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Thanks fluffy

I don't have a bog supermarket where I live so off to town it is :)

Thanks lifelong, if anyone spots it please let me know.

Fluffy I know what you mean. It’s also a nightmare near Christmas too so I refuse to go from about November onwards.

There's a very small window of opportunity when I'm comfortable going into Primark! 😂 I can check regularly for you though as I go past thereabouts every lunch time when I'm wandering round!

My small Tesco Express has some, I think, Hoooo. But you'd probably get a better range in a bigger store.

regarding vouchers - didn't tesco do money off some vouchers last year in the run up to xmas?

My local B&M had loads of christmas gifts, decorations and bags in. The Range are also starting on the huge christmas display.

I got some lovely wrapping paper of santa riding a unicorn!

Had an email to say the Naked Marshmallows advent calendar is now available here. Might ease the blow for those that missed the recent sale.

Bit niche but just found this Shaun the Sheep advent calendar for DD calendar £11 which isn't bad for a toy one. Thought I'd share for any other Aardman animation obsessives

Bought £9 Christmas single duvet covers for my boys today-first Christmas purchase and I think they will enjoy them. From BrandAlley have referral codes which I can add to the referrals thread if anyone interested.
Thanks for the marshmallow advent calendar link think they’d love that too!

@Reastie My local only had some tree ornaments out, however I would do a quick spell check before you buy any😂😂

Tabby that’s hilarious!

Shame they've withdrawn them already - my baby had her first Christmas last year but hasn't had a Chirstmas yet!

100 fairy light here for £2

www.poundshop.com/new-cole-and-bright-100-led-string-lights-multicoloured.html

The works have these 8x10 letter jigsaw frames in their clearance sale for £2.50 down from £20.00. They’re 150 piece puzzles that you pop together, frame and then hang on the wall. Letters still available: T, F, G, N, I, P, Z, W, O, V, U, Y, X and Q. I ordered three yesterday and the 25% code (TAKE25) IS working on them, which takes them down to £1.87.

I thought they’d make lovely additions to the family hampers I’m putting together this year, so I bought ‘surname’ letters, i.e. a ‘T’ for the Thomas family’s hamper.

They’ve also got some £2-3 non-fiction books in that clearance sale. I don’t think the discount code was working on them, but for £2 I’m certainly not complaining. They can bump your basket up if you’re a couple of quid shy of free delivery.

The Works have a Christmas selection in their 10 books for £10, and some others including Mr Men/Little Miss.

They also have 25% off with code TAKE25 - the above are excluded from this. You can also claim 12% through TopCashback.

@Hoooo in case there’s a Cineworld near you, their voucher is better value than Odeon’s, they do a Christmas box with two tickets, drinks and popcorn voucher for £25.

My ds wants Harry Potter lego (great hall set) but it's so expensive. Does lego ever do decent sales and when so they do them please?

Thank you I'll check that out x

Weepingwillows12 have you set up a Camel camel alert for it?

Not sure if any of you use redbubble?

If you sign up you usually get a %off code and its a great site for unusual gifts and niche stuff like anime.

Very handy for tricky teens I've found!

The stickers make great sticking fillers too :)

Morning bargain hunters, not necessarily a bargain request - more an idea request triggered by bargains...

4DC - aged 18 down to 10. 10 yo will be getting the HP lego advent calendar. 18yo will probably be getting the yankee candle wreath advent calendar.

I'm after advent calendar ideas for DS 16 and DD 13 please, ideally no more than £25 and even better if combined with a deal... DD is not into make up so the beauty calendars are not really an option. We had the Naked marshmallow ones last year and they weren't a huge success due to the flavours.

Thank you

A few quirky gifts and homeware bits in the urban outfitters sale

@MaryDollNesbitt, thank you for the bargainous letter jigsaw tip! Have a couple in my basket and will pop into my local store for a nose in case they have the letters I'm missing.

Boots 3 for 2 is live

Poundland have a few bits in their Christmas aisle. I've stocked up on gift bags (2 in a pack for £1) and some gift labels.