No Buying Toiletries in Jan 2011 !!!!

Turtle

sunshineyday wrote: »

Turtle, sorry about your phone, you could try setting it into a bowl of rice grains, they absorb moisture - I know someone who dropped her phone into a sink full of water and she used this trick to dry her phone out, xx

Thank you, my OH is currently dismantling it as there's a lot of water swishing round behind the screen . I will be trying the rice approach to ensure it's fully dry before I see if it works.

juliebunny

Out of interest, do people here hoard other things or is it just toiletries? Also noting a cat loving theme coming out....is there a connection?

I have 7 cats, plus 2 rescue cats, 2 rescue kittens, tons of gorgeous toiletries, 13 hot water bottles (some are for the stray cats who live in my rabbit hutch - not with a rabbit), and about 30 blankets (some for the cats, some for me.) Not to mentions drawers full of magazines and books. Oh and a few candles which I must start burning....lovely poem that, thank you. And thank you from my cat. I got out her favourite toy, and let her play with it after reading that. She usually breaks it within about ten minutes and I have to get another one, but we are going to seize the day.

I know the whole world seems to be a disaster zone right now, floods and the like, and that is exactly why we have to enjoy the few pleasures we do have - gazing at her Sanctuary drawer...:p

PS sorry to hear about your phone....did you see my post about missing a £1K competition prize because I'm so disorganised....might cheer you up....:cool:

PPS - hands up who is also on the Boots sale thread still.....ain't lookin good eh.:rotfl:

jmf76

Hi all, another couple of UUs...

FCUK pure shower scrub. WIBA - No, wasn't impressed with it at all.
Tesco Body therapy spa serenity mananuca body balm. WIBA - Proabably not, was ok but nowt special.

Keep those pink rose-shaped candles burning bright!

jmf76

juliebunny wrote: »

PS sorry to hear about your phone....did you see my post about missing a £1K competition prize because I'm so disorganised....might cheer you up....:cool:

juliebunny - I felt physically sick when I read your post, am so gutted for you.

Catslovelycats

juliebunny wrote: »

Out of interest, do people here hoard other things or is it just toiletries? Also noting a cat loving theme coming out....is there a connection?

I have 7 cats, plus 2 rescue cats, 2 rescue kittens, tons of gorgeous toiletries, 13 hot water bottles (some are for the stray cats who live in my rabbit hutch - not with a rabbit), and about 30 blankets (some for the cats, some for me.) Not to mentions drawers full of magazines and books. Oh and a few candles which I must start burning....lovely poem that, thank you. And thank you from my cat. I got out her favourite toy, and let her play with it after reading that. She usually breaks it within about ten minutes and I have to get another one, but we are going to seize the day.


PPS - hands up who is also on the Boots sale thread still.....ain't lookin good eh.:rotfl:

Hi juliebunny
I'm finding the boots threads hilarious. NOT breaking my buying pledge though. I need NO toiletries. Period.

I've got 6 cats and 4 guinea pigs. I also (:D) have lots of books, several yankee candles and a lot of craft stuff. I tend to go weak for lingerie in the sales and love fleece blankets (though the cats tend to use them!!). Oh and a million carrier bags and I'm a glutton for special offer cat food! I am a hoarder by nature, as if you couldn't tell :rotfl:, hence my toiletry stash.

BUT NO MORE.

juliebunny

jmf76 wrote: »

juliebunny - I felt physically sick when I read your post, am so gutted for you.

Ah thanks! It was a cat food competition funnil enough (oh yes, I too hoard that when on special!!) I have emailed Purina to beg them to give the prize to my cat charity at least.....no reply as yet.....sigh....:(:(:(

I had to get our my entire Sanctuary collection to cheer myself up tonight....having a rough week. This thread cheers me up.....can't exactly explain why although pleased to note I now have a star and am no longer a newbie!!:beer:

sofababe

juliebunny wrote: »

Out of interest, do people here hoard other things or is it just toiletries? Also noting a cat loving theme coming out....is there a connection?

I have 7 cats, plus 2 rescue cats, 2 rescue kittens, tons of gorgeous toiletries, 13 hot water bottles (some are for the stray cats who live in my rabbit hutch - not with a rabbit), and about 30 blankets (some for the cats, some for me.) Not to mentions drawers full of magazines and books. Oh and a few candles which I must start burning....lovely poem that, thank you. And thank you from my cat. I got out her favourite toy, and let her play with it after reading that. She usually breaks it within about ten minutes and I have to get another one, but we are going to seize the day.

I know the whole world seems to be a disaster zone right now, floods and the like, and that is exactly why we have to enjoy the few pleasures we do have - gazing at her Sanctuary drawer...:p

PS sorry to hear about your phone....did you see my post about missing a £1K competition prize because I'm so disorganised....might cheer you up....:cool:

PPS - hands up who is also on the Boots sale thread still.....ain't lookin good eh.:rotfl:

I think there is a connection, we'll be the old ladies with hundreds of cats who eat better than we do, and a house full of carrier bags full of stuff we're keeping "just in case" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I wouldn't say I'm a hoarder, quite the opposite in most areas but I have a stash of toiletries (as u all know:D)which is all shut away, and I used to be the same with cleaning products!!! I broke myself of that habit tho I do find myself staring wistfully at that aisle in Asda, just like I do in the toiletry aisle. Also cat food. I have enough to last till about Easter I'd say:eek: but I'd rather that than run out for my darling babies, and all the strays that seem to find their way here......my friend has a theory that cats have some sort of code (like tramps did in days gone by) where they mark the fence post as a signal that u are a friendly house :rotfl:

Catslovelycats

sofababe wrote: »

I Also cat food. I have enough to last till about Easter I'd say:eek: but I'd rather that than run out for my darling babies, and all the strays that seem to find their way here......my friend has a theory that cats have some sort of code (like tramps did in days gone by) where they mark the fence post as a signal that u are a friendly house :rotfl:

yay another one!

i get loads of cats in my garden and trying to get in the conservatory in the summer. :eek:

i thought they were interested in my girls (though they're all spayed) but maybe they heard the jungle drums and know I'm a soft touch! :rotfl: Not that I feed them. I have enough trouble keeping my greedy lot happy! but it's not unknown for me to find a strange cat munching through the cat biscuits!

mcculloch29

I collect shopping bags and tote bags it would seem. Handbags don't have quite the same allure but I do have a weakness for a nice re-usable bag. Today I bought one of a design I hadn't seen before, a foldaway nylon tote which packed into a little sack that had a drawstring with a toggle. When you opened the bag out the drawstring and toggle formed one corner of the bag - there was no annoying little nylon pouch to use and lose.

This was in Poundland, the bag was white nylon and the sack bit has a mobile phone with a face on it, in either pink or black. I just Googled to see if a picture was available and found this http://www.amazon.co.uk/usable-Black-Shopping-Bag-Strawberry/dp/B002BBAC0O/ref=pd_cp_kh_3

:smileyhea

That's my weakness, anyway. That and cuddly socks at the moment.
And(rea)

mcculloch29

jmf76 wrote: »

Hi all, another couple of UUs...

FCUK pure shower scrub. WIBA - No, wasn't impressed with it at all.
Tesco Body therapy spa serenity mananuca body balm. WIBA - Proabably not, was ok but nowt special.

Keep those pink rose-shaped candles burning bright!

Two of us using up exactly the same product on the same day and both unimpressed.... Great minds ....