Cater to the Chef Package Train

[shawlightning]

Got my package picked up today from shawlightning
wow! What a great and thoughtful package! Thank you so very much!!

I got:

- pair of pink house slippers for me (they're on my feet right now!!)
- pair of Dora house slippers for DD
- microwave cover
- pair of brown pot holders
- handmade dish cloths?? Sooooo nice! Did you make these? I love them!
- 3 small ornaments (now on our Xmas tree!)
- bag of cascade dish tabs
- 2 ladles
- 2 pks of battery operated tea lights
- Softsoap liquid hand soap
- slow cooker cookbook
- Xmas card with a sweet message and handwritten recipes! Mmm can't wait to try them!

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glad that you were able to get it! i have to say that i had a hard time staying within the guidelines of the train.......15 items was really tough to stick to.....LOL. the dish cloths are hand made but not by me. we got our buddies right before the huge annual craft sale in my town! had so much fun shopping for you and glad that you liked your package! all the recipes that i sent you are tried and favorites here in our house!

[Venuila]

Is anyone Black Friday shopping?

I'm going "Red Thursday" shopping tomorrow...hoping to get a new Christmas tree.

Got my package picked up today from shawlightning
wow! What a great and thoughtful package! Thank you so very much!!

Great package!!

[Inlovewithblue]

Red Thursday, I like it! We're hitting the city tomorrow to get my favourite package - Grandma

[super807]

Not planning on any Black Friday shopping this year.

Last year we bought our fridge during Black Friday sales. This year, we took advantage of the Sears Black Friday Canadian Edition sale back in October to buy our new range and dishwasher. With the kitchen renos we have been doing, not looking to buy more stuff right now.

Am pretty much done my Christmas shopping - I need to buy some gift cards for my step-daughters to add to the other stuff have already bought for them. Dh needs to go get a few things for his two grandchildren (2 years and 2 months), so we can mail the big package off to his oldest daughter next week as we won't see her over the holidays. I finished my shopping for dh and for his son-in-law in early September, taking advantage of some of the big SDM redemptions, which is fabulous for the gift budget.

[FallenPixels]

No shopping for me, I don't need more stuff and I have to work

[juliejolie]

Did Red Thursday shopping today at Canadian Tire. Got a Debbie Travis storage ottoman for $64 (reg $150) for our family room, folding chairs $6 (regular $10) and an Elmo play tent for DD $15 (reg $30).

Not the best of savings but these were items we were planning to get anyways

Tomorrow we will try the Black Friday sales at Walmart, etc.

[julesie-pie]

Great packages so far

[shawlightning]

can't believe how quiet this thread was all weekend. i kept logging in to see that nothing had changed....lol

[FallenPixels]

Oh I thought all packages had arrived it was so quiet

[Venuila]

still waiting on one - should be today thoooo!

[Venuila]

A few people still need some posts to meet the requirements so let's get chattin ladies

Does anyone have any good christmas cookie recipes they would recommend? DH doesn't like the sugar cookie type (I know, crazy right?) so am hoping for something a little different.

[Inlovewithblue]

Picking up my $210 Redemption on Sunday, I also had a chance to pick up my package from the Post Office! It's here, yay!

After opening the box, I was impressed with the meticulous wrapping job....



I ripped into the package like it was going out of style. Here is a picture of all of the goodness, wow I got spoiled, Thanks SHAW!



I will post the text of all the content soon!

[Inlovewithblue]

Sorry for the delay, we have been having so much fun with Grandma > sewing, crafting and playing! And picking away at our large shopping pile from our City trip, we're a little behind on regular items.

[super807]

Does anyone have any good christmas cookie recipes they would recommend? DH doesn't like the sugar cookie type (I know, crazy right?) so am hoping for something a little different.

He doesn't like sugar cookies (neither do I, so I get that), but does he like shortbread type cookies? One of my family's long-standing must-haves for Christmas cookies are walnut crescents, which are really a variation on a shortbread. Everyone loves these (except for dh, who is allergic to tree nuts).

If you want something totally different, I tried a new recipe last year that was a huge hit. They were Chocolate Turtle cookies, and they were fabulous

If either of these sound interesting to you, let me know and I will post recipes here.

[Venuila]

Great ideas! Would love the recipes, thanks!