Thread 3 - the one where things get serious

It’s been mentioned a few times before, but I really like BooksForBugs for children’s books. I’ve been looking on there today and noticed these two books on the £1 section. Both are at £7 on Amazon.
lMichael Foreman ‘One World’ book

‘Wild is the Wind’ book

Having finally now decided on a gift, I have no idea where to buy from! I am looking for a pair of olive trees that would need to be delivered. There are gifty type places but I am concerned on the quality. It is for a couple that have a large garden and do a lot of gardening. I need a 'proper' nursery type place that has fairly large specimens! Would anyone have any ideas?

Hooooow?! I went for the 3-4-2 offer, with double points...no 7 day serum, night serem and neck serem....£90! £60 cheaper than it could have been without the offers, and 800 points but still, £25 would have been nicer 🫣

Oh no, sorry. I hope they're not all crappy and fake. I did check the Trustpilot reviews before posting but I haven't personally bought from there, the ad just came up on my FB feed so thought I'd share.

You could try https://www.architecturalplants.com/ or https://www.bigplantnursery.co.uk/

They're both based down south but deliver nationwide.

Have you looked at Costco online? I know they sell olive trees in store

I haven't used them or heard of them before, they seem to have good reviews.
They are obviously made in China, and I wouldn't be surprised if they are the same as what you could buy on Temu.

I dream of one day seeing someone buy one of those in store and then watch them get it in their car. I always imagined you'd get some help from the Costco staff but when we bought one of their ex-display nutcracker guys they just shrugged and left us to it.

I was just musing as I ordered more refills. It was this bread that put me onto the spicery
They do loads of blends and tins for food around the world and if you wait until October it’s usually discount month. There are also referrals. I’ve put mine on the thread. I’ve bought loads of these over the years for foodie friends

https://thespicery.com/

My local Waitrose had the little Waitrose/JL toy shopping baskets for children full of replica products reduced to £6.25.

They are sold out online but looked like a really good Xmas present for little ones, so might be worth checking your local shop to see if there are any available.

You used to be able to stack the vouchers so if you’re spending £15, you could use both vouchers in one transaction. now you have to do two transactions but I couldn’t do one after the other

the so was telling me I can only use 1 voucher a day but they only last for a week

I posted about this yesterday, but basically the DHL.de emails were sent in error and they’re so busy with sale orders that they are taking longer to dispatch that normal but a correct dispatch email will be sent when it actually leaves the warehouse. I ordered last Sunday and as of yesterday it hasn’t been picked yet.

Waiting for payday 👀

Does anyone know if the M&S hampers go on sale at any point?

Free standard delivery at The White Company this weekend only

Outfoxxed was a big hit with our child when younger and then we passed onto his cousin who loves it too.

Totally random but could be good for anyone making up hampers (or for the person looking for gluten free) - Steens honey are changing their packaging so theyre selling off their old stock on the clearance and 60OFFLAST gives more saving (i think its another 60% off the clearance price - brings a £15 squeezy tube down to £6.40) - lovely authentic New zealand raw manuka honey. I know id be delighted to have some in my stocking (and may have just ordered myself some to do just that!) - couldnt find anyway around the £5 delivery charge under £80 tho. https://uk.steenshoney.com/collections/clearance

Found these bargain fleece lined style crocs on Matalan was looking to order them for my DD but I’m wondering if someone can help me with the sizing. Would the 5-6 be like an adults size 5-6 do you think? I’m assuming that’s what it means but wanted to double check with someone who’s brain is working better than mine tonight 🙈😂

Free crimpit here, just pay £5.99 postcode. Could be a good stocking filler?

https://crimpit.co.uk/pages/free-mini-crimpit-wrap-dynamic?

Just seen Kate Spade has 25% off ending tonight. Not super cheap but there are some nice wristlet/ clutch bags in the outlet section - starting from around £30 with the discount BLINK25
www.katespade.co.uk/shop/outlet/handbags

I read this to the tune of the odd festive classic 'I want a hippopotamus for christmas' and now the song is stuck in my head.

@QuaintGreenFawn I used to love Kate Spade but the quality has gone seriously downhill 🥺 nothing seems to last very long from there anymore. So sad as I still enjoy the style.

Baileys Original 1L is £13 with Tesco club card

Lego, magnetic tiles (literally you can’t have too many), consumables like bath bombs, art supplies like air dry clay (you can get a cool dinosaur modelling kit in airdry clay). Or a new one of something favourite that has fallen apart?