Christmas Watch (stuff in the shops)!

flutegirl

OK, not sure if a thread has been started, and didn't think this would be up and running for a few weeks BUT

was North today and there were signs of Christmas already.

Spotted in tesco, tins of sweets half price, Thortons big boxes half price

Mince pies

Christmas scented candles

Shops advertising for Christmas staff

We're up and running, let the countdown begin!!...:)

hdowney

Yea I got the Tesco leaflet thru the door today with all the tins of Sweets gonna be half price from tomorrow. Handy. Time to pick up a tin of Quality Street and try not to eat them so!

Loughc

hdowney wrote: »

Yea I got the Tesco leaflet thru the door today with all the tins of Sweets gonna be half price from tomorrow. Handy. Time to pick up a tin of Quality Street and try not to eat them so!

If I bought them now and they survived until Christmas, that truly would be a Christmas miracle!

hdowney

lockie1983 wrote: »

If I bought them now and they survived until Christmas, that truly would be a Christmas miracle!

I can't afford to buy them twice, so if I bought them and ate them it'd be tough tits come Christmas. And you CAN'T have Christmas without the tin of sweets so...

Love2love

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This photos is doing the rounds on Facebook today. It was taken this morning in Brown Thomas as they prepare their Christmas Shop. It usually opens at the start of September. I, for one will be there as soon as it does :D:D

milli milli

Oh this is all very exciting. I love it when bits and pieces start appearing and then more and more each week.
I really can't believe it's around the corner!

Must keep the peepers peeled for any Christmas goodies!

Loughc

milli milli wrote: »

Oh this is all very exciting. I love it when bits and pieces start appearing and then more and more each week.
I really can't believe it's around the corner!

Must keep the peepers peeled for any Christmas goodies!

Can't believe we're only 3 days away to September already!! :eek:

Halloween needs to feck off first tho and then we can watch every shop go Christmas mad!

leahyl

lockie1983 wrote: »

milli milli wrote: »

Oh this is all very exciting. I love it when bits and pieces start appearing and then more and more each week.
I really can't believe it's around the corner!

Must keep the peepers peeled for any Christmas goodies!

Can't believe we're only 3 days away to September already!! :eek:

Halloween needs to feck off first tho and then we can watch every shop go Christmas mad!

I know - I have no time for halloween! my friends love it and even dress up for it but I just hate dressing up like that!!

Loughc

leahyl wrote: »

I know - I have no time for halloween! my friends love it and even dress up for it but I just hate dressing up like that!!

Likewise, I've no time for it either, it's just an inconvenience to the build up to Christmas!

star-pants

The Newbridge silver tree decorations are out again, one or two new ones again.

flutegirl

hdowney wrote: »

Yea I got the Tesco leaflet thru the door today with all the tins of Sweets gonna be half price from tomorrow. Handy. Time to pick up a tin of Quality Street and try not to eat them so!

lockie1983 wrote: »

If I bought them now and they survived until Christmas, that truly would be a Christmas miracle!

hdowney wrote: »

I can't afford to buy them twice, so if I bought them and ate them it'd be tough tits come Christmas. And you CAN'T have Christmas without the tin of sweets so...

Lads, I seem to remember we had this same discussion last year. You know we'll end up buying tins in August, September, October, November, December, and then in January when they're knocked down further in price!!!

Love2love wrote: »

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This photos is doing the rounds on Facebook today. It was taken this morning in Brown Thomas as they prepare their Christmas Shop. It usually opens at the start of September. I, for one will be there as soon as it does :D:D

Oh, could be heading to Dublin sooner than I thought...;)

Toast4532

I was in Boots the other day and was asking the lady serving me if they had any Christmas stock in, she said they have boxes and boxes of it in the stockroom.

They have all their sun creams/tans/sun stuff on offer and in a week or two, those shelves will be cleared off and the Xmas stuff might be put out then

DreaminOnAStar

Toast4532 wrote: »

I was in Boots the other day and was asking the lady serving me if they had any Christmas stock in, she said they have boxes and boxes of it in the stockroom.

I would kill to have a look in those boxes! Love the Christmas stuff in boots. I got a makeup set last Christmas and I used it the whole time. I'm running low on one of the blushes so need a replacement!

QuiteInterestin

Noticed some 'sparkly' clothes today in Dunnes, definitely stuff you would wear around Christmas. They also seemed to be clearing alot of the shelves around the back to school area, think they'll be putting out the Christmas stock soon enough. Love Christmas, but hate to see stuff in the shops this early. Shouldn't be let out of the stock room until the 1st of December

Alicat

Toast4532 wrote: »

I was in Boots the other day and was asking the lady serving me if they had any Christmas stock in, she said they have boxes and boxes of it in the stockroom.

They have all their sun creams/tans/sun stuff on offer and in a week or two, those shelves will be cleared off and the Xmas stuff might be put out then

Ours hasn't arrived yet (I work in a pharmacy) but I'm so excited to see it! I'm the Christmas Fairy in work. They let me out of the dispensary for a whole day to open and price the Christmas stock because everyone else hates it!

I come home knackered but satisfied, and covered in glitter.

washiskin

Alicat wrote: »

Ours hasn't arrived yet (I work in a pharmacy) but I'm so excited to see it! I'm the Christmas Fairy in work. They let me out of the dispensary for a whole day to open and price the Christmas stock because everyone else hates it!

I come home knackered but satisfied, and covered in glitter.

So if you need a dig out....y'know an Elf? Ahermm.......;););)

hdowney

Our local heatons has cleared out a bunch of their shelves. Last time I was in their they were empty. I expect to see them covered in a mixture of halloween and Christmas stuff the next time I go in there!

will.i.am

Our local Tesco has tins of Afternoon tea, Chocolate Kimberley, Chocolate mikado, boxes of Cadbury's animal cookies, big boxes of crackers and tins of fox's and tins of Victoria which seem to have some biscuits in them!

flutegirl

will.i.am wrote: »

Our local Tesco has tins of Afternoon tea, Chocolate Kimberley, Chocolate mikado, boxes of Cadbury's animal cookies, big boxes of crackers and tins of fox's and tins of Victoria which seem to have some biscuits in them!

I made it my mission last year to get the best possible price on these tins of biscuits, only ever buy them at Christmas. I waited..and waited...and waited.. and got them at €8.99 in the end! I kept a watch on all the stores until the price dropped when the competition started to get fierce... AND THEN I POUNCED!

will.i.am

flutegirl wrote: »

I made it my mission last year to get the best possible price on these tins of biscuits, only ever buy them at Christmas. I waited..and waited...and waited.. and got them at €8.99 in the end! I kept a watch on all the stores until the price dropped when the competition started to get fierce... AND THEN I POUNCED!

I think think the afternoon tea is €12.49 at the moment!!

Alicat

washiskin wrote: »

So if you need a dig out....y'know an Elf? Ahermm.......;););)

I'll give you a shout :pac:

will.i.am

Littlewoods have some of there decorations online!

http://www.littlewoodsireland.ie/home-furniture/e/b/3279/q/christmas.end?trail=3279

fifi234ie

M&S have there tins of biscuits out already

DreaminOnAStar

will.i.am wrote: »

Littlewoods have some of there decorations online!

http://www.littlewoodsireland.ie/home-furniture/e/b/3279/q/christmas.end?trail=3279

Wow. Some of their decorations are very expensive. You can get similar in Penneys for a quarter of the price!

But thanks for the link - lovely to look at Christmas trees now

Toast4532

I was in Dunnes recently and they have tins of sweets on offer for arouund E6.

I think there was Roses, Celebrations and Quality Streets, although I could be wrong on that.

eskimocat

Home Store and More had some great value on Candles there the other day... snagged a couple for a pressie... they were the big pillar candles 200hours plus burning on them.... half price .....nice!
Delighted to have started the christmas shopping.. Also got some good prices on Aveeno products in Nicholsons Pharmacy in Sligo... list ticked again!! Totally determined to get things sorted out in advance this year.....

flutegirl

will.i.am wrote: »

I think think the afternoon tea is €12.49 at the moment!!

They could get lower than €8.99 this year then

Posy

Seen Christmas cards and wrapping paper in Marks and Spencer today- I got really excited and accidently bit my tongue.. smooth..

I would have bought a roll of wrapping paper but they were a fiver a roll so didn't bother!
(although they are doing three for two in case anyone likes M&S paper!)

leahyl

Posy wrote: »

Seen Christmas cards and wrapping paper in Marks and Spencer today- I got really excited and accidently bit my tongue.. smooth..

I would have bought a roll of wrapping paper but they were a fiver a roll so didn't bother!
(although they are doing three for two in case anyone likes M&S paper!)

I looooove M&S wrapping paper and their crackers too!!

That's so funny about you biting your tongue:D

Posy

I ran around Grafton Street last year in circles, shrieking with excitement when the Christmas lights went up. I am a cool customer, I am. :cool:

flutegirl

Posy wrote: »

I ran around Grafton Street last year in circles, shrieking with excitement when the Christmas lights went up. I am a cool customer, I am. :cool:

When were the lasts switched on last year? Never got up last year but will this one

Posy

They were put up on Clarendon Street, Wicklow Street and Grafton Street the end of October and they tested them October 25th by having the lights on for a few hours.
Then on November 5th they were lighting again, for a couple of nights for further testing etc..

The big switch on was on Friday November 18th last year, with Michael Bubbles doing the honours.

Loughc

Posy wrote: »

They were put up on Clarendon Street, Wicklow Street and Grafton Street the end of October and they tested them October 25th by having the lights on for a few hours.
Then on November 5th they were lighting again, for a couple of nights for further testing etc..

The big switch on was on Friday November 18th last year, with Michael Bubbles doing the honours.

I wonder who will be doing the honors this year!

Posy

I remember it was CRAZY last year- people were nearly crushed in the crowd.

Waaaaay more turned up than expected for the 6pm switch on- you couldn't even get up Grafton Street and the police had to close it off, then when more people kept arriving they panicked and turned on the lights about 20 minutes early! It was a mess!

leahyl

Posy wrote: »

I remember it was CRAZY last year- people were nearly crushed in the crowd.

Waaaaay more turned up than expected for the 6pm switch on- you couldn't even get up Grafton Street and the police had to close it off, then when more people kept arriving they panicked and turned on the lights about 20 minutes early! It was a mess!

Yeah Michael tends to have that effect :-P

flutegirl

leahyl wrote: »

Yeah Michael tends to have that effect :-P

I might have to dig out his Christmas CD from the glove compartment tomorrow and have a sing-a-long on the way to work...:pac:

Love2love

Christmas cards and card holders in the euro shops in Dublin

Toast4532

Boots have some of their Christmas gift sets out already

IrishGurll

I was in wilton shopping center in Cork today and I was shocked :O Penneys had a whole section of Christmas wrapping paper decorations cards etc , And then I went to tesco and it was the same thing practically a whole ile full of Christmas decorations , I'm so excited now there were a couple of small shops that I seen them in aswell

Toast4532

M&S have some mistletoe cakes and some puddings in stock now, saw them there yesterday

Love2love

Judging by the threads for this time last year, the shops seem to be slow on the uptake this year! I bought lots of decorations by this time last year and there is hardly any so far this year. Hurry up shops!

hdowney

My local lidl have their selection of Christmas nommies in

IrishGurll

Theres loads of Christmas stuff in Cork , Dealz have all there Christmas stock in they have brilliant decorations , The same with tesco and pennys they have loads of Christmas decorations

Love2love

Went into Brown Thomas Christmas shop finally and got some beautiful decorations for the tree. I picked some up in Penneys too. Got the kids their advent calendars in Heatons the other day.

Posy

I still haven't been in the Brown Thomas Christmas shop or bought any presents!
I don't know what I'm up to this year at all! :eek:

Must go to BT though, that'll kickstart my Christmas frenzy!

star-pants

M&S have taken over a shop (the company moved upstairs) in Dundrum beside their own shop, it's to be their M&S Gift Shop 'opening soon' - all Christmas Cards & wrapping paper so far that I can see.

Alicat

Awww! Hate the fact that there's no M&S on the Northside

daenerysstormborn3

Woodies in Waterford have started putting their Christmas stuff out. I'd assume with the likes of Argos, Debenhams etc. taking on their seasonal staff now that the Christmas stuff will start appearing everywhere fairly soon.

Alicat

Right, I think I might go into town tomorrow! I may just have a wander up to Brown Thomas...

It's entirely possible that I'm going to come home with an overwhelming Christmas feeling.

leahyl

Alicat wrote: »

Right, I think I might go into town tomorrow! I may just have a wander up to Brown Thomas...

It's entirely possible that I'm going to come home with an overwhelming Christmas feeling.

OOOOHH must go to Brown Thomas myself soon! Still haven't been in to see the Christmas shop!

Posy

There are mysterious wire cables stretched between the buildings on Grafton Street.
I wonder what will be hanging from them soon? :pac:


Squeeeeeeeeeee!!!