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  • luxor4t
    luxor4t Posts: 11,125 Forumite
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    edited 6 April 2013 at 12:39PM
    Just typed up a long list and the 'puter ate it! Short version:
    -Possibility in Peppermint Icecream shampoo/shower 89p + Amber & Lavender hand cream 69p
    - real New Berry Fruits £1.99
    -The Gifted Gardener: I got a twine tin for 99p (labelled £6)but some nice items like a flowery kneeler for £2.99 (I think)
    -Cath Kidston-esque "Vintage tea party"cake stands 99p for 3 tier, 79p for single tier
    - Cath Kidston-esque stationery items, "Humble Vintage". 3 pencil tins £1.99, set of 3 mini notebooks 99p.

    All at HB, Swansea Enterprise branch.

    Tins look like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Humble-Vintage-Ornate-Vintage-Rose-Vintage-Dotty-Set-of-3-Metal-Tins-/171004568871?pt=Uk_Crafts_Cake_Decorating_MJ&hash=item27d0aaa527#ht_1167wt_1018
    I can cook and sew, make flowers grow.
  • autumngirl
    autumngirl Posts: 1,599 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    luxor4t wrote: »
    .....Cath Kidston-esque stationery items, "Humble Vintage". 3 pencil tins £1.99, set of 3 mini notebooks 99p

    I have the those notebooks. The covers are very pretty and the paper quality is good but the pages weren't glued together very well and have come apart from the covers a bit. (The're cello wrapped so I couldn't see inside before I bought them)

    Can't complain too much for just 99p but I wouldn't buy them for gifts because of this. The many other notebooks I've had from HB have been excellent quality so I was a little disappointed with these ones.
  • autumngirl
    autumngirl Posts: 1,599 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Found a lovely cosmetic bag in Bletchley store today (top shelf above travel/luggage items) - floral cotton outer with wipeable lining inside, by American brand Thirty One. Original label says £17.50 but HB price £1.99 (Not worth £17.50 IMHO but an absolute steal for £1.99). Same as this one:
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Thirty-One-Cosmetic-Bag-Cute-Tote-Bag-In-Free-Spirit-Floral-Free-Shipping-/271151756558?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

    Would make a lovely gift, especially for hippy/surf chicks! :)


    Also bought a lovely wooden seed pot maker from the Gifted Gardener range - £2.99 - same as this one:
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Gifted-Gardener-Paper-Pot-Maker-/121079839323?pt=UK_Home_Garden_GardenEquipment_HandTools_SM&hash=item1c30ebba5b
  • vpeake
    vpeake Posts: 463 Forumite
    Lots of garnier cleansers/toners and body lotions for 1.99, note you can also get these in the 99p store bar the body lotion.
    :j:j:j
  • Agent_C
    Agent_C Posts: 565 Forumite
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    They had the Thirty One bags in Sheffield Hillsborough yesterday, along with a brown cosmetics bag for £4.99 - lots of compartments and detachable clear bags inside:
    Double%2BZip.jpgthirty-one-double-zip-cosmetic-bag-.jpg

    They also had a larger black tote/weekend bag in black for £7.99:

    OHM-thirty-one-city-weekender-tote.jpg

    I also got some more 99p Vie at Home stuff - rejuvenating eye treatment and an eye brightening pencil:

    $T2eC16R,%21ygE9s7HJFg%29BRWdM+pTu%21%7E%7E60_12.JPG$%28KGrHqV,%21jUFCV6QhwjoBQ4M3BgCWQ%7E%7E60_12.JPG

    Plus did you know HB have their own Facebook page with lots of pics of more bargains?? http://www.facebook.com/homebargains

    :D
  • hotbern
    hotbern Posts: 130 Forumite
    My local Home Bargains (Barry) are selling all 3 variations of Persil Small & Mighty for £3.49! It's £6.50 at Asda, Tesco, Waitrose, £6.40 at Sainsbury's and £5 at Ocado, so definitely a bargain.

    Barry has loads of stock in :j
    June 2009 - Wii; December 2009 - Fortnum & Mason Hamper; 2009 - Little Red Tractor DVD; How to afford time off work book; April 2010 - Mamas & Papas Pram; May 2010 - Imperial Leather Goodies; Jan 2011 - Trivial Pursuit cards; Narnia goodies; VTech cot mobile (stopped comping!) Nov 2011 - Kiddicare cotbed.
  • sahra
    sahra Posts: 707 Forumite
    Looking for cadbury crispello in HB today i discovered that the bags for £1.49 have 13 sweets in them but there are packs of 3 sweets for 29p each or 4 for a £1 making it better value :-)

    Hi, If you have a farmfoods near you, they sell the crispello bars with 3 pieces, 5 for a £1 :)
  • bizzybee
    bizzybee Posts: 543 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    hotbern wrote: »
    My local Home Bargains (Barry) are selling all 3 variations of Persil Small & Mighty for £3.49! It's £6.50 at Asda, Tesco, Waitrose, £6.40 at Sainsbury's and £5 at Ocado, so definitely a bargain.

    Barry has loads of stock in :j

    Don't know what happened to my post, but three of these are £10 in Waitrose at the moment.
  • butler_helen
    butler_helen Posts: 1,866 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    sahra wrote: »
    Hi, If you have a farmfoods near you, they sell the crispello bars with 3 pieces, 5 for a £1 :)

    Ooooh l love these! There's no farm foods near me - I assume they're a northern store?
    If you aim for the moon if you miss at least you will land among the stars!
  • luxor4t
    luxor4t Posts: 11,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I can cook and sew, make flowers grow.
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