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Fudge_Cake_2

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I'm all topsy turvy! I'm completely on edge, feel so awful, mind working overdrive and I can't relax for the life of me. I'm so sensitive to temperature change, which I think is mainly due to the Warfarin as I never used to be. I've got chillblains on my feet and I'm sweating buckets! There's no happy medium. I've had a stinking migraine today and terrible travel sickness as I did a silly thing by going on the bus! :mad: Dohhh!

Well I got to bed at about 4am, set my alarm for 7:45am, got to T's by 8am to try and get Gold Blend, still OOS label on shelf. Went to CS and asked for price promise thingymejig and she went to get SEL. Came back saying it's not on offer :mad: I said yes it is, the decaf is 4 times the price! :eek: Well she tried but because it's discontinued, rather than being on offer, she couldn't. Went back to shelf to find shelf stacker and ask that there's defo not any out back/delivery due etc etc....she went off to find stock controller. Queen flaming trout comes bounding down the aisle at me 'WHAT'S THE ISSUE HERE??!!!!':eek: Flaming customer service! I was half asleep and her tone took me by such surprise I reverted to being a mouse, wish I'd stood up to her. She proceeded to talk down to me in such a patronising manner saying the shelf had CLEARLY been restocked overnight so obviously there was none available. Which really p'd me off because the coffee next to it was also OOS but no SEL to say so and the one below too. If the shelves have been stacked overnight then the stock control needs flipping sorting! Anyway by now with less than 4 hours sleep I just wanted out of there so went home and back to bed!

Caught the bus to Dwell this afternoon as my vouchers (one of which was very kindly donated by the wonderful SpiralingDown, thank you so much if you're reading, missing you :Axxx) were expiring today. Was hoping Mum would come with me, that's why I left it so long but she's got too much on her plate with her Dad and her health so I went on my own and thankfully they were amazing and let me use them all (3) myself :T:T:T How overpriced is the stuff though??!!! It took me forever and a day to decide!

Paid in some TMF/MBG cheques while I was in the city

Then got off the bus in town and as I was wandering past M's, I managed to womble a £65 receipt......'Ooops I seem to have lost my petrol coupon for 12p off/litre ' but I filled my car up last night at T's as petrol coupon expired :mad: So will donate to a worthy cause

Got a few whoopsies tonight (as usual :D:o) and in A's I picked up M&M's peanut large pouch (nearly 300g) for 69p, think that's store specific though Lots and lots of things RTC at great prices in my A's but it's the worst ever for wombling as it's a teeny tiny store.

In T's decided to spend a price check on some of the Nescafe 37 after all so fingers crossed it's liked and then I can get some more tomorrow in light of the Gold Blend absence When I went in there tonight the SEL was removed completely as I'd suspected, so they won't be getting any more in

Also I forgot to say....a good few weeks ago now, I had an email as I know others did from Asda regarding a hitch with their APG system and offering a gesture of goodwill. Well a £5 giftcard arrived yesterday :T

And I won one Cravendale after finally remembering Free Milk Friday :j

Now if only I could stop feeling like I'm about to have a panic attack! :eek::mad::mad::mad:

French_Knickers

Went to T's tonight for a whoopsie sesh. Not much doing but did get some finest pork medallions for 30p, a finest rump steak 30p, chicken breasts 30p, corgettes, bananas, broccoli, cauliflower, baking spuds and some tissues. After coupons bill was 61p.

Annoyed as the points coupon from the tesco living mag is still not working on the discovery kits which meant another trip to CS for my points. Good news is tissues and a JTD meant my bill for the points was only 61p

Wombled 5 petrol vouchers, and a handful of receipts for the checker! I think 3 yield points totalling about 140.

Got 10 packs of socks.

Got 7 asda receipts to try.

Just had tea.......Mushrooms drizzled with olive oil and baked then drenched in vinegar. Seems more healthy than my usual with a plate of home made chips and the mushrooms deep fried. Still trying to get my head around all this what you can and can't eat stuff.....doing my head in to be honest

zippydooda

cosmic-dust wrote: »

This is what your looking for they are 54p in Tesco superstore, £1.12 in Tesco extra and £2.50 in Tesco Metro :eek:

54p in my extra, none on shelf though:( this cheap coffee is down to them putting less in jars/sachets, so depends on which store has old stock.
now who wants to see a pic of me and my step daughter at her wedding do tonight. but promise not to quote pic as i will delete after 1 hr. as i have not got her permission. but i i treat 11+ as my internet family.

tessietwo

Fudge_Cake wrote: »

I'm all topsy turvy!

Hi Fudge_cake, sounds like you had a busy and stressy day - put your feet up and close your eyes and think about your favourite things. :A

I'm just back from a few days away from old London town, seems like I have missed a bbq glitch.

zippydooda

well done scattycatty (M.A.H.) on the dark side:T

tessietwo

zippydooda wrote: »

54p in my extra, none on shelf though:( this cheap coffee is down to them putting less in jars/sachets, so depends on which store has old stock.
now who wants to see a pic of me and my step daughter at her wedding do tonight. but promise not to quote pic as i will delete after 1 hr. as i have not got her permission. but i i treat 11+ as my internet family.

Yes pls, zippydooda ....... (you have been busy with weddings recently) - doh just realised the wedding was abroad but the do at home, not two weddings!!!

Fudge_Cake_2

blondy - Gorgeousssss lil puddy cat

FK - Nikki's advice regarding the orchid will stand you in good stead. If you're serious about keeping it, orchid feed really does make them thrive and produce wonderful flowers. I love orchids and have lots and lots of them! They're very easy to keep and neglecting them is surprisingly effective But in weather like this I tend to stick it under the tap, twisting the pot round so that all the dirt is watered and then stand them in about an inch deep of water for half an hour once a week. If I'm using orchid feed, I stand them in the diluted mixture instead. Beautiful pics from Wales, it sounds like you had a great time Sorry to hear about your camera:(

Gemini Jes- Hope you got on well at the dentist and congrats to your DS for finishing his AS exams :T Enjoy your Eurovision party! :j

Snap - Sooooo glad to hear the water tablets are having an immediate effect, I very much hope it's lasting and you're feeling much more comfortable soon :Axxxx How did you do at the table top sale? £1 sounds like an absolute bargain :T

Tweets- :T:jYou are most certainly better than :mad: and you've obviously done a fantastic job at raising your DS :A

Nikki and Magicowen - :A:D xx :A:D xx

Miss Laid - :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::beer:

rhosybach - I think you're about as far from being a miserable cow as you can get!!! :A Your home life sounds idyllic and why wouldn't you want to savour that? It's wonderful what you've built and achieved :A

nahteb20 - What a photo of the Olympic torch relay!!! :T

motherbear - :TFabulous wombling! :T

kymie - What a day! Know exactly how you feel Fingers crossed for a much brighter and happier day tomorrow :A

tinkerleigh - Welcome

Danielle - :j:beer:Here's to 4 weeks off! Not long to go now!! Are the plans still running smoothly? Do you have many bits to do last minute? Hope you've got time to enjoy the build up :A

emmlouie - Hope you feel better soon :Axx

lloydy84 - Awwww sounds like you're having a proper miserable time of it Hope you feel much better soon xx

Sounds like we've got a fair few double acts being formed in the Elite! Gemini Jes+Smart1e, Nikki+QPR and bensonsmum+barksavingmad :T:T:T Brilliant team work guys, keep it up!! :beer:

Also huge thanks to Lutzi for the bogof mushrooms idea, Scarlini for the addition of the lettuce and cucumber and tony89 for new price flop info

zippydooda

NO QUOTING PIC MIND. was a photo dont every one look different to what you expect. x

motherbear

Fudge_cake - sorry you're not feeling too good today, maybe try to get to bed a bit earlier tonight? It may be lack of sleep that's making you feel down. Hope tomorrows a better day for you :A

French_Knickers wrote: »

Went to T's tonight for a whoopsie sesh. Not much doing but did get some finest pork medallions for 30p, a finest rump steak 30p, chicken breasts 30p, corgettes, bananas, broccoli, cauliflower, baking spuds and some tissues. After coupons bill was 61p.

Annoyed as the points coupon from the tesco living mag is still not working on the discovery kits which meant another trip to CS for my points. Good news is tissues and a JTD meant my bill for the points was only 61p

Wombled 5 petrol vouchers, and a handful of receipts for the checker! I think 3 yield points totalling about 140.

Got 10 packs of socks.

Got 7 asda receipts to try.

Just had tea.......Mushrooms drizzled with olive oil and baked then drenched in vinegar. Seems more healthy than my usual with a plate of home made chips and the mushrooms deep fried. Still trying to get my head around all this what you can and can't eat stuff.....doing my head in to be honest

That looks yumzers FK :T

Zippydooda - I do

blondynurse

what a hot day its been, and i think its going to be too hot to sleep, been atwork tonight also too warm, if there was room in freezer i think i would put myself in it. good thing is tho, my tan is looking good! tesco tomoz i thinks x