5 years MFW - Lets get cracking...

HelenDaveKids

Thanks NP and CC.
Last hour now on last bit of ebay (had to wrestle laptop off DD2)

Going to read up on QUIDCO tonight, as never used and feel may have missed a trick, also startingt reading the voucher threads. I suspect Im becoming (or am) an MS anorak!

HelenDaveKids

ajmoney wrote: »

Mould and mildew stuff is great, but I have a way of making it better or an alternative if you can't afford it. Get an old electric toothbrush head and use that (obviously attached to the electric bit), it saves any scrubbing and brought the stuff in our old house up a treat! Please use old ones though and not new as I do not want the blame when you forget :rotfl:

yes OH toothbrush!!

Tried scrubbing with scrubbing brush, was getting nowhere, i could smell it as well. Even had OH scrubbing one weekend. The stuff bought (Whizz) I literally squirted on and left (5mins ish) and then rinsed off. Cant believe the difference, cant remember how much it was, but would have been cheap to land in my basket!

I go mad for stardrops too, the white one is fantastic and again dead cheap in HB. Have stopped buying other stuff, just have their whole range in my cupboard.

ajmoney

HelenDaveKids wrote: »

Going to read up on QUIDCO tonight, as never used and feel may have missed a trick, also startingt reading the voucher threads. I suspect Im becoming (or am) an MS anorak!

Over the last 2 days I have made £100.79, although some of it is for DH it is no different to buying online but you go through quidco first if the company is listed and you get varying amounts of cashback. I have earned 25p today for logging into a shop while I have been there. I saved DH so much on his new macbook today that even he is going to find the password for his account. I think you get perks if you recommend people too. Quidco and nectar are my new most used sites.

HelenDaveKids

ajmoney wrote: »

Over the last 2 days I have made £100.79, although some of it is for DH it is no different to buying online but you go through quidco first if the company is listed and you get varying amounts of cashback. I have earned 25p today for logging into a shop while I have been there. I saved DH so much on his new macbook today that even he is going to find the password for his account. I think you get perks if you recommend people too. Quidco and nectar are my new most used sites.

Will definitely browse tonight then! Think I've just found myself a whole new avenue of MS possibilities.

I keep forgetting to use nectar when on ebay, although did get 1000 free nectar points today for using confused.com. for house insurance.

HelenDaveKids

looks like i should have gone on quidco before confused.com, oh well, you live and learn!

Cheques should cash today (or at least be recieved) and bring us under 90k

Cupboards bare, desperately need to shop but looks at other diaries, think I may need to have a meal plan first. arrgggg.... really rubbish at stuff like that. plus when i get home from work I need to drop DD1 off somewhere, then a bit later DD2 then go to open evening with DD3. Not quite sure were I will fit it in. Unfortunately if i dont, then pack ups wont get made for the next day!

Anyway heigh ho heigh ho, its off to work I go..

HelenDaveKids

Booked asda online for tomorrow, unfortunately went over £100 but will have a go at my first attempt to batch cook lots of food for freezer. I hate coming home from work and not even taking my shoes off before start preparing meals, so this may have multiple benefits!

Still some items awaiting collection from ebayer, 2 more should go tomorrow, 2 more havent responded to my email yet.

edinburgher

Going to read up on QUIDCO tonight

I have used them for several years (£743 to date), but I'm finding that I'm getting more and more declined cashbacks. My method hasn't changed, and I'm fairly meticulous/anal with these things, so I'm laying the blame at their doorstep

Newer than Quidco (but very reliable/no nonsense) are Topcashback. They often have slightly better rates, don't take £5 a year off you, have a no-quibble approach to disputes and *seem* to pay out faster for a lot of similar offers.

Let me know if you need a referral link for either (cheeky self-interest here, think they both pay referral bonuses for new members)

nattypants

HelenDaveKids wrote: »

I go mad for stardrops too, the white one is fantastic and again dead cheap in HB. Have stopped buying other stuff, just have their whole range in my cupboard.

This made me lol HDK, as although I too am a lover of stardrops you have given it almost designer status:D

edinburgher

I sometimes found that Stardrops tended to be a little sticky on our surfaces. OH and I used to rent a lovely old flat in the South East and it had all wood worktops. Stardrops always seemed to leave a residue (even when I diluted it loads and rinsed multiple times). This is the bit when someone tells me that it's not for wood!

HelenDaveKids

I do so love my stardrops NP !! Has seriously reduced my cleaning cupboard. Although also love Mr Muscle window and tile cleaner as always makes my chrome shine in the bathroom :j(yes, sad I know).

Yes please, edinburgher re link, happy for you to refer me, just topcashback as joined quidco the other night.
No idea about the residue as I use the green one for my floors, the browny one for surfaces (worktop etc) and the white one in the bathroom.

Unfortunately I do have a fetish for window cleaning products, have loads and loads, unfortunately this is due to an intense dislike of cleaning windows. Whilst shopping, i see a product, think ooo that will make me clean windows, buy it, shove it to back of cupboard and so on. Have similar line on window cleaning gadgets - same reason! (My windows are very dirty!)