*Stop The Cavalry* It's The 2014 Christmas Chatter Thread

quidsy

Sorry, been awol, reading every day but in a january funk i think. Ok I've set up a swap, sell or trade place on fb. Pm me with your fb link and I will send invites. This is a private group.

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
DS2 decluttered to school, did have to shout him back to ask if he needed the homework off the table hed done last night, YES so lucky i spotted it. grey drizzly and murky here today hope others have better weather.

hope all are well and the day is kind

need to go and do some stuff, but cant decide what yet

Nanamia

Quidsy help where will I find my FB link? X

Nanamia

Good morning Mrs M that was lucky got whip up and wash my hair. The hairdresser be here in ten minutes but I'm stuck to the sofa!!! Argh feel like yuk so don't come too close. Have a wonderful day xxx

Mrsinvisible how you doing? xxx
Msgigglewick you ok? xxx
Festive Princess is hoping that today's results will shed some light on what's going on so fingers crossed for her. Sending all our love xxx

nic2075

Nanamia wrote: »

Quidsy help where will I find my FB link? X

Open your page on a desktop site, copy the whole URL at the top. Then just paste it in the pm. It should make it a link to your page x

Nanamia

Thanks Nic will need to put the laptop on xxx

nic2075

Morning, it's chilly today brrr.

Not sure if you remember my Tesco were doing scan voucher in Jan which gave me £50 off my shopping each week then £72 off my Christmas dinner shopping?
Well they have a new machine. You get one voucher to scan, for 4 weeks, you can win £3 off a £30 spend, £5 off a £5 spend, £50 off £50 spend and £500 gift vouchers,
We picked a few packs of vouchers from the self service tills and got posted some, we got loads of £3 off £30. Then on Friday I was down to my last £3.50 in the bank , I won £50 off a £50 spend :j:j
So I waited til Monday and got my weekly shopping, plus extras like big packs off toilet paper, big bags of pasta, some nice oil for cooking etc. I could combine some £3 off £30 spend too. So did some clever spending.

THEN my oh went in to scan a couple more this week and again a few £3 ones then another £50 off a £50 spend :j so I am saving it til Monday and doing the weekly shopping with it.

It's been a relief, after not being able to take 2 jobs due to childcare costs, plus my wee business has been busier than I expected for Jan. and now getting over £100 in shopping for free. We have another 2 weeks of vouchers to scan in the following 2 Mondays, so you never know


I think they are doing these vouchers as the store opened in Nov and it has been really dead. Not are why as there are 5 villages all surrounding it. But a lot of older customers are still using the Co-OP. so this is them trying to get folk in to spend more money.
Seeing as you can combine the vouchers, my Oh is going to brave it tonight and spend £36 then hand over 2 £3 over £30 vouchers, then add good for either £3 or £6 and hand over 2 more vouchers, then another at £30. She he should still have £27 to pay, but will have gotten a few extra bits for vouchers we wouldn't have used.

murie

Morning- and belated birthday wishes for yesterday.x


Went to SW yesterday and lost another 2lb so happy with that. The leader raved about a Weetabix muffin that you can use as HE or syn them out. Im not a lover of bread so find the B choice difficult to use (and the A choice cus I don't drink milk), so I thought I would try them. Mmmn- what can I say? Less the Costa doulble choc muffins I was hoping for, and more mashed/mushed up rockhard Weetabix brickettes. And she said it would satisfy cake cravings! If she calls THAT cake she can stick it! Not gonna try them again!


Hope JJ gets answers today and that she is home soon.


Hismissus- that's a big chunk of money you saved your Mom- bet she is happy now?


Freespirit- u want to de clutter my photos? Would only take you about a month! The loft is groaning under the weight. DH is an avid photographer but doesn't trust digital copies so makes prints of every single pic he has ever taken over the last 27 years together!! One day we are gonna wake up surrounded by the contents of all his cr*p that's stored up there cus the ceilings will have given way! (Can you tell its a bone of contention between us??!)


Nic2075- wow- way to go with all those vouchers!


Nanamia- ooh- what are you having done with your hair? I am a scaredy when it comes to hairdressers. I put it off and off and off until its so bad I end up having it chopped off. Problem is I hack at the fringe myself so I can see out so it ends up looking like Wurzel Gummage hair! You have reminded me to get a colour for it at the weekend cus the dreaded 'roots' are about 2" wide now! (why is it no matter what colour your natural hair is they always look black??)


Hope everyone has a lovely day even though its mizzly and grey xx

kellyhghs

Been reading this thread most days and last years thread also but very rarely post, just wanted to give you a heads up that claires accessories have all there sale stuff 3 for £5 online and delivery10 gets free delivery quite a few one direction stuff and nail varnish, jewellery sets etc work out great value for stocking fillers or presents at £1.66 each

Arthien

Just a quick pop in as I'm officially working (I know, I know, slap wrist! )

Hugs to those that need them, and well done to those who have achieved great things, baking amazing cakes, saving money left right and centre, winning competitions and de-cluttering in all its forms (yay the joys of cat-flapping are spreading, I'm a lurker on the hoarding thread too! )

I've nearly finished boxing up all my tesco 10p goodies, so DH will be relieved to finally get some space back. He was planning on putting the box in the loft but I can barely lift it, and it's not quite done yet, so I think there may have to be a rethink :rotfl:
I also returned 2 lots of previously-bought Christmas goodies, and the money refunded more than covers the cost of the things I'd re-bought at 10p! :T
I heard some people got all sorts of amazing deals: trees and outside light-up reindeers and £9 luxury crackers all for 10p! Clearly Tesco wants the shelf space back! Hopefully some of us on here have managed to stock up for the next couple of years (as we all know, some people are very good at planning ahead for future Christmases, eh OMO? )