From my last post about the Home Discount Show, I actually managed to get there today… I actually tried to get there on Friday to meet the other half who was already in Earls Court 2 at the Wedding Show but when I got there, the Home Discount Show had finished for the day.

Anyway, this morning, we headed off rather early, found some parking on the nearby streets and headed in. There were people in the street giving away free entry tickets to the show anyway.

Heading in, the first thing I noticed was that the whole hall wasn’t utilised up.. there were stalls around the outside and furniture in the middle.. I did want to buy a coffee table so if there was a good one, I would have got one.

The first thing I bought were some heat pads… these things were gel filled pads with a little circular disc floating inside. When you pressed the disc, a chemical reaction forms solidifying the gel and creating heat upto 54%.. good if you’re in a cold place and need instant heat to keep warm. The heat pads are reusable and you can ‘charge’ them up again by boiling the bags in hot water until the gel returns to liquid form again to be reused.

I got two large shoulder ones for £40 which included two smaller ones which the lady said she would throw in for free. I’ve just checked to find that I can actually get each shoulder one for £16 and the smaller ones for £6 online.. the total cost online would have been £44 so I only really saved £4.

However, I think I did get a good deal on some bedding.. for £60 I got two sets of each duvet covers + 2 pilows, flat sheet and fitted sheet which were Egyptian cotton.

In all, it was good that it was free. I did feel the bedding was great as I don’t have enough at home and I think I saved a bargain. The rest of the stuff wasn’t so great but I wasn’t there in mind for anything particular (except for a coffee table which I was unable to locate). Still, it’s always best to get there on the final day as people want to get rid of stock.

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