Christmas 2018 Purchases.(Gift, decorations, food,etc)

freshpopcorn

I'm starting this thread so we can share of purchases for Christmas 2018. Some might say it's early but I'm sure some of ye have started all ready.
It will also be helpful to share the deals we might pick up along the way!

ciara007

Great thread! I am off to a great start I have cleared out a drawer at home for the gifts.
I have my list done up and I have 13 people left to buy for.

I have 10 gifts in.

Nephew - a t-rex toy (heatons reduced to 7.50)
Candle sticks from carraigh Donn - reduced to 7.50
I picked up 5 lynx sets today for 4 euro each.
I also got a man hamper for my dad reduced to 10 pounds in a local chemist.
My sister is obsessed with lavender (weirdo) But she is getting a grow your own plant. A travel hair straightener and a selection of body creams and soap.
I have a Moroccan cook book in for my mam.

In terms of santa I have a frozen tent from Lidl reduced to 12 pounds and I got a parachute from amazon last week. (She will prob get the parachute before xmas)

CheerLouth

Disney store have a sale on at the min!

ciara007

I know a friend texted me to let me know about the Disney shop sale I picked my little one up a personalised minny mouse tracksuit

Also picked up her main santa gift one of those little tike coupe cars in pink reduced in price and with a discount code I got it for 40 euro

CheerLouth

Tesco are doing deals on Crayola until July 11th:

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=crayola

Would do as stocking fillers

Sundew

Just back from a 2 wk holiday to “The White Mountains” in NH and visited The Christmas Loft ( was there years ago when I was a kid ) oh my Jesus I could have gone crazy!
It was a Christmas wonderland blasting Christmas music whilst temps outside were hitting 26 degrees. Spent about 120$ on Christmas ornaments and it has got me back in the mood for December. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u0k5lgZML3E

Hubby is not a big Christmas fan but got in to the spirit and picked this for the tree. Needless to say it will prob end up at the back of the tree :-D https://christmasloft.com/budweiser-cans-with-bow-ornament/

ciara007

I posted off a few of my little girls Christmas baby grows today to made with love bears to get a Christmas stocking made for her I cant wait to see it now.

xDisneyDivax

Love that Ciara! Sounds beautiful! Can you post a photo of it when you get it please?

I got nephews' Christmas presents sorted in Next sales. Will get those Crayola's tomorrow if I remember

ciara007

xDisneyDivax wrote: »

Love that Ciara! Sounds beautiful! Can you post a photo of it when you get it please?

Of course I will I sent a real mismatch of stuff so we shall see how it turns out. I will love it either way. I am going to treat myself to a small blanket made out of her babygrows as a christmas treat also.

Sundew

Just got this Bugs Bunny ornament in the post this morning! Think I’m gonna be driven demented as my 4 year old is already playing it on a continuous loop!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HWjOOFDwdvY

Posy

Ordered another present last night online. One more ticked off the list!

Loughc

I ordered 3 WiFi plugs online for cheap too thanks to bargain alerts.

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057901944/22/#post107995329

I have one already They’re great for using for Christmas lights in the window and the Christmas tree lights and lamps.

CheerLouth

We have the remote control sockets - I love them! Think we got them in Lidl last year or the year before. Great for the Christmas tree! No routing in the back to turn off the lights and nearly bringing the bugger down with you :P We use ours all year round for our sitting room lights too

Loughc

CheerLouth wrote: »

We have the remote control sockets - I love them! Think we got them in Lidl last year or the year before. Great for the Christmas tree! No routing in the back to turn off the lights and nearly bringing the bugger down with you :P We use ours all year round for our sitting room lights too

I have four of them as well.

I’m getting even lazier now as the WiFi ones can be switched off with Alexa :pac:

chuckles30

Do you need Alexa to work the wifi plugs or can  you do it from your phone?  I have an android phone.  I tried the remote control ones before and they were a complete disaster - never worked correctly - maybe I was unlucky!!

troyzer

Dad: tickets to the champions cup final
Two sisters: tickets to Les Mis
Girlfriend's mam: Esteé Lauder perfume
Sister boyfriend a: Tickets to the Munster/Leinster game
Sister boyfriend b: Liverpool jacket

Haven't decided yet on my Mam, girlfriend or girlfriend's sister.

Loughc

troyzer wrote: »

Dad: tickets to the champions cup final
Two sisters: tickets to Les Mis
Girlfriend's mam: Esteauder perfume
Sister boyfriend a: Tickets to the Munster/Leinster game
Sister boyfriend b: Liverpool jacket

Haven't decided yet on my Mam, girlfriend or girlfriend's sister.

Jaysus with gifts like that can I be a part of your family!

Those are very generous presents!

troyzer

Loughc wrote: »

Jaysus with gifts like that can I be a part of your family!

Those are very generous presents!

Not really. They're all around the €50 mark except for my dad. I'm 25, I don't have any kids or nieces/nephews to buy for. I also don't really have any close cousins.

This is actually a small christmas for us. €100 a head was normal for me in the past.

Lord Spence

LOL Surprise House pre order Secured from Amazon, £179... Glad I won't have to deal with any madness trying to get it in the run up to Christmas.

chuckles30

Just tried to buy my Ravensburger Christmas jigsaw on Amazon - they won't ship it to Ireland or Northern Ireland - so even Parcel Motel Address is not working :(:(:(

Lord Spence

chuckles30 wrote: »

Just tried to buy my Ravensburger Christmas jigsaw on Amazon - they won't ship it to Ireland or Northern Ireland - so even Parcel Motel Address is not working :(:(:(

Try AnPost address pal, there warehouse is a mainland uk address I think.

https://addresspal.anpost.ie/

Posy

2 more presents off the list today, plus a few stocking fillers.

Well on track to be done by mid-September.

chuckles30

Lord Spence wrote: »

Try AnPost address pal, there warehouse is a mainland uk address I think.

https://addresspal.anpost.ie/

Thank you, thank you, thank you Lord Spence - that worked a treat.  I didn't realise their address was UK mainland - that is good to know.  Delivery is on it's way :-) :-) :-)

freshpopcorn

Hi!
I decided to start a thread with links to all the shops Christmas stuff.
Littlewoods.
https://www.littlewoodsireland.ie/home-garden/christmas-decorations/e/b/102379.end?numProducts=99

Brown Thomas.
https://www.brownthomas.com/search/?q=christmas&lang=default

John Lewis.
https://www.johnlewis.com/browse/christmas/baubles-tree-decorations/_/N-54yc?intcmp=cp_chr_christmastrees_labl3_middle_shopalldecs_x040918

Sundew

Cox & Cox in the UK have had their Christmas decorations available for a while. From memory they usually drop in price during Dec as they start to clear things. I saw a few bargains last year which I didn’t act upon!
https://www.coxandcox.co.uk/search/go?w=Christmas

iguana

I'm so happy with the Gorilla Gym I found. S is asking for computer parts to build his own computer from Santa and he isn't going to get a chance to build it on Christmas morning. I want him to have a nice quiet day to really take his time over building and getting to use it. And that won't be Christmas day or even the first few days after as they are just too hectic. So it's important that he has something really, really fun for Christmas morning. I have a few great toy surprises that he can play with but it's 50/50 that they would fully distract him if he really wanted to get at the computer. But the Gorilla Gym will (I believe/think/hope) wow him so much that he'll mostly forget everything else. I've gotten him the swing, trapeze bar, gymnastic rings and I'm going to go for a full yoga cocoon as well. I don't even think he knows that such a cool thing exists, so being able to do all that stuff should be the most exciting thing in the world!

jellybear

Wow, Littlewoods have some gorgeous bits and pieces!

I have most people bought for. Just have my husband, best friend and the work KK left to buy for

CheerLouth

Got another few little bits in the last few days:
- Cereal Killer spoon for my brother
- Crazy Cat Lady mug for my sister
- 1000pc jigsaw for Mr. CL - I'm hoping we can do it together in the evenings when the kids are in bed
- Cinderella & Toystory DVDs for the kiddos
- Twas the Night Before Christmas book for the kids.

I'm thinking I might do a Christmas Eve box this year. We (I) are planning on having family matching Christmas PJs so I was thinking that I'd put them in the box with some treats and the Night Before Christmas book.

Posy

Apart from a couple of vouchers I'll get nearer the time for expiry date reasons, I've officially finished all my Christmas shopping this week, including stocking fillers.

DvB

Posy wrote: »

Apart from a couple of vouchers I'll get nearer the time for expiry date reasons, I've officially finished all my Christmas shopping this week, including stocking fillers.

We're way behind this year. Have not a single thing bought, wil be waiting until October to do the bulk of it now by the looks of it. Kids havent declared or even hinted at what they want & teasing it out is proving to be futile at the moment... hope that changes soon!!

newmem

Hi Everyone


Would just like to get everyones opinion on getting gifts. Do you prefer to buy gifts from your own ideas or do you try to get people on your list to say what they would like as gifts. Personally I prefer not to know before xmas morning what I am going to receive but my OH always wants to know beforehand.


I would just like to see what way other people do this?

Loughc

newmem wrote: »

Hi Everyone


Would just like to get everyones opinion on getting gifts. Do you prefer to buy gifts from your own ideas or do you try to get people on your list to say what they would like as gifts. Personally I prefer not to know before xmas morning what I am going to receive but my OH always wants to know beforehand.


I would just like to see what way other people do this?

Yeah my OH is very much here is a list, buy from this list, where I love the idea of surprise presents. But everyone is different I suppose

freshpopcorn

newmem wrote: »

Hi Everyone


Would just like to get everyones opinion on getting gifts. Do you prefer to buy gifts from your own ideas or do you try to get people on your list to say what they would like as gifts. Personally I prefer not to know before xmas morning what I am going to receive but my OH always wants to know beforehand.


I would just like to see what way other people do this?

It really depends on the person to be honest. Some people can do surprises and others can't!

DvB

DvB wrote: »

We're way behind this year. Have not a single thing bought, wil be waiting until October to do the bulk of it now by the looks of it. Kids havent declared or even hinted at what they want & teasing it out is proving to be futile at the moment... hope that changes soon!!

Update on this. Finished the kids santa shop as of today, always a huge relief once thats done & dusted. Now its just the presents for the rest of the family (mostly cash and/or vouchers) & one another (hardest of all;)) & we're done for 2018.

To answer the question above I tend to not have a list as if I really want something I tend to just buy it so am happy with whatever herself gets me, whereas she prefers to pick exactly what she wants & I just pay for it & wrap it.

Jude13

These get delivered this weekend: https://www.amazon.com/Prextex-Christmas-Pathway-Markers-Decoration/dp/B017C1CWKU

For the walkway up to our hall door.

amber2

Jude13 wrote: »

These get delivered this weekend: https://www.amazon.com/Prextex-Christmas-Pathway-Markers-Decoration/dp/B017C1CWKU

For the walkway up to our hall door.

it says only works with 110 volts. It’s in customer questions, maybe that’s incorrect.

Edit: they look fabulous!

Jude13

Yes it does, which is the same as my outside lights. I have a voltage converter.

DvB

Jude13 wrote: »

These get delivered this weekend: https://www.amazon.com/Prextex-Christmas-Pathway-Markers-Decoration/dp/B017C1CWKU

For the walkway up to our hall door.

Brilliant! Would love a set of these, the kids would go nanas for them.

Posy

They're fantastic!!

Loughc

Yep I need these. Anyone see them or similar in Ireland send us the link!

Jude13

I may have to test them when they arrive to show you guys.....and then forget to take them down

Lord Spence

My wife picked this up today, she got the santa one but it also comes in a snowman family one. Love it...

DavyD_83

I definitely prefer to give and receive surprises.
But if you ask me what I want, and I tell you, then you better get me what I want!!

Not still working through my no-unicycle disappointment at all, I swear. I got it the next year, but not sure I'm ready to trust again yet.

I was ~30 and asked my wife for it, she thought I was joking

WittyNameForMe

Loughc wrote: »

Yep I need these. Anyone see them or similar in Ireland send us the link!

I got the multicoloured versions in Musgraves last year (mains connected), but I also remember seeing the red and white version (battery operated) in Home Store and More.

Loughc

WittyNameForMe wrote: »

I got the multicoloured versions in Musgraves last year (mains connected), but I also remember seeing the red and white version (battery operated) in Home Store and More.

Thank you, either or Mains or Batteries is fine with me!

jellybear

If you're near it, you might get them in Beech Vista garden centre just off the M50 at the Finglas exit. They've a HUGE Christmas shop. It's open all year round

CheerLouth

Lord Spence wrote: »

My wife picked this up today, she got the santa one but it also comes in a snowman family one. Love it...

Oh I love it! Where did she get it do you know?

Lord Spence

She got it in the giftworks Ennis but they have a shop in Limerick also. here is there website http://www.giftworks.ie/

They actually plug in or use batteries and they looks really nice when plugged in tested it last night.

CheerLouth

Update: my Santy in a Telefon box arrived today It's amazing! I love, love, love it!

Lord Spence

CheerLouth wrote: »

Update: my Santy in a Telefon box arrived today It's amazing! I love, love, love it!

There actually really nice when switched on aren't they, really sparkly

jellybear

I'm off sick so, I'm buying this to cheer myself up

(I'm also buying a halloween one)