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Thread 25 - the one where WE GOT TO MAGIC THREAD 25!

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Reastie · 05/12/2020 06:50

25th December is Christmas Day and for the first time ever we’ve hit 25 threads! My little challenge every year was will be make it magic number 25 and we’ve only gone and done it and still 20 days to go!

Thank you everyone for posting and sharing ideas and links, so many have been helped in what will be a very difficult Christmas for many, to be able to achieve a Christmas more bumper and less expensive than they had thought they could manage,

please post any bargain info IN BOLD to make it easier to scroll through the thread.

To make things bold you:
Put a star each side of what you want to make bold like this but without the space between the star and the writing *

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 Thanks

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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 Thanks

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steph2412 · 06/12/2020 09:20

@Asj0405 nothing for Debenhams on UNIDAYs or blue light card unfortunately. BLC do have save an extra 10% on Dune London but not sure if it is linked to individual acc or only on certain items. That code for Dune London is BLCDL-A8JTMG6U

GirlWithTheYellowHat · 06/12/2020 09:23

What my life has become...

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WisestIsShe · 06/12/2020 09:28

@girlwiththeyellowhat wow! I really only want the turkey wingman. Sending DH out now.

Asj0405 · 06/12/2020 09:30

@steph2412 that code worked! Thanks for taking the time to look for me, have a lovely Christmas Xmas Smile

eitak22 · 06/12/2020 09:38

@Delahot i know Playmobil do roman soldiers as a set but not sure about modern ones.

Lovemusic33 · 06/12/2020 09:43

Going to brave real life shopping today, possibly tk Max and home bargains depending on how busy it is. Anything I need to look out for in home bargains? Do they have hot chocolate bombs?

I bought dd the Jelly cat dragon last night (a twitch), she’s going to love it and I’m going to find it hard to keep my mouth shut about it as she has been asking for one for years.

yellowsun · 06/12/2020 09:48

Whoever was saying about ASOS orders - mine has got an estimated delivery time of 2 weeks! It didn’t say that when I ordered but does it when I go back into my account. Very annoying as I had ordered some shampoo with it which I need now!

Lovemusic33 · 06/12/2020 09:49

@yellowsun

Whoever was saying about ASOS orders - mine has got an estimated delivery time of 2 weeks! It didn’t say that when I ordered but does it when I go back into my account. Very annoying as I had ordered some shampoo with it which I need now!
Mine came yesterday, wasn’t meant to come until next week, so there is hope. Mine took a week to come x
Friedbanana · 06/12/2020 09:50

Has anybody else tried the Aldi velvetiser yet? Mine is absolutely crap at frothing oat milk, compared with my lavazza! Lavazza gets lush foam the whole way through and the foam setting on the velvetiser just gets a frothy top! Wondering if anyone else has tried? Thinking of sending back as the main reason i bought was in case my lavazza breaks at any point 😂 and thought the fact it does 130ml instead of 100ml was useful.. i tried the hot chocolate setting and it works but very very hot- burnt Dps tongue (didn’t listen to my warning 😂)

Willbob · 06/12/2020 09:53

I know it doesn't sound very bargainous but the Harrods sale has a few decent bits in, some high brand make up, coffee as well as clothes etc. Worth a look.

If anyone has a student ted baker code I'd really appreciate it please? X

Willbob · 06/12/2020 09:54

Dkny perfumes half price in the harrods sale too x

Bezzi · 06/12/2020 10:08

@girlsyearapart I had 3 beds from wowcher and the quality was really good. Fingers crossed you're happy with yours and they arrive soon!

Jfw82 · 06/12/2020 10:13

At Aldi and they've sold out of the turkey wingman already and only been open 10 minutes!

LazyDaisy22 · 06/12/2020 10:19

@Willbob 15% off - need to use within an hour

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WisestIsShe · 06/12/2020 10:21

Woohoo! The turkey has landed. Thanks for the heads up @GirlWithTheYellowHat

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ClaraLane · 06/12/2020 10:22

@WisestIsShe

Woohoo! The turkey has landed. Thanks for the heads up *@GirlWithTheYellowHat*
Oh it’s so cute!!
Iwillneverbesatisfied · 06/12/2020 10:32

DD has now asked for a vinyl aerosmith record and a record player. I can get the record player easily enough but the aerosmith one needs to be a best hits one with the likes of "dude looks like a lady", "walk this way", "crazy", "don't wanna miss a thing" on it but every vinyl record I can find only seems to have one of these songs rather than all of them. Help!

eastmidswarwicknightnanny · 06/12/2020 11:00

@kingat a small independent retailer called Oh dorothy does some great kids bath bombs/melts amongst other bits and free delivery.

DillieDoily · 06/12/2020 11:00

Thank you for the poster who recommended the metal fairy houses- mine arrived very quickly and they are beautiful! And an absolute bargain for £10 each delivered!

TheDrsDocMartens · 06/12/2020 11:05

Thanks for the Aldi reminder!

Willbob · 06/12/2020 11:05

@LazyDaisy22 thank you very much xxx

eastmidswarwicknightnanny · 06/12/2020 11:05

Link to oh dorothy or bath bombs, they sell kids clothes and toys too

www.ohdorothy.com/collections/bath

SnowDoggy · 06/12/2020 11:07

I can't find who posted it on the previous thread (or maybe the one before that!), but wanted to thank the poster who sent a link for the Animal Crossing soft toys on AliExpress.

Mine arrived on Friday and took just over a week to come, and the quality is excellent. Dd is going to be so thrilled!

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Willbob · 06/12/2020 11:14

@iwillneverbesatisfied the o'yeah double album has all of those on (I have it on cd) but I don't know if it was released on vinyl x

VividImagination · 06/12/2020 11:23

@Delahot I bought similar to the first picture for dgs. I made them up for him but they were easy enough to do. They also have these more modern ones.

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Thread 25 - the one where WE GOT TO MAGIC THREAD 25!