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The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

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  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    edited 14 April 2009 at 4:22PM
    BLUis wrote: »
    OIC = Oh, I see. - sorry!

    Although sometimes I wonder what your anacronyms are! lol :rotfl:

    OIC here is Orkney Islands Council - hence my confusion

    Unix sorry you are a bit flat today - your lovely star drops in place now and bathroom/kitchen sparkle central - wondering what my mrsmop did do when I was away cos - spring cleaning certainly HASNT happenned

    Good effort on the soup making but .......Nettle soup - I know its free and green but bluegh - tried it once was like eating soup made of grass - and knowing how much we all have to mow - who wants to eat soup tasting of that COS if it WAS tasty SURELY someone would have made a fortune by now. Turkey cooked, stripped and now in boxes ready for freezer :) stock being made now.

    Rice - I know - BUT you should see the pasta - tis 3 x as much - I blame the fresh air - we eat about 1kg rice a week - so timesed that by 26 - 13kg rice :) pasta well lets not talk about how much of that I bought - I heard that there was soon to be a pasta shortage....ahem

    DS and I just hunted for slugs - 8 only - I am suspicious - I do just pick them off - but you do really have to lift up pots, trays etc and do it every couple days - hens mucho impressed.

    I just went to the shop for some nice coffee:rotfl:didn't take very long about 3 seconds :):rotfl:

    Grass still doesnt need cut - advantages to living in the frozen north I guess;)

    I am making the most of my semi-non-kinda work day today as the rest of my week is bonkers and I am presenting my work to an international party next week :eek:
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    OliveOyl wrote: »
    I love the way you have so many matching labels :D (Sainsburys basics isn't it? :rotfl:)

    I shared my love through all the supermarkets so we have sainsbugs basics, adsa smart price and tesco value range they all look very oddly similar :) but as a couple of folk said had my eyes peeled and lots of the other stuff was as cheap if not cheaper non basics range.

    Unix- thanks for the poundland tip got sugar and a couple other bits and the microfibre cloths have just had a good workout :)
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • hampsterpoo
    hampsterpoo Posts: 833 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    fayjmck wrote: »
    ......... I am presenting my work to an international party next week :eek:

    avez-vous stripey chaussettes sp!ciales pour l'occasion ?
    Ahora que ser!a un verdadero impresionante !!
    ;) Member of change Pip's name back to PIP club ;)

    :jI've only blooming got my name on it :j
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    unixgirluk wrote: »
    Angelflower, I gave Fay the Stardrops. I got them in Semi-Chem.


    Hiya Sainsbugs had bigger bottles too - I got one for SIL - 75p/ltr I think? Not sure its that cheap though - Uni would know better - asda and tescos didn't have them that I saw:confused: but there was a space for them in Asda
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    hampsterpoo wrote: »
    avez-vous stripey chaussettes sp!ciales pour l'occasion ?
    Ahora que ser!a un verdadero impresionante !!


    But of course probably about ten pairs and I will still be wobbling in my boots.

    Seemingly its good CPD - pah (core personal development):D
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Good luck for the presentation next week Fay I'm sure you'll do brilliant. As for your cleaner, has she cleaned at all whilst you've been away?

    Working my notice so to speak. My boss thinks I'm nuts with a capital N. Funnily enough I never knew I was THAT funny! :confused: He didn't stop laughing.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • mogchops
    mogchops Posts: 1,548 Forumite
    Fay - one more question - sorry to be a pain hijacking your thread:o I dont have any chickens....so what is the best thing to do with them when have collected a load of live slugs please??!!!
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    mogchops wrote: »
    Fay - one more question - sorry to be a pain hijacking your thread:o I dont have any chickens....so what is the best thing to do with them when have collected a load of live slugs please??!!!

    If you are feelilng humane then fling them somewhere like over the garden wall, into a hedge, or rocket launch them over the lawn so the birdies can find them - we use to tip them on the bird table too - but otherwise you can flush them down the loo - if feeling squeemish collect them in a tissue or wrap them in loo roll - the sewage works will deal with them there.

    If in-human I drown them or cut them in half - leave them on the lawn to be eaten by birdies, flush them down the loo or put them in the bin.

    Tip - if you put them in the bin alive they will sluggify themselves out and escape.:eek:
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    The revenge of the stripey slug - i like it :)
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • hampsterpoo
    hampsterpoo Posts: 833 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Just checked and I must have posh slugs cause all the ones in my garden have their own caravans
    ;) Member of change Pip's name back to PIP club ;)

    :jI've only blooming got my name on it :j
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