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  • Savvybuyer
    Savvybuyer Posts: 22,332 Forumite
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    fairclaire wrote: »
    Bed for me lovelies. Cookie raider :A
    Savvy :money::p:p:p::A

    Goodnight all :wave: xxxxx

    Many thanks - although, as for whether Savvy is :money:, that rests in the hands of Aau1 to judge.:):)
  • Savvybuyer
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    edited 20 July 2013 at 3:50AM
    FloFlo wrote: »
    [...]

    We had a blow up observatory at our school the other week and the guide was corrected several times by a lad in my class :D Normally if I had thought ahead i would have had a chat with the lad before hand and he would sit by me and tell me rather than interrupt but it they had come for the infants and we were squeezed in. The lad goes down well with supply teachers aswell :p

    I think you are wonderful with your son.

    Simple - the guide ought to have had his/her facts right.:D

    Meanwhile - back to myself:rotfl::rotfl::D - egotistic soul here!:eek: - of course still more that I should have done on here, such as putting the also T/S vs A onto the Avs W post, but - there, I'm not here all the time and this isn't all I have to do!:rotfl:- another thing now - sleep!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::cool:

    A lot of water has gone under the bridge with me and I've stopped worrying about whether I'm doing something too much or the conventional views on whether I might or might not - if I enjoy it, then so what! Key to happiness is do what you want, when you want I feel!* I think this attitude also helped me over periods of bereavement (several years ago now) - I was told 'you'll be upset for a while' but I thought - well why will I? Do I have to be? And I thought 'no' and very much quicker than most people I suspect I got back on with my life. It isn't about lack of love of the person I lost. It was my mother and I certainly had a close bond with her. It's more a coping mechanism - and it works! - and I feel she would also have been proud of me for managing to use it as effectively as I did.

    That's not to say it's easy. It hasn't been. But the key to some things lies within yourself and your own reaction to things!

    Alright, too deep and meaningful - or meaningless!:rotfl::rotfl::D - I'll go (after 107 posts in a row now:rotfl::rotfl:) and see you laters!:):):wave: (I've taken on board the point about 'is this all I do?' and I'll think about it - not too much and extensively though:D - and I'll do that somewhat later, when I wake up much later today!:):rotfl:)

    *Of course I don't mean to suggest ride roughshod over everyone else. There are people like that - and they just make life unpleasant for everyone else. Do what I want - I also want to help and assist people wherever I can, and within reason.
  • dipdap
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    Savvybuyer wrote: »
    £40!!:eek::eek: What sort of items do you need?

    PP is only £10, so maximum comparable basket would leave A at £30.
    If I'm spending that much, I'd tend to go for all half prices elsewhere, though the £10 limit rather puts a stop on that - and building the rest up, beyond £10 cheaper comparable, by using very cheap non-comparables isn't that easy!! Remember you're losing CC points too on those T half-price offers - as they aren't charging more, getting the CC points and then refunding to match a cheaper price elsewhere.

    (Gosh, I am so cynical:rotfl::rotfl:.)

    I know, it's depressing. I hate letting a cond spend go to waste though :o
    I do have a cond spend for home and cookware though so I can put that in too as its £2 off a tenner and there's some sale stuff I have my eye on plus some 75% off gardening bits too.
    Mainly I just need laundry liquid, jam, crisps and ready meals :)
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  • Savvybuyer
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    edited 20 July 2013 at 3:54AM
    aau1 wrote: »
    And what? :huh:

    ... do you suggest we should go out and buy the Pampers Simply Drys (e.g. Avs M and then claim the 'try for free')?

    A thought: is S BM vs A (or, god forbid:rotfl:, Tvs A) cheaper (more 'money saving', for us) e.g. if the mere difference is more than the APG you should get on Avs M? Then tried 'free' at Sains price you paid on the original receipt. Perhaps on the much bigger packs? Or these ones? You don't need to have kids, if it's paying you to take it away, def. go for it!
  • dipdap
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    Savvybuyer wrote: »
    dipdap - what about some of these non-comps (instead of some of the first list, the non-comps, of the groceries)?

    I'm slowly catching up. You read my mind :D
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  • Savvybuyer
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    dipdap wrote: »
    I know, it's depressing. I hate letting a cond spend go to waste though :o
    I do have a cond spend for home and cookware though so I can put that in too as its £2 off a tenner and there's some sale stuff I have my eye on plus some 75% off gardening bits too.
    Mainly I just need laundry liquid, jam, crisps and ready meals :)

    Oh. Well--- just search those parts of msm for items cheaper in A than T! Is T's Beef Lasagne 400g comparing to A's Italian Beef Lasagne anyone? Is T's version even 400g as the A one is? (I'm using msm, need to recheck vs a.com.) £2.00 for one in T and £1.00 in A? Anyone any positive T PP result?

    Goodnightttttttt.....!!!:):):rotfl:
  • Savvybuyer
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    Well, there's all your essays to read for today's shift dipdap!!:rotfl::rotfl: Till I come back here later on today.:):)
  • dipdap
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    Savvybuyer wrote: »
    Oh. Well--- just search those parts of msm for items cheaper in A than T! Is T's Beef Lasagne 400g comparing to A's Italian Beef Lasagne anyone? Is T's version even 400g as the A one is? (I'm using msm, need to recheck vs a.com.) £2.00 for one in T and £1.00 in A? Anyone any positive T PP result?

    Goodnightttttttt.....!!!:):):rotfl:

    Savvy you are brilliant!!
    I'm already halfway through my list and have added quite a few fillers already too :T
    You advice is a god send, you really are one of the most helpful people I have met on here :T
    Now go to bed! :D
    Historic Debt August 2009 = £63,600 10th March 2017 = £0 100% paid all gone!
    Mortgage started June 2015 = £170,000 January 2022 = £134,000
    Saving for Xmas 2022= . . Amazon £55
    If you focus on what you have left behind, you won't see what lies ahead - Gusteau
  • dipdap
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    Savvybuyer wrote: »
    Well, there's all your essays to read for today's shift dipdap!!:rotfl::rotfl: Till I come back here later on today.:):)

    LOL they should relieve my boredom nicely :)
    Night!
    Historic Debt August 2009 = £63,600 10th March 2017 = £0 100% paid all gone!
    Mortgage started June 2015 = £170,000 January 2022 = £134,000
    Saving for Xmas 2022= . . Amazon £55
    If you focus on what you have left behind, you won't see what lies ahead - Gusteau
  • dipdap
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    I'm so glad it's quiet in here tonight.
    I think my weightless may be beginning to show as my trousers keep trying to fall down :rotfl: :eek:
    Historic Debt August 2009 = £63,600 10th March 2017 = £0 100% paid all gone!
    Mortgage started June 2015 = £170,000 January 2022 = £134,000
    Saving for Xmas 2022= . . Amazon £55
    If you focus on what you have left behind, you won't see what lies ahead - Gusteau
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