So who's managed to get some pre christmas bargains? Come and share here

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And yes I am well aware its only August thank you very much

I'm starting my shopping now, so what bargains have you all had?

i've just looked through the whole argos toy sale i've reserved a couple of things there's a bargain fireman sam set £1.49 instead of £14.99, sadly out of stock near me or else i'd have got it to put away for ds(he's only 16 months atm!)

that's what i'm after eddas!

the itng bits are in stock here thou which is good.

i've just reserved them spandex and a sports pool. Maybe save that for next 'summer'

Aww that Thomas nightlight is out of stock near me
Good bargain.

The underground ernie set is great too.
I'd buy it if we werent already drowning in traintrack sets.

another mumsnetter (Lauaghalot) rang me this morning her boots had loads of stuff really cheap she got one of thos plus in tv console things reduced from £50 to £12.50 (she got one for her ds and one for my dd for xmas!) also got my dd1 (obsessed with princesses) a disney princess alarm closk reduced from £12.50 to £1.25

Popped to our Boots but no sale items at all

Did get a complete puppet theatre and 10 puppets back in July for £20 and thats in loft for dd1 xmas present. Also got them both some new underwear in the M&S sale (will go in theri stockings) plus found some disney princess toothbrushes on bogof so they'll go in stockings. Also got loads in Boots January sale so dd2 has a teletubby aquadraw (was £6), plus got the tins filled with sweets (santa express) will just replace the sweets.

Also picked them up this years xmas eve xmas pj's in teh sales so dd1 has snowmen and dd2 has rudolph!

Woolworths have the 2 wheel inline (?) scooter reduced intore from £19.99 to £4.99 and lazytown 3 wheel scooter reduced from £24.99 to £12.49

think of my 2 if you pop into boots and they have anything eandh

Of course I will (was thinking of picking G a alarm clock up if theyhad them )when she phoned me at 8.40 I stuck their shoes on and went down to the one inside the mall all excited and pah not a thing, am wondering if all the sale stuff is sent to selected stores
I remeber getting all of H's xmas presents around this time last year in Boots got £160 of stuff for £39 and paid for it all using my boots points

there was loads of bargains in the entertainer.

Will check boots next week.

who just booked to go on the 22nd and 23rd december?? was just about to book and had to go and retrieve ds from the table. came back and it had gone

Oh, nappyaddict. I didn't even look that near to Xmas. Don't think I can handle it!!

nappyaddict, what's the entertainer?

it's a toy shop. the website is the one fimbo linked to.

ds is at preschool til the 19th so that's the only time we can go really.

Eddas - you know gamleys is closing down apparently Entertainer have bought them out so we'll have another toy shop there!

i've booked harrods for the 2nd december, couldn't comptemplate going into london any nearer to xmas and as i plan to have my shopping done and wrapped by the 1st december (yeah right!!) i might enjoy the run up this year!! I always buy in sales throughout the year, having 3 kids and one with a bday on 28th december it gets expensive and busy. I just hope i remember where ive put everything!!

i have. BUT only because my parents live in America and are coming here for the month of November, so i've been able to buy things online on American sites and have them sent to their address for them to bring across, thus avoiding shipping costs and duty.

i got DH a very nice jacket and a DS lite game, DD1 a DS lite and DD2 some LeapPad books.

DH doesn't know it, but i know he got me a game for his DS lite and a couple of CDs i wanted.

The rate is soooo soooo good atm.
I've seen some great stuff on the disney outlet site.
Is just working out your shipping costs and the tax and whether its worth it or not.

The entertainer have great savings. Theres nothing on there that would be any good for my kids though.

yeah, see, normally what i do is have the stuff sent to my mother's and she keeps it till either she or my sister come through.

saves on shipping and taxes .

she takes everything out of the packaging and if it's clothes or sheets she washes them first.

I've jsut ordered lots of sale toys from Argos

Have got lots of Sanctuary gift sets and other kinds in the loft from the Boots 75% sale in Jan - too many probably but can always use any leftovers myself. Also have some toys in the sales for presents for nieces and nephews. Was worth getting up early for a few weeks and will definately do it again next year.

Picked up a few bits of Amazon for DS recently as they have had some good deals.

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Woolies have Lego aeroplanes for £17ish, reduced from £35.