Thread 12 - the one with the flouncing at Hush

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herspooky check out Lucy Locket for costumes - they are great quality and a really decent price for what they are. We have a couple of the fairytale ones (reversible red riding hood/big bad wolf), the owl cape & mask and the girl superhero one and they have lasted 4 year so far and still going strong. I'll easily be able to pass them on to someone else when DTs are done with them.

Just back from sainsburys. They have fab fleece lined leggings in that are very festive. Great for denim refusing DD.
Got a shopkins night light £6.80 its very cute.

HerSpooky I have a Lucy Locket ladybird tabard you can have if you'd like it. It's BNWT still in original packaging.
This the one (it's just the tabard and hood, the leggings and spotty sleeves aren't part of it).

Also just got back from Sainsburys. I didn't get anything too Christmassy but did get a two pack of boys pjs down from £11 to £8.40 I think. Nice quality too! The pyjama aisle was almost empty though. Also got some nice Gruffalo clothing!

Does anyone know where you can buy sweets from in bulk for cheap? I've got to fill mason jars and the candy grabber we were all buying months and months ago (doesn't time fly?!). Huge thanks in advance for any help :)

Also please could anyone tell me why you're all ordering No7 advents? I just had a look and cant see one and must have missed the deal here (boohoo)

pink lady hopefully this link works boots calendar

Can't see it online but I went to M&S today and got an Autograph New York fragrance gift set with a decent sized spray EDT, body lotion, bath oil and shower gel in a nice box for £12.50 down from £30. They also had a scarf with rrp of £25 for £5 if you spend £40 on clothes I didn't need anything.

Not Christmas but I'd like a nice gift I can have sent direct to a family that just lost their dog. Thinking a food type gift. The children are 3-9years old.

You can get huge bags (3kg) of Haribo sweets from eBay. They are quite reasonable really (though it depends how many jars you're planning on filling!).

pinklady www.aquarterof.co.uk/buy-in-bulk-and-save.html#intro

Are really good. I don't know how they compare on price but as a company and for choice they are great

pinklady I recently filled a ton of glass jars for a sweetie station at a party and the cheapest place was actually Poundland/world and home bargains. I had things like vimto bonbons, rainbow drops, refreshers squashies, jazzies & maoam pinballs. Depends what kind of sweets you're after I guess but they worked out cheapest for me

Smiggle have pencil cases plus five items for £15. DS2 treated himself today - took him bloody ages to choose but he is well chuffed!

Some codes from the inserts in country living

Dibor - 10% off and free delivery on orders over £50 - AWCL16

Joules - 20% off plus free delivery and returns, valid until 22/12 - HEDGEROW

Culture vulture - 10% off orders over £40 - CA2309

Thank you to whoever mentioned
The fragrance shop happy hour!! There is also a code for 10% but not sure if they will stack

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In Asda today in the clearance bit they had a few Shopkins sets reduced maybe worth a look if you have any Shopkins fans think they were down from about 18 to £11ish couldn't get any pics as my phone battery had died :-(

I've had a reply from Hearst, explaining that there has been a supplier issue with the Red goody bags which has now been resolved. Our bags should arrive within the next 7-10 days. Fingers crossed!

Thanks everyone! I have bookmarked the lucy locket page for.when I get paid, and I am in sainsburys fairly often so will check out the clearance rails after Halloween (why didn't I think of that?!)

For whoever was looking for Orchard Games, Anaxon have the Rocket Game at £4.50.

Thank you WheresTheCoffee that saves me a job

The Boots No7 Advent calendar was only available online I think to those who had registered an interest. They should become available to all tomorrow, so hopefully you haven't missed them?

Really struggling with my nephew he is 10 I have got him a knex set but would like to get him a few stocking fillers. Does anyone have any ideas for boys of this age please?

Ooh thankyou Wheresthecoffee, good to know! I bet the supplier issue was simply the fact that they weren't expecting so many of us to go for the offer so had to source a load of new stuff as cheaply as possible!

PinkLady Iceland do the big tubs of sweets, rosy apples, blackcurrant & liquorice, pear drops can't remember the rest for £4 sweeties

Thank you so much everyone for all of the answers about sweeties and the No7 advent. Can't get over how brilliant you all are :D