Christmas bargains thread 1 - just in the (Saint) Nick of time

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I feel like this year is going to be my year of terrible cheesy Christmas pun thread titles

Greetings and welcome one and all to a friendly and joyful corner of mn - the Christmas bargain thread. Here, we share Christmas present purchases, ideas, links and discount codes, with the aim to spread the Christmas magic and joy and reduce the financial stress.

It's a very busy thread, so see the tips below for helping everything run smoothly and avoiding repetitions of Cookiegate etc al. It's a lovely, friendly bunch and I'm so grateful to each and every one of you for building such a warm, fuzzy and generous spot on mn. I know I've save so much over the years and am so grateful to all of you for sharing.

Pull up a sleigh and relax with a mulled wine and mince pie, for Christmas has nearly arrived!

Some of the below is copied and pasted from previous years, so do @ me if the links don't work

Stock informer is a handy site http://www.stockinformer.co.uk/default.aspx?fullsite=1

Camelcamelcamel is a great amazon price tracking tool http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com

The following links compare price products including postage
www.find-book.co.uk
www.find-cd.co.uk
www.find-dvd.co.uk
www.find-game.co.uk (as in PS4/xbox etc)

@ me if you need anything or you want to let me know anything - the thread moves so fast I can't always keep up so this really helps

Does anyone know a boots code please? Thank you

TKMaxx, specifically the one at Traff retail park
Also some gorgeous editions of books, both hardback and soft. I picked up a signed version of Young Mungo for £4!

Books at TKMaxx Trafford Retail Park, were very good prices.

Yes but sorry should say P&P on top

have seen on etsy, that you can have your own picture turned into a diamond painting picture, thought that would be a fab present :)

@Drawahardline food for thought, thank you.

We have this game - mathematicians in our family love it!

Heads up for minecraft people - the pricing on this year's book advent is very fluid, I've been checking on it daily. Hopefully it wiggles lower..

Tesco have it for £10

@Ewanismydreamsheep In store only? We don't have a local one...

@Wholetthedogsoutwhowhowho does it have to be a Costa one. Totspresso do some really cute ones, though probably not much cheaper than £20

@Blessedbethefruitz I think it probably is instore only

Lephoria have a £10 sale on at the moment here

Smyths have some 40cm Squishmallows for £12.50! Fish, dinosaur, bat, alien and turtle. They're all really cute and make a decent sized gift!

I'd like to get him a Costa one as we usually go most weekends (as part of his routine, asd) so he would be very excited to have his own costa cup for at home!

@Lisamari99 do you have a link? 🙂

House of Fraser have a few cheap things in their sale. Bits I'm going for; blanket scarf, Peppa earmuffs and dare2b kids hat.

when I searched for diamond painting on etsy, quite a few came up. not tried any myself, but looks like they have good reviews

One for the Northern Ireland bargain hunters
menarys have a mahoosive sale on all Ted Baker check out their socials for details but bags are around £20 dresses less than £30

@Wholetthedogsoutwhowhowho
they have a Costa hot chocolate and latte set with a cup in B&M for £8 and a Costa travel cup for £5

hope this might help someone- I found Asda had reduced some LOL surprise dolls in my local store to £2.50 and £3.50 from £10 and £12: they were the bubble lol, the sand hair lol and the gymnastics lol. The birthday confetti lol were down to £5.50.

also Bright new Things website has 30% off in the summer sale: Maileg big brother prince mouse is £14, unmistakeables coloured pencils £7.66, nailmatic water based nail varnish £13 (nailmatic is brilliant btw)

For those wondering about which Boots skincare to get: the Boots no7 skincare range I like for my ancient skin is Future Renew, probably their most recent and predictably not in the bargainous gift sets on the outlet site.

However, on the normal site these 6 Future Renew items are on four offers - a 5%ish discount, a 3 for 2 offer, £10 off with the code REVERSE10 and double Advantage card points.
(Being old enough to want Future Renew I get bonus Advantage points on Boots brand items anyway)

That means that 3 tubs of night cream which ‘should’ cost £104.85 would be £56.40 and give me 616 Advantage card points. (336 before I log in).

Does anyone know when Oliver Bonas tend to reduce their Christmas stuff please? Eg do Christmas decs tend to be in Black Friday sale? Thanks!

Thanks @Stickersandlollipops , earrings purchased

I think it’s time for me to go to bed. I read that as the bubble ‘haha’, the sand hair ‘haha’, and the gymnastics ‘haha’.
At least I had a little chuckle to end my day