My monthly Five under £5 posts are published on the 5th of each month, so I hope you will forgive me if the 5th January one went unpublished. Like most of you, I was still in semi-hibernation mode at the start of the year and after Christmas, buying small items was not on my radar!
Back with a bang this month though as I finally found a HEMA store to raid, after hearing so many good things about it. The Dutch discount shop has opened in Birmingham New Street station and I had a quick look when I was passing through for work a few weeks ago.
I’m planning a party for my (cough) 40th next month on a Club Tropicana theme, so stocked up on some decorations like these paper cocktail umbrellas, which were 25 for £1.
I also bought a packet of really cool cardboard snack holders in lots of different animal designs. You can see the green bear pictured but there are is also a rabbit, pig, monkey and lots more in a pack, I think they were £1 for 10. Brilliant for popcorn on movie nights at home.
Staying in Hema (I know, but it’s so good!) I bought these heart hair clips for my daughter, Flo. At £3 they were a bargain and she loves them. More importantly, they actually stay in her hair so a winner all round.
I’m cheating slightly with the next item as this Korres moisturising set was £7, but split it up and it’s £3.50 each so I’m letting it stay. I absolutely love this brand, it was introduced to me by Vicki at Let’s Talk Beauty blog and it’s still my favourite. I found this Wild Rose set in the sale in John Lewis last week.
I have to mention the chocolate, as it tastes so good and is a real treat. It was sent to me by the lovely people at Goupie as it’s vegan-friendly and I think they must have noticed I was doing ‘Veganuary’ and am a bit of a chocoholic. It has a rich, dark taste which s perfect with coffee. I even took some to work the other day and it was given the thumbs up by everyone. A total hit, and it’s only £4 a box.
So there you are, my five under a fiver for February. Have you found any bargains this month?
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x Julia
8 Comments
RachelSwirl
February 6, 2017 at 1:30 amOoo thorntons all the way for me here.
Claire - Life, Love and Dirty Dishes
February 6, 2017 at 9:41 amThose snack holders look really cute. Don’t have a Hema store anywhere near me to browse 🙁 #Fiveunder5
Mary Smith
February 6, 2017 at 1:51 pmLovely things and what a great idea for a party theme! My kids love umbrellas in their drinks haha I might grab some and have a mocktail night with them soon. I keep forgetting how great Hema is, those clips are lovely x #fiveunder5
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Tracey Williams
February 6, 2017 at 9:36 pmFab theme for your 40th Julia, enjoy all the planning. I discovered HEMA at Birmingham back in November and what a fab store it is. We just need more of them around the country, as I could literally spend hours in there. The chocolate looks lovely. One of my best friends is vegan so I will let her know about it #fiveunder5 x
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Notmyyearoff
February 7, 2017 at 12:10 pmI’ve never heard of Hema before but I might have a bit of a nosey. Those hair clips are just so cute, definitely a very good find!
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Sarah Christie
February 7, 2017 at 11:20 pmThose chocolates look so good and I love Hema its full of mazing props isnt it? I was in my element when I discovered it a few months ago x
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Hayley @hayleyfromhome
February 9, 2017 at 2:17 pmI’m so jealous you got to go in Hema! I am dying to go in one, I wish they’d open one round here. All their things look so cute. I love Korres skincare too, it’s so good considering it isn’t very expensive and always smells amazing, a nice little treat 🙂 xx
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Angela Webster
February 9, 2017 at 6:25 pmI’ve heard good things about Hema I really hope we get one local to us soon so I can raid it. The chocolate sounds delicious, I’m not supposed to have too much of the milky kind so I’m always on the lookout for a dark alternative.
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