The Good, the Mad & the Lovely

purpledonkey

Evening all, here's a tune* while I catch up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrbKvxGgFfg

*warning, may offend die hard Joy Division fans

locarr

I'm not a cocktail person but have a bottle of Martini I've been gifted along with a bottle of Vodka, port and Jagermiester that are lying in the cupboard (plus coke as a mixer!;))....anyone got any ideas for a nice drink with this lot!:D:beer:

elsie1969

LilacLillie wrote: »

I noticed in Asda they are selling 'Smart Price' wrapping paper, 2mtrs for 14p. Good for a laugh.
Also remember this time of year the printable Tesco Value cards:
http://tescovaluecards.com/


I gave up on the invites, while out shopping today went in The Works and bought some lovely invite cards with tea & cake pics on.
All now delivered.
Shame the Tesco value don't do invites LOL!
LL

Chrisv wrote: »

Pleased the baby food worked elsie, 12 jars for £1.70

Washing powder is outside of the 10% weight range (A 2.4kg, S 2kg) so wont compare.

Thanks for info on washing powder, didn;t look at exact weights, just thought if it was mys it would compare. So i'm still learning. :cool:
Baby food one of my food bank donations. I know it made them cheap but is it £1.70 for 12? Don't ask me the exact amount as I can never 'do the maths', but I would have had to pay £1.58 for the odd 2 then the 10 compared £7.90-£4.00. I'll throw that one back at you now. :rotfl:

midwinter

EMMAP wrote: »

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/simpsons-one-direction-disney-princess-advent-calenders-now-25p-tesco-1757273

Roll up roll up get your cheap advent calendars here!

Anyone near a Ts at the mo to check the date on any of these?

Saw barbie/princess ones today. 25p, 68g of chocolate :eek:, really not even worth 25p, BBE mid 2014, so won't keep for Christmas 2014!

elsie1969

LilacLillie wrote: »

I noticed in Asda they are selling 'Smart Price' wrapping paper, 2mtrs for 14p. Good for a laugh.
Also remember this time of year the printable Tesco Value cards:
http://tescovaluecards.com/


I gave up on the invites, while out shopping today went in The Works and bought some lovely invite cards with tea & cake pics on.
All now delivered.
Shame the Tesco value don't do invites LOL!
LL

Oh, forgot to say why quoting this.....

Thanks, not seen this before, they are fab and certain members of my family and a few friends will appreciate these from me! :rotfl: Even better, I have noticed I can also save on printing and postage by sending as an e-card!

elsie1969

elsie1969 wrote: »

Thanks for info on washing powder, didn;t look at exact weights, just thought if it was mys it would compare. So i'm still learning. :cool:
Baby food one of my food bank donations. I know it made them cheap but is it £1.70 for 12? Don't ask me the exact amount as I can never 'do the maths', but I would have had to pay £1.58 for the odd 2 then the 10 compared £7.90-£4.00. I'll throw that one back at you now. :rotfl:

Oh I'm confusing myself.... every time I look at this I get more muddled!!! :rotfl:
can you explain the maths to me in numpty terms. :o:o

davemorton

Call_of_Trouty wrote: »

December 1st to 25th

Is it just me or did they used to just go up to the 24th years ago?

Chrisv

elsie1969 wrote: »

Thanks for info on washing powder, didn;t look at exact weights, just thought if it was mys it would compare. So i'm still learning. :cool:
Baby food one of my food bank donations. I know it made them cheap but is it £1.70 for 12? Don't ask me the exact amount as I can never 'do the maths', but I would have had to pay £1.58 for the odd 2 then the 10 compared £7.90-£4.00. I'll throw that one back at you now. :rotfl:

Did you only buy 10 elsie? 12 would cost £6 in A's, but still compare £7.90 v £4 giving an APG of £4.30.

Chrisv wrote: »

A lot of reduced baby in S's if you can find it

Some of them compare with A's, so should give a good APG, check MSM for comparables.

ie Cow & Gate Grandma's Sunday Lunch 7mth+

12 of these will cost £6 in A's,
should compare 10 x 79p (APG can only compare 10) to 10 x 40p
giving an APG of £4.30.

(Don't mix 2 of the 12 for £6 offers in the same shop)

Dizzy_Ditzy

EMMAP wrote: »

QOC if your bro is asking you for the full amount he owes on his car and you know he's getting paid on Monday....I'd be wondering what other debts he has? Doesn't quite add up to me that he couldn't afford to pay at least some of the debt.

I think you've been lovely to offer to help him. And you're right to suggest he tries to pay some himself. When you're struggling like that it forces you to reevaluate which it sounds like he needs to do. Maybe suggest sitting down with him to help him work out how to pay the rest? Don't feel guilty. Hopefully this experience will end up making him more money savvy.

Lou we always have the traditional Christmas pud on Xmas day. I don't like much of it though as it is so rich!

He reckons anything that goes into his account will get eaten up by charges and stuff. There's no way I'm having my money swallowed up like that. He gets paid weekly. I think he should try harder, he text me not even 3 hours after he left my house :eek:

He was fine with money until he met his girlfriend. Since then, they've had to have the so called best of everything. But it's all on tick :mad:

He was off sick for 5 weeks and was only being paid ssp. Now fir that 5 weeks while he was waiting to see the company doctor, he will have known that his car still needed to be paid. And yet he sat down and did nothing. For FIVE WEEKS. I'm finding it hard to have much sympathy with him right now. There's a big part of me that thinks he's taking advantage of me. Or rather his girlfriend is, iykwim.

My mum will be giving my dad earache about it. In turn, while he won't do it on purpose, that then puts added pressure on me

They're all coming to me fir Christmas and I already feel almost like I don't want to be in the same postcode as them, let alone have them in my house. She's just plain weird. She sat in the car for 40 minutes earlier while me and my brother tried to sort all this out :eek:

elainemn

Well only managed 1 womble tonight but got Savvys favourite - 3 Coors light. APG returned £9. Lost £4 on 2 Astis. Well please with it.