Bargain thread 1 - Christmas shopping on the hottest day of the year!

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Title inspired by the sweltering heat today but I’m still planing Christmas!!!

Thank you to chips for keeping the seat warm for me.

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@Thegirlhasnoname same here! My nephew would have loved it. Shame.

@GirlWithTheYellowHat search for guitar pick maker - there is this one on Amazon

Vans sale is good. Free delivery too!
I’ve bought ds two T shirts and a pair of vans. Oh and some sunglasses 😎
I’m doing really well with my shopping so far.
Fragrance direct seems to have good prices too and free delivery with FREEDEL code plus extra money off of you spend over £50

Not as good ad last years bargains, but if you search 'jacques of London' on Amazon they have a couple of wooden puzzles and an ark at good prices

Morning everyone - speaking of last years bargains, I'm trying to remember the cocktail subscription service - can anyone shed any light?
I'm also looking out for cheap Clinique men's toiletries as I missed out on those too 🤣

Thanks so much!

Morning, looking for something else on eBay and came across this body spray advent calendar. Got decent reviews. I haven’t got anyone in the right sort of age range for this.
Secret Possibility Of London 24 Days Of Advent Body Mist Calendar www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07G2L5W1X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_8U7lFbNX68RM9?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Does anyone know whether Jaques of London is actually decent or if it's just dodgy Chinese stuff with good branding? They have some lovely looking stuff but I don't like buying Chinese stuff when they're at an age where things go in their mouths, and the prices make mr suspicious.

@Thegirlhasnoname and @RaggieDolls has reduced again 😊

@PinkDaydreams we made our DD a busyboard using Poundland blush lights, light switches (not connected to anything), battery operated lights etc. Spent about £10 and put it on some scrap MDF.

Might be a bit young but she fiddles with it now still at almost 3

@InglouriousBasterd TKMaxx and Home Sense do those flocked animal lamps, like the Abigail Ahern ones.

Iconic Lights are really good too.

I bought a few fake Seletti monkey lamps from AliExpress and some amazing neon signs from eBay. I'm too scared to leave them switched on when I'm not in the room though just in case.

Thank you for the heads up on the vans sale. Got some bits for ds.

I just bought this from amazon / Jaques of London Wooden Play Food Sets Let’s Pretend Bakery Board – Perfect Wooden Toys for 2 3 4 5 Year Olds Since 1795 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085S3F747/ref=cmswwrcppapiii_Dw8lFbWQM48AZ

@Spam88 jaques of london history is good quality stuff. I expect some of it is made in China but it's not cheap and nasty.

Thanks @sorryiasked Dont know why I didn't think to google 🤦‍♀️ will definitely get some bits then!

@ClaraLane
Oh that's great about the magnetic drawing board as that is the one I was thinking about for the car
In the Lidl sale I recommend the Galt water magic books and the little Duplo pick up truck and car set, you can built it into one long pickup lorry too which is very good.

Congrats on new little one!

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@Thegirlhasnoname

😩 Duplo back up to 18.75 again. DD (2 in Oct) is still happy with her megablox anyway so doesn’t sting as much as it could!

Thanks for the Aldi tip - always forget you can buy things online there as we don’t have one locally!

Pop it into camelcamelcamel and they’ll send you an email when it’s next down in price. That’s how I found out about it this morning :)

Thanks for the congratulations folks, enjoying all the newborn cuddles!

Duplo is £10.99 again - finally nabbed it!

Thank you Cat Lady! Looking at iconic now - found some lovely ones on Dunelm too!

15% off everything at iconic lights - just got DD an awesome rabbit lamp! Thank you for the rec!

@pinkdaydreams search led gloves on amazon and thete are lots of pair that might be good

Thisgirl thanks for the Oliver Bonas link just got a lovely necklace for my niece & a bubble bar for DD's stocking (& a few bits for me )

@spam88 I bought a few jacques London bits last year when they were bargainous and they were lovely - and in nice packaging x

I'm here again after last year this thread supplied me with lots of good stuff
I'm after beauty boxes/skincare sets/beauty advents calendars for DD's

Hi all,
Black's have 15% off with walk15 ends midnight, skechers also emailed about their summer sale.

If anyone can advise I need recommendations for
Binoculars (proper bird watching ones)
Unicorn fancy dress outfit for small 3 year old.

Ta