Super Scrimpers

mmmsnow

FatVonD wrote: »

I was even more shocked by the cost of the average contents of a make-up bag (was it around £350?) Not in mine they don't!

As well as the girl's make-up bag coming in at £350, the show also stated that the "average cost of a make-up bag" was £236, which is a bit shocking - except that the survey was carried out by Debenhams. Now, if the survey was carried out by Superdrug, I'm sure that would drop a couple of hundred pounds.

I don't think the £236 is realistic because the population surveyed were high-end make-up customers. It's like going to Harvey Nicks or Harrods food hall and surveying the customers to get the nations average monthly food bill. It's just not representative.

I'm sure nobody cares bar me but I hate the way statistics and figures are bandied about by these programs when they really have no meaning!

Rage_in_Eden

mmmsnow wrote: »

As well as the girl's make-up bag coming in at £350, the show also stated that the "average cost of a make-up bag" was £236, which is a bit shocking - except that the survey was carried out by Debenhams. Now, if the survey was carried out by Superdrug, I'm sure that would drop a couple of hundred pounds.

I worked out what my make up bag contents cost and it came to the grand total of £12.99.....(and the bag itself was 50p off e-bay a few years ago). I can't work out if this makes me a tight fisted slattern or a fiscally prudent shopper :rotfl:

mmmsnow

Rage_in_Eden wrote: »

I worked out what my make up bag contents cost and it came to the grand total of £12.99.....(and the bag itself was 50p off e-bay a few years ago). I can't work out if this makes me a tight fisted slattern or a fiscally prudent shopper :rotfl:

I don't wear make-up and so don't have a make-up bag, so I'm telling my husband that I'm saving us £236 a year

candygirl

Ilona I write sooo big you'd be ashamed of me:eek::eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
That student should've been sent to pondland to get her make up, there's tons of good stuff there inc rimmel:D:D

Ida_Notion

toasterman wrote: »

I've never had a lightbulb snap in half upon removal. Is it common?

I've had it happen to me twice, although not recently. I didn't know to fetch a carrot on either occasion and so fetched a husband instead. I imagined they were successful in removing the remnants because they were both taller than me and I couldn't quite get the required muscle behind it. Maybe a carrot will give me the necessary leverage if it happens again. Who knows, carrots could even make husbands entirely obsolete one day

candygirl

Ida_Notion wrote: »

I've had it happen to me twice, although not recently. I didn't know to fetch a carrot on either occasion and so fetched a husband instead. I imagined they were successful in removing the remnants because they were both taller than me and I couldn't quite get the required muscle behind it. Maybe a carrot will give me the necessary leverage if it happens again. Who knows, carrots could even make husbands entirely obsolete one day

If not cucumbers might work;);)mind you they might be too big for most light fittings:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

FatVonD

toasterman wrote: »

How unlucky you weren't near an Argos.....although their tiny pens are horrible to write with.

Or the bookies

I was astonished at the price of pens one night in WHSmith, (it was one at a station so prices may have been especially inflated), all I wanted was a simple biro to do the Sudoku on the way home, in the end I found one cheaper at Paperchase, never would have thought the day would come when Paperchase was cheaper than WHSmith (though I do LOVE Paperchase, nice stationery is one of my weaknesses!)

oldtractor

Why on earth was the student's mother giving her that amount of money?

candygirl

oldtractor wrote: »

Why on earth was the student's mother giving her that amount of money?

cos she was a silly baitch?;)

kayjay1809

Ilona wrote: »

Trying again to post on blog this morning, but it's not having it, it's on 'read only'. You're gonna laugh at this, I've come out without a pen and had to buy one. Shock horror, 50p from a shop. I tried to get a free one from a bank, but they all had them fastened to the counter with a bit of chain, mean and nasty so and so's, ha ha. So Now I am writing even smaller, to try and claw back the 50p. :rotfl:
Ilona

Next time try Barclays, they have a big box of them and a sign saying to help yourself if you need a pen.