Thread 3 - I do not need hot chocolate balls and I never thought I'd get so stressed over willies

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Matalan codes for anyone who can use them. Hope it's okay to post them in this way:

£5 off £25 - SMD1-52N-00THMZ-48B

£10 off £50 - SMD2-52O-018URL-F5D

£15 off £75 - SMD3-52P-00162P-99B

Aldi have reduced their sewing range in store I got a massive sewing kit for £2 and the crochet your own animal kits were 99p down from £4 wishing I brought more than 1 now

The cats used to set DS's toot toot garage off in the middle of the night...

We had the garage, house, Dr's surgery and crane. They all got a lot of play, and the crane still does now DS is 4, but he hasn't really played with the rest of the toot toot stuff for a year.

'Let's fight the fire, save people with the ladder...'

I used to switch the sounds off

smiggle currently have a sale on, with things like pens down from £6 to £1.60. some good gifts x

@Jammiebammie not a problem. I was going anyway so I won’t hold it against you

I have matalan codes too if anyone wants them. They have to be used by this time tomorrow.

The playmobil website has 25% off selected toys just now and 15% off your first order over £30 with the code UKA1NEW

@FireflyGirl you've just brought on a nervous twitch reminding me of that little ditty!

I have a couple of codes for birthday offers if anyone can use them (I'm not sure whether they're linked to my email address - apologies if they are):

Music Magpie - BD10-dn45£kka - 10% off all music, tv, film and games
French Connection - B04DAY1 - 10% off a single online order
Mothercare - QYFA-74AU-RNCL-3ART-IRUN - 20% off clothing
Equine Superstore - DOT-3AQ-VUZ-8Z4 - 10% off your order

And not a birthday code as such but a store anniversary code:

Selfish Mother - BIRTHDAYLOVE - £10 credit towards orders over £28

Thanks @FireflyGirl that's that one back in my head tonight those jingles are def ear worms! DS loves the garage and cars - I'm entertained by the brummie forklift 'I'm a friendly forklift truck'.
JL do a toot toot caravan apparently exclusive to them which I've got ready for DS stocking

For James McAvoy fans - tickets have just gone on sale for Cyrano de Bergerac. Which apparently contains full nudity...

You can buy tickets now from £35 each, or if you are a keyworker or receive certain benefits you can get tickets from £15 from the 4th November. I have no idea how that works but worth looking into if that applies!

www.atgtickets.com/shows/cyrano-de-bergerac/playhouse-theatre/

Not a bargain as such, but.. I was admiring some nike trainers on sports direct but didn't fancy the £4.99 click and collect in store fee (daylight robbery). The physical store had none in.
I found the very same trainers from the nike website TEN POUNDS CHEAPER and free delivery, so sports direct arent the cheapest as i presumed they were.

Chocolate Oranges will be 75p at Tesco from tomorrow until at least Monday. I have four in my online basket my delivery is Monday. They tell you at checkout if the offer has finished by your delivery date.

gaggiagirl we've also bought football boots cheaper than Sports Direct from Lovell Soccer.

I don't like Sports Direct as a company (dubious practices when it comes to employees, zero hours contracts etc) so would much rather buy from elsewhere whenever possible anyway

Does anyone else end up replacing electric toothbrushes as Christmas presents?!

There are two good ones on Amazon deals today.

Oral B 6000 down from £230 to £70

Philips Sonicare 4300 down from £140 to £50.

Um, if anyone is considering Toot Toot toys be warned that:

A) Kids love them (the garage is great)
B) They have been voted the most annoying toy known to man on MN. Several times.

DH and I threw a little celebration when the last one left the house, but I can still hear the bizarre, non-rhyming jingles in my head.

"I'm a van, a little van..."

Loving this thread! I got a haul from Smiggle of stocking fillers and stuff to have in my present cupboard.

Landsend jumper for my husband's birthday with 40% off intro code

Is Justin Fletcher actually the voice of toot toot?! (Misses point of thread). Kids love them but dear God those cars are irritating. I was delighted to offload our collection onto my nephews. Mwa ha ha.

Nerf Laser ops pro are down to £15 on Amazon they're the ones that topped the Christmas toy list last year on the programme by the silver fox aka Philip Schofield 😁

Just saw this Star Wars watch on TK Maxx website down from £15 to £5 www.tkmaxx.com/kids+toys/kids-clothing/girls/white-storm-trooper-digital-watch/p/70109847

Tinement 1:24 Four-wheel Drive Crawler Excavator Remote Control Educational Toy with Light Cars & Vehicles www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07VH38VQS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_YtuGDb1CCD38M?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I bought this for baby chips for his birthday. It is AMAZING. well worth the price

15% off candles here link

Lots of popular brands like woodwork and Yankee Candle

Sorry code is CANDLES15

@SmallAndFarAway I love our toot toots! I sometimes press their happy little faces to make them sing long after kids bedtime

Matalan codes if they work without the specific membership card:

£5 off £25
Online code:
SME12-56Y-00VTFN-F25

£10 off £50
Online code:
SMA12-57Q-01EUY4-225

£15 off £75
Online code:
SME13-575-00QMPI-4E6

@georgialondon, that used to be a capital offense in our house - never touch the little feckers after bedtime

The only bearable one was the fire engine, because it got dropped in the bath and wasn't as loud...