Thread 12 - the one with the F bags

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This is genius!!! I was looking for fill your own crackers today but couldn't find any designs I liked, and was debating just using some lovely pre-filled ones I have left over from years ago. Now I can just pop my extra bits (lottery scratch card and christmas chocolate) in them and use some of my huge ribbon stash to re-tie them. Thank you!!

They live in France so I dont see them very often, but I got over in May to say goodbye. Daughter is sporty, a good swimmer, training to be a midwife. They live very rurally. I dont want to look like I'm stepping in as mum, but wanted her to have something to open that would be from her mum...if that makes sense. Sorry to bring the thread down! I always called them "my frogs" and that was a running joke and I used to send lots of frog themed bits and pieces, which they all loved.

@Kracken

This is genius!!! I was looking for fill your own crackers today but couldn't find any designs I liked, and was debating just using some lovely pre-filled ones I have left over from years ago. Now I can just pop my extra bits (lottery scratch card and christmas chocolate) in them and use some of my huge ribbon stash to re-tie them. Thank you!!

Whoops, this was in reply to @LittleMousewithcloggson

What I love about this thread ,,is that we are all promoting small business's .
Some stuff I have bought ..I would never have found without this thread .

@SingaporeSlinky could you put the tags inside so they know they're new?

Etsy has everything . including frog things .xx
So sorry for your loss x

@dementedma
That was for you .sorry I did not do it right x

Riverhouse, good idea, I’ll do that, just so it’s clear. Thanks.

@woodwaj yes and thank you!

Sorry for the very delayed reply

thread 13, where we all have worms

@dementedma

Gift for young woman, without her mum this Christmas? My friend died in May this year. This will be her family's first Christmas without her. Would like to get something symbolic for 20 year old daughter, without being maudlin or making her even more sad! Any thoughts?

I'm not sure if it would make her sad, but what about a personalised bauble in memory of her mum that she can hang on the tree every year?

There were some in the Lisa Angel sale that a pp mentioned earlier for £5 each.

Bauble is a good idea, plus if you get one for yourself too you could say you’ve got them for you both to remember her, if that puts your mind at rest about stepping in? Which you aren’t, but you’d be putting the focus on your lovely friend x

Ooh, thank you. Thats a nice idea

@dementedma depending upon budget, what about a nice fob watch for her uniform..... could have a small engraving on the back so her mum is looking over her whilst she is a midwife

Does anyone have an Argos could they wouldn't mind sending my way? My DS is desperate for a Nintendo switch for his birthday next week. Thank you!

Liz Earle currently have 20% off a spend of £20 and over using the code RADIANCE20

@CoffeeAndDryShampoo

Does anyone have an Argos could they wouldn't mind sending my way? My DS is desperate for a Nintendo switch for his birthday next week. Thank you!

Not sure if still available but someone give me a student discount code to spend direct with nintendo when i was buying our switch.

17 pages already 🙈
I just popped back on to say I’ve opened my second bottle of the Romanian wine & it’s actually very pleasant. Nicer than the first one which was okayish just a bit dry for my tastes.

@dementedma

Gift for young woman, without her mum this Christmas? My friend died in May this year. This will be her family's first Christmas without her. Would like to get something symbolic for 20 year old daughter, without being maudlin or making her even more sad! Any thoughts?

I have ordered Christmas decorations for my children and others for over 25 years from a small business called Stork and Cradle. Think it’s in the Lincolnshire area. Rob and sue Roebuck are the names of the people who run it. They are so accommodating and with enough time I am sure they could do you a couple of frogs, one for each of you, as a previous poster mentioned. I have had a butterfly made for a friend who’s mum had died, a star for a friend who lost a son. They are lovely decorations and not expensive at all. Postage is free too. Well worth a look at. They are great, inexpensive token gifts as well.

www.storkandcradle.co.uk/m.christmasdecorations.html

@Daisy829 I find the second bottle of any wine generally tastes better than the first.

@Sneezein3s good luck on the hunt for the bowl!

@dementedma you aren't bringing the thread down at all! This is what it's about. You are doing a lovely thing

@Haudyourwheesht 🤣🤣🤣
Just to clarify not my second of the day……yet 🤣

@CoffeeAndDryShampoo

Does anyone have an Argos could they wouldn't mind sending my way? My DS is desperate for a Nintendo switch for his birthday next week. Thank you!

Not Argos but I can give you a code for 10% off on Nintendo store?

The Romanian wines are very good ,,in order to spend a fortune on these threads

@catsarebetterthandogs9 that would be incredible,thank you!