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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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Reastie · 25/08/2014 18:06
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Reastie ·
02/09/2014 20:45
^^to add new thread already as off to bed and not sure how chatty you'll be 
please sing a few merry songs or do a little dance to use up the thread
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Bettyhen ·
02/09/2014 20:49
Just want today thanks to whoever posted the zoology book from amazon at £6, kids are animal daft (aren't they all?!) and it's brilliant, a beautiful book. LOVE this thread! 
lucysmam ·
02/09/2014 20:58
It's only the spoke beads I was bothered about so will hunt for some more cheap ones of those & bung the rest in "save for later" for the mo until I can be arsed to spend a day randomly hunting around again.
I did find 36p princess tattoos though after dd came home from tea at a friends waffling about them
Annetter ·
02/09/2014 21:52
does anyone know if soletraderoutlet.co.uk is a genuine store? I mean the uggs aren't fake are they? I'd save a good chunk on an xmas prezzie if they're genuine 
BadlyWrittenPoem ·
02/09/2014 22:07
Thread five already! I just came looking for this as it was so great last year. I have a lot of catching up to do.
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VinoTime ·
02/09/2014 22:55
We do stockings here. Dd has quite a big one that I fill up with all sorts of things, maybe about £20 worth. The aim is to keep her amused for as long as possible so that I can get more sleep! Bits that go in it:
- Books
- Maybe a cheapish dvd (I always find bargains in Poundland - second hand 'replay' dvds with a Christmas theme always go down a treat)
- Some cheap plastic collectible tat - last year it was Moshi Monsters and Squinkies that I'd found for £1.00 a pack
- A Christmas themed colouring/sticker book
- A pencil case with all the junk that goes in it
- Costume jewellery
- Silly wee play sets that I've picked up in the sale - last year it was some kind of animal in my pocket type things
- A pair of super soft slipper socks
- A pair of magic gloves
- Some sweeties - coins, a chocolate santa and a small tub of jelly sweets
There's usually also a bigger 'special' present left on her bed next to her stocking. Last year it was a reindeer out of Build A Bear. Santa left her a note explaining that her name was Prancer and that she had been chosen to take extra special care of her for him. Damn thing didn't leave her side for weeks.
I wrap up some new pj's and slippers for her with a nice book (last year it was the Snowman and the Snowdog with audio cd) from me and they get opened on Christmas eve. She wears the jammers to bed and we read the book in front of the lit fire. It's sickly sweet and I bloody love it
Bigger presents from Santa are always wrapped and under the tree in the living room, and she doesn't get to them until we've woken up, had some breakfast, fed the animals and gone to pee. I take a cuppa in with me and sit and listen to Christmas music whilst she opens all her things
I love Christmas!
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