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  • b4be
    b4be Posts: 116 Forumite
    edited 21 May 2010 at 7:03PM
    when the checkout staff keep commenting on the ammount of reduced bargains you have as i have normally 70% whoopies lol , circuling waiting for more reduced bargains more than once :P , keeping packaging and wondering what i can store or plant in it, forgetting about them , untill you open a cupard door and they fall out over you , when you realise your addicted to car boots n charity shops and ebay , OH made me buy a pair of shoes at xmas and pay full price aaahhhh , painfull lol
  • purplevamp
    purplevamp Posts: 11,139 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    ...you scratch off the out-of-date "best before" date so no-one throws it away, and you can sneak it into a meal ;)
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