Thread 8 - the one with bumming and ahhing

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Thanks @TheGirlWhoLived for thread title

Just a reminder you can watch the thread by clicking on ‘watch this thread’ at the top of the first message. It’s much easier for everyone than so many place marking every time which can use up a fair chunk of each thread to scroll through

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Here’s Barbarara’s instructions from last year on doing clicky links:

Open double square brackets
No space
Paste link
Space
Name of link
No space
Close double square brackets

Like this
[[www.amazingbargains.com bargain ]] but with no space after/before the brackets.
If I do it again without the extra spaces only the word bargain will appear in blue

For more links etc see message 2

If any link doesn’t work or you want to add something please let me know by @ing me

The cinema pack is great. We couldn’t get through all the popcorn in the end.

No idea where my link went.
try again

@ClosedAuraOpenMind same slipper dilemma. I like the Pom Pom ones. Come down to £78. Sounds a lot for slippers but my feet get so cold I’m thinking I could justify it.

Thanks for lego code! FIL sorted

Thanks for the candles, got 2 penguins and one moose. No idea who for 🙈🙈

I'll keep stalking the Harry potter Lego then. I'm not sure I have the nerve to hold out for black Friday!

Impossible they are quite substantial candles - I got them last year so a bargain.

Ordered a wax lyrical candle for the present bag I really need to stop buying random things for imaginary people haha

I've caved on the Harry potter Lego already! I used the 15% Lego discount at John Lewis so Great Hall £64 and Hedwig £22 ish. Pretty pleased with that. Just mustn't look at any more Harry potter stuff!

Sylvanian families furniture and Barbie dream house hunting now.

Our neighbours bought our DS(4) a lovely decoupage dinosaur for his birthday in August.

I’ve just bought a few more on Amazon for Christmas presents or December crafting if we’re all going stir crazy. At £3.15 they make a good stocking filler. We had good fun decorating the birthday one with pens and jewels . It’s now a very camp dinosaur.

Small Brontosaurus Mache [[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0048L3F2W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fab_gC4BFbKD71XHS?tag=mumsnetforu03-21 decoupage dino]]

Ahh!!! Sorry for long link!

Can someone please tell me where to add birthdays on my Smyth's account, to receive a discount? I've looked everywhere and can't kind it thankyou!

@I8toys

Impossible they are quite substantial candles - I got them last year so a bargain.

Thanks for this - have just ordered 3 for DD’s nursery staff. Another tick off my list!

@Theimpossiblegirl

No idea where my link went. try again

Ordered 4 🙈🙈

Thanks for the candle tip, another pressie for the IL pile

Thanks for the Molton Brown code. Got stuff for my sister and thought the baubles could make some nice teacher gifts but now I'm wondering whether teachers will accept gifts in the current climate (in my LA kids aren't even allowed school bags or lunch boxes into school). Might just need to gift them to myself

@BeaLola

Any ideas pls for a beer advent for DH & an advent calendar for a nearly 13 year old DS .... I always have the M&S Calendar but as they rae not doing one I thought i would turn the tables onmy lovely boys only I m stuck for ideas ....

Joe & Seph are going a popcorn a decent calendar for £25. You can get tcb and if you sign up to their newsletters I’m sure you get a discount code 🙂

@begonedom I think it was you on the last thread looking for dolls. How about enchantimals? They are within your budget, often coming down to £4.99 on amazon! They are cute dolls with animal friends so can choose your child's fav animal. My dd has allsorts lemur, llama, elephant, tiger etc.

Today I got this game for £1 in poundland, looks fun for dd2 stocking. Fluff by bananagrams. www.amazon.co.uk/Bananagrams-Fluff-Rolling-Dice-Game/dp/B07DRPSVJM

Also they have started getting Christmas chocolates, gifts and decorations in. I bought a big box of toffeefee for £2 with santa picture on the front.

Got the candle too, ideal lil present for Dsil.
All the family will be shocked at their gifts this year, usually it's just an exchange of bath sets between us all

I got 2 candles too! They sound fab and at that price I couldn't resist. No idea who for though me me me me me

DS2 wants a bloody baby Oleg meerkat...am I going to have to insure a fictional pet to get one?!

Big snuggly hoodie (fake Oodie) from Amazon £11.35!

@Dreamingofwalden - Hobbycraft do lots of Decopatch figures/letters/numbers etc. Small figures are about £3.

A good place to look for papers for them (although they haven't had much the last couple of times I've looked) is The Range - I think they tend to be previous lines? But they work really well. Or eBay for smaller sheets that are a mixture of colours/designs.

I've given Decopatched figures as gifts several times, as well as decorating them with my nephews - it's always good fun with them!

@PhantomErik

Big snuggly hoodie (fake Oodie) from Amazon £11.35!

My husband ordered me the red one for £11.35 a little while ago- great price as was £16+ this morning!

Candles are great 👍