Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

Serendipitious

mhoc wrote: »

the mums and dads with students who come home every summer I don't know how you cope with all of the comings and goings every year - gut wrenching, arriving back with all their stuff in July and then disappearing over the horizon again in September ( or October ) fir another year.

eldest child went up to York and never came back, worked every summer and then after uni she continued to work and live in York.
Errant child stayed home and went to uni locally so we didn't have the parting of the ways until he finished uni and went north. He was only 2 hours up the M6 so it didn't feel so bad but in all it took 3 weekends and trips up and down for him to transport everything he needed up north.
He stayed north until last summer when a car load came back before he left the country. He then brought another 2 car loads back after Christmas.
We then thought he was gone forever, he went to the Far East and we thought he would never be back in the Uk
but back home he came 2 months ago, went to an interview and got a job in Kent. He now lives 3 hours south so at the start of August him and a car load went south and now it's the start of September him and a car load have gone south again

and we have an empty nest again but at least its emptier now of boys clutter - deep sigh

My DD stayed away most of the time too, as she had a part-time job that went fulltime in the uni holidays. When she came back she moved in briefly with me, then stayed with her dad as his place was more convenient for her graduate job, then within weeks she met the man she would marry and by Xmas she was engaged and moved into his flat and by March they'd bought a house.

Consequently when I moved, I ended up with a whole van full of her unsorted uni stuff as well, which got dumped in a spare room until such time as they got the house. I had about 10 months, I think, of living with an entire room full of DD's boxes - all in a house which DD herself had never occupied. It was like having the invisible woman in residence. I just shut the door on it in the end and ignored it. They visited now and again to cherrypick and ferret through boxes!

But when it went, in a van, again paid for by me, I made sure it all went. I added to it all her schoolbooks, photos and general stuff. It was received with pleasure, apart from my additions. She was most horrified by the volume of that and accused me of delivering her childhood to her in boxes!

davemorton

Serendipitious wrote: »

Don't think much of the new Cadbury Roses wrappers - the little heat-sealed sachets seem very clinical and amorphous compared to the individual little twisted wraps they had before. Still, gift horse and all that, so mustn't sulk...

I think I am just change-resistant.

Wondering if Q/Street have gone the same way.

Aww, well they will be no good to make stained glass windows out of

Serendipitious

bubbs wrote: »

Is this you saying you have opened a tub?:p

No, it was just a carton...:rotfl:

davemorton

Or 3D glasses even!!


edit: Ooops, a tidgy bit big.

Serendipitious

davemorton wrote: »

Aww, well they will be no good to make stained glass windows out of

:(:(

Apparently this is called 'flow-wrap.'






Bubbs it was definitely a carton, honest :rotfl:

TrulyMadly

izzy65 wrote: »

Hello TM,beautiful day here so going to Ullapool for some seafood, ��,was thinking about all the youngsters going off to uni, so hard for them, my eldest went off driving himself and a friend , he got there and decided that at about ten at night he wasn't staying so got into his car and drive home, they were very understanding and returned his first residency cheque of around £2500, he eventually went back about three years later��

Ullapool for seafood sounds fabulous.....hope you enjoyed it izzy.

It's been gorgeous here too:T

savvy_sal

SweetnSavvy wrote: »

Morning Elite
I can't find this as an app but I've found it on web browser. Any advice on app please?

TIA,
SnS

I don't think there is an app because sometimes it will be a printable coupon and sometimes upload a receipt.I claimed 50p on bananas the other day when ssm mentioned it.Very easy to do.They paid out about 2 days later.

Evening all.

TrulyMadly

Bananababe wrote: »

Partial cure for heart ache. Five hours of cleaning.

Right what's everyone's news ? Tell me something from the last two months !

AJ. Honey . That's so much to cope with xxx

Have you been in her bedroom yet and sat on her bed:o

Seriously though .....it will take a while for you to get used to her not being around....it's good to keep yourself busy:)

TrulyMadly

bubbs wrote: »

Argos Screwdriver £3.93

Yah:j:j

Cocktails all round:p

TrulyMadly

A v T

1x ASDA Butcher's Selection Lean Beef Mince (Typically Less Than 5% Fat) (500G) £3.90 £3.50
1x ASDA Wholegrain Blueberry Wheats (500G) £1.98 £1.79
1x Pek Chopped Pork Gold (200G) £1.49 £1.00
1x Corsodyl Daily Fresh Mint Alcohol Free Mouthwash (500) £4.79 £3.00