Sat 22/Sun 23 August - What small DFW things will you do this weekend?

determined_new_ms

aw Dawn really sorry to hear your sad news x

Bobarella

Oh Dawn so sorry to read your sad news. Hugs

allydowd

Hi,

Sorry to hear your news Dawn.

Dowd Towers has been quiet. There's a boxed set of DVDs on the go.

* Won a 'case' against Homebase. We bought a very cheap strimmer last year, hardly used it, brought it indoors over Winter and took it out again in the Spring. A week later it fell apart. We'd had it over a year but used it just six times. Homebase store weren't bending and their customer services ignored my emails. So I used the MSE Resolver tool (Link) on Thursday and hey presto, two days, later they are offering me a gift voucher for slightly more than we paid for it. Happy with that. Now we can get a replacement. It would make sense to buy a more robust one but we've no funds for that so another flimsy one it shall be...


* So in true thank-you-Universe fashion. I've no sooner written the above and told my OH about our Homebase victory than our inexpensive electric whisk blows up! :mad: Had to finish the homemade cake by hand.


* Baked four cupcakes. Two with white chocolate spread. Two with cocoa powder and morello cherries.

lego_mum

Dawn, sorry to hear your sad news.

Bobarella

Ally that is fantastic! Well done for not backing down. Or thinking oh it's just £50 or however much it cost. It is the principle. Things should last & be fit for purpose.

Hannah - well from the heat today I'd say I'm solar powered :rotfl:

Just made a tomato and rosemary soup for our dinner. Very simple Bob recipe that my 2 and I enjoy. Home made chicken stock of course as the base. Have halved around 1 kilo of tomatoes and placed them cut side down in an oven dish then added salt, oil, rosemary from the garden, & onions. Wacked that in the oven for an hour. In the meantime I have the stock simmering on a very low heat with 1 can of tomatoes added, 2 potatoes for the smoothing affect & lots of odds and ends of pasta that have been saved and frozen. Once it's ready it whizzes up in the blender in about 2 mins.

I also have experimented with a citrus cake whilst the ovens on. There were various lemon bits that needed using but I've taken the bold step of juicing half a dried out grapefruit and adding that in too. It smells gorgeous but we'll see. Will either split the cake and put lemon curd in the filling, dust the top with icing sugar or leave as a whole cake and turn into a giant lemon drizzle. Depending on how well it rises. Yum and yum.

Sat in the garden with a cup of tea whilst the food does its thing. Relaxing but looking at two incredibly long and weedy borders that need doing...now the front garden is neat I don't think I can put it off much longer. Tommorow it is

PurpleFairy26

My list for the weekend:
Washing on line to dry, washed overnight on cheap levy (as was dishwasher). Manged to get it back in before the rain
Small shop in Mr s. Under MOC and DH staff discount
Thought I was going to have a reasonable spend today as DD2 started dance lessons, however, decided she could share (obviously not at the same time :rotfl:) with her elder sister, at least for a few weeks. Now I know she likes it will look on the local selling sites for tap shoes. None in her size in the seconds box
Got a DVD of a show DD was in that I paid for months ago, so that will get watched this weekend
Defrosted a lamb leg and marinated ready for slow Moroccan lamb tomorrow when folks come for lunch
Toasties for lunch - content from stores including YS tuna tin
Running an online event tonight for my business, hoping to increase awareness and if I get any orders that would be a bonus :T
Checked banking after getting paid yesterday and moving money around into virtual pots to check its all where it should be
dawn, sorry to her about pouch. They do form such big parts of our families don't they

Can anyone enlighten me on the uploading of receipts for 5p, we tend to do lots of small shops and this could help?

Thanks
J x

determined_new_ms

jonno7 wrote: »

Can anyone enlighten me on the uploading of receipts for 5p, we tend to do lots of small shops and this could help?

Thanks
J x

Hi jonno :hello: it's been a long while! I really don't know the answer to this but really hope someone can explain this whole thing to me!

allydowd

jonno7 wrote: »

Can anyone enlighten me on the uploading of receipts for 5p, we tend to do lots of small shops and this could help?

Hi Jonno.

Download the CheckOutSmart App and the Quidco ClickSnap Apps to your phone. Both have a feature where you take a photo of your receipts and upload the receipts to them and you are rewarded with 5p a time. Thus one receipt can be uploaded twice and generate 10p cashback.

You'll also get other offers on these Apps, mainly money back on brand names but the Shopitize App has been giving money back on any milk lately.

CheckOutSmart are offering the full cost of some items back too.

crazy_cat_lady

5p receipts are on an app called checkout smart.

Dawn, I'm so sorry and sad to hear about your dog...

lego_mum

Ally have you uploaded the same receipt to COS & Clicksnap? I thought you could only do it on one as they're related somehow. Have I missed a trick here?