Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

pippo

Morning - we are on the September hollibobs list too - Corfu on the 9th :cool:

marmitelovemehateme

Good Afternoon peeps...Hope you are all having a good one....Rather envious of all your holiday plans...:(:(...Perhaps next year:cool:

LEJC

curl_girl wrote: »

Well done to your ds. Mine didn't do so well, was the first year though, hoping he gets accepted to continue.
Mr T had lots of duvets, covers etc last week, some were 75% off.
Happy shopping and good luck to you both.

Don't despair Curl girl.....last years AS level results were a real eye opener to our DS....he flew through GCSE's and thought that A level's were going to be just as easy....
He basically re took all the AS modules as well as A levels modules this year and managed to bring them right up...not quite to his first choice University...but their loss is his new uni choice's gain!!!!!
(he had a low grade in Maths which basically first choice wouldn't overlook despite the other grades being as required in Chemistry and Physics)
good luck to your son. the second year is hard work but a bad year can be re written if he just takes it one step at a time x

I've managed a couple of duvet covers and duvet from T in the sale so there are a few bits still around..its a shame that I didn't think about towels in the double up CC thing a couple of months ago

nairny54

Classy_Chick06 wrote: »

We fly to Turkey on 18th Sep :j

Snap!! you flying from Newcastle?
M

altojack

marmitelovemehateme wrote: »

Good Afternoon peeps...Hope you are all having a good one....Rather envious of all your holiday plans...:(:(...Perhaps next year:cool:

You reckon that's what my problem is? . I'd better just pop upstairs, won't be long :cool:

Classy_Chick06

nairny54 wrote: »

Snap!! you flying from Newcastle?
M

No, Manchester, wherabouts you going?

nairny54

Classy_Chick06 wrote: »

No, Manchester, wherabouts you going?

Antalya near Side (Colaki)

Sorry forgot to ask you where you were going x

Arthien

LEJC wrote: »

Good morning all....

I now officially need a bucket load of glitches....talk about students being poor,as a parent I'm feeling the pinch too!!!!!

Accommodation is now sorted for the next 41 weeks of study....but the downside was we had to sign a direct debit for almost £6000,taken I may add in 4 "convenient instalments "...for them yes...for me thats debatable.

I'm off out this morning to find bedding, towels and duvet covers...
DS is off to the Halifax to switch his current account and earn £100 switching bonus,so at least he's on the MSE route...

.....Actually I'm loving it all(whatever the cost).....and still smiling that he's managed his dream!

Afternoon all! Long time no see, been a busy few weeks in the Arthien household!

Interesting to see the above, normally uni halls take 3 payments to coincide with the 3 student loan payments at the start of each term. Unfortunately mine/hubby's didn't, so there was a lot of beg/borrow/stealing going on as they wanted the first payment of around £2k up front to reserve the room! :eek:

If you have any questions/queries at all, feel free to drop me a PM. I worked for the student recruitment team when I was at uni so I probably have a bit more insider info than most

davemorton

marrbett wrote: »

Morning all, we're also joining the Sept hols, going to France for 10 days from 31st Aug. Just hope we get some nice weather. I've ordered the halifax clarity card as Martin recommends this to be the best way of getting cash out....hope its true!!

Have a look into the Revolt card that is mentioned too.. It is really handy, especially if you have a smart phone, and dead easy to use.

emerald21

Good Afternoon. Do we all know of the offer in the Reveal magazine 99p . Get a voucher for a Gregg s salad , 4 choices worth £3.:) and very nice it was too