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Finished Baskets - Part 2
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Gorgeous basket of gardening goodies, can I please ask where you got the scarecrow, he is fab
Hi rainmac, thank you! He came from a little garden centre at the end of the summer when they were selling off all the gardening goodies, think he was about £2.50. I've just googled the garden centre to see if there are any other around the country but it seems to be a one off. I'm in the south west...
I did find this one on ebay tho..! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Scarecrow-ornament-toy_W0QQitemZ280290096114QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item280290096114&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A13180 -
Will try again just posted the wrong description with one and had to delete it...lol think its getting late.
Basket for sons g/f contains:
2 glasses split form set £6
2 mini wines from the above sets also
another mini wine £1.25
Various Spa Bath goodies £1.25 Superdrug sale
Oil burner & t-lights 99p AuNaturel
2 bath bombs 34p
small hand towel 99p HB
mini chocs 49p HB
2 flannels 58p
2 scrunchies part of Spa set
2 face masks 76p
total cost £14.05recent wins-3 x anchor, a bag of skittles, 50 spud shillings, A tassimo mug :T0 -
wow - some fab additions to the hampers thread - well done everyone... Good job its not a competition as we'd be spoilt for choice for first prize!!!!Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/250 -
For anyone doing christmas foodie hampers, I made this chutney and it is GORGEOUS wish I had made more now!
http://happyfrugalchristmas.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-chutney-recipe.htmlRemember to always be yourself-unless you suck. Joss Whedon0 -
Where is the best place to ask for suggestions for hamper contents for particular people? I don't want to start up a new thread and clutter up the board!0
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Same one, just 2 different angles. Not including basket or cellophane, shaving foam 20p, body washing scrunchie things 75p, shower gels, £4, deoderant £1ish
Mug £1.50, half a box of heros £1, candy cane (box of 15 so about 7p each)
If my typing is pants or I seem partcuarly blunt, please excuse me, it physically hurts to type. :wall: If I seem a bit random and don't make a lot of sense, it may have something to do with the voice recognition software that I'm using!0 -
Thanks for all the pictures and descriptions: savingholmes, (those eyes! :rotfl:) TinyPablo, bunbun2 (great price! :cool2: ), 3tabbycats (how cute is that scarecrow? ), rinroo (love that caravan
), hels102, mary43, Bluefire (don't know where the pic's gone, but it looked great when I spotted it yesterday 
), bravobeastie, foxxymynx, and tab1967
They all look (and sound
) lovely :T Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. ~ Sir Walter Scott0 -
bravobeastie wrote: »Hi guys, well after a few months of getting bits and pieces for my dads whiskey hamper, its finally ready to be wrapped ...
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You forgot the Alka Seltzers Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. ~ Sir Walter Scott0 -
wow everyones been so busy
brill hampers everyone (cant remember all the names to list individually:o )
i must crack on with more of mine0
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