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princessmelody2009

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Quite funny reading about everyone's spares, I have a spare iron (DTD from T's, spare toaster (£5 comet sell-off), spare kettle (wallace and grommit cheep in Argos) and a spare waffle maker (Lidl chuck-out sale). The waffle maker is essential as we have waffles instead of pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. This lot of spares just sort of built up on it's own, probably cost me a total of about £12 in all.

Wow! :eek: What an excellent store

RootedNomad

Westvleteren wrote: »

Shall I bore you all with another one?

Mad might be more interested in some of there other videos when less clothing is worn

Not sure I can cope with frostbitten dangly bits at this time of night :eek:

wackynut

madmuppet5 wrote: »

Children of the corn :eek:

I quite liked it. It sounds a bit county.

David.

3Dogs wrote: »

Yippee, first time I have been up to date on the thread for a few days :j







Now, moving on to Sports Mixtures. David. I love them too ...... or I used to before they changed the black ones to purple ones, like in midget gems. They just don't taste the same. Unless my memory is playing tricks on me, they changed the overall recipe too, as I don't think they are like they used to be in my youth

Nothing ever is unfortunately they have to tinker :eek:

David.

princessmelody2009 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: he'd be farting bubbles! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sweet smelling ones :rotfl:

kezbratt

Mrs_stinkface wrote: »

I've just had a look on net mums and its got some great advice. Thanks.

Evening all. I agree there can be some good advice but I find them worse than the darkside...just watch out for judgmental and "perfect" mums on there who seem hell bent on making others feel inadequate

David.

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Finally, David. (I think it was you), if you've got this far,:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:about the bin bags, I'm working on it (not literally this second or even tonight) and endeavour to let you know on here when I have some details. (Didn't we get the last set of bin bags totally free, some of us, by signing up to a promotion on an overseas website - limited to first X number? I thought it came in the weekly email some months back. I entered my details for something - I didn't receive anything, so I assume they'd all gone, but congrats to anyone who managed to get some bin bags - or bags anyway, whatever they were now - for nothing).

:T:T:T:T see I do read all your posts, sometimes have a little nap in the middle but I do read all orf them

Westvleteren

RootedNomad wrote: »

Not sure I can cope with frostbitten dangly bits at this time of night :eek:

Ok, change of location, but this is a bit more.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8KZN8-fdcw


:rotfl:

Savvybuyer

Call_of_Trouty wrote: »

Link to the new Adsa mag, 50p off coupon for Alpen bars, should be able to print off.

http://issuu.com/asdamagazine/docs/asda_january_jan_2013?mode=window&shareButtonEnabled=false&searchButtonEnabled=false&logo=http%3A%2F%2Fi.groceries.asda.com%2Fmediaimages%2FSPF%2F121221_issuuLogo.png&backgroundImage=http%3A%2F%2Fi.groceries.asda.com%2Fmediaimages%2FSPF%2F121211_mag_BG.png

Valid till May

And 50p off dairy free Pure.

Regarding the Alpen, these are currently down to £1.50 in A (and around £1.99 elsewhere or multibuy 2 for £3). My own preference at the moment would be to buy some other brand in A, which is similar pack size, and currently on offer at £1 at a competitor. This, 90p equiv., works out cheaper than £1.50 'rollback' with 50p off.

The coupons are valid till May. In which case, seems best to wait until a competitor has Alpen on offer at £1, then off to A, whatever its price, with 50p off. Making them (if a competitor offer comes along in the next four/five months) 40p, with your appropriate 7 items that you needed anyway and were already going to buy vs whichever competitor it is. Even if it's M, all is not lost for NI readers, as surely at least one of S or T will have them on offer at £1 at some point in the next four months?

If not you can simply use it when A has a lower price if it's getting close to May, or another voucher or coupon will come along, I'm sure, even if they expire and you miss out.

A word of caution though: sometimes (and I'm not suggesting this is necessarily so in the above case) supermarkets raise the price of items just before they include a coupon in a mag that appears you're getting something off. The price, after the MOC, can be more than the price in their store without any MOC was before.

I know one retailer (won't mention the name) had an offer on some kitchen item. They were on 'half price' at £2 (or something very similar). The half price ended and the price rose to about £3 or £3.50. Shortly after, there was a coupon in their in-store mag for 50p off the product. This made it around £2.50 or £3 after the 50p coupon - more expensive than the £2 the product had been not very long before. Remember coupons are there to provide an incentive for you to buy. It may be the coupon encourages you to buy and think there is a saving, when in fact the product was even lower priced, in the same store, just a few months earlier.

I didn't buy the kitchen item with the coupon. I think I bought it in A on a comp. vs the appropriate retailer at the time of the competitor's £2 offer. Then you probably bought it even cheaper than me with glitches vs W!!! Swings and roundabouts, it can work out sometimes...:rotfl::rotfl:

sian22_2

just popping in to say hello to everyone I am tired tonight my dd and her bf decided to give me a surprise visit dds bf wanted to fit a new lock on my door so me and dd went shopping definataly not a mse day for me as bought some stuff for dds dresser but it was soo nice spending time with her and I cherish every moment.dd may not get up to see me until march now so was so sad to see her leave but I love seeing her so happy.hope everyone is feeling good and hugs for those who dont:j