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REASTIE! We're over over here! Bargain holding thread

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FireflyGirl · 11/10/2016 13:45

Chatty bargain hunters today, so here's a holding thread until Reastie finishes work Grin

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MaryMagdelene · 16/10/2016 11:36

I would add bean boozled sweets to your hamper lavate they are a big hit with the kids at the moment. You can get them on amazon

Thanks to the poster for the body shop code

Coldilox · 16/10/2016 11:37

Who detests peanut butter? Weirdo.

Follyfoot · 16/10/2016 11:37

Thank you for the ideas - her jewellery taste is mainly chunky glass/stone but there are some purses I think she'd like on the Lisa Angel website Smile

Am also thinking about some very warm hats and gloves, it will be snowy where she is!

LaylaTheMiddleAgedWitch · 16/10/2016 11:38

Have pm'd you QOD Sorry about that.

Here's one for 30% off...hope that it works!

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iloveholidays · 16/10/2016 11:39

I'm looking for a CD player for my DD1 who is 7.5. I've bought some Roald Dahl audio books but she doesn't have a CD player to listen to them on :)

I have two younger DD's so I don't want to spend loads in case it gets broken. Ideally one which I can connect up to her Ipod. TIA.

LaylaTheMiddleAgedWitch · 16/10/2016 11:39

That was for the Body shop MaryMagdalene

Trin4421 · 16/10/2016 12:00

Folly, love the magpie stuff - do you know if the seconds from the outlet are nice enough to be gifts?

MaryMagdelene · 16/10/2016 12:01

Do not scroll down to customer images Shock

confuugled1 · 16/10/2016 12:05

Folly How about some nice thermal tops?

The last few years M&S have done some really fine cotton thermal tshirts that have been really nice to wear - they're thin enough to wear under things, even to wear two or three layers of them if it's really cold. They also do socks, leggings, pjs, long and short sleeve t-shirts etc. Most are plain but there are a few patterned ones (or there were last year!)

I think that uniqlo did/does something similar too.

I can't remember the name of either of them off the top of my head at the moment though!

I just know I've been very glad of them when it's been really cold in the past - and occasionally been caught out because they look like nice fine t-shirts and you pull them on and then wonder why you're so warm (usually about this time of the year when you're not really thinking about thermal things but digging out some of last winter's clothes!)

Was also going to suggest a scarf - I've had some lovely ones from TK Maxx in the last few years - including ones that have cashmere in to make them extra warm and soft.

OutwardBound2016 · 16/10/2016 12:09

The uniqlo tops are called heattech and they are brilliant

Mama1980 · 16/10/2016 12:10

Know I'm late to the party but what was the best deal on hotel chocolat,please, thanks :)
In sainsburys today they had tassimo machines half price at £50 plus £20 of pod vouchers/offers were included. Hth someone.

confuugled1 · 16/10/2016 12:11

Iloveholidays I got ds2 a sony cd player and radio from Sainsburys (it was cheaper than Amazon for the same thing) - it's been great. Really basic, simple to operate and if I put a cd on for ds to fall asleep to (he likes to listen to music going to sleep) then it turns itself properly off at the end without waking him up. He's got it when he was about 6.5/7 and he's had it at least a year and it's still going strong.

Just found it on Amazon - it's this one but I paid £40 for it in Sainsburys and it's £60 on amazon.

DS1 has a similar thing but it doesn't turn itself off properly and I just don't like it as much.

confuugled1 · 16/10/2016 12:16

I've just been looking at The Works to see what I could get with the good discount mentioned earlier - and they've got 10 children's books for £10 online only at the moment, which I assume you can still use with the 25% off which would make them 75p each. Lots of them were Christmas picture books but plenty weren't.

They also seemed to have lots of other offers on that would stack with the 25% off that would make for a very bargainous shop

Shine0n · 16/10/2016 12:18

I'm not chancing it in case they take the proper price from my bank account but I just saw on HUKD that there's clothing priced at £0 on the Aldi website at the moment. Eg mens joggers www.aldi.co.uk/men%27s-straight-leg-jogger/p/071617080062000

Shine0n · 16/10/2016 12:21

The joggers are now sold out but there's some other clothing available at £0 online if anyone wants to take a gamble: www.aldi.co.uk/specialbuys/all-specialbuys/clothing/c/clothing/?sort=price-asc&q=%3Aprice-asc%3AtransactionalStatus%3Atransactional%3AtransactionalStatus%3Anontransactional&page=0

LaylaTheMiddleAgedWitch · 16/10/2016 12:22

confuugled- I bought 6 2017 annuals with a David Walliams boxset recently with 25% off using EMAIL25. Saved me a fortune and far cheaper than The Book People or The Book Depository.

Elizabethtailored · 16/10/2016 12:54

Kids CD players- we were given a brilliant one from Tesco costing £20. Perfect for my four year old with simple buttons and not the end of the world if it is broken.

Thanks for the great 12 year old girl suggestions.

BrollySmolly · 16/10/2016 13:02

My 9 year old has this CD player and so far it has been great.

REASTIE! We're over over here! Bargain holding thread
Pinkladymel · 16/10/2016 13:15

I was also just about to recommend the BUSH docking CD player from Argos. Its been brilliant and has great reviews.

Follyfoot · 16/10/2016 13:20

Thermals and a scarf would be brilliant, thank you confuugled and to outwardbound

And Trin I've given seconds as gifts before, I couldn't see anything wrong with the items other than a tiny variation in the glaze on an espresso cup. If you sign up to Magpie's newsletter, they have regular secret sales too.

FireflyGirl · 16/10/2016 13:30

The Works have 'Happy tins', like busy tins but with no small figures, for £6, and 25% off with EMAIL25 (thanks to pp), so £4.50.

They have:
Paw patrol
Spiderman
Finding Dory
Disney Princess
Eric Carle's Hungry Caterpillar

They also have Frozen and Avengers 'activity sets' which look to me to be the same thing!

And they have Weird Science sets 2 for £10.

The 25% off doesn't seem to work on these sort of multi-buy offers Sad

Free delivery over £20 or free c&c.

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LotisBlue · 16/10/2016 13:37

Folly would she like some favourite things which you can't get in the states - eg Marmite if you can find any, 'proper' chocolate, a favourite breakfast cereal, a pack of m&s knickers? I'm not sure about the rules re. Posting food to the USA though.

Follyfoot · 16/10/2016 13:54

She'd love some Percy Pigs actually, and some UK chocolate, yes - will look up the rules. And your M & S knickers idea (which I'll do) also made me think of M & S opaque tights which I can definitely send. Thank you everyone.

QOD · 16/10/2016 14:03

t hank you Layla _

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