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What can I buy from Argos for £4ish to win a bet?

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Shocksandboooos · 23/10/2018 10:40

I have £4 worth of Argos vouchers that run out on Friday.
Dh tried to throw them in the bin this morning, saying that I wouldn’t be able to get anything worth having with them without adding a lot on.
I need to win this bet as I lost the last one and haven’t lived it down.

I thought I’d cracked it when I found a pair of slippers but you have to pay online for TU clothes and the vouchers can’t be used online.
We have a 2 year old so stocking filers are a possibility. Please hit me with your best suggestions so that I can wipe the smug look off dh’s face. Grin

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AbsolCatly · 27/10/2018 16:14

So I'm not alone in picking up Bran (and a 2nd for my DB) today then

Am busy freaking DH out by moving him every so often as well Grin

GargoyleBattyness · 27/10/2018 16:45

DP is going to hunt me down a Raven next week.
We are going to name it Darth Raven. Grin

GargoyleBattyness · 27/10/2018 16:46

By next week i mean Monday/Tuesday.
He is as batshit as me and loves the idea of a raven accessory

TrippingTheVelvet · 27/10/2018 16:58

I am desperate for OP to update!

Eliza9917 · 27/10/2018 17:56

Mines called Maven. She's a girl. I'm collecting her tomorrow :D

AviatorShades · 28/10/2018 00:46

OP, any update? Grin

nonevernotever · 28/10/2018 08:54

@Bluebug45 Perfect - Raven the Trickster from Alaskan native mythology has arrived this morning :-)

Forgotmycoat · 28/10/2018 09:13

I'm starting to worry about the op not updating. Hope the practical joke with her oh worked out well

ipswichwitch · 28/10/2018 10:34

Collecting my raven on my way home today. Been looking for one for Halloween that’s decent and not megabucks, never thought of looking in Argos!

greathat · 28/10/2018 10:41

How can we get this into classics?

heresHalloweenagain18 · 28/10/2018 11:06

Hi Op

Found this . Dead on £4.
Not sure it will be suitable as says 3+ you know her best if she will be ok with it (hope so)
Looks fun and takes up minimal space

www.argos.co.uk/product/8622507

heresHalloweenagain18 · 28/10/2018 11:11

Another one does state 5+
Only need to add 49p
Looks fun and cute for her age

www.argos.co.uk/product/8525518

RussellTheRaven · 28/10/2018 18:37

My husband has found Russell and moved him.

He was last seen guarding the goldfish, Sergio Duex, from the cat. Now poor Sergio is unguarded and the Raven is MIA.

KatyaZamolodchikova · 28/10/2018 22:57

Quoth was collected today (also from a Sainsbury Argos). I popped in with my mum, who did not question my purchase but did ask what DP thought of it. I told her I was hopeful I’d convinced him it would work like the stone owls in shopping centres it instead of pigeons he might keep the spiders away if they think there’s a predictor. Do ravens eat spiders? I think they probably do.

BlueBug45 · 28/10/2018 23:12

Garlic keeps spiders away apparently.

AintNobodyHereButUsChickens · 29/10/2018 09:22

^^

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ZigZagIntoTheBlue · 29/10/2018 10:57

Are we double sure all these raven pictures are actually ravens....?!

What can I buy from Argos for £4ish to win a bet?
AintNobodyHereButUsRavens · 29/10/2018 11:08

Had a bit of a namechange Halloween Grin

I don't think argos want to answer our questions anymore Haloween Sad

Eliza9917 · 29/10/2018 11:23

@ZigZagIntoTheBlue I was just going to post that! Grin

AintNobodyHereButUsRavens · 29/10/2018 14:16

Bloody thing keeps making me jump Halloween Grin

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soupforbrains · 29/10/2018 14:43

I have Mortimer at work with me still.

We are considering putting him on top of our desk partitions so that he is giving The Stare to anyone who enters our office.

Argos are obviously not playing along with the questions anymore :(

Shocksandboooos · 29/10/2018 20:12

Evening raven fans! Did you know that we are collectively called an unkindness or conspiracy of ravens? Fun fact!

The plan went well. Not quite to plan but not far off. I will explain in bits. Not because I am that bloody annoying poster but because I wrote a long post last night and it bloody well disappeared when I hit preview.

So my friend picked us up. DH waved us off happily and we set off for the wilds of Scotland. I knew where I was going to start with but put my phone on as satnav for the end part of the journey so that it was ready when needed.
About 40 minutes later Enid the super neighbour text to say that the raven was out of the nest and she was going in. Another 15 minutes later she text to say that it was all set up and that she had made her ‘gentleman friend’ test the set up.

So we get to the part of the journey where I need the satnav and I look at my phone to find that there is only 1% battery and it is not charging.

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Shocksandboooos · 29/10/2018 20:21

It turned out that my flipping cable was broken and by this point we were in the middle of nowhere and my friend couldn’t pick up our location on her phone or a signal.
Two bemused farmers, many chocolate buttons to bribe toddlers, about 15000 wrong turns and 1.5 hours later than planned we arrived at friend 2’s beautiful holiday cottage Envy which was indead in the back of beyond.

Df2 sent dh a Facebook message to let him know that we had arrived but he didn’t mention the light or Minerva in his response. No one else had an iPhone charger and there was nowhere to buy one so I couldn’t tell whether ETSN had text to say that he was home.
As he’d not mentioned it I thought that maybe something had gone wrong so didn’t want to look like an idiot by sending my ‘in your face’ dance video.

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Shocksandboooos · 29/10/2018 20:33

We had a lovely weekend and I picked up a phone lead in a service station ine the way home. This is what met me when my phone powered up.

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WeeSausage · 29/10/2018 20:34
Halloween Grin
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