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Sunshinemummy

Classy_Chick06 wrote: »

My kids 18+ all put their noses up at the bavaria, I have also got about 60+ cans of the Reloaded which they also put their noses up at too:eek:
Fussy gits!

I could not get enough for the kids, of reloaded and bavaria... Can I send them to your house, please x
:T:T:T:T

bubbs

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

I could not get enough for the kids, of reloaded and bavaria... Can I send them to your house, please x
:T:T:T:T

i never got any of these:eek:

Picasso7

Nenen wrote: »

Many thanks to everyone who posted encouraging replies to my recent 'Is it me?' post. I'm back to seeing the Elite silver linings rather than the clouds thanks to you all!:beer:
I've always been an 'all or nothing' person and drive myself crazy trying to be perfect and/or be the 'best' at whatever it is I'm trying to do, without giving myself time to learn things properly and/or make mistakes. However, if I feel I can't be perfect then I usually give up entirely... hence my house is an absolute tip because I realised many years ago that I didn't have the time, energy or inclination to be the 'perfect housewife' (sorry to disappoint you DM, I'm another woman who doesn't use an iron ). This is compounded by my hoarding everything just in case it might come in useful one day. :doh: The problem with that is that when the day comes I can't find whatever it is I'm looking for among all the other clutter!:o

I guess part of my lovely DH's concern about my stockpiling glitched goods is that we have very little storage space as it is because the garage, cupboards, spare room and loft are all chock full of clutter!

Anyway, not only did all your lovely posts make me feel a lot better about just taking baby Elite steps but they also got me to reflect on just trying to do a little bit to clear some clutter every day - however, I haven't happened to mention to dh that my incentive is that then I will have space to store glitches!

I've read a bit on MSE about decluttering and how to make it manageable so today I have finally cleared enough space in the spare room to place 4 plastic boxes (plus a rubbish bag) and labelled them: sell, charity, mend, put away. My plan is to spend 10 minutes every day to find ten things to put in the boxes and then, as they fill up I can deal with the contents. I'm hoping that starting small will help!

Similarly, I've decided to take the advice on here and just aim to do little bits of Elite shopping as and when I can rather than stress over missing out on every deal posted. I did a great shop in Sada yesterday and got an APG for £6.69 - there were a few 'mistakes' but given that before stumbling on this thread a few short weeks ago I didn't even know that Sada offered APGs let alone how to claim them, I'm quite happy. I'll post my APG shop and results in a minute.

Getting a good (for me, although I know SB, SFSB etc could do much better) APG has really lifted my confidence - again all thanks to you lovely people. :beer: The icing on the cake was that I got up the courage to spend the £23 APG my dd got for me (which I'd previously been too nervous to try). I did a muggle shop (but made sure Sada were cheapest and went for all the deals and things I know we will use over time then did as PPs suggested and looked for a nice, young student SA.
I couldn't believe my luck when, as I was unloading my shopping onto the belt a senior supervisor came over and told the young SA that she could go home after serving me and they then discussed how Sada wouldn't be paying this young girl the extra 15 mins she came in early for her shift. As soon as the supervisor went I engaged the SA in a chat about how these big companies really try to screw people for every penny and they always come out on top - of course she agreed wholeheartedly with me! We got on like a house on fire - so much so that she was really pleased for me when I handed over my £23 APG and said, "Well done - I wish I could get one like that!" She then processed it with a smile! :j:j:j:j

Those small successes have really helped - I've treated myself to a couple of hours catching up on here - including giving myself an avatar (my gorgeous but crazy little 1 year old spaniel x poodle b 1tch ).

Ok - that's me in a nutshell (more like a coconut than a hazelnut judging by the length of this post)!
Thanks again for the sound advice :beer::beer::beer: you are all :A:A:A (well, except for a few naughty boys - but then when I was teaching full time I always had a soft spot for naughty boys! ) :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What a brilliant post! And it has encouraged me to get on with selling or taking to the charity shop all sorts of bits! And well done with your SA. I had a couple of lovely ones the other day too -- one took an APG which was several days out of date, for which I was very grateful.

Dizzy_Ditzy

3010 wrote: »

Thanks fingers are all crossed. I could do with some money now. :rotfl:



I think we get cake and coffee on arrival. I'm not too sure about the passes. Just booked the train ticket £37, but RSH picked up that tab. :j

Hope all goes well for you :A:D

RootedNomad

bubbs wrote: »

Hello RN how are you? not seen you about for ages

:wave:

Hiya, i'm good thanks. School hols, so trying to minimise shopping/online time. Probably the only one hoping no mega glitches anytime soon because I would be torn :o

3010

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

Hope all goes well for you :A:D

Thanks QoC.

Picasso7

Nenen wrote: »

My (partially) successful Sada shop done at 7.55pm last night.

Obviously jellies no longer working (I did get one no-sugar one) and I bought a couple of items (in blue) that were dearer in Toscas which reduced my APG.

The blackberries are a really good deal in my opinion as 300g work out to be 90p after APG and I love them in my morning porridge.

I haven't tried the wine yet but Pinto Grigio for under £3.00 a bottle seems like a good price to me.


[FONT=&quot]14 items[/FONT][FONT=&quot] (9 different) on your bill qualify for comparison[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Tesco[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]+£5.23[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 x ASDA Baby New Potatoes with Herbs & Butter (360g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£2.00[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.78[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2 x Cadbury Fudge (25.5g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.40[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.44[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2 x Haribo Maoam Giant Strawberry Stripes[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.20[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.20[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2 x Haribo Maoam Giant Sour Stripes (15g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.20[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.20[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1 x McCoy's Ridge Cut Crisps - Classic Variety (15x30g...[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£2.50[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£4.19[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1 x KP Hula Hoops Variety (16x25g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£2.50[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£2.00[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2 x Candyland Blackjack Max Chew Bar (25g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.40[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]N/A[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1 x Cadbury Roses (70g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£1.00[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£1.50[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1 x ASDA Chosen by You Milk Bottles (95g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.40[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]N/A[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1 x ASDA Chosen by Kids Strawberry Jelly (135g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.45[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]N/A[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1 x ASDA Chosen by Kids Strawberry Jelly No Added Suga...[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.45[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]N/A[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1 x ASDA Chosen by Kids Raspberry Jelly (135g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£0.45[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]N/A[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2 x ASDA Blackberries (300g)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£6.00[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£2.06[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1 x Canti Pinot Grigio Veneto Ros! (750ml)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£5.00[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£3.20[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Comparison total (compared products only)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£19.80[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£14.57[/FONT]

Sorry Tesco are cheapest this time. Your comparable grocery shopping is £5.23 cheaper at Tesco. ASDA are not 10% cheaper than Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Waitrose. As such you are entitled to a voucher for £6.69.

Blackberries a brilliant find. Thank you.

Call_of_Trouty

RootedNomad wrote: »

Hi CoT

From Tues, so hopefully still going - curries compare 3 for £5 at M (I was actually doing a vs A shop)

1xT.BIG NIGHT IN THE BIG CHEESE 12" PIZZA 460G
£4.00 † n/a n/a n/a
1xT.BIG NIGHT IN INDIAN CKN KORMA & RICE 450G
£3.00 † £1.90 £3.60 £1.67
2xT.BIG NIGHT IN CKN JALFREZI & PILAU RICE 450G
£6.00 † £3.80 £7.20 £3.33
1xT.BIG NIGHT IN INDIAN 4 ONION BHAJIS 195G
£2.00 † n/a n/a n/a
2xT.BIG NIGHT IN INDIAN 4 VEG SAMOSA 215G
£4.00 † n/a £4.00 n/a
1xT.BIG NIGHT IN STICKS & POPS 200G
£1.75 † n/a n/a n/a

Evening everyone

Great, Thanks

Anyone know of any sides that compare favourably with Morries ?

bubbs

RootedNomad wrote: »

:wave:

Hiya, i'm good thanks. School hols, so trying to minimise shopping/online time. Probably the only one hoping no mega glitches anytime soon because I would be torn :o

It would be like tug of war, glitch, spend time with kids, glitch or spend time with kids:rotfl::rotfl:

Classy_Chick06

From a womble today

A v M

1 x ASDA Cauliflower Loose£0.75£0.60
1 x Kellogg's Just Right (500g)£2.00£1.57