Elite 11+ - Fleecing a supermarket near you!

tigerwhite_2

dipdap wrote: »

Morning all
Why do people have to park as close to the school gates as they possibly can, congregate all around the entrance while smoking and swearing and walk 4 or 5 wide taking up the whole path on their way home :mad:

Rant over
That feels much better

Morning dippy. totally agree with you, inconsiderate people. One lady near me parks her "mum truck" inside the school gates, half on the kerb, as close as she could possibly get without getting her fat a$$ out of the car and walking an extra 20 steps.. really annoys me every morning as this is the 4th week of her doing it now.
ooh, i did a rant too, it must be catching :rotfl:

Nannylala wrote: »

Am going to give the 5-2 diet a go starting today:eek:seeing as the Doc said I need to lose some weight and try and get my cholestrel down a bit;)so need to keep busy and not sit about on here;):hello:catchup later.

Best of luck nanny - keep busy, drink lots of water, change up your normal routine to help. Remember, "fridge pickers wear big knickers"...:p

mhoc

tigerwhite wrote: »

cheap filled pasta again anyone???

In the new A mag out yesterday (halloween cake on the front). MOC valid 14th Oct til 14th Nov. 50p off any giovanni rana filled pasta. £1.85 in A. Compares to the following:

These are £1.85 in A (beige bag) - Total cost 40p
Spinach/Ricotta Tortelloni v £1 in M
Ham and cheese tortelloni v £1 in M
Chicken and mozzarella Tortelloni v £1 in M
Mushroom tortelloni v £1 in M

These are £2.15 in A (in a black bag) - Total cost 85p
Chicken and rosemary ravioli v £1.50 in S
Spinach and mascarpone ravioli v £1.50 in S
Gorgonzola and walnut ravioli v £1.50 in S
Tomato, olives and mozzarella raviolo v £1.50 in S

T&C are one coupon per product.

My eldest uses this recipe for the sauce - the extra you can freeze. Asda had 10p tins of toms for a while and Sainsburys had 10p tubes of tom puree with chilli for months.

http://agirlcalledjack.com/2012/05/10/use-me-for-anything-sauce-21p/


so that's
Asda mag - ravioli MOCs
Sainsburys free mag - cheese MOCs
Tesco free mag -wine and coke MOCs

Bananababe

tigerwhite wrote: »

I am, you have a good memory . I have mid-end Sept as my official date on my calender to remind me but i am normally early Oct. I'm two weeks out really. But they will be fine. I've currently got 6 ordered. I converted my sis and BIL last year to Christmas cake, made them a small one anyway as i had enough mixture and they have asked for another this year.

Its my food mind calendar. Things that I associate with certain times of year. And your baking is now firmly in mine even though its not something I eat !

Bananababe

David. wrote: »

No getting away from it

Its my dark haired twin :eek:

Bananababe

tigerwhite wrote: »

cheap filled pasta again anyone???

In the new A mag out yesterday (halloween cake on the front). MOC valid 14th Oct til 14th Nov. 50p off any giovanni rana filled pasta. £1.85 in A. Compares to the following:

These are £1.85 in A (beige bag) - Total cost 40p
Spinach/Ricotta Tortelloni v £1 in M
Ham and cheese tortelloni v £1 in M
Chicken and mozzarella Tortelloni v £1 in M
Mushroom tortelloni v £1 in M

These are £2.15 in A (in a black bag) - Total cost 85p
Chicken and rosemary ravioli v £1.50 in S
Spinach and mascarpone ravioli v £1.50 in S
Gorgonzola and walnut ravioli v £1.50 in S
Tomato, olives and mozzarella raviolo v £1.50 in S

T&C are one coupon per product.

Ty OH loved the tortelloni but not so much the ravioli. X

abailey54

tigerwhite wrote: »

cheap filled pasta again anyone???

In the new A mag out yesterday (halloween cake on the front). MOC valid 14th Oct til 14th Nov. 50p off any giovanni rana filled pasta. £1.85 in A. Compares to the following:

These are £1.85 in A (beige bag) - Total cost 40p
Spinach/Ricotta Tortelloni v £1 in M
Ham and cheese tortelloni v £1 in M
Chicken and mozzarella Tortelloni v £1 in M
Mushroom tortelloni v £1 in M

These are £2.15 in A (in a black bag) - Total cost 85p
Chicken and rosemary ravioli v £1.50 in S
Spinach and mascarpone ravioli v £1.50 in S
Gorgonzola and walnut ravioli v £1.50 in S
Tomato, olives and mozzarella raviolo v £1.50 in S

T&C are one coupon per product.

:j:T dh loves these, will see if I can find electronic version (never any mags in my local)

tigerwhite_2

strewth71 wrote: »

We only use Greenhalghs every now and then but never tried their mince pies...one to put on the list for this year :T I would love to make my own xmas cake but always end up getting whoopsied ones on xmas eve from the supermarket as only me and dd2 eat it. Home made sounds so much nicer though Shop bought tend to be quite dry

Mum swears by Greenhalgh's. Plus you can freeze them. In fact, I'm going up for a visit on Sat so will ask her to get me some

The recipe I've used for the past 5 years is by Ruth Clemens, she was in the final of the Great British Bake off ages back and launched a website called the pink whisk.
http://www.thepinkwhisk.co.uk/search/boozy+fruit

It is a bit time consuming, the baking takes about 4 hours but you can do a couple of small cakes instead. the fruit keeps too, so long as it's sealed and stirred every now and then. i even used it to make a friend a surprise 40th cake in Feb. over 3 months seeped in rum and brandy, was delicious.

fairclaire

Strewth, I have loads of these stripey spiders in my garden. I always do from about August through to when it starts getting really cold, then they all disappear. All different sizes and some of them make huuuuge webs. They are notorious for making webs across the doors so you get a face full of web first thing in the morning.
I wouldn't touch one but strangely they don't make me shudder the way those big indoor scurriers do......maybe because they're not interested in squatting in my house?

On that note, I have conkers in all of my rooms now and haven't seen a spider since I put them down. Coincidence? Or does it really work? Who knows

strewth71

tigerwhite wrote: »

Man up - my 2 year would have picked that up for you if she could reach.. :rotfl: Flick it with a brush

Send your 2 year old to deal with it for me tiger I will give her a peg up to reach :rotfl:

mhoc wrote: »

My eldest uses this recipe for the sauce - the extra you can freeze. Asda had 10p tins of toms for a while and Sainsburys had 10p tubes of tom puree with chilli for months.

http://agirlcalledjack.com/2012/05/10/use-me-for-anything-sauce-21p/

Thanks for this mhoc, saved it for when my LGs run out

tigerwhite_2

mhoc wrote: »

My eldest uses this recipe for the sauce - the extra you can freeze. Asda had 10p tins of toms for a while and Sainsburys had 10p tubes of tom puree with chilli for months.

http://agirlcalledjack.com/2012/05/10/use-me-for-anything-sauce-21p/


so that's
Asda mag - ravioli MOCs
Sainsburys free mag - cheese MOCs
Tesco free mag -wine and coke MOCs

How strange, I was reading about this woman yesterday.. she was a winner (or previous winner..) of the 2014 women in business awards..