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Finished baskets!!
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Have found 2 suppliers for cellophane
Rainbow Florist Supplies £14.10 for 100m (plain)and
Easy Florist Supplies £11.49 for 100m (plain). Have some nice Christmas ones on here too.
Has a few different options for delivery depending on weight and amount spentReal men never follow instructions; after all they are just the manufacturer's opinion on how to put something together.0 -
Well I've been bargain hunting - lots of things half price or even quarter price at Asda and Wilkinsons.
Another finished basket to show - again for a little girl aged 4-7Contents
Pink mini basket 3 set from Wilkos originally £5 paid £1.25
2 flumps 10p each and 2 pencils 10p each with erasers
Disney princess eau de toilette originally £6 now £3 (TJ Hughes)
Gazillions Disney bubbles originally £2 at Asda paid £1.29
Value £13.40, new spend £3, total spend £5.94
Other bargains this week not yet in hampers include:
kidz/bratz dolls £12 reduced from £24 Wilkos - DD's present now largely sorted.Light up skipping rope (half price Asda)
approx £1.79, £2 disney princess projector torch, High school musical note book £1.50 reduced from £2, hand size kitten note book 50p. All good stocking presents
A couple of other grouped presents - not found baskets/boxes/gift bags for them yetdisney princess skipping rope, disney bubbles, sherbert, lovehearts - total price about £3.50 value £5.50 (Asda)
disney princess hopper ball was £5 Wilkos now £2.50 and play dough - was £3 now £1.50 again will make a great present Value £8, cost £4.
Lastly for DSMullti-tool and knife set for £2.50, original price £5 Wilkinsons.
Hope that gives some people ideas on sourcing items for their hampers...Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
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wow - the pink mini-baskets are great; so useful
I wonder if I'd fit on that hopper ball0 -
chillin_nutta wrote: »cookie how much is the postage to hawkin??? my sil has used them but i keep forgetting to ask her!
nutty xxx
love the grannies, my dad got them and the track last year they are ace. just ordered some more off play for my husbands granny
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Postage is 3.95, I hate paying postage fees but I got some things in the sale so it balanced out.Debt free wannabe
Littlewoods - £214.82 (DD set up so 0%)
Very - £100 (0% on BNPL - 1/4/13)
CC - £2600/£3533.53 (0% until 1/6/14)0 -
Fantastic savingholmes! Love the basket.Raising kids is like being held hostage by midget terrorists0
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savingholmes, how perfect is that present for a little girl, she's going to love it. What some fantastic bargains you had too.0
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savingholmes - love the basket................good value that one:TMary
I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
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wow savingholmes thats brill will definately keep an eye out for the bargains and those baskets they will be perfect for my daughter and my nieces.0
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oh can i just be cheeky and ask where abouts the multi tool was in wilkinsons?
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I love the basket SavingHolmes!! I would have been stingy and split the 3 baskets up for 3 hampers though mwahaha:xmastree:Self Certified Christmas Addict:xmastree:0
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