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Original poster

What can I buy from Argos for £4ish to win a bet?

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Shocksandboooos · 23/10/2018 10:40

I have £4 worth of Argos vouchers that run out on Friday.
Dh tried to throw them in the bin this morning, saying that I wouldn’t be able to get anything worth having with them without adding a lot on.
I need to win this bet as I lost the last one and haven’t lived it down.

I thought I’d cracked it when I found a pair of slippers but you have to pay online for TU clothes and the vouchers can’t be used online.
We have a 2 year old so stocking filers are a possibility. Please hit me with your best suggestions so that I can wipe the smug look off dh’s face. Grin

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OurMiracle1106 · 23/10/2018 17:09

Argos do a set of cutlery for £5.00 always good to have spare cutlery.

Storm4star · 23/10/2018 17:08

You! All of you! You bastards!! You’ve stolen my raven!!

OMG I am proper laughing at this Grin
Argos are probably wondering why the sudden increase in raven sales!! I hope you manage to get one!

Eliza9917 · 23/10/2018 17:07

I want you to buy the raven but batteries will win better.

dontgobaconmyheart · 23/10/2018 17:06

Am very late to this party but skipped to the last page of the thread in the hope you got the raven. Gutted over this update.
Glimmer of hope though OP- check after 8pm, stock people have reserved usually resets after this time as the stores close at 8 so if they haven't been picked up they do often become available again after this time.

SoupDragon · 23/10/2018 17:05

To win the bet, get the batteries.

However, you need a Raven in your life too. We had so much fun with a giant plastic owl one summer playing "hide the owl". I hung it from the doorframe of DSs bedroom one night so it was staring at him when he opened the door in the morning.

Happy days!

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Shocksandboooos · 23/10/2018 17:02

Noooooooooo! I had to go to help one of the neighbours and when I got back and went to reserve my raven there are none in my area!!!
You! All of you! You bastards!! You’ve stolen my raven!!

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peardropexplodes · 23/10/2018 16:56

Pair of pillowcases!

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 23/10/2018 16:42

Can you use Argos vouchers to buy more Argos vouchers?

cravingcake · 23/10/2018 16:35

Batteries to win the bet.
Raven because it’s fun. might have accidentally put one in my basket

Storm4star · 23/10/2018 16:34

I think there's going to have to be a specific raven thread for everyone to post pics of their new ravens Grin

It would also be quite hilarious when the people who haven't seen this thread see the raven one and wonder what the hell is going on!

soupforbrains · 23/10/2018 16:32

I'm going to knit it a Partridge onesie for xmas.

soupforbrains · 23/10/2018 16:31

I don't even have £4 of vouchers. I've just been inspired.

soupforbrains · 23/10/2018 16:30

I'm going to buy a Raven on my way home tonight...

Iaimtomisbehave1 · 23/10/2018 16:26

*playmobile

Iaimtomisbehave1 · 23/10/2018 16:26

If your toddler likes superheros then you can get the imaginext blind bags for £3.99
www.argos.co.uk/product/5739895

Or you could get 2 playmovile blind bags?

LampShadeHeid · 23/10/2018 16:18

Let’s see everyone’s ravens then!

It’s £4, life’s too short to be sensible for £4. Buy Rocco, have him on display all year round. Get seasonal outfits. He can be your family mascot.

soupforbrains · 23/10/2018 16:12

RAVEN RAVEN you're so amazing

#teamraven

BehemothPullsThePeasantsPlough · 23/10/2018 15:45

Two Playmobil blind bags for DS’s stocking. You’d have 2p change.

LongWalkShortPlank · 23/10/2018 15:45

*buy

Talith · 23/10/2018 15:44

I'd get a couple of cheap pillows or a new fitted sheet or something like that.

LongWalkShortPlank · 23/10/2018 15:44

Do the sensible thing...

... But the batteries with the vouchers and the raven with cash Grin

JupiterBelle · 23/10/2018 15:42

Buy the Raven!!!

That way every time you decorate it you can remind how amazing it is and what a wonderful addition to your house it is! Plus the batteries will eventually run out but the Raven could live forever.

Catsandbootsandbootsandcats · 23/10/2018 15:39

I may have just bought a raven.  I was already in town when I read this post, so didn't pop out especially. My kids are rather bemused though!

Now he needs a name.

Storm4star · 23/10/2018 15:01

I kind of want the raven now. Perhaps mumsnetters could put them in their front windows so we could identify each other

Love this idea! Grin
I know, I strangely want one too now. Wanders off to think of a name for her raven

TriciaMcMillan · 23/10/2018 14:44

I love that you can get same day delivery on the raven, because when you need an decorative, imitation raven, you need it NOW.

But the description is a bit odd 'Level up your Halloween decor with this creepy black raven, a fictional symbol of death and bad luck.' Level up? Who says that? Weird. Also, it's not creepy, it just looks like a raven. I find the assertion that looking like a raven is innately creepy to be offensive. I think he looks quite contemplative, the thinking person's raven.