Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

mhoc

just found a good match up firstly on Livingsocial, don't forget TCB

3-Course British Dining & Wine for 2 or 4 @ Hatherton House, Stafford
£19 for a three-course British meal for two people with a glass of wine each, £36 for four people at Mercure South Stafford Hatherton House Hotel -

very good value for £19, 3 courses including a glass of wine and valid until October

and then I checked the Accor hotel website, don't forget TCB - register, go to book hotel and advanced search and put in MONDAY in the search box
this gives you cut price rooms for the following weekend. This hotel is £40 per night - Friday, Saturday and Sunday
the meal deal you can use on a Friday or a Sunday night but not Saturday

this hotel is not far off the M6 so it would be good as a stop over on a Friday night if you were heading north and need to break the journey up but actually its in quite a good place as a night before hotel if you are doing Drayton manor, Cadburys World, Alton Towers etc, huge numbers of things around this bit of Staffordshire/Shropshire/Cheshire.
Might be worth studying deal zippy for ideas.

OK its a 3 star hotel but it has a swimming pool and for £40 a night and a £19 dinner that's not too bad - no breakfast but Penkridge is a nice little town so there is bound to be a caf!.
Also Stafford is literally just down the road, beautiful little town with numerous festival weekends and plenty of eating places.

(my old stomping ground so I am a local expert )

Westvleteren

emerald21 wrote: »

Yum yum lol

I love em. Excellent substitute for sugar in baking. I make these

https://ahealthyobsessionblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/saintly-snickers/


:EasterBun

Anon

mhoc wrote: »

an email from Greggs this evening

It's all yours...
Try new Lucozade Zero for free today!
Find your flow with the NEW Lucozade Zero. Unmistakably awesome taste, now without the calories.
As a lucky member of Greggs Rewards, we're treating you to a FREE bottle of Lucozade Zero. It's ready and waiting for you on your Greggs app.
To get your FREE taste of Lucozade Zero just pick up a bottle next time you're in Greggs and scan Greggs Rewards as normal.
Thanks
Greggs

so now I've got a free lunch, a free coffee and now a free cold drink as well

I may be being a bit dim, but is this not a contradiction? I thought the whole point of Lucozade was as an energy drink? If it has Zero Calories, by definition it cannot have any energy properties, or am I missing something :huh:

Anon

mrsmac10

Just back from a's

The big boxes of jelly babies and sports mixtures RTC £1.00 Was at the end of an aisle and probably father's day gifts Wine Gums not RTC:(

HTH

hornetgirl

How easy is the nutribullet to clean please emerald? I love the idea of having one, but if there's a lot of faff involved I know I won't use it once the novelty has worn off and it will become another dust gatherer.

emerald21

Anon wrote: »

I may be being a bit dim, but is this not a contradiction? I thought the whole point of Lucozade was as an energy drink? If it has Zero Calories, by definition it cannot have any energy properties, or am I missing something :huh:

Anon

I don't care about that lol I'm just concerned that I didn t have the email

emerald21

hornetgirl wrote: »

How easy is the nutribullet to clean please emerald? I love the idea of having one, but if there's a lot of faff involved I know I won't use it once the novelty has worn off and it will become another dust gatherer.

It's very easy . A lot easier than my usual blender. It's mainly in three parts . The main bit with the plug attached , that does n t get dirty or if it does just wipe it with a tissue. No need to get it wet. The jug/cup obviously needs washing like any other cup and the third bit is metal with the cutters on that screws onto the jug/cup then turn upside down and attach to the main unit. That can be washed in hot water.

mhoc

Anon wrote: »

I may be being a bit dim, but is this not a contradiction? I thought the whole point of Lucozade was as an energy drink? If it has Zero Calories, by definition it cannot have any energy properties, or am I missing something :huh:

Anon

good point, if it has no calories at all is it just water with flavourings ...

mhoc

emerald21 wrote: »

I don't care about that lol I'm just concerned that I didn t have the email

is it on your app though - not checked mine yet.

cjj_2

Hornetgirl the nitro bullet is so easy to clean. It blends in the cup you drink from if it's a smoothie so no extra washing up there. So all it is extra to wash is the blade base which you can literally just rinse. Hth xx