Thread 7 - the one with matching bowels and plates

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Slip I'll try your fake oodie. We've an outdoor seating area so great to wear when out there.

Thank you gaggiagirl and SlipASomethingUnderThe will have a proper look after school run although the pizza certainly looks interesting 😊

@mummymilkfloat we have the Whizz World one from ELC. It was gifted to my DS for his first birthday. He still plays with it as do my one year old twins. It’s massive and plastic - I prefer wooden - they bloody love the flashing lights and siren. Currently 33% off.

big plastic noisy fire engine

I need those bloody buns!

I'm looking forward to an advent book this year, my 5 year old will love it I'm sure. I will be ordering the winston one and so a chapter a night. This thread is so good for bargains and ideas but I've got quite a large stash going on so I think I'm well and truly done!! 😳 it's been so good and I hope I can just add bargains now and stop buying them 🤣 the symths book arrived and I'm hoping they add the bargains bought to their lists!

@Thegirlhasnoname

DumplingsandStew paperback will probably be released next summer/autumn

Thanks, I think I'll just go for this then. Was hoping for a paperback version to match the other JK books she has, but am sure she won't mind.

@mummymilkfloat my one year olds have just whizzed past with Marshall’s fire engine. They love that one too. yet more ugly, plastic toys

Dare I mention Uno?

Photobox sent me an email today with a 50% off code (I think it is linked to my account or I would share). I have ordered a personalised UNO with pics of the grandchildren for my parents. It’s is normally £19.99 I have also ordered two Ravensburger personalised puzzles. One for each set of grandparents. It’s £29 for a 1000 piece puzzle. Postage is £9.98. So, it’s £49.97 for the two personalised 1000 piece jigsaws and personalised UNO. Not cheap but I find Photobox to be pretty reliable in terms of service and quality. If you don’t have a 50% off email it’s 40% off on the website.

Got some Baker Ross discount codes in an order I received today- don’t seem to be account specific.

Pic helps!

@mummymilkfloat we had the Tidlo fire engine when my little boy was 2..four years on and it’s still played with regularly. It has lasted well. I can’t remember where we bought it, perhaps Very.
It’s big and wooden and very solid (and bloody hurts if you drop it on your foot)
Some reductions on HP Lego on Amazon at the mo for anyone that’s looking. Astronomy tower £67 - still a lot but quite a reduction

Boots big boss was on lunchtime news saying they are planning to run a whole month of November Black Friday sales event. Also saying searches on their website for Christmas deals are up on previous years and he thinks consumers are right to plan ahead to prevent problems with deliveries in December.
Feels like the world is catching up with all of us on this thread. Thanks to you guys I have all my kids presents (even sweets with decent dates) and I am planning to open my M&S gin tonight and have a small tipple. Just have to decide which flavour to sample first!

Did anyone pick up the m&s hamper deal in store yesterday?

I’ve just ordered my first a Christmas bargain and it made me think of my thread, so I’m pulling up a seat and taking my place.

I have just bought the Lego Minecraft Crafting box 3.0 for £56.50. I got it on Amazon, but Argos have it at the same price.

DS has vaguely asked for Minecraft Lego, so I’m going to stash this, and if he is more specific later in, I’ll ‘sell’ this to my mum to give him.

So weird. I came here to say about that Lego

@pasinphoebe and @Dreamingofwalden thank you!! The wooden ones do look great but I know what you mean, I’m sure he’d love a flashing noisy one....maybe I’ll get one of those for grandmas house.

@mummymilkfloat
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FNMTS87/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_rBGBFbQC2WGAS?tag=mumsnetforu03-21
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003WMC6U0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_KCGBFbHNPH41V?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Both popular with my now 3.5year old fire engine obsessed boy.

@4Minions2CallMyOwn would love the £5 voucher if you are able to pm. Thank you so much :) x

Have PM’d you (I think )

Please forgive me if it has already been posted but I have a blinding headache and cant read screens atm but I saw this guy in Morrisons and he's big and beautifully soft. I know that big soft toys have gone down well in the past (Like my 6ft giraffe, Mrs Melman).

My local Sainsburys had some great bargains on Crayola activity books, twistable crayons and mess free colouring sets.

My bun box has arrived! It's really substantial, I'm really pleased with it! Thanks to whoever got us started on this!

I need those buns - aaarrrggghhh lol

Thinking of order the MIL and FIL the wine glasses on m&s but wanted to know others opinions, are they nice? Or old fashioned looking?
I was going to buy some wine and snacks to go with them too

Forgot to add the picture!!