The Elite:The Good, The Bad and the Glitchy

mhoc

josie_ann57 wrote: »

Morning, yes had a great time, thank you. Managed to get the last of the very few parking spaces, surprised it was only £1 for 4 hours as it was a council run one. Need to spend as much time as I can with ds2 as he's off to China for a year next week teaching English at a uni there. Anyone with any tips on things to take etc great fully received:)
Also if anyone knows of a good deal on an electric toothbrush as he wants one for his birthday also next week.
Have my dads funeral next Monday, been nursing him at my parents home for 3 weeks, prior to him passing away on the 26 th . Hence not seeing much of my son recently. I don't do sympathy so no comments please.

Also when you find a brush get some spare heads as well - supposed to change them every 4 months.

My youngest is out in Hong Kong for 6 months working. I did quite a bit of reading up - most things he can get out there but he will find anything with a western label on is imported and very expensive.
Mine has size 10 feet so I made sure he took trainers with him - they all have dainty feet out there so size 10 is hard to come by - trouble is his trainers are huge and heavy and it was hard to fit them into his luggage allowance. At some stage though over the next 6 months he is going to have to buy shoes.

also take a basic first aid kit - again he will find recognizable packets but expensive so if he has the basic pain killers, anti acids, something to bung you up incase of jippy tum, plenty of high factor sun cream, anti bite stuff ..

mhoc

Well I've had 2 NSD days this week :j -
(no I am not counting the groupon deals I got for our weekend away paid for with paypal money.
Or the hotel room which was an offer )

but now I have an over abundance of wallkers £4 I need to start spending again - I am hoping something will come up on cashback. I am intending to do a sada v !!!!!! shop but so far all I've got is

walkers
sparkling water
light mayo - to use a MOC
tea bags

Munqui

edit: morning all :hello:

josie_ann57 wrote: »

Morning, yes had a great time, thank you. Managed to get the last of the very few parking spaces, surprised it was only £1 for 4 hours as it was a council run one. Need to spend as much time as I can with ds2 as he's off to China for a year next week teaching English at a uni there. Anyone with any tips on things to take etc great fully received:)
Also if anyone knows of a good deal on an electric toothbrush as he wants one for his birthday also next week.
Have my dads funeral next Monday, been nursing him at my parents home for 3 weeks, prior to him passing away on the 26 th . Hence not seeing much of my son recently. I don't do sympathy so no comments please.

I'm no expert, but this looks like a good deal to me...


http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/colgate-pro-clinical-c250-electric-toothbrush

£18.50 in Sains
£49.99 in Asda - You would get a massive APG but potentially £17 with cheap fillers

I would just buy it in Sains.

Nannylala

Good morning it's my DFather's Anniversary 19 years today and I really do not know where that time has gone.I feel bad that I am not sad or anything on this day due to only loving my Father for the very reason that he was ...my Father:(It will be a different feeling completely when It is DMum's Anniversary later this month as I loved her and miss her so much and she gave us all the love our Father did not:(

Nannylala

Good morning Di :Ahope you are feeing not too bad with your Chemo :(and that you managed to find a wig that you feel comfortable with.Glad to know we have another LA Fan on board:T:TI like you am not really a fan of their clothing as I wore the original type LA dresses many moons ago:eek::eek:but so love their home range and admit to only buying in the sale;)

Munqui

Well done on the 3lbs mhoc, have you looked at slimming world ? even if you don't fancy doing the SW plan there are loads of SW recipes around that are filling have a low calorie density.

Mumto2monkeys

Nannylala wrote: »

Good morning :)quick catchup whilst having brekkie as only just got up:eek:and I am on a mission today to clear my Laundry room of all its clutter ;)actually it's all very good household stuff that is far too good to dispose of lamps, curtains,bedding and the like the reason being I have replaced so much of late by visiting my fav LA shop;)so am going to do a Bootie with 2 friends as weather forecast is good at the weekend.

Good luck with the sorting... It's strange how a good declutter helps you feel so much better. Hope the weather brings out all the bargain hunters.

I actually managed to get to the car boot with all the bits I'd sorted and did ok. Did rain on and off several times which put people off venturing out but I came back with two empty suitcases:j then sorted the rest yesterday between the charity shop and recycling bank so my declutter pile has gone :j it's been sat in the dining room since The end of May:eek:
Now I just need to locate 2 plastic storage boxes that will fit through our tiny loft hatch for the monkeys special baby toys that they would like to keep.
It never stops does it.... I feel like I'm on a Hampster wheel I make spaces in cupboards so everything fits in nicely and then it's Christmas or Birthday or just a gift from Grandma and my cupboards start overflowing again ...

tbw

Anon wrote: »

Q - When is any food item not any food item?


A - When it doesn't match the image on the W4lkers voucher according to one store I was in last night .

So after waiting weeks for them to arrive I get a discussion with staff and still no nearer spending them ... and await Shopit reviews on many of the others ... I have really had to work for these vouchers. This is obviously payback for getting "a few" more than muggles .

Anon

For the first time (after using around 20 vouchers without anyone batting an eyelid) I had similar trouble last night. The SA couldn't accept that a £4 coupon was valid on my purchases - crisps, bread, milk etc - even when I produced the letter that came with the voucher which clearly stated ANY food item (even a soft drink ) ! I reached the stage of 'do you want me to call HQ yet again?' and she insistd on calling a supervisor. Supervisor took one look and said 'of course its valid - put it through'. Then the SA gave me the usual spiel about illegal use , misuse etc.

tweets

Nannylala wrote: »

Good morning it's my DFather's Anniversary 19 years today and I really do not know where that time has gone.I feel bad that I am not sad or anything on this day due to only loving my Father for the very reason that he was ...my Father:(It will be a different feeling completely when It is DMum's Anniversary later this month as I loved her and miss her so much and she gave us all the love our Father did not:(

Good Morning Nannylala :A

(((X))) Nannylala

mhoc

Munqui wrote: »

Well done on the 3lbs mhoc, have you looked at slimming world ? even if you don't fancy doing the SW plan there are loads of SW recipes around that are filling have a low calorie density.

no I've never fancied the SW or WW group thingy esp as they would be full of people who can drop 3 pounds in a week instead of a month

I think things would be easier if the weather was less horrible - when its nice we often have salads 3 times in a week - much easier to keep the calories under control - high volume, less calories ...