Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

savvy_sal

2x ASDA Chosen by You Tie Handle Garden Refuse Sacks (10) £2.96 N/A
2x Colgate Max fresh Cool Mint Toothpaste (100ML) £3.00 £2.00
1x ASDA Semi Skimmed Milk (4PT) £0.95 £1.00
2x ASDA Wafer Thin Smoked Ham Slices (480G) £4.00 N/A
1x ASDA 4 Beef Dripping Yorkshire Puddings (160G) £1.00 N/A
1x Nestle Pure Life Still Spring Water (500ML) £0.45 N/A
1x ASDA Baker's Selection Chocolate Eclairs (4PK) £1.00 N/A
4.12x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose White Baking Potatoes (Typically 0.5kg) (PER KG) £4.94 N/A
0.32x ASDA Butcher's Selection Beef Fillet Steak (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG) £9.34 N/A
6x Vita Coco Natural Coconut Water (1L) £15.00 £12.00
1x Flora Light Spread (1KG) £2.00 £2.98
2x ASDA Baker's Selection Super Soft White Rolls (4PK) £1.00 N/A
1x ASDA Extra Special Baby Cauliflower (TWIN) £1.00 N/A
1x Asda SmartPrice ASDA Butcher's Selection Unsmoked Middle Bacon (350G) £1.33 N/A
2x McCain Home Crinkle Cut Chips (1.5KG) £4.96 £4.96

A v M womble today.
I picked this one up this morning.
The toothpaste is £1.65 each or 2 for £3 asda and £1 morries.

izzy65

Hi TM, when my ds got married brides mum and dad paid for her dress and two bridesmaids dresses, and the coach from the venue back to town. we paid two brides maids dress, we paid for the wine, champagne , meal, evening wild hog roast , and supplied the wedding cars, the guest list was approx 70% brides family my ds and his bride paid for the venue but we paid for the wedding decorator to dress the chairs and tables etc, in all an expensive do , my dd is planning on getting married, they got engaged last month, she wants a small affair at a local hotel that price weddings per head at the moment her dad and I will be paying it all, our choice , and it will still be less expensive than her brothers., oh and my dil'S parents are not any worse off financially than us.

Tinyshoes

Serendipitious wrote: »

Anyway, having just mentally reviewed the £ks I spent on the marriage-that-ended-in-divorce, it's time to return to brass tacks.

It says on the JF bundle deal, 80 points with this purchase. I see they have only added 40 points.

Please has anyone else had 40, or did you get the promised 80?

ETA for obvious reasons I won't be raising this with them, just curious about what people got.

I ordered 4 bundles for £20 and just checked oddly I only had 79 points added.

And even weirder the date on my AC statement, is the day before I ordered. :eek: But right order no...

TrulyMadly

izzy65 wrote: »

Hi TM, when my ds got married brides mum and dad paid for her dress and two bridesmaids dresses, and the coach from the venue back to town. we paid two brides maids dress, we paid for the wine, champagne , meal, evening wild hog roast , and supplied the wedding cars, the guest list was approx 70% brides family my ds and his bride paid for the venue but we paid for the wedding decorator to dress the chairs and tables etc, in all an expensive do , my dd is planning on getting married, they got engaged last month, she wants a small affair at a local hotel that price weddings per head at the moment her dad and I will be paying it all, our choice , and it will still be less expensive than her brothers., oh and my dil'S parents are not any worse off financially than us.

I know of someone who has booked a meal for 30 people at a posh hotel.........small wedding I know and is just planning to turn up on the day in their wedding finery and order off the menu.

Thanks everyone for your replies:A:A

Saversue

Hello, not long back from the hospital.
Mum is still in a huge amount of pain and won't eat. Today we should have been at a family wedding, so she was really down.
I come home with a terrible headache and jaw-ache every day and then have to catch up with all the phone calls and other necessities.
I have a meeting in the morning with a Care Worker to discuss Care Home options as she is going to need Respite Care after hospital.

TrulyMadly

savvy_sal wrote: »

2x ASDA Chosen by You Tie Handle Garden Refuse Sacks (10) £2.96 N/A
2x Colgate Max fresh Cool Mint Toothpaste (100ML) £3.00 £2.00
1x ASDA Semi Skimmed Milk (4PT) £0.95 £1.00
2x ASDA Wafer Thin Smoked Ham Slices (480G) £4.00 N/A
1x ASDA 4 Beef Dripping Yorkshire Puddings (160G) £1.00 N/A
1x Nestle Pure Life Still Spring Water (500ML) £0.45 N/A
1x ASDA Baker's Selection Chocolate Eclairs (4PK) £1.00 N/A
4.12x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose White Baking Potatoes (Typically 0.5kg) (PER KG) £4.94 N/A
0.32x ASDA Butcher's Selection Beef Fillet Steak (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG) £9.34 N/A
6x Vita Coco Natural Coconut Water (1L) £15.00 £12.00
1x Flora Light Spread (1KG) £2.00 £2.98
2x ASDA Baker's Selection Super Soft White Rolls (4PK) £1.00 N/A
1x ASDA Extra Special Baby Cauliflower (TWIN) £1.00 N/A
1x Asda SmartPrice ASDA Butcher's Selection Unsmoked Middle Bacon (350G) £1.33 N/A
2x McCain Home Crinkle Cut Chips (1.5KG) £4.96 £4.96

A v M womble today.
I picked this one up this morning.
The toothpaste is £1.65 each or 2 for £3 asda and £1 morries.

So people really do buy that Coconut water:rotfl::rotfl:

Sunshinemummy

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Can I ask the Elite what the current protocol is when your children marry......who pays for what these days?

I promise this is not for me....I think my two are years away from that but a friend has asked me and I haven't got a clue.

If you have a son, should you offer to contribute to the wedding?

Any advice will be passed on:)

Off for a catch up

Hey....it's been red hot today:T:T

I think that the idea that the female's parents pay is no longer the norm. Most couple appear to pay the majority themselves with some help from both parents. :D:D:D

TrulyMadly wrote: »

We once came back from a fortnights holiday to find a little puddle of water on the kitchen floor. There were no water pipes above or below. We never ever got to the bottom of it but talked about it for ages afterwards trying to figure it out.:rotfl:

That is spooky. :eek::eek::eek:

LEJC wrote: »

Good evening all...

Just reporting in after the weekend event...

DS safely dispatched south to uni....

A few tears....and a phone call asking this morning if he could go and buy a bath mat on the family credit card....apparently he survived last night with toasted cheese sandwiches but we dont want to know what he got up to!!!! (so we didnt ask)

a freshers fair this afternoon and fingers crossed he gets up for the chemistry induction tomorrow morning....in a building he has no idea where it is.

Pleased he is having a great time.... god I hope you packed him some condoms!

hornetgirl

(((X))) Saversue, so sorry you're having to go through this.

Serendipitious

Tinyshoes wrote: »

I ordered 4 bundles for £20 and just checked oddly I only had 79 points added.

And even weirder the date on my AC statement, is the day before I ordered. :eek: But right order no...

Thanks, so it's points per £ spent then. Weird how they lost one point off yours.

Mine were awarded early too - they showed up on my page before I even collected the box, but on checking, yes it is the day before the order.... how strange.

I shan't raise it with them, it's only 40p and I prefer to keep under the radar. I'll see what happens with my second order...

Sunshinemummy

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Running away to Gretna Green might be an option:rotfl:

Very good idea

TrulyMadly wrote: »

We have no plans in place either TS to be honest. What will be will be.....my friend is happy to contribute to her sons wedding but knows that her daughters in laws won't be offering the same gesture. Difficult.

It is a difficult time especially if it is a case of can pay, but won't pay.

I would like to think that when (if) our kids marry, that we do somethings that are special, like Zippy paying for the dress...