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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    mewbie wrote: »
    The way it works is. Buy some new cushions. They make the carpet look shabby. So buy new carpet. But actually it would save money to redcorate room first, then lay carpet, after all we don't want to spoil the new carpet by dropping wallpaper glue and paint on it. If we are redecorating then why don't we take the opportunity to extend out the back, because no point in decorating and then doing it. And that sofa will be right out of place in our nice new extended living room.

    From cushions to financial ruin. That's how it works.

    :D

    Too right.

    Which is why I say at least half of the first house maintanance bill was not really maintenance, but upgrading.

    And also why I NEVER agree to buy a candle or cushion.
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    mewbie wrote: »
    And after all that we'll need a holiday.

    I hear Dubai is nice this time of year. You can hang out with WAGs and Phones4U salesmen.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    And also why I NEVER agree to buy a candle or cushion.
    They don't come in singles - it's candleSSS and cushionSSS. Especially if there is a buy four - get half of one for free offer. Then it makes sense to buy eight.
  • HousingBear
    HousingBear Posts: 82 Forumite
    mewbie wrote: »
    They don't come in singles - it's candleSSS and cushionSSS. Especially if there is a buy four - get half of one for free offer. Then it makes sense to buy eight.

    Ooooh, out out out!

    What do you think this is, a money saving web site?
    :rolleyes:
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    Cleaver wrote: »
    I hear Dubai is nice this time of year. You can hang out with WAGs and Phones4U salesmen.


    And when you get back from dubai, there is nothing nicer than slipping into a nice
    hot tub with built in drinks cooler and sky +
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    nearlynew wrote: »
    And when you get back from dubai, there is nothing nicer than slipping into a nice
    hot tub with built in drinks cooler and sky +
    All this talk is making me feel like borrowing some money. Stop it.
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    nearlynew wrote: »
    And when you get back from dubai, there is nothing nicer than slipping into a nice
    hot tub with built in drinks cooler and sky +

    Whilst the idea of Dubai and 4x4s don't give me any excitement whatsoever, a nice bath, a beer and sky sports on the TV sounds excellent. Seriously.
  • ad9898_3
    ad9898_3 Posts: 3,858 Forumite
    mewbie wrote: »
    They don't come in singles - it's candleSSS and cushionSSS. Especially if there is a buy four - get half of one for free offer. Then it makes sense to buy eight.

    Come mewbie lighten up on him, he's Scottish, candles to him mean a pack of 10 from Aldi for 50p for when the electric goes off, and cushions ?????, cushions are something you only have one of......... and it's got a hole in the middle for piles.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Cleaver wrote: »
    Whilst the idea of Dubai and 4x4s don't give me any excitement whatsoever, a nice bath, a beer and sky sports on the TV sounds excellent. Seriously.
    Well for the MSE version get a bowl of warm water and stick your feet in it, while sipping a can of lager or beer, and a bit of internet !!!!!! surfing. Live like a king mate.
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    I notice McTittish has gone quiet.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
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