No Buying Toiletries in March Challenge

thevicster

Mags30 wrote: »

About the haircuts I think the cheaper places are ok if you just want a very basic trim. In that case there's really no need to pay extra. If you have really short hair of long layers that need styling then it's definitely worth the higher prices, same if you want a restyle. Groupon sometimes have offers from the expensive hairdressers.

@thevicster My Celia Britwell Boots bag arrived this morning, brightened up my Monday morning lots. Thank you :A

@Kaz Glad the drains are all fixed

@rosemary there are loads of online beauty sites, get them back by shopping elsewhere. Seems strange that they won't add on the points when it's easy for them to see what you bought :mad:

I didn't get the spam PM.

Yay! Glad you got it safely!

celebrate

hi hope eveyone's ok

i have 3fragrance UU's -give the girl a gold star!!!

(a cheap one off ebay avon something don't even know the name lol!, white musk from body shop from when i was at uni 15yrs ago, Ck eternity )

now just another 97 to go .......


PS my last lloyds order came through, incl 6 beautilicious pedicure sets, they smell divine and i am def keeping one for myself (oncludie loads of foot scrub, foot cream and foot soak and COTTON SOCKS !!! YIPPEE!!!!:rotfl: JUST WHAT THE DR ORDERED!)

But naughty naughty i did sneak in a another order few toys for kids but no toiletries...am now sorting returns.
x

fairydustandsparkles

I just quickly wanted to post about the Spam PMs.

A while ago (November last year to be precise) The MSE team sent me (and probally everyone else) a message about the random PMs, i'm not sure if it's about the same thing but I'll post it, incase it is?





Important! Have you received an email to your forum name?
Hi,

This is a belt n braces PM just in case you haven’t seen the forum-wide announcement. Some MSE forum users have been receiving a spam email from malicious hackers, purporting to be from 'Money Expert' and addressed to their MSE forum usernames. (read full MSE News story: Forum members warned)

In most cases its goes straight to people’s spam/junk file, but if not please don’t open the email – it is not from us (nor is it from the money expert website). It contains a link leading to a type of virus called a 'Trojan' so please DO NOT CLICK THAT LINK! (It’s also an important reminder to read about Free Anti-Virus software and backup all your files regularly).


We want to outline the risks for you and what steps you should take though...

• We don't hold any personal data on individuals - barring email addresses. That is and always has been a deliberate policy both because we don't need/want more data than this, plus in the event something like this happens (and attempts are made every minute!) so at worst if you’re one of those affected these people only have your email and possibly forum user name
  
  
• If you use the same password as with your bank - consider changing it urgently. We have absolutely NO evidence that forum users passwords have been accessed, it would be a particularly difficult thing to break the encryption. However if you use the same password here as for a bank website or any other that holds sensitive personal data, and use the same email as your forum email – we suggest you change those passwords as a precaution.

As a general rule it is always bad practice in any forum or social networking site to use a password that you use for secure data.

We apologise wholeheartedly for the hassle caused - we've been through some major security exercises over the last year including bringing in outside consultants to check for any flaws, to try and avoid instances like this. Yet this unfortunately reflects the murkier side of the internet that it is a constant battle to keep out.

We are still investigating, and will continue to update this thread with any new information we find:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=2866884

Please help us work out what's going on...

We have a suspicion that only forumites who joined before Dec 2009 will be receiving these emails, as we are yet to receive verified proof of a breach in 2010 – there was one in 2009 read about that here.

However, if you are a more recent member and have received one of these emails, it would be a massive help if you can forward it to [EMAIL="webmaster@moneysavingexpert.com"]webmaster@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL] and include your username.

Thanks

The MSE Team

charlie792

celebrate wrote: »

hi hope eveyone's ok

i have 3fragrance UU's -give the girl a gold star!!!

(a cheap one off ebay avon something don't even know the name lol!, white musk from body shop from when i was at uni 15yrs ago, Ck eternity )

now just another 97 to go .......


PS my last lloyds order came through, incl 6 beautilicious pedicure sets, they smell divine and i am def keeping one for myself (oncludie loads of foot scrub, foot cream and foot soak and COTTON SOCKS !!! YIPPEE!!!!:rotfl: JUST WHAT THE DR ORDERED!)

But naughty naughty i did sneak in a another order few toys for kids but no toiletries...am now sorting returns.
x

Out of curiosity do you know how the returns process works for this, Im seriously begining to regret some of my order, I keep looking at the list and think 'how the hell did I spend this much?' and I haven't even got my order yet, kind of wish it got cancelled .
Do things have to be returned in 3's or could I return one of the three for example, in which case would I get a third of the cost refunded?

I have 3 top gear games coming, I don't want or need 3, I only wanted the one, but at the time there was nothing else I could get into my basket that would add the discount

Willow92

I'm in regarding shower gels... still got a huge bottle from October and five full bottles. Then there's various opened ones dotted around the bath.

thevicster

celebrate wrote: »

hi hope eveyone's ok

i have 3fragrance UU's -give the girl a gold star!!!

(a cheap one off ebay avon something don't even know the name lol!, white musk from body shop from when i was at uni 15yrs ago, Ck eternity )

now just another 97 to go .......


PS my last lloyds order came through, incl 6 beautilicious pedicure sets, they smell divine and i am def keeping one for myself (oncludie loads of foot scrub, foot cream and foot soak and COTTON SOCKS !!! YIPPEE!!!!:rotfl: JUST WHAT THE DR ORDERED!)

But naughty naughty i did sneak in a another order few toys for kids but no toiletries...am now sorting returns.
x

I popped into a Lloyds today Celebrate and thought of you :rotfl:Didn't buy anything although they had a few perfumes I quite liked the look of in the 241 offer :A

asset2004

good evening I'm going to paint my nails with Opi Kyoto Pearl then catch up with the pages!

celebrate

charlie792 wrote: »

Out of curiosity do you know how the returns process works for this, Im seriously begining to regret some of my order, I keep looking at the list and think 'how the hell did I spend this much?' and I haven't even got my order yet, kind of wish it got cancelled .
Do things have to be returned in 3's or could I return one of the three for example, in which case would I get a third of the cost refunded?

I have 3 top gear games coming, I don't want or need 3, I only wanted the one, but at the time there was nothing else I could get into my basket that would add the discount

hi yep thats right, they'll refund 1/3 of the price etc
i bumped my orders quite a bit to get the free P&P
it is free returns, victoria on CS who knows me very well now(lol) says she can organise a courier if it is a big return rather than me lugging it all to the PO

ps you thought i was bad ont he fragrances
i am drowning in lloyds stuff 10 boxes in my little boys nursery (now a spare box room)
had to lock the door of the room just in case while hubby was in over wkd, now the sorting out starts -what am i keeping, now some bits have arrived some lovely but some not as great a deal as i thought

celebrate

thevicster wrote: »

i popped into a lloyds today celebrate and thought of you :rotfl:didn't buy anything although they had a few perfumes i quite liked the look of in the 241 offer :a

omg you didn't buy them?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which shop is it, i'm coming to visit??!

Respect!!
Lol!

sarah*a

Aaahhhh! I just unpacked the last bag of my shopping from earlier - I'd just put it on the side because I thought it was all doggy stuff - and I found more stuff that I forgot I'd bought :eek::eek:

I went to Home Bargains (mainly for puppy pads and treats) and they have these new 'treatments' in for 99p each. About the same size packaging as those 'Montagne Jaunesse' (Sp? ) sachets but each sachet contains either a pair of socks, gloves or heel patch - all pre-treated with an intense treatment. I got 2 of each so I'm gonna try the socks & gloves tonight and the heel treatment on Wednesday as I've got a diabetic check-up on Thursday and as she always checks my feet I want them to be in tip-top condition

I've come to the conclusion that I should leave my purse at home when I have a Dr's appt as she always makes me soooooo frustrated (having to repeat myself constantly drives me nuts! If she actually read her notes/wrote proper notes it would go so much faster :mad:) that I need retail therapy afterwards. Four appointments I've had in 6 weeks and I feel like I'm getting nowhere :mad:

Off to dye my hair - can't remember what colour it is - will update later