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MSE Parents Club Part 11

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  • searching_me
    searching_me Posts: 18,414 Forumite
    glad you had a good birthday tia x
    :)Still searching .....:)
  • Mazcabs
    Mazcabs Posts: 2,108
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    cazscoob wrote: »
    som we have the rear windows tinted, costs a bit but it does block the glare out and keeps the kids happy! i also used to drape a blanket over the car seat (with the handle up) to help with the sun!

    We were lucky in that when we bought our car it was previously owned by an undertaker and all but the front windows are blacked out!:eek::rotfl:

    Hi Beenie.....and everyone else...

    ooo who mentioned Home Bargains... we got a pack of 2 potato grow bags from there when we stayed with my sister a couple of weeks ago and want some more... she is going to try and get us some more but if she cant get them, I may need a volunteer to visit HB and find some for me (obviously fairies will visit to repay).... we dont have HB or B&Ms down near me:( ..only 99p store, Poundland and QD's
    Mum to 2 lovely boys who keep me busy.
  • SugarSpun
    SugarSpun Posts: 8,559 Forumite
    You should have seen the aftermath Tia :rotfl: I estimate about a third of the sandwich went down her gullet and the rest was mashed into the mat/her trousers/her hair/her chest.
    Organised Birthdays and Christmas: Spend So Far: £193.75; Saved from RRP £963.76
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  • cazscoob
    cazscoob Posts: 4,990 Forumite
    Happy Birthday Tia hope you had a lovely day! was it good fun?? think we are going to try and go thurs/fri??? xx

    Mel it was a friend of OHs that done it as thats his business, i think its usually around £80 for a normal sized car but would be more for people carriers, we have all the rear glass done but not the front as Fife police would have a field day lol! what car did you get in the end? im looking for a new one soon but OH not so keen lol!
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  • tiamai_d
    tiamai_d Posts: 11,987
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    edited 12 April 2010 at 8:53PM
    My PP order came today too. Not happy, the 2 sun hats were out of stock. But the rest is lovely! Even DH agrees :D

    Caz, it is very good fun. Expensive for food though, well, the kids boxes are ok (£2.99 for sandwich, drink, froot shoot and jelly) but the sandwiches for adults and tea mounts up. Next time I'd take in my own sandwiches, sweets and juice for the kids and maybe juts buy a tea and coffee for DH and I.

    Was annoyed with the imax, can't take prams in and Amber was tired going in. So went in, fed her and she started screaming (she wants to lie down to sleep will not cuddle up at all), so I ended up on my own for an hour while DH and the boys watched the rest of the film (how to train your dragon, which they loved).

    Lots and lots to do, Chris kept wandering off though, which was a nightmare! Far too much for him to look at, so it ended up one of us with Michael and Amber and one to chase after Chris. But kids are just right in about everything (so you don't feel so bad when yours is being a wild brat!).

    Badly signposted to get into, I missed it at first then just guessed (and had a fight with an !!!!!! behind me who tried speeding up when I switched lanes so I cut him off (you know, I was half way over when he decided to speed up and not let me in) then he tried to sit right up my bum, then undertake, then sit up my bum again, so I hit the brakes and he had to do an emergency stop and stalled his engine, haha, !!!!!)
  • MadDogWoman_2
    MadDogWoman_2 Posts: 2,376 Forumite
    Evening everyone

    Hugs for delicate feeling mummies and babies.

    Happy birthday if it's your birthday.

    Yay for sandwich eating and teeth.

    Amazon have dispatched Katies birthday presents so fingers crossed they arrive in time.

    I had to go and fetch DH and Katie back from the park tonight as tea was ready, Katie didn't want to come in!

    SS there are still meals that I will only give Katie with little or no clothing on spag bol being one of them so she sat at the table tonight in the nudey buff then put straight into the bath once she'd finished.

    A mum friend from church whose DD is a month older than Katie has dropped round a huge bag of clothes for Katie who has gone from having no lightweight jackets to having about 5 plus 3 gorgeous handknitted cardis. If most of it fits it's her summer wardrobe sorted.
    Proud to be dealing with my debts
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    3 years 9 months and proud of it
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  • redmel1621
    redmel1621 Posts: 6,010
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    cazscoob wrote: »
    Mel it was a friend of OHs that done it as thats his business, i think its usually around £80 for a normal sized car but would be more for people carriers, we have all the rear glass done but not the front as Fife police would have a field day lol! what car did you get in the end? im looking for a new one soon but OH not so keen lol!

    Oh really! I was expecting it to be a lot more, I will definitely get it done then. I will google see if anyone is local to me to do it. We got Renault Grand Espace, automatic, although the automatic gearbox broke a couple of days ago so it has gone back to the garage (it's under warranty) well it's going back tomorrow morning actually. He will have to sort it out for me as engine and gearbox is covered by the warranty:D
    Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
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  • Jakesmummy
    Jakesmummy Posts: 997 Forumite
    Mazcabs wrote: »
    We were lucky in that when we bought our car it was previously owned by an undertaker and all but the front windows are blacked out!:eek::rotfl:

    Hi Beenie.....and everyone else...

    ooo who mentioned Home Bargains... we got a pack of 2 potato grow bags from there when we stayed with my sister a couple of weeks ago and want some more... she is going to try and get us some more but if she cant get them, I may need a volunteer to visit HB and find some for me (obviously fairies will visit to repay).... we dont have HB or B&Ms down near me:( ..only 99p store, Poundland and QD's

    I'll have a look next time I go if you like, have no idea what they are though so you'l have to show me a link or pic!
  • tiamai_d
    tiamai_d Posts: 11,987
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    Yep, we have pimped windows too. Its great, folk can't see the mess inside :D

    The megane has built in shades which are also good (but you can't have the window down if you're going fast or the shades will rip)
  • cazscoob
    cazscoob Posts: 4,990 Forumite
    tia was it you sellling a car?
    What's for you won't go past you
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