buy and I'm done ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 7, 2010 19:34:27 GMT
 Blimey you're organised April.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Oct 7, 2010 19:39:42 GMT
Hope you got the animals some nice preziz April ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 8, 2010 6:36:22 GMT
How organised is that AL? ;D
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Post by farmersboy on Oct 8, 2010 6:52:16 GMT
I wont be starting till 20th Dec ;D
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Post by JennyWrenn on Oct 8, 2010 7:10:23 GMT
Well you only have is it four to buy  |
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Post by farmersboy on Oct 8, 2010 7:42:37 GMT
No i dont,i have children,grandchildren,brothers and sisters,about a doz in all |
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Post by MamIDdau on Oct 8, 2010 9:24:53 GMT
I know, not like me at all.
Only thing is, I now have the long wait from now until Xmas whenI can give them to people. I'll even have to wrap them up now so there's no peeking.
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Post by MamIDdau on Oct 8, 2010 15:17:14 GMT
That's 3 presents wrapped ;D
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Post by JennyWrenn on Oct 8, 2010 16:29:33 GMT
Does anyone buy something for someone and then decide to keep it for themselves  |
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Post by MamIDdau on Oct 8, 2010 16:39:03 GMT
No... I buy it for myself as a treat for being so nice and kind for buying for everyone else... ;D
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Post by JennyWrenn on Oct 8, 2010 16:42:28 GMT
I sometimes buy two of something one for me and one for them ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 8, 2010 17:43:40 GMT
I often do the reverse JW. I buy something I like but then get it home and think well someone else would like it too and end up giving it away. I do this not just with Christmas pressies, I do it all year long. |
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Post by Missredhead on Oct 8, 2010 18:10:01 GMT
we did a sort of secret santa thing one year at work..we all just brought a pressie and put it in a sack and at the dinner we passed the sack around the table and we all had to pull out a pressie...I pulled out my own cos it was something that I really liked... ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 8, 2010 18:27:18 GMT
;D did you say that you'd bought it MRH
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Post by Missredhead on Oct 8, 2010 18:34:16 GMT
nope ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 8, 2010 18:35:12 GMT
;D
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 9, 2010 8:36:40 GMT
What a good idea MRH ;D
All the local GC's have their Christmas shop up and running. Wyevales at Little Dicker has a castle and snow and penguins. Just right for a heatwave w/e ;D
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Post by MamIDdau on Oct 9, 2010 12:18:10 GMT
2 more presents arrived today and they're now wrapped ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 9, 2010 14:11:55 GMT
I was up in the loft looking for a wedding cake topper belonging to Jenny, she's lending it to my Brother for his cake in 2 weeks time and found 2 packs of Christmas cards and 4 rolls of paper I'd bought in M&S sale after Christmas last year. I don't usually do this as I buy charity cards but I liked the look of them and it's debateble (sp) how much actually goes to the charity  What do folks here think about charity cards then I wonder? |
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 9, 2010 15:07:52 GMT
I tend to buy them in the sales too LG but I will also go for the 3 for 2 deals. If they are charity cards then all well and good. I wonder how much gets to the listed charity especially if the cards end up being reduced |
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Post by Spruance on Oct 9, 2010 15:10:43 GMT
I think for the most part, charity cards are something of a rip off. Fair enough if you're buying them because you liked the design, but as a way of supporting charities, I think it is better to hand over the money directly.
That said I wouldn't go as far as not sending any Christmas cards and giving an equivalent sum to charity. I suppose from the charities' point of view the are getting something for nothing and with a bit of free publicity thrown into the bargain but it's not something that I particularly go for.
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Post by MamIDdau on Oct 9, 2010 15:45:49 GMT
THAT'S why I buy MY charity cards from my Cats Protection Magazine (you can also shop online). ;D
Plus, in the last year or two, one of the cats on the front was one my Mum was fostering.
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Post by Barbara on Oct 9, 2010 16:28:38 GMT
I bought mine last year in a charity shop,Barnados I think it was, so then, all the money then goes to them.
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 9, 2010 16:36:17 GMT
At work we give a donation to a charity we choose each year instead of giving each other cards - does anyone else do that?
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Post by MamIDdau on Oct 9, 2010 21:03:27 GMT
No, but Royal Mail is proud to support Barnardos! Seriously, they're complaining that they're short of cash and that we've all got to do even more work than we're already doing, screwing everything up by cutting back too much, and then they go and put stickers on EVERY vehicle we have saying "we're proud to support Barnardos" |
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Blimey you're organised April.
