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  • mhoc
    mhoc Posts: 19,340 Forumite
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    Perhaps, mhoc should go away more often ;):rotfl:

    I am home now until 2017 so there will be no more glitches for months :D
    “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.”
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,099 Forumite
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    mhoc wrote: »
    always the way .....:(
    :(:(:( honestly, dried fruit, beans and sausage and that, washing up liquid, lyod grosman sauces one each day:eek:
    Anybody not put the heating on yet?

    Ours hasn't been on, only the small fire in the lounge :D

    Yes been on weeks, on and off :rotfl::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:
  • Serendipitious
    Serendipitious Posts: 6,453 Forumite
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    edited 11 November 2016 at 8:13PM
    Well I went to Shoes from work and got Ted Baker £23 and used the 10% plus the double points plus the 200pts wys £20.

    And a strange thing happened. Standing happily in the queue with my single item, I felt suddenly propelled to see what was on the end of an aisle display, six aisles away. Nobody there, something just made me go and look.

    It was all 20p :eek: so I cleared the shelf for them...

    2 pairs JML slim'n'trim jeggings (original price 14.95 each)
    2 Playboy Womens EDT 50mls (9.95 each)
    2 Time Delay Micellar Water (4.49 each)
    3 Time Delay Youth Maintain Rollerball for tired eyes (7.99 each)
    1 large bottle contact lens cleaner with cases (7.99)
    1 Time Delay BB cream (11.69)
    1 SASS spray mist (8.00)

    The SA loved it.

    So today I have done a TinyShoes...

    Total spend £23.40 including the Ted Baker set :D
    “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”




  • Sarahdol75
    Sarahdol75 Posts: 7,717 Forumite
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    bubbs, glad nothing was taken in the burglary, and the lad is home.

    Mhoc, sorry that you have missed all the glitches, I have bare cupboards aswell, so im with you. I just dont need or use any of the things that have glitched this week so didnt bother.

    Hope you had a lovely holiday.

    LEJC have a lovely weekend, with your surprise visitor, how lovely.
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,099 Forumite
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    mhoc wrote: »
    I am home now until 2017 so there will be no more glitches for months :D

    There will be;)
    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:
  • Sarahdol75
    Sarahdol75 Posts: 7,717 Forumite
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    Anybody not put the heating on yet?

    Ours hasn't been on, only the small fire in the lounge :D

    Ours has been on since getting home last friday, its sooo cold here, compared to Mexico :rotfl::rotfl:
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,099 Forumite
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    1x
    VOLVIC TOUCH OF FRUIT LEM & LIME S/FREE 1.5LTR cs
    £1.00 £0.65 £0.85 n/a
    2x
    PEPSI MAX 600ML cs
    £1.98 £2.00 £2.30 n/a
    2x
    HIPP ORG PEACH, APPLE, BLUEBERRY RASPBERRY 100G
    £2.00 £1.34 n/a n/a
    2x
    HIPP ORGANIC PEAR BANANA & KIWI 6 MTH+ 100G
    £2.00 £1.34 n/a n/a
    2x
    HIPP ORG APL, BANA & R/BERRY B/FAST 6M+ 100G
    £2.00 £1.34 n/a n/a
    4x
    C&B CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP 400G cs
    £3.40 £2.00 n/a n/a
    1x
    HOMEPRIDE SELF RAISING FLOUR 1KG cs
    £1.50 £1.00 £1.40 £1.47
    1x
    HOMEPRIDE PLAIN FLOUR 1KG
    £1.50 £1.00 £1.40 £1.47
    1x
    NCG BROCCOLI PEA & PESTO SOUP 700G
    £2.00 n/a n/a n/a
    1x
    NEW COVEN GARDEN VEGETABLE SOUP 700G
    £1.17 n/a n/a n/a
    1x
    UP&GO VANILLA BREAKFAST 250ML
    £1.00 £1.38 n/a n/a
    2x
    UP&GO CHOCOLATE BREAKFAST 250ML
    £2.00 £2.76 n/a n/a
    Tesco comparable total £18.38 £5.98 £3.00
    Competitor shop total £14.81 £5.95 £2.94
    The difference £3.57 £0.03 £0.06
    cost less cost less cost less
    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:
  • bubbs
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    Back later :wave:
    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:
  • Serendipitious
    Serendipitious Posts: 6,453 Forumite
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    edited 11 November 2016 at 4:54PM
    mhoc wrote: »
    always the way .....:(

    Check your sparks, you can get £10 off another of those 12.50 fleece x

    ETA and slightly smaller sizes were available...
    “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”




  • mhoc
    mhoc Posts: 19,340 Forumite
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    Check your sparks, you can get £10 off another of those 12.50 fleece x

    Done! :j

    I took my last one away with us and its so lovely and snuggly :D I bought size 22 last time :eek: which sounds horrendous but these are very shaped and slim fitting and anyway I wear numerous layers underneath :D
    (size 14 jeans underneath, size 22 fleece on top :rotfl: )

    so I've got a spare one now to collect next week :D
    “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.”
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