2012 Frugal Living Challenge (Part 1)

Thrifty_Sister

purpleorchid wrote: »

hi TS

i get mine on amazon, 24 tins for £12.80, works out much cheaper than pouches as there is only 100g in the pouches but 400g in tin.

hth
Luv P
xx

Hi Purple - tried to change my fussy !!!!!!s to tins several times and the little horrors turn their fussy noses up.:laugh: Guess its my fault for spoiling them:D

Gonna look into it though - maybe if they think thats all thats on offer they might change thier minds:rotfl::rotfl:

Thrifty_Sister

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Well I am extremely p'd off at our nearest Mr T again (2nd week in a row - remember the DC "episode" last week ....)

Went to get some Whiskas and ....... guess what ...... a row of empty shelves with "out of stock" against all the varieties.:mad:

Not impressed & have now completed a "feedback" form and I won't be going back unless I happen to be in that particular town anyway.

I was lucky in that I went to T's on Wednesday when the offer started - otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to get any. Think the offer is on until Monday - have you tried doing an online order and saying you will accept substitutes? There are some codes around as well for 'new' customers

dizzy_lizzie

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Well I am extremely p'd off at our nearest Mr T again (2nd week in a row - remember the DC "episode" last week ....)

Went to get some Whiskas and ....... guess what ...... a row of empty shelves with "out of stock" against all the varieties.:mad:

Not impressed & have now completed a "feedback" form and I won't be going back unless I happen to be in that particular town anyway.

Hi Rising. I remember asking about something that was on offer at Mr Ts once and they were out of stock but was told to go to customer services and they'd still honour the offer by giving a 'voucher type thing' to use when it was back in stock. I have to say I didn't bother though.
This was a while ago but I would assume they still did it. Worth asking anyway.
x

mishmogs

How do all

I hope this will help some others on here.... me and DH have got new mobile phone contracts and decided to sell our old phones (thought it was too good to be true to be honest but am well impressed with the results). Sold 2 very old nokias and 1 not so old nokia for £169!!! and have just sold my old iphone for £89. choose to have the money bacs into my account and it was paid in within 2 days. Thank you Mr foneba*k. :D

Got a kilo of lamb from Mr S yesterday for £5, what a bargain and just made a killer curry for a couple of nights meals. Just up some old biccies and cream cheese in a cheesecake and off to do some muffins in a bit.

Its been chucking it down today and now we have lots of snow :( brrrr

rising_from_the_ashes

Thrifty_Sister wrote: »

Hi Purple - tried to change my fussy !!!!!!s to tins several times and the little horrors turn their fussy noses up.:laugh: Guess its my fault for spoiling them:D

Gonna look into it though - maybe if they think thats all thats on offer they might change thier minds:rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl:I've given up trying to convert mine .... I wasted more money chucking out 1/2 used tins/pouches of stuff they wouldn't eat than the savings I would make on getting the stuff they will.

However, normally if I stock up on something and have loads of it, they decide they don't like it anymore!:p

Thrifty_Sister wrote: »

I was lucky in that I went to T's on Wednesday when the offer started - otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to get any. Think the offer is on until Monday - have you tried doing an online order and saying you will accept substitutes? There are some codes around as well for 'new' customers

dizzy_lizzie wrote: »

Hi Rising. I remember asking about something that was on offer at Mr Ts once and they were out of stock but was told to go to customer services and they'd still honour the offer by giving a 'voucher type thing' to use when it was back in stock. I have to say I didn't bother though.
This was a while ago but I would assume they still did it. Worth asking anyway.

Thanks both ... I'm delighted to say I've got some:j

A fellow MSEr that I know PM me last night to say she was visiting her local Mr T today and did I want any if there was some:T - so ...... I now have 3 boxes of the 2 varieties that big cat will eat all the flavours in the box to collect when we meet up for coffee later in the month:D

Kerfuffle

dizzy_lizzie wrote: »

Hi Rising. I remember asking about something that was on offer at Mr Ts once and they were out of stock but was told to go to customer services and they'd still honour the offer by giving a 'voucher type thing' to use when it was back in stock. I have to say I didn't bother though.
This was a while ago but I would assume they still did it. Worth asking anyway.
x

I think it was called a Raincheck Voucher, does anybody know if Mr T's still offer them?

ETA: Actually thinking about, I don't think they do offer them, that's the whole point you have to ask for them, in which case, the correct question is, do they still give them?

seriouslyfrugal

Nat ; the funeral you went to sounds very fitting for the person

Rising : I get so anoyed with the supermarkets when they don't do the ordering right You would think someone would have the sense to think that more stock is going to be needed as its on offer - maybe not then

Last night I went to see "the exotic marigold hotel " at the cinema which is a brit film and really funny worth a watch if you can

today we have had rain & sleet so have stayed in doing some stuff at home

purpleorchid

evening

hope everyone has had a lovely day what ever the weather, another frugal day, not been out so no spends and took dinner out of freezer (homemade) so just need to cook some noodles and sorted.
have been pampering myself this afternoon, done my hair and feet etc (wont go into detail haha), and i feel much better than when i got up. suprising what a bit of me time can do.

Luv P
xx

dizzy_lizzie

purpleorchid wrote: »

evening
hope everyone has had a lovely day what ever the weather, another frugal day, not been out so no spends and took dinner out of freezer (homemade) so just need to cook some noodles and sorted.
have been pampering myself this afternoon, done my hair and feet etc (wont go into detail haha), and i feel much better than when i got up. suprising what a bit of me time can do.
Luv P
xx

Well done on another frugal day purple :T
The pampering sounds lovely too
x

SAVVYJADE

Purple: pampering sounds good!

Nice frugal day for me, finished a super spring clean with all my free flash products. Mum invited me up for Sunday lunch so no spend there. House is gleaming and everything is ready for work tomorrow, have an 18 hour working day tomorrow so enjoying the rest of my evening by relaxing. Pay day getting closer only 5 days away

Enjoy rest of evening everyone! Here's to another frugal week ahead!