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Scuba's Saving the Ha'Pennies

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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    scubaangel wrote: »
    Waterproof covers are so bulky though. :/

    Not all of them are. Obviously if you get one which protects from drops, it will be bulkier.
    scubaangel wrote: »
    TBH I don't remember even seeing covers in the shop, I know there's a decent accessory place in town though so will go the long way to work and pay it a visit.

    They can do what they want to, as long as they don't try to make me do the same thing!

    It will be fun - you'll love it. You should practice: Say "Yes dear." Now try "Of course dear." and finish off with "That's lovely dear."

    Keep doing that until you've got it off pat... ;) :rotfl:
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • scubaangel
    scubaangel Posts: 6,600 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Phone is still alive, and doesnt yet have a cover on it - tomorrows plan after work if its not snowed again.

    As for the other stuff, how about nope, not ever. :D

    Got up this morning to find a couple of inches of snow has fallen over night, am hoping that there wont be more tonight as I have an early start and the roads probably wont have been gritted.

    Put in the redemption claim for the foresty folk survey. Once that arrives I'll withdraw whatever money is currently in my paypal account.
    It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
    Sir Terry Pratchett
    Find my diary here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    scubaangel wrote: »
    Phone is still alive, and doesnt yet have a cover on it - tomorrows plan after work if its not snowed again.

    You going for a waterproof one, or just a normal one?
    scubaangel wrote: »
    As for the other stuff, how about nope, not ever. :D

    Naah...not emphatic enough... ;)
    scubaangel wrote: »
    Got up this morning to find a couple of inches of snow has fallen over night, am hoping that there wont be more tonight as I have an early start and the roads probably wont have been gritted.

    The roads will have been gritted overnight - unless your council is staffed by a whole bunch of knuckle-draggers. It's far too soon in a mild season to have ran out of salt.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • scubaangel
    scubaangel Posts: 6,600 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I'm not on a main route, so its a low priority road. As it was there was no real problem as it wasnt too cold over night.

    Couldn't find a cover in the supermarket when I was spending a ridiculous amount of money on not very much stuff - printer ink, an air freshener diffuser and shoe polish all of which were not as cheap as they could have been but are necessary (ink and shoe polish) or a nice luxury (diffuser).

    Foresty people money landed in paypal earlier so have withdrawn £30.
    It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
    Sir Terry Pratchett
    Find my diary here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    scubaangel wrote: »
    I'm not on a main route, so its a low priority road. As it was there was no real problem as it wasnt too cold over night.

    It snowed up here. About half an inch. A meaningless amount.
    scubaangel wrote: »
    Couldn't find a cover in the supermarket when I was spending a ridiculous amount of money on not very much stuff - printer ink,

    Apparently, printer ink is more per litre than the finest vintage champagne...
    scubaangel wrote: »
    an air freshener diffuser and shoe polish all of which were not as cheap as they could have been but are necessary (ink and shoe polish) or a nice luxury (diffuser).

    Not a cheap supermarket then? That's what happens when you shop at Waitrose... ;)
    scubaangel wrote: »
    Foresty people money landed in paypal earlier so have withdrawn £30.

    That should offset some of it.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • scubaangel
    scubaangel Posts: 6,600 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Woke up again to find snow falling, thankfully by the time I got to work it'd stopped and had all melted by the time I finished.

    Dentist visited am now missing two teeth and hoping that my mouth starts to 'feel' again soon so I can take a painkiller before the gums start hurting.
    It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
    Sir Terry Pratchett
    Find my diary here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    scubaangel wrote: »
    Woke up again to find snow falling, thankfully by the time I got to work it'd stopped and had all melted by the time I finished.

    Yeah, pretty much the same up here. Still snow on the top of the hill when I drove past tonight - but you'd expect that.
    scubaangel wrote: »
    Dentist visited am now missing two teeth

    :grouphug:

    Nasty...
    scubaangel wrote: »
    and hoping that my mouth starts to 'feel' again soon so I can take a painkiller before the gums start hurting.

    Makes no difference - it'll still hurt...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • scubaangel
    scubaangel Posts: 6,600 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    So far so good painwise, and so far there is minimal swelling on either side of my face, on of them put up a good fight so much so that my dentist had to go get a colleague to get it out as she couldn't.

    Just managed to finish a survey on newvista which has taken me over the redemption threshold, so thats £50 on its way to me at some point this month.

    While I was having a short walk to recover from the drugs I popped in to a pound shop and picked up a cheap cover for the phone for the time being, and a few more of the 'non woven' boxes as they're a good size for chucking small stuff in to in the airing cupboard.
    It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
    Sir Terry Pratchett
    Find my diary here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    scubaangel wrote: »
    So far so good painwise, and so far there is minimal swelling on either side of my face, on of them put up a good fight so much so that my dentist had to go get a colleague to get it out as she couldn't.

    Heave!

    You're lucky in that way, pull things off me - it hurts. Stick things in me - it hurts. It's a common theme... ;)
    scubaangel wrote: »
    Just managed to finish a survey on newvista which has taken me over the redemption threshold, so thats £50 on its way to me at some point this month.

    That is good news.
    scubaangel wrote: »
    While I was having a short walk to recover from the drugs I popped in to a pound shop and picked up a cheap cover for the phone for the time being, and a few more of the 'non woven' boxes as they're a good size for chucking small stuff in to in the airing cupboard.

    The small covers from the pound shops are good for carrying all kinds of things, everything from radios to torches. And you'll never guess what they cost... ;)
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • scubaangel
    scubaangel Posts: 6,600 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Normally it hurts me too, I must have managed to stave it off with the paracetamol I took earlier, I suspect however it will be sore in the morning.

    It's dead clever how they make it easier to work out the prices isnt it!
    It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
    Sir Terry Pratchett
    Find my diary here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
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