Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

This morning I received a NP birthday card
Thank you. It's on display here.

We were going to send one too but I wasn't sure if i had your current address.

PasturesNew wrote: »

It doesn't have to cost more than that. Depends how many windows there are/what size.... but I expect windows to have venetians and curtains.

My last house had 6' high bay windows - a pair of them (6 panes). The other windows were 4-6' high. Old/victorian house. I got brand new venetian blinds for 6 of the bay windows, plus 3 big/other windows, plus a 1.2m wide/deep kitchen window, plus a 4' wide window and a small/bathroom window for about £110 the lot. £25 for fitting.

Keep an eye out long/often enough and curtains can be picked up on markets/simiilar/ebay cheapish.

We had to buy curtains for the project, got them from argos clearance, smallest 168x183 and cost 3.99 - largest about 212x212 for 7.99, the colours were even not too bad for the carpets....

vivatifosi

lemonjelly wrote: »

I hate working saturdays.

One of my friends is meeting boris this week to talk about 360 degree cameras.

Ooh how exciting for friend.

I like working Saturdays (though do it a minority of my time). I work a strange shift pattern, and as he works for an airline so does DH. I much prefer having a day off in the week as fewer people are out and about, so shopping and day to day activities are quicker.

As our days off are generally not the same day, that makes the days we do have off together more special too.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

We were going to send one too but I wasn't sure if i had your current address.

Probably not. The three digits in the postcode add up to 9

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

We had to buy curtains for the project, got them from argos clearance, smallest 168x183 and cost 3.99 - largest about 212x212 for 7.99, the colours were even not too bad for the carpets....

What/where is Argos clearance? By the sounds of it, it's pot luck if there's what you want on the day you go .... so has to be local to afford 2-3 trips. The cost of speculative travel these days makes random trips out here and there a limiter.

michaels

You must have been there a year now - doesn't time fly when you are enjoying yourself....

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

What/where is Argos clearance? By the sounds of it, it's pot luck if there's what you want on the day you go .... so has to be local to afford 2-3 trips. The cost of speculative travel these days makes random trips out here and there a limiter.

It is on the website but not all the time for soem reason - basically it is the end of catalog stuff that happens to be left in the local store and is generally low value stuff that isn't worth transporting to their clearance stores/putting on their ebay outlet store.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

doesn't time fly when you are enjoying yourself....

I don't know ... I'll let you know the answer if I ever start enjoying myself

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

It is on the website but not all the time for soem reason - basically it is the end of catalog stuff that happens to be left in the local store and is generally low value stuff that isn't worth transporting to their clearance stores/putting on their ebay outlet store.

Ah. Local ... but very limited. That's like charity shops - you can't walk in and get what you want, you have to be in/out all the time, then a few times a year strike it lucky.

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Ah. Local ... but very limited. That's like charity shops - you can't walk in and get what you want, you have to be in/out all the time, then a few times a year strike it lucky.

Yes but no but...at least you can do it online then reserve and collect so no danger of a wasted journey....

vivatifosi

Don't forget also that the Amazon Black Friday sale starts soon. We got some brilliant bargains last year. Not least a fab flatscreen TV for IIRC £69.