merry christmas

[johnny.5]

yes i have noticed shops stocking up their festive range so its official merrry christmas one and all

[snagged]

B@llox to that lol

[daffy654]

I've just spent �164.00 on school uniform so not looking to spend more money yet,and our car needs new brakes before I can think about Christmas!

[johnny.5]

daffy
i just spent over �200 on three school uniforms
my car is at the garage (loud knocking noise from engine )
plus three of my childrens birthdays between now and dec. 25th
but still merry christmas
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[B00]

Am I sad in that i've already bought some presents?

[funnygirl]

I have got 4 birthdays to get presents for between now and xmas!!

[daffy654]

My money only bought one child's uniform johnny.5,
thankfully my 2 daughters left school a few years ago so just had my son to buy for.

[funnygirl]

But don't Tesco's do a cheap school uniform??

Or is the school like mine was, exclusive uniform you could only buy in one special shop??!!!!

[daffy654]

Exclusive uniform funnygirl,the blazer can only be bought from the school and the PE kit from one shop in our village,nowhere else stocks any of it.

[funnygirl]

They should make them standard.

Polo shirt ( any colour school to decide)
Grey or black skirt
grey or black trousers

Makes senses doesn't it??!

[daffy654]

The blazer and all the PE kit has to have the school badge on,they don't even offer the option of buying an iron or sew on badge so you can buy cheaper t-shirts etc. and put the badge onto it. As well as the actual clothing they have to have a specific calculator(Casio fx 83es) ,special art pencils and a specific brand maths set.

[johnny.5]

exclusive uniform too
pe kit cost almost as much again as uniforms
eg. blue polo shirt �3 tesco blue polo shirt withe school emblem �11.50

[daffy654]

My son's PE kit alone was over �50.00 johnny.5. School blazer �28.00,tie �3.00,trousers �30.00 for 2,shirts �15.00 for 3 and so on. I had to buy the blazer a size too big so it might fit him next year,11 year olds grow pretty quickly as i'm sure you know.

[smudge]

You're not alone BOO. I bought 3 Christmas presents on Saturday. They were at half price, so I couldn't resist them!

I know the granddaughters will love them, 'cos they were with me & chose them - to be put away of course!

[sleepyj]

well done boo .im going to start buying presents in a few weeks ..get it over and done with .

[Tups]

When I buy presents early, I end up losing them or buying other things as well! One year I bought everyone personalised leather key fobs, by mail order. That's when the concept was new! Thought I was being really clever and felt smug. That was until I came to wanting to wrap them. Couldn't find them anywhere! Mad dash to shops at peak Christmas Shopping time to (begrudgingly) buy more stuff. I found the fobs about 10 years later, tucked away safely in my loft! They were so old hat by then, I threw them away!