Thread 14 - the one where I'm still not sure what a cheese spoiler is

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Welcome to Christmas 2025!

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Omg thanks @Addictedtobeauty I looked at Smyths but I don’t know how I didn’t see the reduced price on there! @Sasha07 aw thanks for looking for me, that was the one I originally saw but it just looks like it wouldn’t turn up even remotely close to Christmas, it just feels quite spenny when I know she will play with it like once 🫣🤣

Fantastic idea! And one I may come back to in the future, but currently in the trenches of newborn plus threenager, DH works away, so was hoping for something home based.
Although I will now look into home wine tasting, thank you!

Pleased people have said good things about the Joe and Seph popcorn - I have 2 of the large and 2 of the smaller bundles being delivered on Monday and looking forward to receiving them now rather than regretting spending £50 on a whim 😂

Thank you for this. Id spent ages trying to find things to get my order up to £50!

Tried posting a picture and it's not uploading, but to give you an idea, the weight on the back is 855g so it's a lot of chocolate!

After the failure of the American candy store, has anyone used a good value American sweets place recently? I'm particularly looking for unusual Dr Pepper items.

Pringles/ Crisps/ Popcorn/ marshmallows/ chunky socks/ Stationary/ Can or small bottle of pop (as in a treat that’s not usually allowed) / squishmallow/ cuddly heatable teddy/ cheap fidget toys.

My daughter uses Sol de Janeiro at 24 year old, I'm sure she will love it

@Justkeepsmilingx - I've PM'd you - thank you

One of my foodbank colleagues has made some very sweet postcard size lino prints of food items - Heinz beans, sardines, various biscuits and Brussels sprouts. She is selling them for the Trussell Trust for £2 each - if you think they'd like them I can send you some photos.

Ooh paging the baked bean spouse! Is it too late to sneak into one of the advent calendar slots?

There is an anime shop in York.
Perhaps they can help if you ring them?
Good luck!

@BeaLola and @Oneborneverydecade my dd is 23 and loves Sol de janeiro. I got her lots when it was on offer in Boots.

I saw this deal on Wowcher for a while w pack for £12.99 + £2.50 postage
https://www.wowcher.co.uk/deal/shop/food-drink/food-hampers/41870447/dr-pepper-assorted-drinks-hamper

Are you near a Poundland type shop ? I’ve raided it for bits that are cheap but big - so a Slinky, new felt pens and a Christmas colouring / sticker book, a small Lego type set and some cars

Thank you

My Fahlo was ordered on 25 November but not appeared. Royal Mail just says they are waiting for it but its not changed in a week 🙈

The works has some nice stocking fillers bits. Got baby chips and rubix cube type and a wordsearch book but they have all sorts

Some decent small bits in Primark for stocking fillers too.

@Londonmummy66 i have your message but can’t see how to reply - it was the earrings raising funds for the Trussell Trust I was interested in that your daughter has made

Unfortunately not!

HELP- I have put off buying my sons big Christmas gift - a pair of climbing shoes from sportsshoes.com in the hope I could find a code or they would go lower for Black Friday. I haven’t and they didn’t! Does anyone have a code (maybe a student one) they could pm me? Climbing gear is VERY pricey!

I just found this code for Sports shoes on Google and checked it and it works for a 15% discount.
activeinclusion15
Has he tried them on already?

@AlfiesMum42 suggest a yoyo, pop tarts (Asda/tesco £3) scented pencils (smiggle/amazon £2) , taba squishy (£2 Tesco/entertainer). I found a paint it yourself Christmas egg cup
for £2 in the works but think they don’t sell them online. I often put in Pringles or bath bubbles as they take up loads of space!

@Houseofsardines happy to pm you a student code but looks like it’s only 12% so might be better off using the code @Mokeytree has posted as that’s 15% off