It's the return of the Christmas bargain thread - 1 - the one where it's the first one of the year

[Reastie]

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Hi

Has anyone seen any reasonably priced male fragrance advent calendars, my 14 year old asked for one last year but I wasn't organised enough, and mentioned it again yesterday, probably to ensure he has enough time prompting me between now and Dec 1st.

Thanks

If there isn't one, you could make your own, with the sample size bottles you can pick up as testers?

Have a mooch around a couple of Boots stores, and see what you can get?

Thank you

Hello all. Anyone recommend and know of a good deal for a hairdryer for my 12 year old? Realised we are sharing one and she's using it more and more so figured would be a good Xmas gift x

a few Melissa & Doug offers

e.g. Barber shop down to £15

This one is under £10 on Asda George and if you use PayPal activate the 20% cashback offer on there which would give you a further discount ☺️

Worth signing up to benefit rewards I got these 3 free!

Only bought a pencil sharpener in the sale for £2.50!

@sc0ttishlassi don’t have a particular recommendation but Remington are good and usually have decent offers on Amazon.

Hello!!!! How long have these threads been running now. I remember buying Swaroswki jewelery and Claires 3 for 2 for my now 24 year old daughter

There's this one on Amazon which seems to get good reviews
amzn.eu/d/1GU2X0b

'where's spidey' book. I think my 3 year old will enjoy this

https://amzn.eu/d/jgAfFFJ

PayPal are also doing 7% cashback for boots which you can use alongside topcashback etc

Nordic socks are absolutely brilliant! I get very cold feet but a pair of Nordic even works in wellies!

great to see these back! Thanks reastie

https://www.directcosmetics.com/fragrances-c35#sort3

I’ve just come across this website. They’ve got lots of small fragrances as well as samples that I know are good for stockings and crackers

@hugsandpugs that looks great! Did you have to pay for delivery? I was wondering if it would work at a Benefit counter.

I did yes which was painful I hate paying delivery charges 🤣🫣 it was £5 something altogether with the sharpener free bits and delivery cost

Can anyone help me with PayPal? Somehow my balance is negative, which means I can’t activate any offers.

No idea why it is negative - for one transaction they just seem to have not taken it from my linked credit card.

The problem is, to rectify it I need to “add money to account”. I don’t (and won’t) have my bank account linked, and it doesn’t recognise my Monzo debit card.

@fishfingersandchipsagain

have you had a wee look at this?

Just bought the Umbro shower gel tendon B&M this morning (see pic). They also had a set of bath bombs for £4. I’m going to go back to get the Oreo milkshake set for my DD which is £4.

I know small food type plushies are popular with smaller children, Clinton Cards had some in which they called poplings which were £2.99 (see pics)

Thanks @beetr00 I hadn’t seen it, but had figured out that was the process. The problem is that it won’t let me add money. Bizarrely the only way to sort it might be to sell something so it gets credited to the account 😅

This is perfect for my DS - is the milkshake Oreo set shower gel as well or bath bombs?

@GRCP I think it's an actual milkshake set ...glass for milkshake and oreos/sprinkles/sauce

@SadieSue29 There is the Lookfantastic grooming calendar priced at £85. It isn't solely a fragrance calendar though. If it's more a fragrance calendar you are looking for then it might be worth making one yourself and that way you can stick to a budget. You can buy empty calendars from vinted and then fill. Might be worth keeping an eye on Boots £10 on Tuesday deals. Not sure if Lynx do an advent?

Or you could check out the fragrance shop advent calendar, it is £120 (I think) but has a mixture of fragrances that are for males, females or unisex. There is a Harrods fragrance calendar available in H beauty stores but it isn't cheap at £215. Realise the above two aren't necessarily reasonably priced for a 14 year old but thought I would include to give you an idea.

I wait all year for this thread ♥️ I need some help please. The only thing my teenage son has asked for this year, is some joggers that fit him. He's around 6'4 and lives in shorts as we can't find anything that doesn't show his ankles. Does anyone know where I can get some (bargainous 🤞) joggers for tall, medium built men please?

It’s an actual milkshake set, so glass and Oreo bits to make a milkshake.