Advent calendars go on sale tomorrow, (11/1) according to the ad I got in the mail. The usual suspects, doesn’t seem to be anything new from last year. Although they have a dog treat calendar but not a cat one.
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I think Meijer had something like that a few years ago. I got one, ate it for a week and ended up tossing the rest. It definitely needed more variety.
@raccoon81 they used to have Mediterranean or herbed gouda that was amazing (and I kept writing Aldi to get it as a standalone cheese). Its not in this year’s calendar, which is a major bummer.
@Kyeh That’s an idea, though it’s still most fun when you build a tiny little set each day. Incidentally, the boyfriend and I went to the Disney Springs LEGO store today for his birthday, and we made our own custom minifigures!
@sammydog01 I looked at that, but I think one project every day or two is a LOT. I’d feel like a failure if I fell behind. (That is ME, though, do them at your own pace and enjoy!!)
@OnionSoup This year? I haven’t seen it at any of the 5 stores I’ve visited since Wednesday. They had 12 Days of Christmas Irish Cream calendars a couple of years ago but not last year; I’m going to try to get them if they’re out again.
@OnionSoup Thanks! Around here I don’t think I’ve ever seen stuff in a store more than a week before it is scheduled. But I have seen it come in two or even three weeks late at some stores.
From now through the New Years I’m on the lookout for several things; the Irish Cream calendar, Orange Cranberry dessert bread (maybe mixed fruit dessert bread too but I have not seen that in several years), Cherry Stollen bread (already found!), the smaller stollen bites, fudge dipped peppermint cookies (already found!). At least one box of ginger cookies too. Maybe some others I can’t recall right now.
@duodec I almost never go to Aldi, but might to see if the Irish Cream advent hasn’t sold out. I love the stollen too…
Haven’t seen any in either store. We usually get too much from Lidl. Lidl has plenty of Panettone though.
Lidl is the more dangerou for me. The dark chocolate covered marzipan and the fancy nougat bars are too tempting. Not to mention the fresh bakeries there…
@OnionSoup Lidl is moot for me; there are none within hundreds of miles.
Forgot about the nougat bars; those are good too. But our #1 Christmas season goal at Aldi after the advent calendars is the special dessert breads. They have cinnamon swirl and apple strudel bread year round but the others (especially orange-cranberry) have just “showed up” for a few weeks during the season, often not being shown in the ads or the app.
Toasted and spread with Kerrygold or other premium butter… absolute heaven. Last month they had a maple strudel bread and a brown sugar bread, and at least once they had lemon blueberry. But they are so easy to miss and sell out fast.
Been to 5 stores. All of them got the large truffle calendar, the little cheap chocolate ones, the coffee calendar, the hot sauce one, and I think most of the toy and craft ones (though I haven’t seen a slime calendar). Only one store got cheese calendars (I picked up the two I needed, three left on the shelf) and only one got the Luxury Chocolate 3D calendars, which is the one we send out as gifts ahead of Christmas. So they’re still having warehouse/shipping/supply problems.
I almost bought the cider when yesterday. But I still have so much hard cider that I bought off casemates that I thought nah we’re not doing that well I’m not all of it was in case makes either
Have done them before. The wine was fun but not great, we can just open bottles we have already.
The cheese was fun and tasty. Chocolates are same as others.
Will look for the dog one maybe, but certainly not going to stand in a line.
@raccoon81 the cheese wasn’t just a bunch of varieties of cheddar?
Can’t remember where I was when saw a Cheese advent calendar once a few years ago and looked at the back.
Wisconsin Cheddar,
California Cheddar,
Cheddar from Cheddar,
Sharp Cheddar,
Mild Cheddar
With maybe Gouda one day. It was pretty pitiful, not bashing cheddar, cheddar is great, but give me some cheesy variety.
@OnionSoup sounds about right, probably half cheddar. Then a couple nasty cheeses that never could eat.
@OnionSoup @raccoon81 there was some truffle cheddar last year
@OnionSoup @raccoon81
I think Meijer had something like that a few years ago. I got one, ate it for a week and ended up tossing the rest. It definitely needed more variety.
@raccoon81 they used to have Mediterranean or herbed gouda that was amazing (and I kept writing Aldi to get it as a standalone cheese). Its not in this year’s calendar, which is a major bummer.
Oh, the puzzle one looks fun, and the slime one to upset some friends by giving it to their child.
I was in Target yesterday and they had dog and cat Advent calendars.
Lego Advent Calendars are out:
https://www.lego.com/en-us/holiday-gifts/advent-calendars
@Kyeh I wanna do one of these so bad, but just can’t justify the cost!
@PooltoyWolf Awww … put it on your Christmas list? Of course it wouldn’t be a true Advent calendar then, but still fun?
@Kyeh That’s an idea, though it’s still most fun when you build a tiny little set each day. Incidentally, the boyfriend and I went to the Disney Springs LEGO store today for his birthday, and we made our own custom minifigures!
@PooltoyWolf
Made to look like yourselves?
@Kyeh His is based on Roxanne Wolf from Five Nights at Freddy’s, and I did a Detroit Diesel mechanic. XD
I went by at lunch time today. My location still was well stocked at that time.
Got Puzzle advent for mom
Slime advent for friends kid
coffee advent for mother in law
dog treat advent for wife… I mean dogs.
Costco had some beer and wine calendars last week if I recall correctly.
I’m doing the Woobles advent calendar this year. It’s got 15 little crochet projects in there. I hope they’re easy.
@sammydog01 I looked at that, but I think one project every day or two is a LOT. I’d feel like a failure if I fell behind. (That is ME, though, do them at your own pace and enjoy!!)
@kostia I think it’s one large project and 13 tiny ones plus a hook and accessories like pins. So hopefully I can keep up.
I saw an Irish Cream advent calendar at Aldi this piqued my curiosity. Unfortunately I couldn’t see a price so I didn’t buy it.
@OnionSoup This year? I haven’t seen it at any of the 5 stores I’ve visited since Wednesday. They had 12 Days of Christmas Irish Cream calendars a couple of years ago but not last year; I’m going to try to get them if they’re out again.
@duodec @OnionSoup USA Today had this list:
@duodec yes it was this year… it was this week. I’m 99% sure it was Aldi… But I did go to Lidl the same day, but fairly sure I didn’t see it at Lidl.
@OnionSoup Thanks! Around here I don’t think I’ve ever seen stuff in a store more than a week before it is scheduled. But I have seen it come in two or even three weeks late at some stores.
From now through the New Years I’m on the lookout for several things; the Irish Cream calendar, Orange Cranberry dessert bread (maybe mixed fruit dessert bread too but I have not seen that in several years), Cherry Stollen bread (already found!), the smaller stollen bites, fudge dipped peppermint cookies (already found!). At least one box of ginger cookies too. Maybe some others I can’t recall right now.
Christmas is such a dangerous time of year
@duodec I almost never go to Aldi, but might to see if the Irish Cream advent hasn’t sold out. I love the stollen too…
Haven’t seen any in either store. We usually get too much from Lidl. Lidl has plenty of Panettone though.
Lidl is the more dangerou for me. The dark chocolate covered marzipan and the fancy nougat bars are too tempting. Not to mention the fresh bakeries there…
@OnionSoup Lidl is moot for me; there are none within hundreds of miles.
Forgot about the nougat bars; those are good too. But our #1 Christmas season goal at Aldi after the advent calendars is the special dessert breads. They have cinnamon swirl and apple strudel bread year round but the others (especially orange-cranberry) have just “showed up” for a few weeks during the season, often not being shown in the ads or the app.
Toasted and spread with Kerrygold or other premium butter… absolute heaven. Last month they had a maple strudel bread and a brown sugar bread, and at least once they had lemon blueberry. But they are so easy to miss and sell out fast.
Been to 5 stores. All of them got the large truffle calendar, the little cheap chocolate ones, the coffee calendar, the hot sauce one, and I think most of the toy and craft ones (though I haven’t seen a slime calendar). Only one store got cheese calendars (I picked up the two I needed, three left on the shelf) and only one got the Luxury Chocolate 3D calendars, which is the one we send out as gifts ahead of Christmas. So they’re still having warehouse/shipping/supply problems.
I almost bought the cider when yesterday. But I still have so much hard cider that I bought off casemates that I thought nah we’re not doing that well I’m not all of it was in case makes either