Hello,
How are you doing this week? We're heading into the weekend here with plenty of fizz and sparkle. That's because the annual PG best-buy supermarket champagne guide is here.
Don't miss these bargain bottles from as low as £12, if you're quick. Lots of big medal winners this year too.
We've also had some requests for new articles and newsletter features at Golightly Gardens - well, you're in luck. Scroll down for a few fun ideas for advent calendars for grown-ups, starting with food & drink.
As always, if you'd like to see anything specific, such as Black Friday tips, Christmas decorating trends, stocking filler inspiration etc, just hit 'reply' and let me know! I'll do my best.
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And now time for some great collabs, sales and offers...
Collabs of the Week:
- Rixo x John Lewis - stunning collection arrives in time for party season, even if it's rather on the spendy side.
- Louise Thompson x La Redoute - excellent Autumn & Winter edit for home and fashion. Extra random discounts all weekend with code 'MORE' too.
Clothes & accessories:
- Nobody's Child - big sale on, mostly 50% off plus extra 20% this weekend with code 'EXTRA20'. Coats, knits, dresses and lots more.
- M&S sale - up to 50% off thousands of items around the shop, fashion, lingerie, childrenswear and more.
- Debenhams sale - up to 70% off, including winter coats and other warm clothing. Extra 5% off automatically applied to basket this weekend.
- Missoma flash sale - grab 20% everything in their whole gorgeous jewellery range until Sunday evening. Great for gifts. Discount auto applied to basket.
- H. Samuel sale - up to 60% off jewellery and watches, worth a trawl. Get extra 10% off too with code 'EXTRA10'.
- TU Clothing sale - up to 50% off hundreds of items for men, women & kids, plus 20% off lots of new season stick.
- Schuh sale - up to 50% off all kinds of boots, trainers, work shoes, party sandals etc.
- JD Sports sale - up to 50% off over 5,000 items of footwear, sportswear, fashion clothing and more.
- Uniqlo mid-season sale - various reductions, including Uniqlo U, warm jackets, barrel leg trousers and lots more.
Health & beauty:
- Cult Beauty special offers - up to 30% off sale, 20% off premium beauty including Medik8 serums, also look out for exclusive Kayali perfume gift sets from £24.
- Paula's Choice UK sale - 25% off everything weekend, including bestselling BHA exfoliants. Sign up for free membership to get lots of free gifts too.
- Facetheory now in Boots - UK science-led brand just launched, worth a look! Don't miss this week's Boots Star Gifts either - Armani, Bobbi Brown, Fenty etc better than half price.
Home, garden, department stores:
- Dunelm Autumn Event - up to 75% off Clearance, plus the new artificial Christmas trees have arrived, along with plenty of decorations.
- Fothergill's Seeds - up to 50% off packets of seeds this weekend. Good time to stock up?
Freebies, 2nd hand, offers:
- Free Cadbury multipack - check your Tesco Clubcard app, you might have a voucher for a free Cadbury Family Treatsize Chocolate Bars Multipack 223G. One million up for grabs.
- Kilo sale (2nd hand clothes) - Swipe Vintage x Shepherds Bush Kilo Sale on Sunday 1st Nov from 10.30am. Grab free entry tickets in advance. Other by-the-kilo events at Basildon, Bootle and Glasgow too.
Advent calendar ideas
Food & drink advent calendars for the grown-ups:
Bird & Blend Tea-Vent - £39.50, the cult classic with 50 taste sensation teabags is back. Also available in Matcha and No-Caffeine varieties.
Whittard Luxury Tea Advent - £29.95. They also have a very fancy Hot Chocolate one with 48 individual sachets in it.
Rise Coffee Advent - £42 for 24 sachets of different speciality coffees. Choose from ground or whole bean.
Crafty Herd Cheese Advent - £12 approx at Morrisons. Daily different nibbles of cheese, just the right size to nestle inside the fridge door. More sensibly sized than the giant posh ones. Also at Ocado & Amazon.
Lindt Pick-Your-Own Advent - £15, choose your own combo of 24 of your favourite Lindt chocolate truffle flavours. Yes, you could make it all Tiramisu truffles if you really wanted to.
Candy Kittens Advent - 24 days of gourmet sweets, and a charity donation as well. Suitable for vegans.
Jelly Belly Jumbo Advent - £18, 24 bags of jelly beans in generous bags, plus a special secret flavour hidden behind the last door.
Crispmas Snackvent calendar - £9.99. Home Bargains made you a monster-sized box, filled with 24 packets of iconic crisps.
Celebrations hot chocolate advent - £9.99, 24 sachets of different hot choc flavours, including Maltesers, Bounty and Twix drinks.
PS: I also have it on good authority that the Aldi Ballycastle flavoured cream liqueurs advent calendar, £12.99, drops in stores this weekend (mix of booze & chocs) - Sunday 25th October! There's also a Moth Cocktails inspired one called The Infusionist. Snap one up if you're quick.
Of course, if you'd prefer the official all-drinks-no-chocs Moth Cocktails Advent, it's £79 and rather special.
Boutique Gin Advent - £59.95, with 24 different gin minis from That Boutique-y Gin Company, is one of the nicest boozy calendars, at Master of Malt.
The Master of Malt own-brand spiced rum advent, £74.95, is fab too.
And a few nice non-food advent calendars:
Champneys 24 Days Of Spa - Now £34.50, lots of nice pampering goodies including sleep mask, nail file, bath soak etc.
Garden seeds calendar - £29.99 at Fothergill's. Yes, 24 different packets of flower seeds, plus pots, coir and a mini greenhouse too.
Sainsbury's seeds advent - £18, just the seeds, but includes fruit and vegetables as well as flowers.
24-day stationery advent - bright and cheerful and full of rainbows, something new every day. Also available in 12-day and mega large editions.
BIC Pens advent - £39 for loads of lovely biros, felt tips, colouring stuff and so on. For kids of all ages.
Fidget advent calendar - £12 for 24 fidget toys and pop gadgets to soothe and amuse if you're both festive and fidgety.
White Stuff sock advent - yep, 12 pairs of rather nice colourful organic cotton mix socks, currently £31.20.
Taskmaster 24-day advent - £30, try the new 2026 tasks & games and save Little Alex Horne from captivity.
Crime solver advent calendar - Wreck The Halls, £30. Play detective, solve a clue a day for 24 days, and catch the baddies before disaster strikes.
[Want a run down of the big beauty calendars too? Let me know.]
That's it from me this week. Don't forget to hit 'reply' and let me know if there's anything you'd especially like to see here in the run-up to Xmas.
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