Last minute things to do List

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I'm just trying to think of everything I have to do next week (boys finish fri), without being super specific, could you post your last minute things to do list? I feel like I'm forgetting things but can't think! Maybe seeing it written here might remind someone else too.

I need to work out what’s left to buy food wise
Sort the house out
Wrap last presents being delivered this week
Make gravy
Can’t think what else right now!

Wrap presents, make fudge, buy perishables.

Last Minute List will be this time next week, there's still loads of time

I have bought 99% of my food shopping that can be bought ahead. (Pantry/Freezer)

So:
buy fresh foods, bread, vegetables, milk (that'll be next Sunday )
buy frozen Nut Roast (Lidl)
buy beer for DH
Some last minute presents for DD
Money for DS present
Order flowers for DMum
Write and post cards (must do this tomorrow)

Get hair cut (booked this week)
Wash DD and DS bedding (did ours on Friday)

Sort out the Christmas Cupboard (my dishes and gravy boats type things)

Buy hay for the guinea-pigs to last them through
Make chocolate crispy cakes (I'll do on Christmas Eve)

Make sure I've put the reminders on the TV Guide for what I want to watch.

Buy petrol

Plan the meals , do a check list .

Admire my Christmas Fridge

Oh , another thing.
Make and freeze some meals like lasagne , chilli and vegetable soup for the days when we're back at work and don't want to be cooking after work.

Apart from DS we're a vegetarian house so no leftover turkey or ham .

Wrapping the last bits tonight. We're away to be hosted so nothing else really to do....

Good luck!

deliver local cards
ice the cakes (one for us, small one for mum)
complete bits for stockings
write shopping list for christmas dinner

Bedding! Forgot that, really don't want to be doing it over Xmas. Thank you.

DD is a very sound sleeper so I always change her bedding whilst she is in it on Christmas Eve.
She can then wake up with a new duvet etc

Make a cake next Sunday, we don’t like Christmas cake so I’m doing Nigella’s clementine cake.
Buy nibbles and drinks for guests coming round on Christmas Eve.
Make a bloody decision about what booze to buy (no idea at the moment).
Get guest room ready for adult ds coming home.
Buy fresh food / fruit/ veg on Sunday.
Finish wrapping presents.

Big house clean.
Apart from that I’m ready 😁

Wrap presents
Fresh food shop
Watch Die Hard
Cook food and open presents

I still have:
Wrap stocking presents
Wrap teacher's presents and get kids to finish making cards.
Big food shop and preprep food
Sew up unravelling stocking
Buy treats for animal stockings
Close door to spare room so no one can see the mess!
Post christmas cards (am still waiting for the school photos that go in these to arrive)

Last minute?!?! That’s not until at least Friday!

• buy all good
• wrap all presents
• finish buying presents
• deliver Christmas cards
• clean house

We do at least have a tree up...

I have one card to post
Christmas food shop arriving Thursday so need to clean out fridge
Wash bedding
I have one present to wrap that I’d lost in another bag
Ice cake
Fresh food shop on Sunday
General cleaning, think that’s it

order meat..That Must be tomorrow or there will be no Boxing day roast! .. (we already have christmas day venison in freezer)
Buy veg and cheese, potatoes custard and cream
Send DH out for wine ( his department and hes v good at it )
finish wrapping presents
Decorate house (we dont do it until the weekend before -we have adult Dcs )
Make beds and ensure enough towels /pillows etc for guests. (make sure spare sheets and duvets prepped JIC boxing day guests stay over)

Make mince pies and Lebkuchen
Make 'Mums secret stuffing mix' (2 trayfuls as I always have to provide ' takeaways' afterwars !!)
Make sausage roll wreath (ill be shot if I dont do this as it was such a huge success last year I ended up making three! )
Make red cabbage
Put more booze into christmas cake

Ive already done the non perishables shopping, but OP Do you have loo paper tissues, sponge scourers enough , loo cleaner paracetamol cold stuff JIC?

Buy presents, write and post cards, wrap presents, try not to panic

• Finish sewing panels into a tepee I am making for DS2
• wrap final present post cards/ gifts
• baking fest (planned for Saturday)
• make paper snowflakes with DC
• hand deliver local cards

Excellent thread! I’m doing my schedule/list/opening delivery boxes and wrapping gifts tomorrow, so this is all useful.

Getting properly excited 😄

Ack! also buy puff pastry, cranberry sauce and goose fat! rushes off to put them on list

I have just spoke to Amazon chase 2 Orders that haven’t arrived

change her bedding whilst she is in it on Christmas Eve

My 16yo had her Christmas Bedding on Nov 1st . at her insistance .

Its not overly Christmas , its a grey fleecy stag print and grey sheets.
Christmas blanket went on Dec 1st .

My DD is well into Christmas (blame the parents here) .

Buy presents!

Crack on with my Christmas jigsaw puzzle!

Finish buying presents
Wrap all presents
Make wreath for front door and arrangement for mantlepiece
Menu plan
Finish online food shopping order
Cleaning
Make crackers

Plus a whole load of stuff I haven't even remembered I have to do....

Feed cake
Review Sainsbury's list
Christmas jumper for DS1
Present for FiL
Vouchers
Wine
Wrap
Buy DS1 main present
Get some sleep 💤