Boots Grabbit Bargains Part 46 - Post your finds here

jazzteddy

Shortie wrote: »

'Scuse my ignorance - what are Pinkies and Blueys? :rotfl:

Pinkies...the pink and white £5 off No7/ Ruby and Millie Vouchers given out in boots when you spend a certain amount.

Blueys...the blue and white £2 off hair care/ Bourjois vouchers given out in boots when you spend a certain amount.

Pinkies were very popular, but not in use right now..but will almost certainly be given out in the future.

Blueys were being given out before xmas and are still valid till 30/12.

HTH

minimoneyme

Shortie wrote: »

'Scuse my ignorance - what are Pinkies and Blueys? :rotfl:

Wonderful little slips of coloured paper that can be exchanged for all sorts of goodies, :rotfl:
seriously - vouchers that you get when you spend (usually) £5.
Comes in different flavours - the best is the pinkie which gives you £5 of No.7
recent blueys have included £5 off premium skincare, £2 off Bourjois/Maybeline and £2 off selected haircare.
The next one might be money off digital photo processing after that we all hope it is the pinkie with £5 off No. 7. They usually are valid for 4 weeks, but tills often run out or are no longer given out about a week and half befor they run out. hth

minimoneyme

alexandrite wrote: »

Good Evening All,

Like many others I have been locked out of my Boots.com basket with the Generic Error Page (very annoying).:mad:

How can I get back in?

Thanks.

Log out. then do you shop as a guest, and at the end put in your details.
Or I think this might work, but I haven't really tested it properly - add what you want to your favourites list then try adding them to your basket - I seemed to be able to get in that way.
Or if all else fails try this - log out. give up and have a drink :rotfl:

geordie_lass_2

SandraScarlett wrote: »

Originally Posted by dotchas
thanks for the info (also rmac for info re Fort Kinnaird)
Which one is the Make It Big set,whats in it?
I tried Craigleith ,Straiton and the Gyle and no S&G sets to be seen.I did get a Fish hair gel/body wash gift set

Pray - do tell - what is Fish Hair Gel????

It's for doing your mullet :rotfl:

FloFlo

pinkdiamond wrote: »

i get a lot of migraines and i got a great reusable gel pack from my local pharmacist. it comes with a sleeve with elastic attached and adjustable velcro. you can wrap it round your limb or in my case your head!!! it was £4.99 and is sooooooo soothing when you have a bad headache. do you want me to tell you the brand name, if so PM me. maybe your pharmacist could order them in for you -- or boots!!! it's just that i found those disposable ones expensive, and they dont stay cool for long x

I just read your post my bother is suffering terribly with migraine at the moment, would it possible for you to let me know the brand name. Thank you.

minimoneyme

Melgirl wrote: »

Glad you found it Sandra, what did you think of it? Do I need to leave work early tomorrow to make a special trip there??

Re Beckton - I also headed out there today - Felt like giving a shout out for "SANDRA SCARLETT" !!!
It closes at 7pm (tills - the doors a bit earlier) Mon - Fri 6pm Sat - Sun
Lots of sanctuary minis @ 50p, lots of full size sanctuary £2.50
Shelves of Botanics skinscare stuff and make up
No.7 lippies £1
No. 7 lmtd edition Sunkiss eye and bronzer (blue compact) £1.50
No.7 Black and pink bag with lippies on (old GWP?) + items £2.50
Damask rose range £2-£3
Rimmel single +duo eye shadows 75p
Lots of the mediteranian range 75p
Country living Hamper £19.
lots of kid clothes
Trevor Sorbie hairbrushes £4
and a cuddly toy - not really :rotfl:
So, blown all my points now , will have to use real money if there is anything left in the 75% sales

Angie100

minimoneyme wrote: »

Re Beckton - I also headed out there today - Felt like giving a shout out for "SANDRA SCARLETT" !!!
It closes at 7pm (tills - the doors a bit earlier) Mon - Fri 6pm Sat - Sun
Lots of sanctuary minis @ 50p, lots of full size sanctuary £2.50
Shelves of Botanics skinscare stuff and make up
No.7 lippies £1
No. 7 lmtd edition Sunkiss eye and bronzer (blue compact) £1.50
No.7 Black and pink bag with lippies on (old GWP?) + items £2.50
Damask rose range £2-£3
Rimmel single +duo eye shadows 75p
Lots of the mediteranian range 75p
Country living Hamper £19.
lots of kid clothes
Trevor Sorbie hairbrushes £4
and a cuddly toy - not really :rotfl:
So, blown all my points now , will have to use real money if there is anything left in the 75% sales

Wow how lucky you are to have this close to you - I wish they would open one near where I live. What brilliant prices, i'm not surprised you spent all your points there today!!!!:D

heatherks

FloFlo wrote: »

I just read your post my bother is suffering terribly with migraine at the moment, would it possible for you to let me know the brand name. Thank you.

Kool ‘n’ Soothe Migraine Soft Gel Strips

dont know if these are the same ones noticed them the other day when i bough cool strips for kids for my daughter (when she had high temp )

*speed-queen*

jazzteddy wrote: »

Well speed queen, I checked the online delivery tracking thing and my order said it was being "sorted", at droitwich spa!
I checked another order and yet again...it was at the same place.
It made me laugh, thinking that all the little boots parcels might be pampering themselves at a spa, :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
whilst we are all wondering if we will get them or not.
Obviously I knew they weren't really doing that. Hence my post.

I have no idea where droitwich is, can you enlighten us, please.:)

A BIT OFF TOPIC BUT......

Apparenly all your parcels are coming from my home town, so heres some info!

Droitwich Spa, is located in the west midlands, in the county of worcestershire!

It is five miles from Worcester and approximately 23 miles from Birmingham

It currently has a population of around 25,000

The town is situated on massive deposits of salt, and salt has been extracted there since ancient times. The natural Droitwich brine contains 2 1/2 lb of salt per gallon - ten times stronger than sea water and only rivalled by the Dead Sea.

The saline springs, or ‘wyches’, of Droitwich have been used since Roman times and are mentioned in the Domesday Book. Their medicinal properties were realized in 1830, during a cholera epidemic. ( this is the spa bit)

Basically underneath Droitwich was alot of salt, which was mined and saline springs which were pumped by the romans. The only remnants of that now, is the Brine Baths which uses salt from under droitwich, it is more like the spa you were thinking of, its really odd because you cant help floating because of all the salt, very nice place actually, you can get facials massages etc ( which ironically closed a couple of weeks ago in the interest of health and safety! huge amounts of mould is what i heard!)

Oh and also because it was all pumped out, our high street is SUPER higgldy piggldy cos its sinking

Droitwich is full of cobble stones and black and white buildings, famous people that are from droitwich ar Ashley Giles ( crickiter) and Rick Mayall (comedian)

Im guessing the boots packing stuff is on one of the industrial estates on the outskirts, cos our boots is ridiculously small!

Thats about it really, very small place, lots of hairdressers and a nice waitrose, but thats about it really!

here is an informative, yet very funny video about Droitwich ( really worth a watch )

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XP7EikeD11g

glad i could be of help to you all,

still confuses me a great deal though, why little old droitwich,

and why cant i get any boots things i want if they are all 2 yards down the road!

Oh yeah just to add, we got MAJORLY flooded in the summer of 07, so half the high street is boarded up, loverly aint it!

Oh Yeah again, did any of you see Charlie Green on britains got talent... singing kid... kinds swing big band style...

well he's from droitwich, he turnes on our rather poor christmas lights this year!

Oh yeah again again... Droitwich is said on TV more than you wouild think, generally when a comedian is trying to think of a really obscure place.... Droitwich has been mentioned by Noel Fielding and Johnny Vaughan, and i doubt either of them have ever been to or seen droitwich!

xXx

*speed-queen*

NOOOOO

typical, I had the Jelly Belly Bean Man in my basket before i wrote the droitwich info..

go back to buy him, hes sold out

oooh, im so frustrated
all i want is as much cheap jelly bean stuff as possible for my OH

and i cant get any, ( except a very kind offer from ScorpioKitty)

thought i could get him the jelly bean man as an extra

but no... i cant get that either

grrrr

xXx