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What's your best sale bargain for Christmas 13?!

Mine was a new tree for next year! From Argos for £12.50 instead of £50!!

I also got usual wrap etc. but only for half price (haha I'm ungreatful when I 'only' get 50% off!) and picked up a wreath and some decorations for slightly less than half price. I was also delighted to pick up some poundland bargains 2 for £1!
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  • Meadows
    Meadows Posts: 4,530 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee! Hung up my suit! Xmas Saver!
    So far Champagne @ £5.25 a bottle instead of £30 and silver earrings @ £1 instead of £8. But the year is still young so I am always on the look out.
    Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
  • SugarSpun
    SugarSpun Posts: 8,559 Forumite
    30m of wrapping paper for 1.98.
    Organised Birthdays and Christmas: Spend So Far: £193.75; Saved from RRP £963.76
    Three gifts left to buy
  • Katiehound
    Katiehound Posts: 8,141 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    10 Christmas cards in Oxfam for 29 pence per pack - were £3.99

    Pretty heart shaped bell wreath in Sainsburys- 70% off. (Can't remember exactly what I paid!)
    Being polite and pleasant doesn't cost anything!
    -Stash bust:in 2022:337
    Stash bust :2023. 120duvets, 24bags,43dogcoats, 2scrunchies, 10mitts, 6 bootees, 8spec cases, 2 A6notebooks, 59cards, 6 lav bags,36 angels,9 bones,1 blanket, 1 lined bag,3 owls, 88 pyramids = total 420total spend £5.Total for 'Dogs for Good' £546.82

    2024:Sewn:59Doggy ds,52pyramids,18 bags,6spec cases,6lav.bags.
    Knits:6covers,4hats,10mitts,2 bootees.
    Crotchet:61angels, 229cards=453 £158.55profit!!!
    2025 3dduvets
  • vikki_louise
    vikki_louise Posts: 2,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Bauble holder box £3, I've never found them below £15 before. The handle was naff but that can be fixed
    Best wins in 2013 £200 and Mini iPad. 2014 no wins. 2015 2 nights 5* hotel with £300 vouchers plus £1150 Harrods gift card
    Rehome an unwanted prize or gift with a seriously ill child through Postpals.co.uk
  • packs of 10 tags for 3p and £3 roll wrap for 8p :)
  • gift wrap @ 20p a roll in sainsburys instead of £2.50 I stocked up for the next 5 years :) (50 rolls)

    Turkey tins at 10p each again stocked up for parties etc

    Today 55p silver napkins in Tesco instead of £2.50

    Flowergirl dresses £24 each instead of £48 in Monsoon :)

    Oh and a broken bracelet for 50p in Monsoon instead of £16 easily fixed but dont think that counts as sale bargain as it was faulty rather than sale
  • Katiehound
    Katiehound Posts: 8,141 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Boyes stores:
    Christmas oven gloves 74 pence
    "Snowflake table runner"- 50 pence. Actually a strip of red voile with printed snowflakes (147X 40cm) will make cute gift bags- quite a few!
    Being polite and pleasant doesn't cost anything!
    -Stash bust:in 2022:337
    Stash bust :2023. 120duvets, 24bags,43dogcoats, 2scrunchies, 10mitts, 6 bootees, 8spec cases, 2 A6notebooks, 59cards, 6 lav bags,36 angels,9 bones,1 blanket, 1 lined bag,3 owls, 88 pyramids = total 420total spend £5.Total for 'Dogs for Good' £546.82

    2024:Sewn:59Doggy ds,52pyramids,18 bags,6spec cases,6lav.bags.
    Knits:6covers,4hats,10mitts,2 bootees.
    Crotchet:61angels, 229cards=453 £158.55profit!!!
    2025 3dduvets
  • My start for xmas 2013....
    Got cards/wrap/gift tags/cellotape...Got pressies for 6 people only 5 more to buy for...
    organised mum(pensioner) got her cards/wrap/gift tags....pressies for 5 daughters...3son in laws.....and 6 great grandkids...
    organised 2 sons with cards and also daughter with cards and gift wrap....totalcost for everything bought so far is approx £60.00

    will keep eye out for more bargains shud av xmas organised for april....
    ooohhh and ordered vouchers for xmas shoppin of neice

    roll on xmas 2013... am going start a sealed pot also this year
  • Heamol
    Heamol Posts: 276 Forumite
    edited 17 January 2013 at 2:49PM
    Edit: Posted in the wrong thread. Whoops!
    :) Optima semper libera sunt :)

  • ohhh hard one, had a few good buys so far this year but i guess its the leappad leapster gs console rrp £64.99 and i got it for £20. Wonder if i can beat that one come xmas.
    Totally debt free wohooo 2014
    Christmas 2014
    Presents bought **** rrp **** Saved ****
    *SAVE*SAVE*SAVE*
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