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’

[Reastie]

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Thanks Itlookslikerain and Clr2014 those are the ones. I couldn't find them anywhere! I will add it to my current amazon order .

Last night I was in Sainsburys and they had lots of peppa pig items reduced to clear. I got a wooden dress up game, fuzzy felt and 2 jigsaws in a box for under £3 each. Worth a look if anyone has a fan to buy for (yes I am looking at you DD2!!!).

Today's Amazon buys are THIS key bottle opener. Thinking DH's stocking. Also a cake pop making kit as making up a baking box for DD1 and figure this could be a few hours of mess fun.

Nuby Imonster Cutlery Set down from £3 to 52p as an add on item, good stocking filler for a baby?

Reastie, I hope your DD is on the mend. I am working today but could help with the opening post tonight if no one else can today.

Reastie pm me and ill do the new post up

The Tassimo machine we ordered on Saturday will be here today, which is faster than I thought

Amazon have a lot of outdoors stuff reduced including a Thomas ride on and a peppa ride on . Also annoyingly the bloody slide I've got dd for her birthday is now 1/2 price !!!

Can you link the slide 306 please?

Hedstrom Wavy Slide www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0015X4XFY/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_sZzbub0WX3GJP this is a hedstrom wavy slide at pretty much half price

Groupon have an offer on here it's a £20 gift card when you spend £15 for The Works. Not a huge help, but I do remember the bargains from The Works getting better and better towards last Christmas

Actually, reading the t&cs it seems like it's an in store only voucher - tehy had thrown me by putting e-voucher further down them

Got some great toy bargains in store at Sainsburys. I've bought:

Orchard Toys Greedy Gorilla game £3
Yo Ho Ho Pirate game £1.80
Cars 35 piece jigsaw 90p (lots of other characters Octonauts etc)
Orchard Toys games compendium (massive box set of 4 games) £4.50
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 'Don't Scramble the Egg' game £3.90.

Am really pleased about the Wimpy Kid game as I find it increasingly harder to buy 'filler' gifts for my oldest - almost 12- and his pile looks a bit sorry for itself next to much younger siblings, even though his stuff costs about four times the price!! This game will be ideal and I've bought an extra one for the birthday party cupboard too.

I also got a toy iron for my youngest - only 30p and it makes working sound effects too. Hopefully it should fit into his stocking!

The only disappointment today has been my delivery of cheap Baileys chic luxe from Amazon. Only £10 a bottle but the BBE is Oct 2014 so no use for bloody Christmas! At least I like the stuff and can do my best to salvage the situation...

So pleased with my Aliexpress Elf on the shelf. Cost £5, arrived within 2 weeks and is fab! He does have a tiny mark on his hat (as explained in the listing) but bearing in mind the mischief he's going to get up to, I doubt he'll stay mark free for long anyway. I'm still waiting impatiently for my frozen dolls, so excited to see them x

I know that actually posting gifts is a long way off for most people bit as we're moving house and doing a million other things between now and Christmas I'm thinking of starting to get things together for the post now so I'm just wondering, what is the best postal service to use? Only goin England to Wales. Is Royal Mail or are there cheaper couriers? Any advice would be much appreciated. We normally would see extended family before Christmas but have so much going on this year.

bloody slide

My Hermes is pretty good and cheaper than royal mail

Thanks 306, looks good, what Age would you say it's best for?

Mumtojake might be worth phoning up as Octiber isn't a long date for alcohol.

Babyasleep - parcels2go were doing a free parcel up to 10 last week. Check Moneysavingexpert.com

Groupon 20 Laura Ashley online spend for 10! Can buy up to 3. Valid til 31 dec. Gifty Lashley recommendations anyone?

UKBK gives 30/off everything inclyding sale stuff plus free delivery if you spend £20 at pumpkinpatch today and tomorrow. Lovely hair bits and bobs even if you dont need clothes

306 I bought that slide for dd a few years ago, I thought £35 was good, built it then Argos had it for £12.50 Norks dd got it aged 3, is now too big for it at 5.

I must add it took two of us about two hours to build, instructions were terrible and it just didn't fit together very well. It's still in good condition after 2.5 years in the garden though.

Ah, no point getting it for a 4 yo then. I noticed it said recommended for age 3-10 but thought it looked a bit small. Still a good price though!

Does anybody have an easy instruction thing for using the tassimo? I tried today and managed to set it up correctly but making the actual drinks is confusing me.

In response to the slightly dubious Oakley offer, I emailed them today saying I had no confirmation of order and they emailed back within and hour with a payment receipt. So it is looking a little more legitimate now. Not sure what I will receive but, hey I thought it was worth a gamble.

I will report back if and when I get any goods!
I have been watching my bank account carefully just in case, but so far so good.

Oh the things we do for a bargain!