For those of you who have been reading my blog you'll know the amount of love and thought that goes into my Christmas plans. For me Christmas is not about splurging the little pennies I have by giving in to today's advertisements. I start my preparations long before most people, I put thought into every gift, book my flight home to family as early as possible to get the cheapest seat (this time I got a return flight for £66) and organize a lot of outings. As I've previously mentioned my friends and I have a Christmas pact the gifts have to be free, found, homemade of for a good cause. This year in April me and a friend purchased a medium sized hardback plain notebook in a supermarket costing £1.99 (something along those lines) and have created a journal for each other. Last night at 3am I finished my copy! I have filled it with experiments, tasks, boredom solvers etc (I can't write too much about this in case a certain somebody has a sneak peak at my blog).
When I arrive in England I will be spending lots of time with friends and family, having movie nights, eating lots of food, celebrating good health and good company! I sadly haven't been able to bake anything yet as I can't take baked goods in my suitcase, so I will be have a mass baking day with my mum in England on the 21st. I plan to make scottish shortbread following the recipe from frugaldom's blog, bread and butter pudding (as it's my stepdad's favourite) mince pies, mulled wine and or spiced apple cider, dried oranges (for decorations and to make the house smell wonderful-possible potpourri ) and of course help with the Christmas dinner.
Why cant you take baked goods in your case? what a shame that is.
ReplyDeleteRegardless of the silly laws that stop you taking cakes onto a plane i hope you have a lovely time in England and the weather stays mild.
Hello there, thanks so much for your comment (I believe it was my first!) Sorry for the delay in reply, i've been a bit bombarded with love and food since I arrived over here! Did you have a lovely Christmas? I know, silly r******ir! But it's ok because the amount of food that my family produced was unreal! The weather has been a lot more mild here than in northern Ireland which has been great!
ReplyDeleteLove the pact you have re presents.I think I may have to copy that idea. I love pressies that have involved a bit of though. My little boy has gone to England for Christmas and wants to bring me back a present so I've asked for pink bubble bath and material and ribbons so I can "pimp" my chutney and pickle jars :-)
ReplyDeleteplease do!! I'd love for people to take this idea! It's a great way of spending less at Christmas plus being able to get creative/ thrifty! Hahaha pimp your chutney jars, love that idea! Hope your son is having a nice time over here!
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