Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

LEJC

My thought on the booking system was perhaps that they gave preference to newly registered people...that certainly was the case for DS who only registered with them the week before his email came out .....and he was able to book because his invite seemed to come out early in the afternoon.

I've been registered with the website since mhoc pointed us to it last year when she found the first one...but it wasn't until this year that I actually had an invite email...

bubbs

Afernoon all

Nannylala

Good afternoon and what a beautiful one it is too ...:)it so lifts your mood ..feeling happy as went and got a:money:£10 pensioners haircut today and why is it sometimes you get a better one than other times ..today it is:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

Serendipitious

savvy_sal wrote: »

Good afternoon

I am finding the frugal experiences very interesting..not boring.
I can imagine that for people who have to do it all the time and without backup of a good store cupboard would end up with a very boring and bland diet of pasta, bread and rice.

Very little protein and fresh fruit and veg unless they had a garden or allotment.

Mind you looking at wombles most of them have snack food on them which years ago nobody would be buying and is where most of the money is spent.

This is very true - I find wombles fascinating, mostly because of the sheer amount of carp on some of them, I've often read through wombles posted on here and wondered 'but where is the real food?'

It seems especially true of the high-spend wombles.

The current trend seems to be putting things in individual packs and pots, eg jelly pots, sachets of porage, snackpots etc, and then charging well over quadruple for the item it contains. The manufacturers must be having a real laugh - sell them less and charge them more...

Ungnome

Thank you Tinyshoes. Sorry you didn't have any luck.

I'm guessing you tried other areas too? When I first went on I was actually planning on booking for my mother in another area but they were all gone. The one I ended up getting was my local one.

bubbs

Hello Nanny
Well done:T
How is you brothers DGS?
Well done thos that managed to get BI:T:T

Tinyshoes

LEJC wrote: »

My thought on the booking system was perhaps that they gave preference to newly registered people...that certainly was the case for DS who only registered with them the week before his email came out .....and he was able to book because his invite seemed to come out early in the afternoon.

I've been registered with the website since mhoc pointed us to it last year when she found the first one...but it wasn't until this year that I actually had an invite email...

I have been registered for bella emails since mhoc pointed us to it last year and I was the one this year that posted I had an email to say you needed to join the new "Bella Club" with a login and password for invite to this years Big Dinner. But unfortunately my luck was not in...

From memory I don't think you needed an invite email last year. I might be wrong.

bubbs

ROBINSON'S FRUIT SHOOT APPLE & BLACKCURRANT 4PK 25p at Poundstretcher
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/robinson-s-fruit-shoot-apple-blackcurrant-4pk-25p-poundstretcher-2522796

savvy_sal

1x Walkers Salt & Vinegar (6X25G) £1.00 £1.25
2x Pot Noodle Bombay Bad Boy (90G) £1.00 £1.00
1x ASDA 12 Potato Waffles (680G) £1.00 £1.00
1x Kingsmill Medium White Bread (800G) £0.85 N/A
1x Birds Eye 20 Cod Fillet Fish Fingers (560G) £3.00 £3.00
1x Sacla Fiery Chilli Pesto (190G) £1.50 £2.24
1x Alpro Hazelnut Milk Chilled (1LT) £1.79 £1.77
2x Chicago Town 2 Pepperoni Deep Dish Pizzas (2X160G) £2.00 £2.00
1x ASDA Fajita Pasta Salad (600G) £2.00 N/A
1x John West No Drain Tuna Steak with a Little Sunflower Oil (3X60G) £2.25 £1.50
1x Intenso Tomato and Garlic Sauce (190G) £2.28 N/A
1x ASDA Classic Burger Sauce (275G) £1.00 £0.49
0.24x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Sweet Potatoes (Typically 0.5kg) (PER KG) £0.23 N/A
1x Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles Strawberry & Blackcurrant Bag (150G) £1.00 N/A
1x Fox's Chunkie Cookies White Chocolate Chunks (180G) £1.00 £1.00
1x McCain 4 Ready Baked Jackets (800G) £2.00 £2.00
1x Maryland Creations Soft Centres (176G) £1.50 N/A
2x ASDA Chosen By You Baked Beans In Tomato Sauce (410G) £0.58 £0.64
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Strawberries (400G) £2.00 N/A
1x Clover Spread (500G) £1.50 £1.00
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Cucumber (EACH) £0.42 N/A
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Firm & Juicy Salad Tomatoes (6PK) £0.60 £0.56
2x Taylors of Harrogate Lazy Sunday Ground Coffee (227G) £6.00 £6.94
1x McCain Crinkle Cut Oven Chips (907G) £1.75 N/A
1x McCain Rustic Chips (1KG) £1.75 N/A
1x ASDA Hash Browns (800G) £1.00 £0.94
1x Sacla Classic Basil Pesto (190G) £1.50 £2.00
1x Quorn Meat Free Frankfurters (180G) £2.25 £2.25
1x Heinz Potato & Leek Soup (400G) £0.60 £0.50
1x ASDA Tomato & Basil Pasta Salad (600G) £2.00 N/A
1x Heinz Minestrone Soup (400G) £0.60 £0.95
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Carrots (1KG) £0.45 N/A
1x Coca-Cola Zero Bottle (1.25L) £1.00 £1.00
1x Sure Women Bright Fragrance Collection 48h Active Anti-Perspirant (250ML) £1.50 £2.00
1x Harpic Toilet Cleaner Limescale Remover Liquid (750ML) £1.00 £1.97
2x ASDA Chosen By You Baked Beans In Tomato Sauce (220G) £0.50 £0.50
1x Sure Women Crystal Invisible Pure Aerosol Anti-Perspirant Deodorant (250ML) £1.50 £2.00
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Watermelon Portion (EACH) £1.00 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen by You Non-Scratch Sponge Scourers (10PK) £2.00 £1.00
2x McCoy's Ridge Cut The Classics (6X28.5) £2.00 £2.50
1x Alpro Soya Milk Vanilla Uht (1L) £1.40 £1.44
1x ASDA Houmous (200G) £0.59 £1.00
1x Asda 2 Garlic Baguettes (340G) £1.00 £1.00
3x Heinz Vegetable Soup (400G) £1.80 £1.50
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Mixed Peppers (3PK) £0.85 £0.82
1x ASDA Chosen By You Starting Right (500G) £1.48 £1.58
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Raspberries (150G) £2.00 £1.86
1x Heinz Spaghetti Bolognese (400G) £1.07 £1.00
1x Walkers Smoky Bacon (6X25G) £1.00 £1.25
1x Quorn Meat Free Picnic Eggs (180G) £1.79 £1.82
1x Calpol Infant Paracetamol Suspension 2+ Months Strawberry Flavour (100ML) £2.98 £3.00

A v M womble today

Multibuys

toiletries 2 for £3
heinz soup 5 for £3
snacks 2 for £2x2
roast & ground 2 for £6

Tinyshoes

Ungnome wrote: »

Thank you Tinyshoes. Sorry you didn't have any luck.

I'm guessing you tried other areas too? When I first went on I was actually planning on booking for my mother in another area but they were all gone. The one I ended up getting was my local one.

In the end I was just hitting random ones to see if anything was available :rotfl:, obviously wouldn't have gone through with a booking.

I did try near DD1 and DD2 after finding nothing left in S'ton. I am just not quick enough. :eek: