Thread 3 - the one where things get serious

Does Lisa angel ever for free delivery codes. I only want to buy one small thing so nowhere near the threshold

@Yalz - that stuck in my craw too - I ordered just one thing as a possible birthday present for my friend. I will be miffed if it doesn’t arrive, but even more so if it is poor quality and ‘can’t’ be returned.

25% off selected Premium Beauty online only today at Boots. Save an extra 5% off the selected items with BEAUTY5

Temptation gifts are doing free delivery when you spend over £10. Which is a massive difference to the free delivery over £59.95 so might be worth it if you only want a couple of bits. Xx

@mumbythesea i'm off to Portugal November 3rd so I will keep a look out for you! I know what it's like as I have a Jellycat fan so always off trying to find stockists!

(seen on HUKD and thought I would share)

Boots Advantage Card Offer—50% off on No7 (selected accounts only - sadly not me but seen others with it 🙄)

• check your advantage card offers and activate the No7 ones and any other money off
• No7 Future Renew is currently on 3 for 2 and 25% off
• Code REVERSE10 also takes £10 off

all the above stack if you have the offer so you can get day serum / night serum and eye serum for circa £25 depending on what advantage card offers you have

Oo thanks @OneThingAtATimeForNow that and the build a bear from last week have sorted the plethora of birthday parties we have coming up!

@ShyMaryEllen I have just decided to start replacing all my kitchenware, much of which I've had since I got married 20 years ago.
I have bought a titanium frying pan from Longwell, a British company that has high ethical principles but my primary focus was the focus on no PFAS or PFOS coatings. I will admit at this point that I have not used it yet as it is a thing of wondrous beauty 😂but the hammering design means that after the first seasoning you should not need to use oil.
As a Mumsnet warning, they are a small company and postage did take a while. They communicated throughout the process.

I also ordered on the 18th and have heard nothing. The order still says 'being prepared'.

I ordered on the 18th and mine would have been delivered today but we’ll be away so I switched it to next week

Tomato seeds from NR Tomatoes (the micro dwarf are fun but I can also recommend raspberry burst)

Seeds or a voucher, if they do one, for Real Seeds. These are all non F1, meaning the seeds can be harvested and saved from year to year

A trug, for harvesting. I have two slightly poncy ones and enjoy swanning around my allotment with them

A Niwaki hori hori knife

Depending on budget and closeness, something like merry people boots (I don't have them so can't vouch for them but want some!)

A wooden vegetable scrubbing brush. My local garden centre stocks redecker brushes and they're lovely

Seed potatoes and/or a pre order of chilli seedlings

Thank you! Brilliant price, just ordered one for my DS.

There are some lovely little gift boxes of unusual varieties of veg I usually buy my Bil. Like rainbow tomatoes, cucamelons etc. Seem to go down well.

Can't find the brand I usually see in physical shops, but this sort of thing

https://www.growbar.co.uk/growbars/the-exotic-vegetables-growbar

Anyone got any gift ideas for an avid fruit and vegetable grower

I was a bit concerned about this sentence in Starfish's email about possible shipping delays

As a reminder, because this was a clearance event, all sale purchases are final and are not eligible for returns.**

However, UK legislation:

Source: https://www.gov.uk/accepting-returns-and-giving-refunds
It’s illegal to restrict or take away customers’ rights or to mislead them about their rights, for example by displaying a sign that says you do not accept returns or offer refunds.

Online, mail and telephone order customers have the right to cancel their order for a limited time even if the item is not faulty. Sales of this kind are known as ‘distance selling’.
You must offer a refund to customers if they’ve told you within 14 days of receiving their item that they want to cancel. They have another 14 days to return the item once they’ve told you.
You must refund the customer within 14 days of receiving the item back. They do not have to provide a reason. You cannot deduct any fees from their refund, unless the item has been used or damaged.
You must also refund the cost of standard delivery if the customer paid for it. If they paid for a more expensive delivery option, you only need to refund the cost of standard delivery.

The £5 ones are in stock now.

Here's a link to what they contain. If the RRP is ever charged anywhere, then the total value is (3 x £3.10) (watercolours) + £3.49 (Pentel pointliner) + £9.50 (brush) + £7.99 (watercolour paper) = £30.28.

I bought 4 sets so the postage was free.

I wonder what order they are doing things in? I ordered on the 18th, and nothing yet!

My eldest was probably around 9 and youngest 8 when they both got a switch using their Christmas money. They went through phases, we had family friendly games to play on the TV (can't think of the name but it's something like Mario party) mario kart is also a good one for everyone to join in if you buy extra controllere. They actually found a lot of games frustrating so didn't actually on on their switches that much. Roll on til now and in the last year of primary school my son really got into Minecraft. We do have to try and limit it and he does sometimes get banned and locked out of it because we feel he has had too much time on it. However it is hard as it's one of the main ways he socialises with friends so I feel like I want him to be able to connect with friends in some way.
My daughter doesn't go on hers at all now (But again needs restricting on her tablet as else she just watches nonsense).

My Starfish order came today. Lovely products and beautiful packaging.

@CP675 I agree with lemon, we are a low screen household but have had educational apps on an iPad and then my DH bought a secondhand Nintendo DS a few years ago. We just have strict rules around how much time our DC can play on screens, what has to be done first etc and it’s just never been a problem. We might say “You can have half an hour on the DS when your room is tidy/homework done, then your sister can have half an hour and then it’s off”. It’s just never been a problem.

We're also a low screen household. We have a playstation that was DH's before we met, which we stream TV through. Have downloaded some classic games onto there for my kids (7&5). Hasn't been an issue getting them off it at all tbh, but the 'when can we watch/play' questions have increased tremendously since we started introducing it. Would say having some clear cut expectations for when it will be on has helped. For example we initially said a Friday after school (though then found they didn't want us to do anything else on a Friday as it impacted their screen time 😅so switched to Sunday afternoon/evening when we're usually home anyway) and if someone in the house is ill, or we'd already spent the bulk of the day outside. Helps them to have an idea of.when it'll be a yes. Seemed to decrease the pestering anyway!. Also have a visual timer, once that goes off we finish the current game and the console goes off. It's actually really lovely to play together as a family and I've also been considering the switch as there are more games we like the look of compared to the PS. But DH isn't keen just yet.

Sponge.co.uk do some delicious gluten free cakes. I now have to order one for every staff birthday because they taste so good (and I'm the only coeliac!)

Thank you! Do you find it a complete battle to get them off it etc?
i think someone mentioned a switch deal on Argos but i can’t find it!

One of mine had a Switch at around 7. It has a great range of games that can grow with them, and we particularly liked that you can play as a family by connecting up more controllers. We still have it 7 years later and it's still played with all the time.

New to this and I love this thread! Any advice, 7 and a 4 year old: we are pretty much screen free (just a little bit of tv now and again). However, my 7 year old is desperate for a games console as many of his friends have one. Is this a bad idea? If not, which one? Wondered about the Nex playground active play? Or would that just be an expensive alternative that doesn’t hit the mark. Any advice gratefully received x