Brand new CHRISTMAS APPEAL THANK YOU THREAD!

[TenLordsaLapin]

For reasons explained in the old thread here, please can we use this one now? Thank you

You are very welcome Melsy. Glad they liked their pressies. My 2 are similar ages so I tried to think what they like best. Hope you all had a good day, ours are exhausted in bed which is where I am on my way to

Thank you again to my two secrwt santa's. The boys loved their presents and DS1 has already done the pat puzzles. DS2 loves his own little car and neenor. The bath toywill be used tomorrow. MY Aveda handcream is wonderful and will be kept by the kitchen sink. Your generousity made me cry again this morning.

And for my other santa (C) the M&S vouchers are going to be used on Thursday when I brave the sales for a coat for each for the boys.

We have had a wonderful day, my boys made me proud, they were kind and gracious and every so good for an 18 month old and a 2.9 year old.

I have the date for my genetic test 7 January and my mums is on the mend after her recent operation. Thankyou mumsnet, thankyou Fly ladies. Being a mum is my most imporatant job, I want my children to gow up in a loving and balanced home and really do find you all such a lift, it is good to know that other mums understand how hard being a mum came be and also how rewarding - gushing over

To my two secret santa's thank you once again. DD loves her bead set and the foam animals to make. DS loved the tigger book (how did you know tigger is his favorite?) and the fab transport puzzles. I am going to enjoy a relaxing bath by candle light as well.

Thank you.

I hope all the Secret Santa's, receivers and most importantly Lapin who went to the trouble of organising the appeal all had a great day yesterday.

WOW is all I can say!!

Thankyou so much to my secret santa!

My wonderful presents were
Lovely Lindt orange chocolates
Gorgeous chocolate covered cherries.
Wonderful bath soak, body scrub and body butter.
Lovely amaretti biscuits.
Really gorgeous, blast from the past(used to have them every christmas) ferrero rochers
Lovely scented candles and
a Beautiful silver necklace.

They are all so gorgeous and wonderfully wrapped. Someone out alot of thought into it, it was just wonderful.

I came down to my parents on the 20th and my hubby rang on the 22nd to say a parcwel had arrived and he would bring it down with him.
He arrived at 6am on xmas morning and popped the parcel in our room when he came in.

I forgot about it ...until the kids were in bed after a lovely xmas day and we were relaxing with a drink and some top gear

I opened it up and it was just amazing, so thoughtful and I love every bit of it.
Thankyou so much.

After a really lovely day yesterday I thought I would thank my mn donors again.

Tigger32 - thank you so much for the animal book for ds he loves it.

Botbot - Thank you so much for the bubble maker ds had great fun with it.

The lovely mumsnetter who sent me a big package (GILES - midlands? - VJ+D?) Hopefully you will know who you are, all of your gifts were well received, including the calorie free shortbread.

You are all so kind and have made my xmas so lovely. THANKYOU. Me and dp felt very humbled and overwhelmed by your kindness.

I am determined to be a donor next year to pay it forward.

MASSIVE THANK YOU to our 2 givers again, ds & dd loved there presents & there faces were a picture when they opened them.

I told ds that they were from lovely people on mumsnet, he said "mumsnet? you mean the thing on the computer mummy" yes darling said i, "can you tell them thank you mummy"

So BIG thank you from ds & of course if dd understood i am sure she would be the same.

Thank you to everyone, My givers, Lapin for organising it & to whoever nominated us yout all fab.

Hope you all had a lovely christmas.

Also to my mystery donor - DS loved every one of his gifts, the dinosaur, clifford, hungry caterpillar puzzle, chocolate coins, were all very ds - I think you must have boys!
Anyway thank you from all of us.

thank you, thank you, thank you to the three lovely Mnetters who sent me and DS some wonderful gifts

2 were anonymous but one was from Jackie

i was overwhelmed with the books, clothes, and goodies for me and DS - i couldn't prise "who wants to go on bear hunt" off him

thank you for taking the time and trouble to send us the gifts

hope you all had a wonderful Xmas and lots of love for 2008
xxxx

bumping as I know someone is looking for this

Thank you again for the very kind MNetter who sent the Princess writing set and the Ariel doll for my DD. She isn't girlie girlie - probably due to having a brother- but I am trying to give her more girl things so she can see if she likes them and when she opened the doll she said it was just what she wanted! Thank you again.

Hello 3rdparcelshock, I don't know who you are, but here I am! Hope you had a good day yesterday and your dds enjoyed themselves.

BTW 3rdparcel, I'm not sure what the etiquette is, so anonymity is fine!!

Did anyone send me a £20 argos giftcard with their pressies? I found one in my house today and I know that no-one brought one yesterday, so am guessing that one of the MNetters maybe put it into one of the parcels, and I missed it. If so, many thanks!

JARM
You are welcome. Hope that you and your family are enjoying the first days with your new baby.

really hope my secret santas have seen mt thank you. the gorgeous white roses from joh lewis that arrived last friday and the pressie i opened xmas day - champagne truffles and space nk smellies - lovely

thank you so much yet again - i can't believe the generosity of strangers!

Did anybody get a parcel from Cornwall ?...3 gifts for a ds ( Disney Cars colouring set was one !) and a few things for a mummy... as if not I will open a complaint with the R mail !!! Thx

hoping K in W4 area received a parcel ? have scanned the thread but it is soooo huge...

Did anyone abroad get 2 books via Amazon? I am concerned that they did not arrive.....if you are reading this, please let me know they arrived as I would hate to think there was a recipient who did not receive anything on Christmas Day

I need to thank my two santas - I was so very touched that someone nominated me and very touched that I got not one but two parcels.

So if you sent a parcel to Kew gardens with a book for my DS or a parcel including a bob the builder dvd, then you are lovely lovely women and I thank you.

(I must confess to being a little moist around the eye area)

(Just realised this evening that the fruit shoot was not part of the orginal packaging but was stuck on!!!! I'm such a dozy mare - thought maybe it was like the childs equivalent of a health warning!)

Did your second package arrive? btw the M6 was not a clue. I just write my Es funny.

Those following the saga of my wedding ring...

I have it back!!!

It is now firmly in my jewellery box and will not be worn until it is resized

DD was ill last night, so DH took himself to work and locked the front door behind him. From the outside. With my keys. His in his pocket.

Postman found it highly amusing as I yelled through the door that I was locked in, and he had me leaning out the lounge window to sign for it!

lulumama - thank you so much k had a wonderful day. he received a few different presents from different secret santas so not exactly sure which one was yours but thank you so much for thinking of him.

i had alwful news a couple of days before with my brother being taken into hospital. hes an alcoholic who dosent want to stop drinking. the drs had said he wouldn't see this christmas.

i made a big mistake of taking k up to see him on xmas day thinking i couldn't bear him not having a visit. it was a BIG mistake as he was withdrawing badly and it was scary for me nevermind a 6 year old. he had also had a really bad fall and was unrecognisable. i do it all the time put others first then regret it. that and some other things must have knocked me in a big way as all the money i'd spent on our christmas dinner was such a waste as i couldn't face it and cooked sausages and mash. lol. i had an appt. at the breast clinic yesterday which must have been playing on mind but thankfully its ok for now.

funny enough just writing a couple of the things that were worrying me down makes me realise why i had such a shite day and couldn't make myself just snap out of it.

anyhow your gifts cheered k's day up no end especially when i couldn't. thanks again.

also wanted to sy i had placed the thank you on here a couple of times but you wouldnt haveknown who we were. x x x

I would like to say a big thank you to The flower fairy, who ever you are, you put a big smile on my face when a lovely bunch of flowers arrived this morning (and chocolates too...yum!).
There was a note from the florists saying sorry for the late arrival, so I hope that you didn't think I was ungrateful for not mentioning it before now!! They are beautiful, and very very much appreciated

I would also like to say a thank you to LL who has organised this all! What a christmas star you are !

Very happy they arrived SM ? the note re the late arrival is because they were supposed to have been delivered on the 21st.