Thread 18 - the one with the owl pellets

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Thanks @famousthehero for the title. I had no idea you could buy such things and I’m now imagining scores of children getting owl poo as a present for Christmas! They must be popular as they’re now out of stock 🤣.

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@AlbertCampion Sass & Belle have a nice kids apron. I bought one a few years ago which was not personalised (but also 1/3 of this price so the printing bumps the cost!). But £10 for personalised seems not too bad.

www.sassandbelle.co.uk/homeware/kitchen-dining/kitchen-accessories/nori-cat-kawaii-friends-kids-personalised-apron/

We also have one from IKEA which is nice but not as cute as the cat…

@Jacopone

I have a query too. Perhaps someone can help. Request for a quirky shoulder bag for a teenager. With additional remark - surprise me, mum. No idea where to look.

Definitely Yoshi or irregular choice ❤️

Oh, thanks for the info on Mario Monopoly. I was considering the it rather than the original as DS likes the junior but is getting a bit bored of it. I thought it was the same but with different tiles, like the versions for different cities.

@Fuckingfuckssake could you get your Claire's item through Matalan? We have a Claire's inside our store.

@Jacopone pretty little thing is worth looking at too, they've got some reductions at the moment.

@Jacopone

I have a query too. Perhaps someone can help. Request for a quirky shoulder bag for a teenager. With additional remark - surprise me, mum. No idea where to look.

@Jacopone - how about skinnydip? Also available on ASOS I think but their discount finished yesterday... pretty sure they'll have another one though.

@StopGoQuitStart

Amazon Fire tablets - the kids ones is it worth buying of a regular one (then adding parent controls). I’d been looking for them to access music, educational apps and their borrow box app from the library - would it do all that? What sort of Black Friday prices should I expect? Thank you

Ps I also got the Gary M&S offer. I loved TT so feel quite sorry for him that no one wants to go and see him (ticket sales must be poor if doing an M&S offer). However, I will not be making use of my offer and would have much preferred the Percy pig blanket!

Fire tablets for kids - we had one a couple of years ago and I found it infuriating!! So fiddly to enable apps for kids, lots not available through the fire store. Kids interface was annoying to use - e.g. didn't autoplay next episodes, didn't show titles of apps so don't know what it is until you download it, can't lock favourite apps on the homescreen. Would really recommend getting a standard android tablet instead (Galaxy A is currently £119 - probably a bit more than a fire at black Friday places though). The £139 fire went down to £84.99 on prime day not long ago.

Does anybody have a tablet you connect to a bigger screen with a wire? (Rather than casting.) My DGM loves films but doesn't have WiFi — I'd like to have something we can download films onto from Prime or Disney+ at home then plug into her telly to watch them, but it sounds like some don't do that, and it isn't very obvious which ones do!

Boots currently have 3 for 2 on No 7 products and £10 off a £20 or over spend voucher that stack together. This was in-store. Sorry if already been mentioned, I haven't read the full thread!

For those of you have bought diffusers I got a couple of sets of Tisserand Oils to go with mine which were excellent value. I've never used to company before so wanted to check they arrived before I posted. I bought the pack of 6 but they also have packs of 3.

[https://www.cloud10beauty.com/collections/tisserand-christmas?sort_by=price-descending Tisserand]

Sorry link fail Tisserand Oils

@Famousthehero thank you so much! You have saved me trawling a massive thread!

@PolkadotsAndMoonbeams

Does anybody have a tablet you connect to a bigger screen with a wire? (Rather than casting.) My DGM loves films but doesn't have WiFi — I'd like to have something we can download films onto from Prime or Disney+ at home then plug into her telly to watch them, but it sounds like some don't do that, and it isn't very obvious which ones do!

My sons laptop does that. It was just a “cheap” one

@PolkadotsAndMoonbeams

Does anybody have a tablet you connect to a bigger screen with a wire? (Rather than casting.) My DGM loves films but doesn't have WiFi — I'd like to have something we can download films onto from Prime or Disney+ at home then plug into her telly to watch them, but it sounds like some don't do that, and it isn't very obvious which ones do!

Or hot spot from a mobile with a good data package?

@StopGoQuitStart

Amazon Fire tablets - the kids ones is it worth buying of a regular one (then adding parent controls). I’d been looking for them to access music, educational apps and their borrow box app from the library - would it do all that? What sort of Black Friday prices should I expect? Thank you

Ps I also got the Gary M&S offer. I loved TT so feel quite sorry for him that no one wants to go and see him (ticket sales must be poor if doing an M&S offer). However, I will not be making use of my offer and would have much preferred the Percy pig blanket!

The ones we had wouldn't support the apps we needed - Seesaw / TTRockstars etc for school. I guess for little ones the Prime content might get OK but they are awfully clunky and laggy. We got Alba ones from argos for about £80 and they were work horses!

@Jacopone

I have a query too. Perhaps someone can help. Request for a quirky shoulder bag for a teenager. With additional remark - surprise me, mum. No idea where to look.

Loungefly?

It looks like you can't download on a laptop from Disney+. That would work for Prime though.

You'd think using a wire would be easier than wireless casting, wouldn't you?!

@MalFunkshun

I’ve missed most of this thread due to starting back at work after mat leave this week, so apologies if this has been asked/answered - has anyone seen any good Paw Patrol bargains, impressive enough to be a Santa present? I thought I was done with the kids’ presents until my 6yo informed me she’d sent a letter to Santa on behalf of her 3yo sister asking for a Paw Patrol present..!

I definitely saw some big Paw Patrol toys in the Sainsburys sale event today- not too sure what they were as I don't have PP fan I didn't take much notice! (Think there was a big truck with the characters.)

Thanks @HopingForABetterYear - going to get a bubble tea kit from there for a friends daughter. Looks fab!

@MalFunkshun Morrisons have a paw patrol set reduced to just £15 just now. Sainsburys also have a jungle truck for £30 - pics attached

[quote psuedocream3]@Mumof3loveschristmas I'm doing a hot chocolate bar this year, for the actual hot chocolate I will buy Nutella and some whittard of chelsea flavours as they do some unusual ones. I'm also getting toppings of marshmallows, toffee bits, mini chocolate chips, M&S colin sprinkles/christmas sprinkles, candy canes, Lindt truffles, pirouette cookies, whipped cream, dark chocolate syrup and caramel sauce.[/quote]
This sounds lovely

I've just received a subscription box from this site www.littlefawnbox.co.uk
I used code SCDC5 & it gave me it for half price at £7.99
It would be a lovely token gift for a first time mum, I got two books, pram flash cards, a shampoo bar, a Rex London paper mobile & a tea bag.
Just need to remember to cancel the subscription!

Also if anyone has Disney+ check your emails. I received a code for free delivery from shopDisney, no minimum spend but one time use

@user1456915283 Sounds like my son is going to love making lots of different hot chocolate, thanks for the ideas.

@crikeycrumbsblimey

Sorry link fail Tisserand Oils

I got one of the christmas 6 oil sets for £12 from TK Maxx this weekend so worth checking there too they also had the money christmas sets like sleep, calm etc.. though know it can be a bit hit and miss with TK Maxx..