Thread 21 - the one where we all try to not eat all the hotel chocolat

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I've used these from Rex London many times for money gifts .. and they are totally bargainous !!

@slithytoveisascientist
Next do extra deep fitted sheets- good quality and reasonably priced!

@CompleteBarstool

Has anyone seen any nice (but cheap, naturally) way of giving money along with a small token gift.

Before I've just popped £20 in a money gift card and wrapped it with a bar of chocolate or small tube of jelly beans but I'm wondering if there's a more interesting or original way of doing it

(this is for teenagers)

One year I wrapped money in cling film and put it inside a small pot of play doh and relabelled it play for your dough. They loved it!

Oops, forgot to tag. That was for @CompleteBarstool !

@spub thanks will go have a look

@TheSilentStars, It might be worth a good wander around Etsy to find really striking wrapping paper. I like the Etsy seller MiMi Print Co. for gift wrap and this brilliant pigeon paper by Pen and Gwyn at the moment but there's a tonne on there and many others will ship too.

@MissRainbowBrite That's good. I paid more and has less goodies with it

@Raindancer411 thanks, I just missed that as needed to check with DH that we were definitely getting them and they went back up before i could buy them. Rookie mistake

@CompleteBarstool

Has anyone seen any nice (but cheap, naturally) way of giving money along with a small token gift.

Before I've just popped £20 in a money gift card and wrapped it with a bar of chocolate or small tube of jelly beans but I'm wondering if there's a more interesting or original way of doing it

(this is for teenagers)

Google tissue box money rolls. Obviously they work better in the US where they have $1 bills so they can make a long roll of notes, but for £20 you can have a roll of 4x £5 notes so still pretty effective.

Do Zara ever do deals or black Friday offers? I have a basket full of stuff and don't know whether to buy or wait..

Does anyone know if ypu return part of an online order instore do you loose your quidco cashback. I ordered a load of pyjamas with matalan last week and got £25 tracked on quidco but need to return 2 paris

Just been to lidl to do my food shop and they had a lot of toys in the middle isle including playmobil, Lego, a doll, a robot and lots of wooden toys. They also had a scaletrix set for £69.99, I think someone on here was looking for one? Checked online when I got home and the same set is £94 on Amazon.

Wiltshire chilli farm here have 20% off with code Blackfriday They do amazing hot/chilli sauces if anyone is a fan. Are you brave enough to try the God Slayer? My dh requested this for Christmas.

@tinyradish

Would anyone like a 25% off Matalan code? Needs to be used by Sunday.

Yes please if you have

Regarding the radio times offer, what do I do to cancel, do I email when the first one comes and say I don't want it after the sixth one comes?

Ospreylondon.com have some leather purses and handbags reduced in Black Friday online

@weebarra thanks for the Lighthouse clothing recommendation. I bought myself a bargain down jacket and a couple of xmas gifts in the sale. 11% cashback from quidco too.

Can anyone recommend a nice bargain dressing gown for a young man please. Just had an unexpected request.

Thanks @Vickles20 I've ordered a lovely pair from that Etsy shop

For RoI bargain hunters list of Black Friday deals

@CompleteBarstool probably not much use for this time but I buy wallets in the sales. You can sometimes be lucky and pick them up for not much more than the money gift cards. Even if not used as a primary wallet they can be used for days out when they don’t want to take the proper one etc.

@mummyof2boys30, sadly that has always happened to me if I have returned any part of my order. The cashback has not validated.

@Rubyroo73 yes Zara have definitely done Black Friday deals for the past few years. Usually on a specific department so, say, 25% off ladies wear iirc.

Has anyone spotted any codes are deals from Jo Malone? I’ve not spotted anything but may have missed something? Thank you in advance and thank you for all the great help everyone.

Thank you for the ideas for ways of giving money.

I love this thread, everyone is so helpful and full of ideas!