A chicken is for life not just Christmas Dinner (An 11+ ELITE Thread)

tigerwhite_2

bubbs wrote: »

Afternoon everyone :wave:
Me and dip had a lovely catch up:D
Saying we missed tiger and hoped she was ok and here she is:T:T
Nanny i vote you too;):D
I have got to do some ironing:(

ha ha - i must have heard you. I may be able to drive over a week on Friday (13th) if you and dippy are free? Can't this week - I'm going out for a posh tasting dinner with 7 friends so will need hours to beautify myself :rotfl:

Sarahdol75

tigerwhite wrote: »

Sunshine stacey has come up trumps again... I've just bought mum's Xmas present:j :santa2::xmassign: She will absolutely cry bucket loads when I tell her on Chrsitmas morning. I'm taking her to Reykjavik and hoping we get to see the Northern Lights. She's wanted to do it for years and years. We've got 4 nights (in the cold and dark :cool:) to see them.... :rotfl:

So that's 6 months that i have to keep a secret

Aww, what a lovely daughter you are and I hope you manage to keep it a secret, lovely surprise.

tigerwhite_2

JVB wrote: »

Hello everyone, please help!

Does anyone have the friends and family discount coupon from IKEA (staff coupon) (15% off ) as I am getting a new kitchen .
I think the card is given to employees every 4 months to give it to friends and family.
Please help!
Your help will be very much appreciated.
Thanks.

sorry, can't help JVB

tweets wrote: »

That's a lovely secret to keep :T:T:T

Oooh, i feel all warm and glowing inside knowing how happy mum will be.. I was debating about asking sis if she wanted to come, and I book it all for her to join us too.. She is always mega busy with work and so i thought she would look forward to it - and we would have girl time together...

tigerwhite_2

Sarahdol75 wrote: »

Aww, what a lovely daughter you are and I hope you manage to keep it a secret, lovely surprise.

she's just had a horrid 18 months and although she is on the up, i want to do something nice for her. But thanks for saying that

bubbs

tigerwhite wrote: »

ha ha - i must have heard you. I may be able to drive over a week on Friday (13th) if you and dippy are free? Can't this week - I'm going out for a posh tasting dinner with 7 friends so will need hours to beautify myself :rotfl:

Glad your ok, that is fine with me:T:T cause hubby goes in on 17th:D

zagubov

tigerwhite wrote: »

Sunshine stacey has come up trumps again... I've just bought mum's Xmas present:j :santa2::xmassign: She will absolutely cry bucket loads when I tell her on Chrsitmas morning. I'm taking her to Reykjavik and hoping we get to see the Northern Lights. She's wanted to do it for years and years. We've got 4 nights (in the cold and dark :cool:) to see them.... :rotfl:

So that's 6 months that i have to keep a secret

Didn't somebody on here say they were going to Iceland soon? EMMAP? JB? Get them to do the legwork to find all the good places to see and do things.:)

bubbs

Tiger what a lovely pressie:T:T what month is it you go?

bubbs

zagubov wrote: »

Didn't somebody on here say they were going to Iceland soon? EMMAP? JB? Get them to do the legwork to find all the good places to see and do things.:)

Yes its Emma oct i think she said:)

dipdap

tigerwhite wrote: »

ha ha - i must have heard you. I may be able to drive over a week on Friday (13th) if you and dippy are free? Can't this week - I'm going out for a posh tasting dinner with 7 friends so will need hours to beautify myself :rotfl:

I'm free!! (it's sounds better in my head, I'm thinking of are you being served )
Will hopefully be over your way on the 16th for cake and coffee too if you're not busy :j

Arthien

Nenen wrote: »

I haven't tried doing any of these yet and would really appreciate an idiot's guide if anyone could explain how these work and what you have to do. :beer:
Given my dh's negative attitude to the time I spend trying to shop the Elite way already, I'd also be grateful for answers to a few other questions on this topic:
Does everyone find ST, VS & CoS are really worth doing?
How much do you save via them in an average month v how long does it take to do?
Does it make glitch shopping and getting apgs more complicated to do?

I know lots of posters have said previously that dh should can be won over by cheap beer but unfortunately he rarely drinks more than the odd glass or two of wine (I already have lots of it) or a few sniffers of whiskey a couple of times a year. He has enjoyed a glass or two of Pimms recently but can take it leave booze really. He's not even that bothered by food... typical academic! The way to my dh's heart is through books and I already use bookbutler!

I on the other hand can be tempted by cheap booze, chocolates, beefburgers, bacon, butter, squash, cereal...............

I use any wombled receipts I find and upload them if they happen to have bought anything on the offers, usually cucumber, mushrooms etc, or more expensive branded items like laundry liquids that I don't buy. Apart from the 'try me free' Birds Eye Inspirations range, which I bought one of the other day, I don't specifically go out to buy things just because the apps are offering cashback, it's not usually better value than just buying the non-branded versions like I normally do.

They're fairly easy to use, you just take a photo of your receipts and press 'upload' on the app. I find the most annoying thing is when it freezes halfway through uploading and I have to do it again! Sometimes they do 25/50p just for uploading a receipt over a certain amount (like £5 for example), but a couple of months ago there was one for £50 cashback when you spend £50!! It was obviously an error, but it got me a free fiver as compensation for my troubles of uploading a womble