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  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    Oooh badger, get it! I want to get one too :( wonder if DH would notice.... :o
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  • rising_from_the_ashes
    rising_from_the_ashes Posts: 12,433 Forumite
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    Badger :) to your OH - we all deserve a wee treat now & then as it brightens an often otherwise difficult journey SF ..... sure he won't!


    Well on hols & it's chucking it down:(

    Might have to visit Home Bar*gains (stocking up month for toiletries & household stuff - I'm into my last pack of loo rolls:eek:) and could then nip to I*kea & Pets @ Home as DM wants a few bits (and visiting her tomorrow). Just need to stop anything else accidentally ending up in my trolley when I'm there!;)
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  • beanielou
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  • rising_from_the_ashes
    rising_from_the_ashes Posts: 12,433 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Sends Ikea list.

    I was very good :o - got what DM wanted & only a few needed bits (new loo brushes 3 @ 45p each and set of 3 scissors @ 99p) - ohhhhh and a soft ball for the dog!

    Stock up done at Home Bar*gains (fab for things like loo rolls, kitchen rolls tissues etc) so that should keep me going for around 3 months!

    Then to PAH ...... again, I was good again & only got Maisie 1 bag of biccies & new filters for the cats' litter trays!
    Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
    2016 Sell: £125/£250
    £1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000
    Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
    Debt free & determined to stay that way!
  • badger_
    badger_ Posts: 475 Forumite
    Ooh you must have been very restrained in the Swedish shop!!
    I need to go to HB again soon, but I always seem to spend loads in there even though I only go in for bleach??

    Hope you're ok?! :)
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  • sistafromanothermista
    sistafromanothermista Posts: 2,230 Forumite
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    I flirty4-smiley.gif the swedish shop :) I must admit though i've never been to HB even though we have one round the corner.......
    We buy toilet rolls, cleaning products etc whlesale and it's so much cheaper than the supermarket. Well done you for resisiting sneaking anything else into the trolley flower1-smiley.gif
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  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,285 Forumite
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    Two days I stop reading your DFD for and the whole world explodes into handbag mania!!

    I have had to confess recently. DH and I spent a day or two going through stuff in the cart lodge and he found my 2 sail bags of handbags. He didn't know I had them... They've been there almost eight years. I promised to go through them... Hopefully he's forgotten them again but I know they are out there. I am around an hour from a retail outlets place with a Tula/R$dley shop. Enough. I have resited the urge to follow any of the links you all posted. That way lies madness...

    It's like being a recovering alcoholic - I must not tempt myself :eek:

    SL
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  • rising_from_the_ashes
    rising_from_the_ashes Posts: 12,433 Forumite
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    Suffolk_lass wrote: »
    Two days I stop reading your DFD for and the whole world explodes into handbag mania!!

    :o
    Suffolk_lass wrote: »
    I have had to confess recently. DH and I spent a day or two going through stuff in the cart lodge and he found my 2 sail bags of handbags. He didn't know I had them

    Ohhhhh that sounds even more than I have - I said to Beanielou & Fresian on Sunday that if I won the lottery, I'd have a handbag for every week of the year ....... then realised that I'm pretty well on the way there already :o
    Suffolk_lass wrote: »
    It's like being a recovering alcoholic - I must not tempt myself :eek:

    Oh totally! :eek: I always look - doesn't matter if I'm in one of the "posh" shops or a trashy one .... just can't help myself:o I usually manage to resist by thinking what I need to pay for that month and that I really shouldn't spend a whole month's food / entertainment etc budget on a handbag ..... but .......


    I have managed the first NSD of the month today :T - quite happy as wasn't expecting to get any this week being off. Had a lovely visit with DPs and a rather yummy bbq chicken, veg & naughty chips for lunch :)

    I've brought home the long awaited new cat litter (delivered to DPs) to try (well not me personally :rotfl:) - it was more expensive to buy initially but - according to reviews - it should be a lot more economical. If results are as expected, it should work out around £4 / month (neither cat would ever dream of lowering themselves & actually go outside ;)) - currently paying £12 - £15 so that's a fairly big saving. Fingers crossed:cool:
    Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
    2016 Sell: £125/£250
    £1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000
    Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
    Debt free & determined to stay that way!
  • Hovel_lady
    Hovel_lady Posts: 4,291 Forumite
    I think you need one of these :D

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  • rising_from_the_ashes
    rising_from_the_ashes Posts: 12,433 Forumite
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    OMG I didn't know you could get them for handbags!:eek:

    I've always been put off getting one due to the cost of them but ......
    Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
    2016 Sell: £125/£250
    £1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000
    Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
    Debt free & determined to stay that way!
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