Thread 7 - the one with no name

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Sorry - I panicked with the title

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!

@ 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

A few pointers to make everyone’s life easier and the thread be as useful as possible:

• It’s handy to put in bold the bargains so they’re easy to spot
• No affiliate links
• No need to place mark or post messages of hello or thanks at the start of a new thread - use the ‘watch thread’ button
• Be nice or leave

The current referral thread for sharing referral codes https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/4940918-4940918-bargain-referrals-thread-6 . Please use this rather than this page to share referral links to make the sharing fair.

To make clicks links, you set it up like this only without any spaces apart from between the website and the word(s) you’re writing: www.bargainsahoyeveryonecomehere.co.uk

Thanks @RainbowZebraWarrior for the instructions below.
To make something bold, put this star * either side of the word you want to bold (with no spaces in between)

So starhellostar would look like this.

hello

Obviously use the * not the word star

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)

Aldi special buy today includes running lights (as in lights to wear when running /walking) £6.99 Not tried them myself but seen a few "remember Aldi's selling them soon" type mentions in running groups, which make me think they should be OK.

From a quick Google, @Scout2016 the Entertainer sell Hatchimals and Amazon have a dragon snow globe.

For anyone else who's hunting down White Fox then code Bravo10 gives you £15 off.

Now looking for a bargainous saucepan set. If anyone has any suggestions.

@beetr00 they are who I'm leaning towards

Thank you @RainbowZebraWarrior thats very helpful 👍

Thanks @user1471537906, mine definitely wasn't working on the app!

Mini Furby £7.50 on amazon

Busy Books are brilliant. I got a second hand princess one for DD1 a few years ago when she was about 3 - both DDs still play with them all the time. They come on holiday, out for dinner, they're used in the bath, a good 4 years later.

maybe storybook torch for the younger one:
https://www.kidly.co.uk/products/moulin-roty-storybook-torch-and-3-mini-books-multi?variant=48979781583174&om=19379&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADfDHQXukHJpXnQZnGTiOcIIb8blq&gclid=CjwKCAjwyfe4BhAWEiwAkIL8sHPFjeiT0MLVBkPN6XNLANdRvWgFzrz9RvVhaKmHPHOp1RsiU-8KsxoCrIgQAvD_BwE

plasticine has been very popular with all my kids when they were 6, plasticine movie maker studio lets them make stop motion animation using the set- it’s £11.99 on Amazon

Has anyone seen a good price on DKNY Be Delicious green apple anywhere please?

Is Smyths likely to do another ‘spend x, save y’ event again does anyone know? I didn’t have any money last time they had it on and there are a couple of things I’m after that only they sell. Typically now I’ve been paid there are no savings to be had there!
I really need to save throughout the year next time

Sorry I can't link atm, but there's a quite a few dragon glitter/snow globes on amazon.
Also worth a look on ebay/etsy. Just to reassure you that apparently she's not the only one wanting such things! :)

My hot chocolate crazy son just spotted the Salter Chocolatier in Tesco. I've found it cheaper online, but just wondered if anyone has it and can let me know if it's any good? I don't want to spend as much as the HC Velvetiser as he's only 11, but this might be a great alternative.

If they really have EVERYTHING, I would go for PJs in a character they like and get them matching because that's a novelty! Won't get a WOW when they open but they will likely get lots of use and like it when the madness has calmed down!

@TimPat can you link to the PLouise lip kits please? Thanks

ignore me I’ve found it - wasn’t reading it properly…

Really sorry everyone, including @Addictedtobeauty and @Dormouse1940 who are assisting with snow globe and hatchimal search, I unhelpfully omitted that I don't shop with Amazon. I am trying to work out how to edit my post... Will look at other suggestions. Thank you.

just been real.life shopping in Sainsbury's. good toy reductions (which i know some people have already mentioned).

Sylvanian families house, furniture & 1 rabbit £21
Kinetic sand set £12.50 - good size!
purse pets £7.80
gabbys doll house £40
barbies & car, lots of sets
lego - flowers were £9, other sets £30 ish
stanley take apart trucks x 5 £20

White Fox just had 30% off but it's finished now, they do 20% off a first order if you sign up to their newsletter. I'm holding out for black Friday, last year they did 40% off.

Can anyone who bought a hoodie from them recently comment on the sizing? I know last year they were coming up really big, is that still the case? Their size chart says that I'd need a size L for my DD13 who wears a 12, I seem to remember people ordering XS and them still being really big! It's £6 to return so I would rather not have to send it back

I can't remember who mentioned plasticine but can anyone tell me how (if at all) it differs from play doh please?

@Scout2016 tkmaxx often have snowglobes.

@Beautifulsunflowers notebooks Papierr* do beautiful notebooks that can be personalised. They did have a referral offer last year - can't immediately see if that is still active - might be an idea for all 3 nieces?

notebooks
Not sure if that link worked?

@Moana123 no worries glad you found them. They don't look anything great to me but highly in demand from my nieces!

Oh god! I have been able to do links for ages

Papier

I'm blaming peri- meno!!