Thread 17 - the one with nice slappers

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@ScarierThanBoo thanks for the title. Hope your slappers keep you lovely and warm and cushion your feet through the winter

If you have a referral link for a website, do post it on this thread

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Please do watch the thread rather than post to mark place to make it easier for everyone to keep up and find relevant info.

See post 2 for some (hopefully) useful links.

@BloodyMabel Totally agree with the drop in customer service. My DP bought a toy from Argos recently and noticed in the shop it was broken. He told the bloke at the till and the response was 'well what do you expect me to do about it?' My DP asked if they had another and till bloke said 'I dunno'. No attempt to look on the system or anything, just stood there looking at my DP hoping he'd just leave with the broken toy. Was a right ballache trying to get a refund too.

Have you looked at busy books? DS had a Peter rabbit one that had a load of little plastic characters with it and a playmat.

Thanks a lot @Athlebad

My local home bargains had those massive book advent calendars reduced down to £2.80 from £10 & Tesco had their annuals reduced to £2.50, including the Harry Potter Lego one that comes with a little figure!

Also thrilled with this years Craft Gin Club box, thank you whoever gave the heads up on that one!

Can anyone recommend any good sites for cross stitch kits? Preferably something a little more unusual than flowers / animals etc. thank you !

@SleeptightDaisy I was going to post about footballs best 4 u as ordered in October. Have received a tracking no but says waiting to be reviewed at Royal Mail. When did you order? I suppose the RM strikes will have had an impact but I can’t follow the tracking at all. When did you order?

I'm in the same boat with Footballs best 4 u - ordered 10th November and was hoping it would arrive by Sunday for DS's birthday but knew it was unlikely, then got a despatch email on the 24th Nov with a tracking number so got my hopes up. Tracking still says sender despatching item though so I don't think RM even have it yet. It's not the end of the world if he gets it for Christmas rather than birthday, I just hope it actually does arrive by Christmas. I have 3 Evri parcels gone AWOL and an Inpost locker parcel lost too so just getting a bit fed up with deliveries in general atm.

oh and smashed grapes and spicery kits not received yet either humph!!

My smashed grapes box is now tracking as at the regional mail centre so I’m optimistic it might arrive. Still waiting for other stuff from mid November. Very frustrating as I’ll need to buy something else if it doesn’t ever turn up.

Well I put my smashed grapes for delivery in the 22 December so now am honestly not sure they will arrive or not depending on the postal strikes. Not a main gift but would like it to arrive!!

Has anyone's vodaphone code popcorn tree slabs arrived yet?

I got £25 voucher from Shay&Blue because they couldn't full fill my Black Friday order. I rather had taken the Black Friday bundle.

Thanks for all the north face tips.

No. Im not having much luck really. I also haven’t received my smashed grapes order or the personalised Santa sack…

Lakeland codes if anyone looking

Also, I just got 3 copies of Good Housekeeping for £1, starting February 2023 issue. Can be cancelled anytime.

www.hearstmagazines.co.uk/lakeland-t

@deeplybaffled Etsy is amazing for cross stitch, they have so many patterns and a lot of them are available as a kit.

I had an email yesterday to say my popcorn slab will be delivered in 2-3 days by Evri x

I'm on the lookout for a good insulated water bottle that has a drinkable lid or straw (just something you don't need to remove the lid to drink from). 750ml - 1l ideally and under £20 if anyone has seen any?

I get this when I try to track smashed grapes order

Sorry, we're currently unable to confirm the status of your item with reference xxxxxxxxxxxx. Please try again tomorrow.

Royal Mail only seem to be scanning at start and finish atm.

@ChristmasCwtch thank you for the magazines for £1 link - totally for myself but delighted to get them :)

I got a fabulous one in Asda recently. The make is decor. The blue one with the straw lid is 500ml £10 (I customised it with a sticker- so don't be alarmed!) and I was so impressed how easy it is to use for DS (and light) that I bought the bigger version 780ml £13 for DNeph. This is the black one and has a push button lid- again very easy.

Hope that helps.

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