It is easy to see why parents go so mad for the Aldi wooden toy event which hits the supermarket around this time every year in time for Christmas . The products are so much cheaper than its competitors, and they are also incredibly cute. This year's selection topped that of previous years.
One of the things that I think parents love so much about the wooden toy event is the selection of role play food and furniture. There is a little bit of an element of living through your child by buying them mini toy versions of Colin the Caterpillar as well as miniature versions of Aldi food. READ MORE: Tesco shoppers unhappy with major change in stores READ MORE: B&M's Cadbury Chocolate Selection box is back - and it's even bigger this Christmas Aldi doesn't restock its Special Buy items, so the stock that they have on that Thursday morning is the only stock that they will get.
This means that for people who desperately want something, it is worth there while heading there for opening to make sure they don't miss out. I decided to go to the event for opening on Thursday morning, and got to my local Aldi store at abour 7.40am.
When I arrived, there was only around eight people queued up outside at the time, but that quickly went up, and I joined the queue with about 15 people, and around eight trolleys ahead of me. I'd heard rumours about previous years where stores only had two or three wooden kitchens, so even though it wasn't on my list, I knew I wouldn't be in with a chance. At this .
