Christmas bargrain thread 5 - with ‘furry boobs’, and ‘can somebody please explain why I have just bought Elf on the shelf when I have a house full of teenagers’

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I ordered 2 Tassimos at 11pm last night to two different addresses using the same card. So far, I haven't received a confirmation text yet and I also need to check my emails.

Did someone mention upthread that the Lidl/Aldi pods fit the Tassimo machine?

MsAspreyDiamonds Lidl do pods which fit Nespresso machines, I don't know about Tassimo but I am probably heading there in a bit so I will pop in and have a look for you.

My Pact coffee came - good for £1 but I've cancelled my subscription as it's usually £6.95 a fortnight.

Think I will order some Frozen bits for my DNiece from the Internet Gift Store sale.

There's actually loads of good stuff in the Internet Gift Store clearance section and it's free delivery till end of August - quick, go shop!

I'll have a look at the Maxi-scooters and JDBug ones, thanks. I hadn't thought about the Micro being outgrown tbh so will get two bigger ones for the girls (who knew scooter shopping could be so confuzzling!? )

I'm a bit at the price of scooters...seems a tad excessive...so I'll set his mum on checking Freecycle and start checking Gumtree/Fb selling pages myself.

We are on the first day of my holiday (feels so wrong to be looking at a Christmas thread on holiday!) I also caved and gave dd's their Elsa and Anna dolls before we left.

They were so happy and haven't put them down since!

So thanks again KEGIRL

Will take a look at that seller of the Anna dresses when we are home

I need to renew some insurance and know DD really wants a Baby Meerkat, so that's another present sorted.
:)

The entertainer

Crayola stow and go £3 was £10
Moon dough £4 was £20
Chuggington aquadoodle £1.50 was £5
Peppa pig stamp set £3 was £10 plus 5% off code and TCB

Argos - mr tumble backpack £8.99 was £19.99

Thanks KE, yes it's a hard one I'm after, just proving very difficult to find. If anyone finds one I'll be v grateful.

Anyone spotted and Doc Mcstuffins bargains?

Some bits 50% off on the entertainer Loki

Remember TCB and check for discount codes too...

Boots have the Merida from brave my first princess doll, half price...I bought it for a friends dd and it's gorgeous! I'm thrilled with it for that price!

Some of my Amazon things have arrived from China.

First is the birdhouse keyring thing, which is a white plastic woodgrain effect birdhouse that you hang on the wall. Inside are two bird shaped key rings that double as whistles. You sit the birds in the birdhouse so you know where your keys are.

I ordered white green and as you can see, I received red green. Not bad quality but…mmm…I don't know. Birdhouse looks quite nice, birds slightly less so close up, whistle was on the quiet side but will look cute on the wall. Comes in a nice box. There are more expensive ones out there if you are that worried about the look of the thing, but up on the wall I think it will look good so I'm pleased with it.

I ordered it as part of a gift for our friends and I think they will like it. Can of coke in the picture is for scale only, not part of the gift Some of the amazon reviews have said it is smaller than they expected so this photo will give you a better idea.

Can you use the entertainer 5% code AND tcb?
We don't have a store nearby and I'm not sure I can being myself to pay p&p!

Second parcel contained my heart shaped pendents and these were 45p each.

For 45p, nobody is going to think they were expensive, but they are alright. They surprised me by coming with a velvety gift bag. Heart charm looks slightly better than the chain, but I was thinking of taking the charms off and putting them on a leather thong style bracelet anyway so that might actually work for me.

It also contained these dinosaur eggs which are six for 80p. You put them in water and they grow and hatch (or hatch and grow) and I'm going to put them in various drawers of the advent calendar. One of our eggs was broken when I opened the parcel, but the dinosaur should still work in water.

Yes showme you can, I did.. all worked. Had to pay p&p as my store doesn't do click and collect annoyingly... But still saved

Forgot to say, the dinosaurs come in a plastic bag with no instructions, so if you use them as stocking fillers for anyone else you will need to tell them they go in water.

Somebody on either this thread or the last one was asking about tin tea party sets in baskets.

I saw several sets in B&M Store the other day. The tin ones were in boxes though and the ones in a suitcase style picnic hamper were ceramic. I wasn't sure if either of those might work or if it absolutely has to be tin in a basket or suitcase.

The tin ones had four different patterns, the ceramic ones had only one pattern, but I took a quick picture to try and give you an idea. I was standing right by the cans of Martin Platt's Scouse at the time so I felt quite nostalgic for his sauce launching threads

Just seems bad luck to leave Xmas thread at post 666

So here's another one - entertainer

£6.99 for a microphone paper jamz that was £34.99

Are there any discount codes for boden around please? desperate to buy a coat for DD but can't justify the cost :)

Debenhams has cancelled my order but still took the money, DS2 has a cold so is all whingy and grotty, DS1 didn't get any sleep as DS2 kept waking up last night so is being all dramatic and weepy and DP threw out the wine as there wasn't room in the fridge with all the milk we have to buy as the kids drink gallons...bargain hunting is the only thing keeping me sane ATM!

Does anyone's dc have one of these very bella shaky shake nails sets ?

Dd1 keeps pestering for it but I have a feeling it may be used once & never again so thought someone here might be able to tell me if they have one, if it's ever used

Looks good Lucysmam but Amazon are doing themselves for £14.99 with free postage on the right hand side, so an even better deal.

ooh, I didn't even look, just wondered if anyone had one iyswim! I'll load the page back up again & go for the cheaper one

If anyone is near Kingston, the Bentalls clearance shop has lalaloopsies, baby borns, moxie girls and lots of other toys and books at 50% off plus Sylvanian houses, families and furniture at 40% off. They also have Cath Kidston towels, children's bathrobes (super cute) and bedding at 50-60% off.

I'm hovering in Tassimo indecision....I just know that DP Me really would love one

You'll kick yourself if they sell out.

I really ought to buy shares in tassimo....