Birthday Cards and Wrapping Paper

kitty88uk I usually pop into town at least once a week. We still have a quite few shops left which I go to, do miss Wilkinson.

eyeballkerry yeah there’s no Wilko anymore here in Leeds, need to pop into Poundland see what they have, there’s many designs not even nice and pricey too!

kitty88uk Our Wilkinsons has been replaced with a B&M. I go in there but it’s not the same. It will take a while to get used to.

eyeballkerry is that so, I like b&m it’s really busy but the one is far away by car takes maybe 20 minutes not sure lol if there was a store in town centre would have been good where Wilko used to be

How is it not the same? They offer more items don’t they? Like foods etc way more than Wilko did

kitty88uk I think we just got so used to Wilkinsons with the layout and products, even got to know the staff. B&M has a lot more aisles which are slimmer and higher, felt very claustrophobic. We know go early on Sunday morning before 9am when no one is around and other shops do not open until 9am.

eyeballkerry is that so that’s nice getting to know the staff members too

Oh is that so, I didn’t know that they open early

Last time went there think 2 or 3 years ago lol we used to go to Morrisons as it was just across the street and would pop into b&m see what they have as some of the items were cheaper in there

Auntielettie ah yes I always throw them away to recycle cause it’s very bulky I didn’t think to reuse them lol id have to flatten out the paper first in order to use it but that’s a good idea thanks!!

That’s nice of you to do that, what pictures lol what do you draw? Putting a bow sounds easiest haha

kitty88uk I draw balloons mostly because I am no Van Gogh

Auntielettie haha I’m the same I’m not so artistic whatsoever lol and I’m not that creative at making or sewing things!!

Jerseydrew reusing gift bags is a good idea for gifts and wrap them in tissue paper lol

Yeah there’s an Xmas long vertical bag for wines I’ve kept it to reuse it when it’s the season again this year

kitty88uk when I've had to buy a gift bag I purposely don't write on the label so the recipient can reuse it.

Jerseydrew yeah that’s good! And nice of you to do that!! Yeah the gift bags with on them that we get are not written either so I reuse them too when we get them lol and if I see the wrapping paper has a nice design I carefully open them lol

kitty88uk my partners gran used to reuse wrapping paper if she liked it.

Jerseydrew Yeah nothing wrong with reusing wrapping paper is there’s a good designs on them lol helps you save money and if you are careful enough when unwrapping gifts

Jerseydrew Yeah we do to! These gift bags costs a lot of money! I had a look at birthday cards at M&S and knew would be pricey! One card costs £2.50 or more! Damn ridiculous! Forgot to go to card factory, Sunday was so hot only went to town to get free boxes of glazed donuts from Krispy Kreme lol

Pjran nah won’t be using them they are always over priced! But it is nice to personalise a card with a photo and their name

What’s the cost of one card?

Pjran omg they cost that much for one card?!! And postage costs too pfft expensive!! Think of the many foods you can buy at that price! Lol ah well if you can afford it.. in the end the cards get thrown away or recycled

Pjran had a look knowing cards at M&S are pricey! One costs £2.50! Or more pfft not worth it forgot to go to card factory it was so hot on Sunday only went out to get free boxes of glazed donuts from Krispy Kreme lol so delicious

kitty88uk I remember M&S selling cards for just a £1. They had obviously sold out at your branch.

Pjran yeah I remember that price too most places sold cards at that price or 50p or something like that

What do you mean sold out?

Most items clothes or foods all prices have gone up and don’t see as much sales in M&S anymore it’s a huge shop in Leeds town centre

kitty88uk maybe the cheaper cards had all sold and the shop didn’t have any new stock to replace them.

Pjran I dunno I had a quick look and didn’t look at all of the card they had there

I think the local shop up the road may sell cards too as they sell toiletries too but I don’t buy them cause it’s not worth it very expensive whereas other supermarkets much cheaper with reduced prices on items or using nectar card saving money. I mostly buy skincare items from Superdrug as they always have sales offers

Jackscot Yeah card factory is the better choice to buy birthday cards or for any occasion I bought 5 for £1 many years ago have not been in there much, last time I went to have a look didn’t see the offer may go back there again

Jackscot Okay yeah it’s possible it’s changed to that now in the shop here in Leeds thanks for letting me know. It’s still a good price of four cards for £1!

Other items of gifts too expensive to buy! I buy online where there are sales or even have a look at supermarkets too as they always have reduced items

Jackscot so you shop there a lot? I remember when I first saw the shop opening and thought it’s a much better place than Clinton’s lol yeah it was nice place to shop and they had the Me To You bear but they were really expensive cards and gifts no wonder they closed down lol

Jackscot I see yeah they do reasonable and affordable prices for cards and gifts for any occasion. Will need to go and have a good look around and see what there is! Have a friend whose birthday is soon but man the heatwave is annoying lol I forgot to go last Sunday while I was in town

janphoenix51 wow so many pretty cards for every occasion!! The Doctor Who one is pricey! Lol very nice the girl one! I actually went to the Card Factory yesterday in town lots of cards to choose from but I saw some at 99p and then saw 29p ones! So got one for a friend wi to a cute teddy bear and a cake either that or butterfly lol and it’s four for £1 saving 16p!

kitty88uk ....A lot of my cards are from a warehouse where Clinton's Cards, Tatty Ted ( Me to You) cards are, Mark who's son Will now runs the shop goes to the warehouse & sells the cards on 50% or more cheaper..

janphoenix51 wow 50% more cheaper! That’s great for customers! Saving so much money!! Me to you ones so pricey! I remember seeing the toys in Clinton’s very expensive but one year I saw there was a sale can’t remember must have been half price I got a Tatty Teddy with a Rudolph the reindeer still put it out when it’s Xmas haha to decorate my room eek

janphoenix51 amazing thanks for sharing photos! Wow 10p extremely cheap price!! Just love seeing so many colourful card designs!!

kitty88uk ...

I have had some absolutely amazing cards from Ron's Card Shop in Sheffield over the years..

My oldest Nephew Damian was born on July 4th to my oldest sister...

22 years later my youngest Nephew Logan was born on July 4th to my youngest sister!!

I found a square 3D Birthday card with the typical American scene including the yellow taxi & statue of Liberty..

That beautiful card was something else & cost me a mere 50p, I sent it to Damian who absolutely LOVED it

Logan was only young & wouldn't appreciate it.

Remember those Violent Veg cards, I was buying them at 50p then 25p ..All around Sheffield they were selling between £1.55 & 1.95...

I had loads, gave them to family & friends in Sheffield, Portadown Northern Ireland & Lancashire..

Still got loads left in my 4 drawer card collection !

janphoenix51 so you mean the what looks to me is a potato with eyes in football clothes? Haha cute and funny holing beers wow at 25p!!

LL81 I haven’t been to B&M in a long time we don’t have one nearby closest shop is near Morrisons and both is at an area which is maybe 20 minutes or more away depending on traffic

I went to the card factory on Sunday bought a nice design with a and costs just 29p!! Or four for £1 saving 16p

LL81 Was busy looking at cards that I forgot to look at wrapping paper wanted to see how much one roll of them how much it costs

kitty88uk that’s a shame hope you managed to find some wrapping paper somewhere. The store near me isn’t a big store so doesn’t have the full range but they try extra hard to stack high and everywhere

LL81 I know lol completely forgot I was with shopping buying items then saw card factory and went there trying to find the 4 for £1, found the 99p ones and then saw the 29p ones and just bought one card

I have some wrapping paper but the are Xmas themed ones lol

One I went to was kinda big store inside a small shopping centre and there’s another shop just outside nearby