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  • underperky
    underperky Posts: 5,217 Forumite
    Snap-ant wrote: »
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    Pictures are fab , may I ask where you went :)
  • mhoc
    mhoc Posts: 19,315 Forumite
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    shirley999 wrote: »
    Anyone tried cashing out on Quidco? I've been trying for 36 hours and getting an error message.

    something funny is going on. Yesterday I uploaded milk receipts and some have just vanished without trace and others just uploaded as 1p and taking photos and getting them to upload is difficult.
    I always write the uploaded numbers on the back of the receipts so I can check the amounts afterwards
    “Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.”
  • pippo
    pippo Posts: 3,891 Forumite
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    Off to cut the boys hair for tonight!
    You are a lady with many talents :D
  • LANGO1966
    LANGO1966 Posts: 2,054 Forumite
    Shop from today. OEP 50p voucher plus 50p COS.
    Optiwell £2 COS. Pepsi £1:80 COS. Bread 25p Slopitize

    Tesco
    2x Tilda Coconut Basmati Rice (250G) £2.00 £1.58
    2x Old El Paso Mini Stand 'N' Stuff 12 Flour Soft Tortillas (145G) £4.00 £2.38
    1x Mr Kipling Bramley Apple Pies (6PK) £1.50 £0.72
    1x Warburtons Toastie White Bread (800G) £1.00 £1.00
    9x Pepsi Max Bottle (2LT) £9.00 £9.00
    2x Tilda Lime & Coriander Basmati Rice (250G) £2.00 £1.58
    2x Tilda Sweet Chilli & Lime Basmati Rice (250G) £2.00 £1.58
    1x Optiwell Strawberry & Raspberry Yogurt Drink (1L) £2.00 £1.80
    1x Richmond 12 Thick Pork Sausages (681G) £3.00 £1.50
    2x Tilda Sundried Tomato Basmati Rice (250G) £2.00 £1.58
    2x Tilda Egg Fried Basmati Rice (250G) £2.00 £1.58
    Comparison total (compared products only) £30.50 £24.30
    +£6.20 cheaper
    For your information:
  • mhoc
    mhoc Posts: 19,315 Forumite
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    Arthien wrote: »
    Afternoon all!

    Funny how watching what you spend on food can affect your decision making, I was going to buy some ham for lunch, then realised it was £1 for 4 slices or £3 for a decent-sized pack, so I left it and had tuna from the cupboard instead :D

    Bought some quality butchers sausages for £3.85, but they're so nice and filling that they'll do for 4 portions, a 4-pint of milk for 95p and some Maris pipers for £1.70 as I'll be doing shepherd's pie for tea instead of takeaway when my friend comes over tonight. Total outlay so far: £6.50. I reckon I can do all evening meals from the freezer and cupboards, so just need some bread, fruit and veg (and soup) to keep us going during the day. Definitely do-able.

    We're visiting family for the next 2 weekends in a row so that should help, although I woke up in the night as I realised my dad offered to take us to Makro and Costco using his card when we visit them, so that could be bad for the budget :rotfl: I wouldn't count the bulk-buy loo rolls or kitchen roll, but it's the massive lemon drizzle loaf cake which would be the downfall :o

    even though I am not doing the challenge it is making me aware of what and how I spend. For instance today I got a pack of sweet potatoes from Aldi for 85p - we've noticed the loose ones in supermarket, at least around here are a massive size so good for family meals but too much for us to eat in one sitting.
    The medium sized ones in aldi packs are good for us but I had a look at the actual numbers and some had one sweet potatoes plus a tiny one so I looked for a 5 pack - you have to factor in how many you are cooking for and the size of appetites.

    Re ham - Aldi do a very good quality Bavarian ham which I think is £1 a pack but odd times on offer for 89p, I tend to save a slice for cutting into little squares to go into a cheese sauce to go into a pasta bake
    “Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.”
  • aau1
    aau1 Posts: 19,401 Forumite
    bubbs wrote: »
    :T:T:T thanks first time i got some online , got a few instore on holiday not been able to get any since

    I got some instore yesterday but the SA was NOT happy about it and asked an SV to authorise the sale....which she did :cool:
    Apparently, everybody knows that the bird is [strike]the word[/strike] a moorhen
  • Sunshinemummy
    Sunshinemummy Posts: 17,377 Forumite
    pippo wrote: »
    You are a lady with many talents :D

    I started cutting my dad's hair when I was a teenager, then mum, then nephew and nieces, OH, kids... it got silly at one point I was doing everyone's hair. In the 1990's the kids used to have shave hair, then a bold line... I have always been able to cut this really straight at this time I was doing all my friends and their kids hair. I really ought to have charged!

    DS2 once went to have his hair cut in a salon, he sat in the chair and expected the stylist to read his mind. He had to explain it was the first time in a salon, and mum just knows what to do, apparently all the ladies looked after him!

    Now restrict doing hair to OH and the kids as I would pay for these (although I did DS3's friend the other day).
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  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 67,958 Forumite
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    mhoc wrote: »
    I am not holding a grudge :D
    Sorry:o
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    shut up you:p:rotfl:
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • Sunshinemummy
    Sunshinemummy Posts: 17,377 Forumite
    bubbs wrote: »
    Sorry:o


    shut up you:p:rotfl:

    No need to be rude!
    :D:D:D:D
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  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 67,958 Forumite
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    aau1 wrote: »
    I got some instore yesterday but the SA was NOT happy about it and asked an SV to authorise the sale....which she did :cool:

    I got those in Scarborough (sorry mhoc:D) but our SD is i town and dont go that often:o
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
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