The Milton Keynes Money Savers Thread - Mark 2

traciemk

im looking for wedding dress hire shops in milton keynes?
Does anyone know where they are please?

went to vanilla bridal (newport pagnell) but there dresses range form £525- £2,000.

as im on a tight budget i was hoping to get cheaper wedding dress or evan hiring a wedding dress.

but cant find any bridal shops which HIRE?

while i was over newport pagnell as well last night i notice a shop a few shops down from vanilla bridal think it was called (THE DRESS AGENCY)
but cant find phone number in yellow pages.................

can anyone please help me?

ive tryed wedding dresses from bhs(but even the size 18 is comming up tight) think there dresses are comming up small.

Gerradene

Hello

i am planning to do a carboot sale in a couple of weeks - the one at the bowl. Has anyone ever done one?
Has anyone got any tips for a first timer?

all advice greatfully recieved

G x

jockettuk

$17mma wrote:

Costco is over in Kingston, which if I am correct is the East MK it is near junction 13 from Ikea you will have to take the v7 to coffeehall roundabout and take a right onto H8 Standing Way keep gonig straight until you reach Brinklow roundabout where the H8 meets the V11, you should see Mc Donalds and others. Costco is past Victoria BMW and near to VW showroom.

V11 H8 lol are these local roads would i know if i was on one lol..

jockettuk

indiegirl wrote:

Actually it's nearer to Junction 14 (but I'm picky :rotfl:)

This is the way I would go:
From Ikea, exit left (ie not past Asda!), down to the "big Roundabout"! Take an immediate left to bring you around the back of Ikea and Asda (onto the V7 Saxon Stree), and at the next roundabout turn right onto the H9 Groveway.

Follow the H9 Groveway until you get to the V11 Tongwell Street. Turn left.

Go straight over at the big Kingston Roundabout (H8) and at the next roundabout turn right onto the H7 Chaffron Way (by the Mercedes garage and the new Bloor homes). Then you come to a roundabout that you *have* to turn right at and you will see Costco on the right hand side (and Tesco Kingston in front in the distance).

Wrote all that and realised that you're coming in from Aylesbury - not from Ikea!!!

JockettUK - Do you come in via Buckingham (A421?). If so - you'll come in onto the H8 Standing Way - keep going straight ahead on that until you get to the V11 Tongwell Street and follow the directions as above.

If you're coming in from M1 Junction 13 or 14 - then you just have to get yourself to the V11...

via leighton buzzard that way but hey i can find ikea iif i find that then follow your instructions can find it that way lol

thanks

Money_Maker_Shaker

When you get a bit closer to Costco there are a couple of AA yellow signs saying "new warehouse club" - follow these and you shouldn't go wrong.

MMS

$17mma

jockettuk wrote:

V11 H8 lol are these local roads would i know if i was on one lol..

:rotfl: oh dear.... no hun they are roads MK runs on a grid system. Put it this way if you get lost just go round the roundabout and go back, no one way systems here.

katchambers

BTW Kat - which Dealership was that? Not a fairly local Renault one, or an equally local Japanese one, was it??

I can't remember which one it was coz its not my car but its one that is just behind costco.

Hello

i am planning to do a carboot sale in a couple of weeks - the one at the bowl. Has anyone ever done one?
Has anyone got any tips for a first timer?

all advice greatfully recieved

G x

My mum has done a few bootsales there and I have been a long and helped out a couple of times - at a reasonable hour though!

I gave my mum a bunch of clothes of mine and when I arrived at 9:30am she hadn't sold any because she had them in a pile, no one could see what they were, so I picked out the best items, like fcuk, dkny, dolce etc and put them on top, when people saw them they would come and have a look and then would often buy, so my advice is to make sure that what you are selling can be seen, most people just walk and look, if the good things arn't on display people won't walk to your table. If you can afford to buy 2 tables then do that, and a clothes rail is useful if selling clothes, if not, bring along things that you can use to display your items on, if it is seen it will sell.

Bare in mind that your prices will have to be low - my sold clothes for 50p each!! Shocking! Also most people will try to knock down the price.

Good luck!

Kat x

jockettuk

$17mma wrote:

:rotfl: oh dear.... no hun they are roads MK runs on a grid system. Put it this way if you get lost just go round the roundabout and go back, no one way systems here.

Thanks.. will be moving to aylesbury in july and know i will be spending a lot of time in MK as you lot getting lots of new shops, just need to get to know all the lingo and i will be a local before you know it lol..

keep up all the good work everyone ..

MrsTinks

Costco rules dosn't it Used to live in MK but now in Bicester (working in Buckingham) so my drive to Costco is pretty easy Get on the A422 from buckingham to MK and just drive straight Once you see the HUGE Tesco turn left before it and then right at the next round about easy peasy

jockettuk

other half used to be a member of the costco branch in watford but we now find that the mk one will be a lot easier to get to once we know the best route lol..remember getting one of there huge pizzas got it home and it wouldnt fit in our oven had to cut it in half lol.. now thats value for money,