Help! £5 Christmas

johnswife

had a leaflet from Matalan yesterday and childrens pj's(3-13yrs) are 2 pairs for £8 (£4 each), & fleeces £3 each
(age 3mnths-4yrs) Knitwear from £5 (buy one get one free) girls & boys fleeces £2 each.

Must go soon!

milkydrink

johnswife wrote: »

had a leaflet from Matalan yesterday and childrens pj's(3-13yrs) are 2 pairs for £8 (£4 each), & fleeces £3 each
(age 3mnths-4yrs) Knitwear from £5 (buy one get one free) girls & boys fleeces £2 each.

My point exactly.

If it were my child I would far rather a pack of socks or a vest & pants from M&S than a pair of PJs from Matalans.

I know we are all different, but I would like to try & buy something I know the other person will use.

If someone bought me a nightdress from Matalans I would bin it, but if they spent the same money & got me a pair of knickers or 2 pairs of socks from M&S I would be delighted.

Wouldn't the buyer rather buy something the person would actually use, rather than something that looks "more" but (by some people) may never be used.

johnswife

kimevans wrote: »

My point exactly.

If it were my child I would far rather a pack of socks or a vest & pants from M&S than a pair of PJs from Matalans.

I know we are all different, but I would like to try & buy something I know the other person will use.

If someone bought me a nightdress from Matalans I would bin it, but if they spent the same money & got me a pair of knickers or 2 pairs of socks from M&S I would be delighted.

Wouldn't the buyer rather buy something the person would actually use, rather than something that looks "more" but (by some people) may never be used.

I know what you are saying but personally I have bought many things from Matalan and they are good quality,ie they have not fallen apart after the first wash. I don't care what the label says.
But I will say I went to M&S and was surprised how cheaper there childrens clothing seemed to be than I remember.
A Beautiful soft dressing gown was £8 (childrens) and a few years ago it probably have been at least £12.99 and more.

curlylocks_2

Marks and Spencer have some good offers on boxes and tins of biscuits at the moment, half price chocolates too. This morning I bought a tin of Belgian biscuits £3.99, a pink box of assorted cookies £2.99 and a box of chocolates for £2.99. There are others available on offer such as shortbread etc too.

To just touch on the Matalan V M&S comments, alot of teenagers would rather have items from Matalan as they see M&S as being middle aged and fuddy duddy.........particularly the boys.

lil_me

Thanks for posting about the pixum site MeNikki, just found they do £5 cashback on quidco when you register and purchase and we were wanting an A3 print doing

tee_pee_2

If you live near a Home and Bargains Quality Save or BM Bargains- you are laughing. Childrens toys from 99p baby's board books 99p. Alcohol is really cheap, loads of toiletries set for men and women . These shops are my saviour. Xmas cards 29p

Def worth having a look.

johnswife

tee_pee wrote: »

If you live near a Home and Bargains Quality Save or BM Bargains- you are laughing. Childrens toys from 99p baby's board books 99p. Alcohol is really cheap, loads of toiletries set for men and women . These shops are my saviour. Xmas cards 29p

Def worth having a look.

don't think there is one near me.
never mind I will keep a look out for one.

smileysaver

Tesco have a few good deals on their wine at the minute. There were a fair few nice bottles for under fiver [usually like £7-8 with a few pounds off, or half price bottles etc.] I also picked up a couple of cd's for £3 and £4 in Asda the other day. I got a 3cd soul set for my brother... Marvin Gaye, Barry White, and someone else [name eludes me] for £3!!

johnswife

I am keeping a notebook and writing all these ideas so keep them coming!

smileysaver

This thread has got me really thinking of bargains now!!
If you are able to get to some of the discount stores, like clearance shops. I know there's a few about scattered all over. I go to an M&S one, where you can get gorgeous sterling silver rings for £5. I've bought a couple for myself, and for presents. They have jewelry and other home stuff, like picture frames, vases, and cufflinks and ties for men [under £5 this is. Naturally there's other stuff!!] The same for Next clearance shops.