Thread 12 - the one with the flouncing at Hush

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see post two for links

Nineteen Amazon have loads :)

verytiredmummy (oh I do feel like that today!!) would you share your experience with Zeek with us if relevant? I for one have never had problems with them but frankly I'm sick of companies behaving badly towards customers so I'd like to know if I need to be vigilant with them too.

today I'm sick of companies behaving badly too (HUSH ARE YOU READING THIS?!). I forgot my details for zeek. Tried to log in again trying my different passwords. Gave up as couldn't reset it so set up new account to find that my phone number has basically been blacklisted because of my various attempts to log in?! So can never use it for zeek again!

Marking place. Thanks reastie for another great thread.
I normally start my Christmas shopping in September but haven't started yet!
Can anyone recommend any books for a six year old please? My dd has outgrown the ones she's got.
My Dh has been eyeing up a Barbour coat from John Lewis that's an eye watering £289! Does anyone have any idea of how to get it cheaper?

Thanks for the disneystore tip off I have just ordered 4 different costumes and a lightsaber. Bargain.

Last year Barbour had 20% off everything on Black Friday and John Lewis price matched. I ordered one thing from the Barbour website and one from JL. The Barbour website came in a fab box so looked much better as a gift.

ChorusLine69 - These are cute

www.woodndreams.co.uk/tea-time-set.html

I buy these because plasters cute everything in this house but they are actually decent and sticky
plasters and more plasters

The key holders are lovely but just to warn you we had them a few years ago and they are plastic not wood and I think a couple of people had odd height ones

Rotating star projector on lightning deal now.
We've been using ours for over 3 weeks now and it's helped my 4yo to go to sleep in his own bed every night (still working on staying there all night though!)

Cure not cute, bloody autocorrect does what the hell it wants! Huge thank you to queen for the links of London heads up. I've had a bit of a shit birthday so have treated myself to a gorgeous bracelet with some money I was given. Then decided to treat my mum and little sister too because they are both a bit down so want to spoil them this Christmas. Amazing bargain 3 bracelets for £108.
Can't remember who was asking about the book for 2 year old but I read DS Winnie the Pooh and he loves it ( it has pictures though) or I'm buying 2 year old DS these books after good reviews on MN farm Christmas book and farm book

Woodwaj if you are still looking, how about some Spicery recipe kits?

Pinkladymel I ordered 3 of the £1.50 colouring books and the matching pencils too!

Can I ask what people think about giving those Lost my Name books as a gift for newborn twins? Would rather not get clothes but something they could keep ?

verytiredmummy thanks for that, good to know!

Evening all!

Any suggestions for my PIL? Budget about £20, maybe up to £30.

They can afford to buy anything they want really and like nice, good quality things. I never know what to get!

Thanks Mipe I'll take a look!

Chips ive got the individual bird houses and they are ok but bought many moons ago when they were much more expensive :(

The only one i know we were gifted a lost my name book for DS christening and i would recommend. I can send you my referral code if you decide to order but ive had my free book so anyone else feel free to post!

Theonly I think that's a lovely present idea. I bought the book for my daughter last year when she was nearly 3 but would have been very happy to have received it as a newborn gift!

New thread - place marking to catch up later...,

What is the good housekeeping free gift and is there a link.

Sorry for being a pain and missing the original post.

The only I think it's a lovely present idea. Although I do have to say that personally I haven't been as impressed with the Lost my name books as everyone else seems to be. The idea is a brilliant one and the pictures are lovely BUT I don't think the text is all that great. It doesn't really scan in places. Both my dc were bought them by family members as gifts, but when dc2's arrived, a mistake had been made with the letters, so it didn't spell his name! Obviously mistakes happen, but I wasn't particularly impressed with their customer service. There was a lot of to and froing with emails and sending photos etc. They did replace the book in the end, but no real apology. Anyway, probably just me as everyone else on mumsnet seems to love them!

Thanks badger and woodwaj I'm sure as new parents of twins they will have been inundated either gifts so just trying to think of something a bit different! It's hard! I've actually bought two books from them before, wonder if I have a code buried somewhere!

TK word of warning re plasters - I put some in dd's doctors kit one year. She stuck them everywhere and most annoyingly on teddies where they get stuck in fur . Dd is a bit feral though tbf.

Re the key holders - we've had those ones for about 2/3 years and they're still going strong - the birds are also whistles which are handy if you have a dog like mine who disappears into the garden for a pee at midnight and seemingly forgets how to come back....

Re gifts for 6year old girls - I've got Dd the Mrs Scrooge book from thebookpeople and it's lovely. I've also got her a set of my little fuckin pony books from there - 8 books for I think £7.99?

I just decided to check out the personalised M&Ms.... £40 + for a picture on a few m&ms