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rubylady Wed 07-Dec-16 02:56:51

I have bought my son a pair of astro binoculars for star gazing. I don't know if he'll like them, but he said it gets pitch black where he is and he has always been interesting in space so I'll see how they go down.

Has anyone else bought any unusual presents that they don't know how they are going to be received? smile

Elegran Wed 07-Dec-16 20:59:09

but they may still come from outside the UK. I ordered some fiddle cubes from Amazon and discovered they had been dispatched from China - to reach me by January 9th.

Auntieflo Wed 07-Dec-16 23:24:41

I looked up the Illumibowls on Amazon, found the sterling price, plus postage. Thought I might order three together which would mean only one lot of postage, but the price came up as 3 x illumibowls, plus 3 x postage costs. Cheek, so I didn't bother.

Lewlew Thu 08-Dec-16 12:02:32

Nononononono! You can get them now smile

You can buy them on Amazon UK and they come next day if you have Prime. But says before Christmas. There are several vendors. This one provides the batteries.

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01KTF6K68/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&th=1

Ana Thu 08-Dec-16 12:07:30

Interesting that under 'freuently bought together' Amazon have listed Vitamin tablets....why???

Lewlew Thu 08-Dec-16 12:08:25

Meant to say... the ones at the link I put up are fulfilled by Amazon, so they are 'here' in a 'regional' warehouse'. I got three lots of two and if I did not have prime, would have only had one delivery charge.

Lewlew Thu 08-Dec-16 12:11:50

Ana I don't know why, but do think that sometimes people browse stuff and then end up looking at something else so they 'promote' what is a typical browse of a number of customers. It is odd, and sometimes I think it makes mistakes (sometimes humorous) when it's not a true companion item. hmm

boheminan Thu 08-Dec-16 12:15:11

I think I am to be the grateful receiver of a slab of extra strong cheddar cheese for Christmas (it's the sort that 'bites yer back') and will go down well with that other present - a jar of home made apple chutney - and of course not forgetting the large bottle of scrumpy from dear friend in Somerset. Roll on 25th grin

shysal Thu 08-Dec-16 12:37:43

One year I bought a few bars of dark chocolate with a hint of Marmite, which tasted remarkably good! I see they are no longer available, but you can now buy a bar in the shape of a Marmite jar. I shall get a few as stocking fillers.

shysal Thu 08-Dec-16 12:46:12

I take that back, they are £8 each! Instead I have ordered 5 sticks of Marmite rock for £3.95 as joke presents. Sounds revolting!
Marmite rock

Yorkshiregel Thu 08-Dec-16 15:08:08

rubylady. I wonder if your son would like this website which I use often, it is quite safe, and very informative:

[email protected]

No fees to pay but sometimes has intresting shots of the planets at different times of the year etc etc.

Yorkshiregel Thu 08-Dec-16 15:13:32

My OH got me a tea service for an engagement present and a vacuum cleaner for my wedding present! I should have called it off right there and then, but we have been together for half a century now.

Lewlew Thu 08-Dec-16 16:46:17

OMG... my toilet lights arrived! It's like 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. All that is missing is music! grin

If you leave your bathroom door open (we do as there is no window and I hate that closed bathroom smell), and it's in a high traffic area, position it round the side of the bowl away from the door so it doesn't trigger when passing the entrance.

I love it... and am so grateful to have found this idea. It's cute but very very useful for late night loo-users. Can't wait to see DGD... hope it encourages potty training and can be used on her training seat later.