‘Why do I find myself needing an inflatable penguin sledge?’ christmas bargain thread

[Reastie]

11th thread (crikey riley)

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Robotgate thread to those involved

No more socks is a free app you might find useful for budgeting etc info here

Websites which are good to check for deals hot deals UK offer of the day and money saving expert

Quidco is a must to join and get free cashback here crutchlow35 has earned £3k cashback in under 3 years apparently she must buy alot of stuff!

Top cashback also fabulous cashback site - I’ve seriously never looked back - getting money for nothing! join here to earn fello mner referral credit (will change this link periodically to share the love to different mners)

Track amazon prices at camel camel

how to get around amazon delivery prices

Achica have some lovely gifts. Follow this link when you join and you’ll get £10 off your first order Spend a total of £200 (excluding delivery costs) or more on orders throughout October and receive a £50 voucher by Nov 10th. ??Just remember to use the code OCT50 each time you check out.

Albelli for lovely photobooks. £15 off new customers with GIFT here
Amazon £2 finger puppets here

Amazon puff magic dragon book and CD here

Amazon finger puppets £1.81 here

Amazon stick man book price up and down, seems to have been £1.75 but you need to keep an eye out as it keeps changing! here

Amazon pretty silver heart necklace and matching earrings necklace £1.65 delivered matching earrings £1.22 delivered

Amazon make your own morph and DVD set for £5.31 here

Amazon Julia Donaldson phonics book down to £2.50 here

Amazon fake lego set 69% off here

Amazon Furby £41.99 (only certain colours) here

Amazon double swing half price £30 here

Amazon Tomy Megasketcher £8.66 here

Amazon 20 pairs of ear studs for 71p including delivery here

Amazon make your own cards half price £5.06 here

Amazon owl pendant 95p delivered here

Amazon the snail and the whale book £1.75 here

Amazon flashing/glowing shoelaces £1.76 inc delivery here

Amzon Kidizoom twist camers £33.33 here

Amazon Disney BOGOF £13 here

Amazon playmobil camper £23.97 here

Amazon popular duplo number train, currently as I write this is at £8.64 here

Amazon story of christmas book for those interested here

Amazon Delia’s cakes book here (I don’t need another cake book, I have heaps...yet why am I wanting to buy it so much?!)

Amazon Elizabeth Arden Mascara £5.40 here

Amazon monopoly cityville board game £6.60 here

Amazon Slushy cup for £8.66 here

Amazon pillow pet down to £11 (scroll down to see other animals) here

Amazon orchard toys shopping list here

Amazon night before christmas book and CD £2.05 here

Amazon stud earrings 93p delivered here

Amazon Joe McElderry classic christmas CD for £1.70 here who could resist

Amazon aquadoodle up and down around £9.99 here

Amazon Gordon Ramsay Ultimate Cooking Course £5 here

Amazon pirate book £1.75 here

Amazon Lego Horse 64% off to £13.29 here

Amazon geomag £9.86 here

Amazon pet pillow £9.99 here

Amazon playmobil dungeon £25.31 here

Amazon Lego Summer camp down to £64 here

Amazon colouring in christmas table cloth here

Amazon disney cars travel aquadoodle £5.99 here

Amazon earring and necklace set under £5 here

Amazon charlie and choc factory pop up book, v popular with those that have bought it here around £7 including delivery

Amazon Sylvanian families sofa and armchairs set half price £9 here I can’t believe how expensive those things are

Amazon colour in playhouse here

Amazon other bits of jewelry butterfly necklace £1.85 owl necklace £1.06 octopus necklace £1.40 owl earrings £1.60 elephant necklace £1.60

Argos Bieber kids tshirts 39p here Scroll down to ‘alternatives’ for JLS/the wanted tops for 39p also

Argos retro ladies tshirts from £2.99 in sale here

Argos half price peppa pig castle here

Argos have some reduced nightwear/slippers etc here

Argos less than half price fisher price amusement park toy here

Argos minnie mouse make up set reduced here

Argos reduced games here

Baker Ross clearance here

Bargain Book Time have a nice Christmas Alphabet book here and 5 fairy tale books for £7

Bear nibbles 20% off with code Grizzlies here . free delivery when spend over £30. I DD loves these!

BHS have a 50% Off on all Sale items .Plus you can us the code AUTUMN25 to get £5 off £25 or AUTUMN50 code to get £10 off a £50 spending. Free Delivery above £30 or free pick up at local shop.25% off at BHS until 6th October using code VCBONUS25 here

Boden MCES for 20% off here

Body shop Body Shop lots of offers around,Buy 2 get 2 free Code: 14673. 35% plus free delivery when you spend £5 Code: 14665. Spend £60 save £30 Code: 19803 go to their website here?
Book people here popular Julia Donaldson set here, different from last years or AFDELIVERY for free delivery, no min spend. AFLEAFY10 gives 10% off £20 spend at the book people AFAUTUMN: 12% off all orders over £30

Book clearance site here

Boots have £5 off £50 spend on baby products and 10% off with Quidco voucher QQ2T270 here free nails inc nail varnish with colgate toothpaste make a scarf kit half price £5 Join boots photo and get s £1 photo mug (£2.99 including postage) here

Brantano code BRANTANO5 for 15% off or DISCOUNT25 here

Buckaroo only £5.19 from mothercare here . Warning from cockerpoodle though - the new buckaroo does not buck

Casabu is a fabulous site like the popular zulily follow this link to earn a mner credit for referrals

Character PJs here

Chocolate tasting club (part of Hotel Chocolat) have nearly £30 worth of choc for £6.95 here . Join the tasing club, receive your first box and nibble selection then ring them up to cancel so you don’t get any more boxes at full price (I’ve done this before, they are fine about it)

Christian Advent calendars etc should you be interested here

Christmas ribbons sale here

Christmas enchanted Fairy Doorways here

Christmas duvets for £12 here and here plus £3 ish for delivery

Clinton Cards clearance worth a look here

Company magazine subscription £3 for 3 issues and free oasis watch here or £3 for 3 issues and free Little White Lies tanning set

Cosmopolitan magazine subscription 3 issues for £3 and free Rhianna perfume here

Crabtree and Evelyn outlet shop here

Debenhams have extra 20% off clearance stuff and free shipping with SHP5 code. Code TZ73 gets an extra 10% off or try HX64 and SHEZ or SHBC or SHFK or CY72 or HN96 here sale stuff here cafetiere 70% off to £9 here mavala nail varnish set £12 here converse boys small size 3 - 8 shoes, use XC67 for getting them for £14.99

Disney Sale up to 50% off here

Disney Trivial Pursuit £12 here

dotcomgiftshop is popular remnants of christmas sale here half price chocolate heart candles here half price pretty candle holders here

Dunelm mill £10 OFF. When you spend £50. voucher code S50S10AG here

Elc offers here 50% off some musical instruments here half price remote control quad bike to £20 love a bit of john deere - half price tractor pink learning laptop half price £9

Ebay - love these kids christmas PJs here

Elizabeth Arder 8 hour cream £4.99 here

Face cloths - the popular ones from last year here

Fake lego advent calendar here

Fragrance Direct have a few offers including this one

Free Fisher Price rattle here

Funky pigeion - 50%off loads off stuff including cards mugs and t shirts use code. FUNKY0610 ends 6/10 here also 3 cards delivered for £2.97 using code funky0610

GHD 20% off GHD online using code GHD20 here

Giftorama personalised mugs

Glamour have a new offer on. 3 magazines for £1 with £23 worth of Body Shop goodies free gift here

Glow in the dark marble run £15 here

Hawkins Bazaar ‘Where’s Stig?’ book down to £2.98 here toddler music set £2.48

Hand puppet for £1.39 inc postage stocking filler here

Hexbugs half price here

House of Fraser sale here
H&MH&M codes: 0747 for 25% off one item, 0769 for free postage and 1304 for £5 off first order over £11. Use code 0659 online at checkout here

Ikea toy kitchen down to £65 here

ISME the code 3UPVQ is £30 off a £60 spend here

Itison have a Lional Richie ‘hello, is it tea you’re looking for’ teapot/cup half price at £19 here (love it !)

Imaginext Castle £39.99 here use BIRTHDAY7 for £34.99 with free delivery

John Lewis hearmuffs down to £6.95 here is it bad I want a pair

John Lewis half price horrible histories pen here

Joules free delivery and 15% off with code NWHD97 or PEA10 should give you £10 off when you spend £50 or FIELD gets 15% off and free delivery until end of Oct or COUNTRY for 15% off and free P&P ( oreo is pleased with her willies here weekly planner down to £2.70

Toy kitchen (plastic) reduced down to £6 here

Lakeland sale here

Lakeland and naked wines offer info here spend £50 and enter NKD50 at the checkout and you'll get a voucher to spend at naked wines.

Lakeland £5 off when you spend £30 follow this link

Lands End: Free delivery with FREEBIE Lands End - 25% off with code FALL25 here

Lego soap legos soaps from ebay

Lush christmas bath bombs etc, not bargainous but still lovely here

L’occaitaine is lovely and one of my faves, Free divine set worth £30 with a Divine purchase. Code is DIVINE at checkout. here

Manuka Doctor Try me face set £2.50 here with code TRYME but be warned - very teeny tiny!

M&S free delivery with code SHOPPING or PARCEL13 here santa PJs for adults?
Magpie Mugs very lovely and popular here . poppywearer for that one.

Mini micro scooters - JoJo seems to be the best place when they have a working code - current one has run out, if you find another please let me know here

Molton Brown £10 off £20 spend with HOUSE10 until 5th Nov here

NSPCC letter from santa here

Nerf gun here from amazon

Office Converse sale here

Orla Kiely half price flask here
Photo diary 2014 from ebay £2.75 here

Photography magazine £3 for 3 issues free gorillapod (i’ve got one and it’s FAB) . Only 18 left here

Play have Santa Apprentice DVD for around £1 here and dvd box sets for under £10

Rudolph disposable cameras here

Sainsburys disney dvds BOGOF lord of the rings blu ray £7

Skylanders half price back pack here and more reduced skylanders stuff here

Smyths have Innotab1 for £19.99 here WWE Elimination chamber here . Nope, I have no idea either. Looks like some kind of torture device to me [clueless]

Smyths imaginext advent calendar £6.99 here

Snowball launcher here

The spicery was popular last year here

Studio24 christmas clearance here free delivery 032 reduced childrens chairs personallised

Telegraph offer 10 packs of veg and salad seeds for £2.70 worth £19.90. Seeds sent at time of sowing here

Tesco toy plastic toy kitchen down to £6 here

Thorntons buy one get one free on continental choc box here

Tisserand 40% off shower gels here

Toys R Us £5 off with code BIRTHDAY7. Toys r us have free delivery on orders over £30. then code 9908087729993 for an extra £5 off. here

Urban Outfitters 15% off with the code STOCKHOLM here

VTech dino toy down to £19.99 here

Weleda 25% off until end of October with code SWORLD here

The White Company have 20% off and free delivery with AC380 full price items only here

The works is a popular site with good offers here DEL10 for free delivery over £10 (does not work on multibuys apparently) is a link to sign up for the works earning robinbedrest credits and you money off your first order The 20% one is GWORK20 and the delivery one is SBFREE.30% off at The Works with code GRAND20

Whistlefish have lovely and very reasonable greetings cards here

WHSmith have some nice books in their sale. Also look out for their book bundles books here although don’t expect them to arrive for some time...

Nice wood toys in a clearance here

Warren Jones have various discounted jewelry here

Vertbaudet £15 off a £30 spend, and some free PJs with code 1420here

Yankee Candles reduced here

Yello moon crafty clearance here

Zulily is worth a look and has new stock every day. use this link to earn me some credit for referrals

ELC sometimes have cracker-making kits (I can't remember how childish they were, though)

I've bought some cracker kits from Hobbycraft before

Nancy25's idea sounds good. I would not like two threads etc, wouldn't we all get confused? But heckling on my phone is a struggle because of the length of the OP which loads really slowly - wouldn't want to do without the list, but could find it easily if first post.

I gave up on an online boots order and shopped in store instead today. I do think some of their original prices are a bit inflated, but have got a few presents sorted. Men are always the trouble!

I can do the OP as the second message if you like??? The main reason for the OP is as lots of people when it started off last year kept asking for/repeating codes which wasted alot of messages and so the long OP was born. Is everyone happy with that for the next thread?

Someone posting for cracker making kits - there's one on zulily at the min in their 'christmas wrapped up' bit. I've also bought some in the past from Hawkins bazaar but they weren't that nice visually.

Oh, and who was asking about new magazine subscription offers, there's one on the OP for a photography mag with free gorillapod (under P for photography magazine) which was mentioned towards the end of the last thread. Another one we found to not get the free gift until the second direct debit was taken so didn't add that one and OP has info on the Glamour mag subscription with free body shop stuff (under G for glamour ). It's one of those alphabet order system that makes perfect sense to me under what I put things as but not to anyone else

Thanks Reastie, I've seen those ones. I'm sure somebody, maybe Janx, had said they bought a couple of magazines in the shop which had different subscription offers in.

Aww Reastie it makes sense to me too :)

I'm looking to make an advent calendar for DP... what's the easiest way to do this? Is there a kit I can buy?

caN we have a real push on ideas for blokes? Dh's brothers are soooooo hard to buy for?

www.sportsdirect.com/accessories/gifts-and-toys?mppp=true&mcp=1

Sports Direct have some good bargains you can pre-order for early November delivery...

Disney store, a lot of the medium soft toys are reduced to £12 from £18/£20 A better deal if you have a store near you as the cost of delivery will put you back where you started if you order online!

Aww reastie youre doing a grand job

I have 2 adult males to buy for in their 60s... I hate buying for them!

I love love love those Santa is coming to... books 500internalerror even though we live in the UK and he's actually called Father Christmas and not bloody Santa Claus

Our local one is £4.99 and despite swearing I would not buy any more books, I'm very sorely tempted...

As for lightening Reastie's workload; my possibly hair brained suggestion is for the OP to link to a google documents spreadsheet with all the current links and codes.

How to set up here and How to make publically viewable here

We still get through threads at a rate of knots, but possibly easier for Reastie since updating the spreadsheet could be done at any point in/between threads.

Reastie your code post is great but it might help those of us on phones to have it as the second post. But refer to it in the first post so anyone new to the thread can easily find it, and everyone hold off posting until the second post is up.

Maybe try it for thread 12 and see what people prefer, we can soon go back to the original for posts 13-100!

What a relief that two of you like the Santa books - I never seem to come up with popular suggestions

Thanks for the cracker suggestions, I've decided to buy the snaps and make them from wrapping paper with instructions I found when I googled it.

Almost forgot - I went into Wilkinsons today and there are loads of well priced toys that do not appear on their website. Such as some nice looking fashion dolls (think a less slutty version of Bratz) in fairy/mermaid/princess for £3.50 and 'little sister' type versions for £2 and some little vehicle sets including a military style truck with two hotwheels-sized tanks for £1.

I also popped into Aldi where they had a lot of colourful and well priced silicone bakeware and Monsters Inc (or possibly Monsters University?) fairy cake making kits reduced down to 69p.

Response re blueberries:

Some of the Blueberry plants are sold in 9cm pots and I would not recommend keeping these until Christmas in the same pot, they would need to be potted on. However plants sold in 1.5 litre and bigger should be quite happy for a few months provided you follow the aftercare instructions.

Hi
Not subscription offers but I did see nice freebies with mags. I bought the Shite in style for £2 as it had a nice travel kit of Ren products (bigger than the teeny tiny manuka ones)

Hello where is everyone getting the kindle codes from?

Im tempted to treat myself!

Thanks again Reastie! x

Baskets for your xmas hampers:

www.homebargains.co.uk/products/5836-christmas-luxury-hamper-basket.aspx

£5:99 for a medium one & £6:99 for a large one.

Thanks reastie,
Might start a "can everyone put a pound in, just got my credit card statement in" thread!
Although other than three or four pressies I'm done so thank you ladies

I have realised my super bargain hunting has lead to a potentially expensive problem. I have bought Dh's niece's the Zhu Zhu puppies and squinkies bundles. I've been very organised and wrapped them all up. They each have a huge stack of presents to open.

Now the problem is, what about the nephew. He is only 7. I'm going to have to Give him a stack too arnt I. I was thinking about some Angry Birds stuff as this is going cheap in Home Bargains.Can anybody help me out. I want to get 4-5 presents hopefully under £15.

There is a lot of history with sil and Christmas presents, who love a bargain more than I do. But buys my dcs utter shit in the process. Last year, nearly 14yo ds was given an aged 10 t-shirt. Meaning I really don't want to go over budget.

Just got a few nice bargains from Zulily (you need to join but its easy), got a car/road rug for £6.99 and a chocolate making kit for dd2 which includes 3 silicone chocolate moulds and a little melting pan for £8.99, lots of other nice bits on there too.