Festive Frugaleering

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Opppppps - we nearly filled the old one

granny It Is good when they have a peaceful death.

Wolf where our cheese party invites?
Em have a lovely evening.

Mrs can you get a key safe for them - that way whoever is closest can set them free. Save you the trek between Swansea and Cardiff.

My gingerbread house had a moment ... I got up and it had collapsed.
None of the presents had been wrapped so I have spent the morning wrestling sticky tape and untangling ribbon. No name tags to be had so had a lovely half hour painting some.

Why is it all the little things take sooooooooooo long.

That sounds very peaceful granny
unescorted it’s gone the way of all gingerbread houses 😂 hope the wrapping is done now
My DBil has got the all clear and we are all together for the first Christmas in two years. Have a good one everyone ❤️

Unescorted you are always welcome whether it's for cheese, tea or cake.

Merry Christmas frugalleers

Great news Martha

Happy Christmas all

Merry Christmas to everyone 😀⛄🎁🎉🎅☃️🤶🎄🌲👏
Been a while coming but After watching Elf and Midsomer murders l have found my Christmas spirit 😃👏❤️
Granny so sorry to hear about your poor Mil bless her but like you say a peaceful end😌💐
Unescorted a key safe would be ideal but Bobbo doesn't trust them , l can't say l blame him after the financial abuse he has suffered from his own children tbh 😌
We will get 2 copies of everything and keep one for him and the other at his house 🤗
Hope the gingerbread house isn't built on Sand now😊👏
Humbug am very impressed with your DH making mince pies with your DC 😃👏
Tayto your day sounds idyllic hope you had a wonderful time 🤗⛄🎁🎅☃️🤶
Martha wonderful news re your Db, have a wonderful time altogether 👏🤗
Have a wonderful day tomorrow hope all your wishes come true take care everyone 😗👏☃️🎅🎁⛄🌲🎄💐❤️🛷 and Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all 🤗❤️

Happy Christmas 🎄🎅🤶☃️⛄🎄🎄🎄⛄☃️⛄☃️☃️⛄🎄🎄

Wolf likewise.
It is official... Dinner is going to be later than the traditional lunch time. My arse feels glued to the seat. One more coffee and it is stuffing duty ...

Happy Christmas all

Merry Christmas everyone! Been up since 5 with DD. Very ready for bed now😴

Merry Christmas everyone 😀
got up at 8 straight in bath , off to MumBobs now have a lovely day everyone 😊

We are having a chilled Christmas. The kids have only just got up. Off to m&d - Mystic Meg predicted my DM refused to come here even for half an hour. So I prepped them a shove in the oven Christmas dinner while I was doing ours.
We will have dinner later and while it is in the oven we can do the present opening.

Happy Christmas frugal ones!

Had a good day here, just back from delivering Dmum back home. Kids did a good job of singing Christmas songs at the dinner table once they’d finish eating, to stop Dmum talking/eating at the same time

Merry Christmas all! Lovely day here, dcs were up early but not stupidly early and loved all their pressies. Dmum has been here all day which was much better than last year when she came for a cup of tea in the garden! Dinner was delicious and there are plenty of Boxing Day leftovers. Much time has been spent building Lego sets and drinking fizz. Kids now in bed and I'm going to have a proper look at my pressies and maybe some cheese...

Merry Christmas! Hope Santa has been good to everyone and you’ve all had lovely days.

Xxx

Merry Christmas everyone!

Had a lovely chilled day doing not very much. DH cooked up a storm for my family which was much appreciated.
NSD 🤣

Happy Christmas everyone!
We had a lovely chilled one & the dc declared it the best Christmas ever which was not bad as they're 17 & 20.
Lots of leftover food challenges for me now....

Christmas Day round 2 with DM to day. Leftovers challenge starts tomorrow

Well that all went much better than expected....

The chuck in the oven dinner for my Mum and Bro went down really well, Our dinner went well - the Bouche de Noel looked really impressive. I suggest mushroom meringues and "frosted" fruit and rosemary for quick & easy wow factor. I got the amounts kind of right - enough to eat but not mountains of left over except stuffing which was intentional because boxing day tradition says you have to have fried stuffing with bacon and poached eggs. My family aren't good with leftovers so most things not eaten are wasted.

The best bit is that I got up this morning to tidy up to find the kids had done it already and a lovely note saying that they really enjoyed yesterday, despite the much longer than expected visit to my Mum & Dad.

Now it is me time - I am off until 6th Jan so plenty of time to do all the things I want to do.

Speaking of ...does anyone have an overlocker recommendation?

Sounds fabulous unescorted

That does sound like a good day unescorted. I don't know re overlockers. I had an Elna one which I sold about 6 months ago as I had had it for 20+ years & had barely used it. My mum has one so if I need one I can use hers. I think Elna are good but janome do them too. Banners in Manchester is a good place to go

Afternoon everyone
Sounds as if everyone had a good Christmas day all in all, mine was ok just busy as per
I have not been searching the sales which is so unlike me but l don't want the stuff hanging aroud the house till next Christmas tbh
I think l want to declutter this year and get the house tidy at long last have a place for everything
So NSD for 2nd day in a row yay!

granny I’m really sorry for your loss💐
martha I hope you had a wonderful christmas with bil☺️
mrs well done on 2 NSD⭐️
I’m glad everyone had such lovely Christmases🎄 was lovely here too. I treated myself to some things from the sales today. Still shopping though so will be back later with spends.

I have had a lovely time thank you floating
Hope everyone else is ok
Sorry to hear you didn't get much time off on Xmas day mrs - hope you can maybe treat yourself with the money you save in the sales?

I may have just bought an overlocker...... it can do roll hems without a separate foot. I am happy.

Bah ds go pro not charging properly. Sick
Of stuff being a faff. Why can’t things just work!

Ooo what are you overlocking first?

Round two done. Back at dparents for lunch with dsis and her boyf. We super like him. More presents from them for us and the kids. Super generous. Kids are excited exhausted.

Tomorrow I must get them to eat a vegetable.

I’ve just done some of my jigsaw puzzle. Dm and df gave me a puzzle board and a puzzle. I find them super therapeutic but until yesterday had literally nowhere to do them because two kids under 5. Yay