Thread 26 - the one with the last minute panic buys

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It’s nearly December, Father Christmas is busy putting the final touches to his toys on the workshop and we are busy elves preparing for a somewhat different Christmas this year.

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My Sainsbury’s had reduced their own brand Christmas stocking filler type toys today by around a third. Some decent sized craft sets were included which could bulk out main present piles. In the Polish section (I’m not sure if all Sainsbury’s have Polish sections) they had small boxes of dark chocolate covered cherries soaked in cherry liqueur reduced to £1. They’re one of my absolute favourites so I bought them for me, but they’d be brilliant adult stocking fillers.

Just ordered Blokus thank you. Right, I'm definitely done! Did RL shopping in HBargains today and spent £45 on more stocking stuff. I need to stop!!!

[quote EverybodyKeepCool]@SparklingLime try Bothams of Whitby[/quote]
Thank you, but it turns out their website is closed to new orders!

Thank you for the record player suggestions, you are all so helpful.

One last one please, a game suggestion for a couple in their 30s who enjoy board games

When you talk about Blokus, which one of the two below it is, please?

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@Fartymcfart A few suggestions
7Wonders Duel
Forbidden Island series
Codenames Duet
Do they usually just play together or sometimes with friends, as some are specifically for 2 players. The Forbidden island ones are 2-4 players I think. They have been recommended on here before for age 10+ but are good cooperative games that we've enjoyed as a group of adults.

@Theimpossiblegirl, I’m in Clonmel next Monday and could drop them if theyre nearby or post from Dublin.

@Fartymcfart jaipur is a good 2 player game

@Longbarn5 thanks that what I’ve done and JLP have sorted it!

A bunch of flowers for £20 delivered from m and s up until christmas eve

I'm not always keen on sending flowers, but this seems like a good year to. When I have been sent flowers the m and s ones have lasted well (not quite as well as the ones that come in a letterbox shaped box)
flowers here

@EwDavid I ordered this week from the Fudge House of Edinburgh: got free postage and it arrived super quickly. They have lots of varieties including Scottish butter tablet (yum).

@Mumto3thatsme and @DaisyMaureen how about flowers or a Christmassy plant? They have quite a few on Bloom and Wild. I've popped a referral link over on the referral link if you fancy a tenner off (plenty of other referral links on that thread too )

I bought a game in the works today called Fluff. Looks good and is from the makers of Bananagrams. £3. It's 3 times the price everywhere else

I'm looking to buy a nice locket for my DM 65th just after Christmas. Anyone have any recommendations for one I can put 'you are my sunshine' on as my dad used to sing it and I want to get something 'from' him as it were.

Astley Clarke have lovely lockets.

My Matalan parcel has arrived via Hermes and nothing is missing. I had to wait until ds3 went to bed to open it! I hope everyone else gets theirs soon.
Apart from some food bits I’m now done. Unless there are bargains I can’t resist.

Oh that's great news 😁

I thought I was done but my 3yr old has just told our neighbour that the only thing father Christmas is bringing her is wipes for her dolls like the ones we use on her. I've attached a photo. They were cheeky wipes a couple of years ago, no longer on their website (I've emailed the company just in case). They are minky/bamboo. Unlikely I know that anyone here will magically discover some (I've tried eBay) but thought it was worth a punt. My 5yr old will notice if ours suddenly change when she gets them, so buying different ones and putting ours in her stocking wont work.
Worst case I'll order some the same materials and different pattern and just tell her that he couldn't get the same, but thought I'd give it a punt.

Not a bargain but if anyone is looking for an animatronic baby yoda, they still appear to have stock in JD Williams. You can sign up to pay straight away.
Code XMAS6 gives 10% off.

Have seen them being sold for silly amounts online as they have sold out in alot of places.
Thought it might help someone.

@Foggyday124 it was the first one but price must have gone back up now

@gettingthereslowly1 the most up to date logo game is version 2, its £20 at the works. Or £23 at argos and smyths. And I've bought for my mum, its a great game that can be enjoyed by most ages.

@myhobbyisouting the poundshop also had the game fluff, I bought it last month when I was in there for my daughter.

lidl has lots of toys in store at the moment and seemed fairly good prices. They had scratch art books for £2.99, the garry potter dolls for £12.99. These were the things I noticed and considered buying. Also they had milk frothers for £19.99 if you missed out on the aldi ones can get even cheaper if you have one of the £10 off vouchers from the sun :)

Thanks for Blokus amazon deal. Bargain at £14.99

Bought for some friends

Blokus is great price on Amazon according to Camel Camel Camel. Just ordered as an extra gift which I can put away for a birthday. Thanks for sharing 😊

I know I said I was finished but I twitched today on the essentials of a money gun, an among us guide and a phone case for dd.

I know you're the ones who'll understand - won't you???

Luckily I'm housebound after an accident (well not luckily but...) so I can't twitch much more as I can't go to RL shops.

Can I also just say that @flutterbean is one of the nicest humans ever who has been so kind and generous and helped with dd's Christmas.

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I thought I was done but my 3yr old has just told our neighbour that the only thing father Christmas is bringing her is wipes for her dolls like the ones we use on her. I've attached a photo. They were cheeky wipes a couple of years ago, no longer on their website (I've emailed the company just in case). They are minky/bamboo. Unlikely I know that anyone here will magically discover some (I've tried eBay) but thought it was worth a punt. My 5yr old will notice if ours suddenly change when she gets them, so buying different ones and putting ours in her stocking wont work. Worst case I'll order some the same materials and different pattern and just tell her that he couldn't get the same, but thought I'd give it a punt.

If it's at all any help I have two from that era of cheeky wipes (minky/bamboo backed) or I have a set of 5 leopard prints in a similar style from a wahm in minky top, velour backed?

(We cloth nappy and these are my least faves out of all our huge selection of wipes and are sat at the bottom of my wipe pile!)

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