Thread 4 - the one where it's less than 100 days!

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Other one seems to be filling up fast!

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@Nottodaythankyouverymuch no I’ve not. I actually forgot about it!

25% off M&S hampers. The Prosecco one looks nice. Free delivery so you could get it delivered to yourself to gift at xmas

https://www.marksandspencer.com/l/offers/25-off-selected-hampers#intid=gifts_plp_bnr_25%25-off-selected-Hampers-Shop-now

I may have a UNiDAYS code you can try for 15% off?

Does anyone know if Smiggle advent calendars usually go in the Black Friday sale? DD is desperate for one, but I was hoping they go down in price a lot nearer to December!

I haven’t tried it before but I have used some of their other products which have done exactly as promised (the gel mold remover is phenomenal).
I used to use commands everywhere but I’ve noticed in the last year they have become terrible. We’ve had 2 canvas hooks that have fallen and small hooks that ripped off paint in the last year. Fingers crossed for this stuff!

No. Waiting 2 weeks to raise a claim with my bank

Thank you so much for this. Ordered today someone will be so happy. 👍

Costco members in store bargains:
Lego Bluey House £39.99 (£47.98 with VAT). The cheapest I can see elsewhere is £54 at BargainMax.
V-Tech DJ drums £34.99 (£41.98 with VAT). Very have it for £45 but Amazon is charging £53.

For any Harry Potter fans, they also have a giant box shaped like a ticket for the Hogwarts Express with chocolate biscuit packs inside. It was £10.99 (£13.98 with VAT).

Love this idea, thanks for sharing! I've signed up

I used to buy birch boxes and put the contents in a reusable calendar for my teens, now I buy a fancier beauty advent calendar and share it between them.
Been doing this for a few years. Have bought ASOS, Marks and Spencer, Look Fantastic over the years.

Yes, I can't remember exactly when, I think end of Nov, two years ago I got DD one because they dropped the price by £10 or something that made it still pricey but not quite as insane! Sorry that's vague but I would hold off if you can x

I buy for work pretty regularly as prizes and usually it’s just a few months , we’ve been caught out before when people haven’t been in the office to get their prize (though I have enjoyed eating the out of date chocolates 😂)

Anyone got a code for must have ideas? I’d like the elf tape!

99% I saw that they did last year, as I was tempted (DD ended up with 2 bargain advent calendars as it was! 😆). Not sure whether itwas just in store/online/both.

Funnily enough I bought some of the command picture hooks that also fell done (picture smashed) and ripped paint off the wall too!

Sorry, if already posted.
£1 lilo and stitch colouring book at Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disney-Lilo-Stitch-Colouring-Walt/dp/1803686804/ref=pb_pd_lutyp_wsixnhcumxnet_m_sccl_16/261-7805447-3616423?pd_rd_w=hzZCu&content-id=amzn1.sym.63238f84-7c53-4f0a-8e1e-212f2831e546&pf_rd_p=63238f84-7c53-4f0a-8e1e-212f2831e546&pf_rd_r=HZCCJD8H90A53G0JPGK4&pd_rd_wg=ypeTg&pd_rd_r=2d2f18db-61ef-4d45-b53f-f5ef616664a6&pd_rd_i=1803686804&psc=1

Looking at receipts I bought a Smiggle calendars in Oct 2023 and one on 23 Nov 2022 for 50% off online and I’m pretty sure that’s after I bought full price in 2021 in store as soon as they were launched and then realised they get discounted later on!

Smiggle advent calendars drop in price massively, even before December, both in store and online. Hang on for as long as you can.

No bargains as such yet

Can anyone help with recommendations for football kits please

I've bought from footballbestforyou for about 4 years - this last year the quality was noticeably different.

I'm aware for the need to order early so just seeking out what others have got experience of.

Also went in B&M earlier they have wine bottle jumpers (£2) that I have seen on social media on a jellycat making it a perfect Christmas gift!

Ive got smiggle calendars the last 2 years for £12.50 by hanging on. We’ve gone for tinc this year as a change. They are £12.50 and £14 and have an extra 10% off with signup10 they have some lovely things in the sale to make up to £30 for free delivery including a heart torch for £1 and smelly tieable rubbers etc

tinc.co.uk/collections/sale?srsltid=AfmBOopj8H7QkjdSLknyoDMk7p6AzkVeYv7bvsPdHOk2UiUrsAy0U4a3&sort_by=price-ascending

Tinc sale advent calendars

https://tinc.co.uk/search?q=advent+calendar&_pos=1&_psq=Adv&_ss=e&_v=1.0

ours have arrived and are lovely

Found you all!

@MaybeMrs for older teen advent calendars under £100 try:

GlossyBox: £75 if you subscribe to their beauty boxes, £90 otherwise:

https://www.glossybox.co.uk/p/beauty-box/glossybox-2025-advent-calendar-worth-over-624/15913358/?

I second the suggestion of Boots £70 skincare calendar:

https://www.boots.com/24-days-of-skincare-advent-calendar-10372392?

Soap and Glory: £48 https://www.boots.com/soap-and-glory-the-house-of-glory-24-day-advent-calendar-10364586?

Use code: ADVENT10 to get 10% off at Boots.

ASOS: £98

https://www.asos.com/beauty-extras/asos-face-body-advent-calendar-2025-76-saving/prd/208218433?

Sephora have some:

£54.99 https://www.sephora.co.uk/p/sephora-collection-advent?

£89.99 https://www.sephora.co.uk/p/sephora-collection-premium-advent?

Alternately, you could buy empty a/c boxes from TKMAXX and fill them up with items from Boots on 3-4-2.

Boots have some great 3-4-2 offers on suitable for teen skincare and makeup, including:

White Fox
Byoma (not all suitable is for very young skin)
Bubble
Benefit

Are the Jurassic Jim fossil advents good? Do the fossils just come individually wrapped and then you can put them in your own calendars?

Speaking of Boots 3-4-2. Do make sure that the 3-4-2 offers go through the till - especially if you are doing an expensive shop, (so easy not to notice).

I had a heck of a time today trying to get a faulty 3-4-2 offer to work - attempting to explain to five staff, (and that’s not an exaggeration), that it was ‘mix and match’, which meant not all three items had to be the same thing🙈 Not one of them understood what I meant/believed me. I got the offer eventually, but only because I politely persisted and showed them the notice and the appropriate shelf.

If it had been a bigger shop I probably wouldn’t have realised until too late.

My local Tesco Express has lots of clubcard offers on various chocolates including Ferro Rocher, After Eights and cartons of Heros and Celebrations. Checked the After Eights best before date which was July 2026. Not that that matters in my house!