Preparedness for when

daz378

Cameron getting all jingoistic and full international statesman mode..... just before an election ........how surprising

looking for postal bags tomorrow so i can send big sis in america choccy hobnobs... in time for her berfday

take care

Frugalsod

daz378 wrote: »

looking for postal bags tomorrow so i can send big sis in america choccy hobnobs... in time for her berfday

take care

When ever I get anything online and it comes in a bubble wrap envelope I keep them for reusing.

daz378

any ideas where i can get those postal mailing bags? all i can think of is staples.... ta very muchly. joined meetups again ....... trouble is its for native speakers of german and im a bit rusty.... not got a thursday free till early sept.... bit of time to practice though

twiglet98

daz378 wrote: »

any ideas where i can get those postal mailing bags? all i can think of is staples.... ta very muchly. joined meetups again ....... trouble is its for native speakers of german and im a bit rusty.... not got a thursday free till early sept.... bit of time to practice though

Our local post offices are based in the village shops and they all sell various sizes of polythene-type posting bags and jiffy bags, Wilkos and (I think) £land had a selection last time I looked, but they're widely available online, in all sizes, quantities and qualities (and colours!) - fleabay and Amaz0n have loads listed, and I'm sure there are more specific websites too. I buy a pack occasionally if the family are selling lots of bits and bobs on fleabay, but reuse whenever possible so the new ones are rarely needed.

GreyQueen

Morning all.

daz, Poondland and the 99p St0re have the mailing bags,manilla with bubble-wrap lining. Pretty much the cheapest places to get them unless you have an ex-office source of them. I get them passed to me by a couple of friends to pass to the kid bruv online bookseller.

thriftwizard

Mmmm - there might be something to be said for a breakdown in supermarket supply chains - fresh pancakes with blackberries (picked at the riverbank) & cream (from the market, £1 for a tub of locally-produced Guernsey cream when bought with a litre of raw Guernsey milk) make an awesome OS breakfast! Flour from the mill, eggs from our own hens, pancake batter made up last night & popped in the fridge ready to roll this morning. At times like this, stepping outside the Supermarket Matrix seems quite possible...

calicocat

thriftwizard wrote: »

Mmmm - there might be something to be said for a breakdown in supermarket supply chains - fresh pancakes with blackberries (picked at the riverbank) & cream (from the market, £1 for a tub of locally-produced Guernsey cream when bought with a litre of raw Guernsey milk) make an awesome OS breakfast! Flour from the mill, eggs from our own hens, pancake batter made up last night & popped in the fridge ready to roll this morning. At times like this, stepping outside the Supermarket Matrix seems quite possible...

I don't like blackberries.....but even so that sounds fab.

Mojisola

daz378 wrote: »

looking for postal bags tomorrow so i can send big sis in america choccy hobnobs... in time for her berfday

Have you got a local Freegle or Freecycle site?

I collect all the padded envelopes that we get and pass them on through Freegle.

Frugalsod

thriftwizard wrote: »

Mmmm - there might be something to be said for a breakdown in supermarket supply chains - fresh pancakes with blackberries (picked at the riverbank) & cream (from the market, £1 for a tub of locally-produced Guernsey cream when bought with a litre of raw Guernsey milk) make an awesome OS breakfast! Flour from the mill, eggs from our own hens, pancake batter made up last night & popped in the fridge ready to roll this morning. At times like this, stepping outside the Supermarket Matrix seems quite possible...

Once I get myself a dehydrator I am looking at the idea of making my own bran and corn flakes. I probably will not save any money but I think I will eliminate those E numbers.

The other planned breakfast use is to make Knäckebröd which is great with cheese and butter. It is a typical scandinavian snack, high in fibre and healthy as well. So over time even less of my money will be going into supermarkets.

daz378

thanks will try poundland and wilkies will be sending as many packets of choc hobnobs under 2 kg (as the price above this weight rises astronomically)