The one where there’s 20 days til Christmas

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Posting on behalf of @reastie hope you don’t mind 🎄 🎅

Greetings and welcome one and all to a friendly and joyful corner of mn - the Christmas bargain thread. Here, we share Christmas present purchases, ideas, links and discount codes, with the aim to spread the Christmas magic and joy and reduce the financial stress.
It's a very busy thread, so see the tips below for helping everything run smoothly and avoiding repetitions of Cookiegate etc al. It's a lovely, friendly bunch and I'm so grateful to each and every one of you for building such a warm, fuzzy and generous spot on mn. I know I've save so much over the years and am so grateful to all of you for sharing.
Pull up a sleigh and relax with a mulled wine and mince pie, for Christmas has nearly arrived!
@ me if you need anything or you want to let me know anything - the thread moves so fast I can't always keep up so this really helps
A few pointers to make everyone’s life easier and the thread be as useful as possible:
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If you have any voucher codes to share (or want to check for any) then have a look https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/5212144-sharing-voucher-codes
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Some of the below is copied and pasted from previous years, so do @ me if the links don't work
Stock informer is a handy site ^http://www.stockinformer.co.uk/default.aspx?fullsite=1^
Camelcamelcamel is a great amazon price tracking tool http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com
The following links compare price products including postage
www.find-book.co.uk
www.find-cd.co.uk
www.find-dvd.co.uk
www.find-game.co.uk (as in PS4/xbox etc)

20 days isn't long!! Does anyone know how I can get discounted AirPods? The 4th generation ones? Wasn't planning on replacing DD's but hers have finally broken. I understand there were some deals last weekend which seem to have ended. Thanks

Is anyone else starting to wrap, and getting the dreaded twitch?

I really want to wrap but I've ordered wrapping paper as part of a "design your own Xmas card" set from DC's primary school. Each year the company plays "chicken" with me to see if I give in to the temptation to wrap before my kid's artwork paper arrives. I think they might win this year.

I went IRL shopping today and got NOTHING 😅I just couldn’t bring myself to buy anything without a discount.

Def twitching but work has been horrific so the wrapping is looming like an uphill challenge to climb Everest in flip flops! I've been midway through Christmas decorating for the past week and house is a tip! But although I have bought everything I am still trawling these threads for bargains 😂

I m feeling very smug this year , in the fact that I am nearly wrapped ! 😲😄.

Out of necessary really.
Normally the presents are stored in my room/wardrobe .
But this year I have a " spare " room aka....dumping room 😂..

Ds and gf have used it the last few times they have visited with not a lot of notice (!!) so it was easier to have things wrapped rather than accidentally visible !

Still got the body/beauty hampers to do once I have decided who is getting what !

TWO amazing PP have given me 15% codes on full price at Adidas. Would you bloody believe the ONE thing on the website that's excluded from all promotions are the trainers that I need 🙈. Why do companies do that rubbish- that you don't know until check-out?!

Anyhoo, bought other stuff for DS2 that I got the promotion on.

I shall go real life shopping with DS2 with his student card as he'll be here at the weekend. Think it's the only way I'll get a reduction! They're for me- typical that I'm the last to be sorted!

Begrudgingly, as I'm annoyed with them, they do have a not bad selection in their outlet.

just posting this absolute bargain by @PaddingtonTwinkles just in case it gets lost at tail end of last thread.

PaddingtonTwinkles · Yesterday 20:48

I think I just got a bargain 😀
x50 Flower And White meringue bars for £19.16
This Bundle advertising as £38.33 (originally £109.70) Delete the discount code it automatically gives you, think it was BBF20. Add discount code BLKNOV. Takes the price down to half price, £19.16 (free delivery too)

Winter Bliss Bundle
Introducing the Winter Bliss Bundle – 65% Off! Packed with 50 irresistible Meringue Bars, including fan favourites and limited-edition winter flavours, this bundle is the ultimate treat for the season. Each chocolate covered bar is under 100 calories,...
https://flowerandwhite.co.uk/winter-bliss-bundle.html

Thanks so much just ordered a box. I was looking for a gluten free treat box and you came along with the code

If you know someone with Costco membership the 4th generation AirPods are £114.99 (£124.99 with a further £10 automatically deducted at checkout).

This is a really random one but I thought I would check incase any of you have an idea 🤞. I need to find a wind up radio, with charging station of phone and an inbuilt torch. Budget is up to £100. There are numerous on Amazon around £50 but I am really worried about quality. Does anyone have one? Any suggestions? Thank you so much

@RumItOver This KA500BU 5-Way Powered Emergency AM/FM/SW Weather Alert Radio, Blue amzn.eu/d/86epAdq Kaito radio is great. Comes in several different colours at very different prices!

I got my latest set of airpods reconditioned from Ebay, really good value and usually have a years warranty, no issues with them either so far. One older pair we've had for years.

Thank you! I was looking at this one. I will go for it. Online shopping can feel so daunting when you are not savy with what you are buying. Thanks for your advice 🎄❤️❄️☃️🎁

I couldn’t find much of a deal on AirPod 4’s. The best offers were on the new ones at £229 but dd did not want those. I ended up buying from John Lewis on Monday with a saving of about £19.

Off to do some RL shopping today. My JL reward is disappointing considering I could go today.

I inadvertently bought reconditioned ones for £60 and quite honestly you wouldn't know that they aren't new. 2nd generation. They were boxed and wrapped in cellophane.

Speaking of JL, they obviously learned from last year when they ran out of the free gift for Day One very quickly and didn’t substitute anything.

I called in on Tuesday and was pleasantly surprised to be given a Xmas tube of Montezuma chocolate as a consolation for the lack of MB boxes.

On a related note:

Don’t forget to check your rewards - I have just been given a £5 off voucher for anything - no minimum spend and a £10 off skincare - again no minimum spend.

As it’s only been a few weeks since I got an identical £10 off skincare, I am very pleased.

Even better, I don’t have to go rushing back there, (it’s a loooong drive), as they don’t expire until January!

Jl gave me a free Estte Lauder mascara with a £30 spend on EL. Not bad!

I have the twitch like you wouldn't believe 😭 every single time I think I'm done I see one more bargain or one of the kids casually mentions something and I think "well it isn't expensive" and now I have so many parcels due I don't know what's going on 😅

The useful things thread for PP on last thread.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5216058-most-useful-thing-youve-bought-under-ps30?page=4&reply=140132732

This is me too 😅 I had 5 different people deliver stuff yesterday! 😂

I do still need to order the kids bikes though 😬

I am nearly wrapped…
Theres been ALOT

and i am actually sad the wrapping has nearly come to an end 🎁

I might start wrapping today. For years I used to do it on Xmas Eve when the kids were in bed - it was a nice ritual, but I am in the mood for a bit of wrapping!

I already gave my friend her present - a refilled a/c, which seems to be going down well and a bargainous JO cookery book for the big day itself. (Huge thanks to whoever it was back in the day that posted that on the thread!)

Starting wrapping now will also help me see what I have already bought - I have a bad habit of forgetting I have things 🙀