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

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@ChristmasMad1 60% off everything on Amazon Haul until 11th September now

Benefit order just arrived! Deffo a bargain to get all this for £11.35 including p&p 🥰

Thank you. DIL loves expensive candles but I can’t justify £50 for a candle just because it has nice packaging

Osborne sticker books are gorgeous quality and go down well with that age group.

Thanks everyone for super recs so far. I'm eyeing up Garden Trading sale, some really good reductions on classy looking home/kitchen/garden bits if you sort sale items by low price - with a code on site for an additional 10% off.

There are lots of Tonies at tk maxx online right now - £9 each, which I thought was good (although I might be wrong as we don't have a Tonie box!)

Has anyone seen a discount for Adanola?

"Labubu" advent calendar £19.99

I’d go for a good quality colouring book like this Melissa and Doug one and add a new set of crayola pens.
The scratch art pads are another idea or the Melissa and Doug reusable sticker pads.

Yesss!!!! Christmas Bargain thread!!

I've just bought this 10" digital photo frame for my Mum for Christmas- it is showing as £50 on Amazon and then I ticked to add a voucher code to take it down to £30. It seems to have a decent number of good reviews on Amazon but obviously I can't comment yet as I literally just ordered it:

https://amzn.eu/d/bTex68B

I put my £170 car breakdown through them successfully for several years. last year it got denied despite showing as a dropdown to claim. I disputed it and then escalated when they denied it again and they said I ‘hadn’t properly followed their tracking process’ when I did exactly what they said to and turned off all non-track settings etc 😩
I stopped using them and moved to Quidco which did pay out eventually for this years breakdown, so may be worth looking at them for cashback instead?

@Rorys how about this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crayola-Colour-Unicorn-Washable-Colouring/dp/B01DLWEFWM/ref=mp_s_a_1_35?crid=2NZRUA9OKZD0Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PsCBMOFVcMpZcGbMaw7yQ9_m_qmYPksZ8AVYADfWVedFd9N_vYhVJjco-0yUBrct7Ait7mm5iyHtobv-7tAYFnXXu4zoFZ8w500jpsPch6m0os5ABk0Ysw9uGk2MPgyaUila2OPhdGqhtkAKQbbLbOIozm_ku1kLaQIYt_hDlQa_jC-TRl9AFuD9_LG67zmEQSeJF6ZMispfR8QStandQw.c-WrIDmUEdVjJmYP3OWjJ6T4SaaT94JZX0Wjk_g_Y7E&dib_tag=se&keywords=crayola&qid=1757069990&sprefix=cray%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-35&xpid=ZZUKQjMqT8ewx

Also @Rorys I did manage to get this in the summer for about £7 so it’s worth adding it to a basket and seeing if it goes down again. It’s massive so will look good wrapped up
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CRAYOLA-Multi-Activity-Washable-Colouring-Stencils/dp/B07PBJ2Z99/ref=mp_s_a_1_31_sspa?crid=2NZRUA9OKZD0Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.e-Im2WW6DtxDJgCzY6w77MzN_Er5bVwOTfWe1ZeZ0OCKe8vK_bvnk4NTouSAWIljWZ1wSHK02hiV2G-yBjUjaTgCh2dxnvQBN4eXJdryc8yuJKgcox1wZc2IHd1L7ubHsGgTP1DYgvazUx0A3WQt5x-gRxZpspWWpmfJanm3aqoieB8iV1H8pGBJT0_bVGqfKWN0nvLil4zBqi3x385mpw.One3vRXxCpPX0i8C2wYuPZcFsvfua3AVu6F8CuHQkSw&dib_tag=se&keywords=crayola&qid=1757070062&sprefix=cray%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-31-spons&xpid=ZZUKQjMqT8ewx&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRmX25leHQ&psc=1

Does anyone have any recommendations for an electric drum kit for a 9 year old beginner?

Also looking for disney character figurines that at 3cm tall. I can find lots of 4cm tall ones but none smaller. Ive seen the busy books but can't see how tall the figures are.

Alesis nitro mesh is a popular starter kit. Mesh heads give a more realistic feel.

Of course Roland V drums are the gold standard (though I know a drummer who preferred ATV) but best to wait until they are older for those. Others to look at would include Millennium.

Thank you, I was looking at Alesis so good to see a recommendation for it.

Please don’t buy this if your recipient knows anything about Labubu. It is not official POPMART merchandise but if you still would like to get it then worth looking at temu/shein/aliexpress, as I’d imagine it would be a lot cheaper!

I usually get lovely Christmas mugs from Home Bargains. B&M have done some lovely ones this year too.

@Reastie filling up fast!

Boots are going to be doing a beauty icons gift set per week from now on - this week it’s NARS, a lip balm and two minis for £35

Thanks to everyone who have notified me!

With Haul being 60% off is there any items anyone recommends?

My Benefit orders have arrived: I paid about £26.50 in total.

My first order- on my account - was a reduced blusher palette, (maybe why the 20% off didn’t kick in?) plus two samples and two freebies for £15+.

Of course, I would have just bought the £10 bag if it hadn’t been OOS, but I did need some blusher!

The £10 gift bag ordered by DH on his account when it reappeared, plus three freebies and two samples was about £11 and the 20% off worked. This was by far the best value of the two orders and I am very pleased with it.

Thanks so much to the people who flagged up this offer.

Has anyone seen any nice Christmas pyjamas IRL? I’ve only see some in B&M and I didn’t really like any of them. I usually get a matching pair for my DS and I to wear.

Just done a haul order- hopefully I can resist doing too many!
I’ve ordered- 4x elastic shoelaces that you can put a clip on (Stacey Solomon’s sister shared them the other day).
2 x women’s memory foam slippers
2 x material swim hats (kids have to wear these for school so useful to have spares)
car organiser hooks (for iPads etc on long trips)
some kids stickers
a sketch book
4 pairs of socks
two fancy hair clip bows
3 baseball caps
All came to £15- little bits that add up quickly when you buy them at “normal” shops or when you can’t wait for delivery- so am pleased and no doubt I’ll place more orders when I see what other people have bought!