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  • Sunshinemummy
    Sunshinemummy Posts: 17,377 Forumite
    bubbs wrote: »
    Dont think i can carry 5:rotfl::rotfl:

    Strap them to the tope of your car!
    10
  • hornetgirl
    hornetgirl Posts: 6,155 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    So pleased today went well rhosynbach x
  • curl_girl
    curl_girl Posts: 4,623 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    Don't forget in S tomorrow when you are doubling up, the free Light and Free Greek yoghurt on CS.
    I managed to get one today, first time I have seen them in my store.
    Called in to see if they still have the coat I fancy, plus to check out the wine!
    curl girl with a space - even though there is no space in my cupboard!!!
  • Sunshinemummy
    Sunshinemummy Posts: 17,377 Forumite
    mhoc wrote: »
    Ive been going through the Amex small shops list again looking - like a dog worrying a bone :D

    Specifically Ive been looking at the local cafes to see if they have any have lunch time offers or early bird offers - so far nothing and most had not even got webpages. One offered a free piece of toast with a coffee - not impressed.

    I was thinking that when we go to the chip shop or have a cheese bacon toastie in Morrison's then we would spend about £8 - reckless thrill seekers that we are :rotfl:
    So if i can find an early bird offer or a lunch offer for say £6 or £7 each so £12 or £14 for 2 - after the £5 amex comes off it works out much the same as our normal treat but far more exciting :D

    There are loads listed for Chester - might have more success trawling through this list ....

    I have done similar. Noting which place has early bird/set meals/sunday lunches. The salons which do cheap treatment. The newsagents for stamps, take-aways, the discrete mailing service and the adult sex shops!
    10
  • HILLBERN
    HILLBERN Posts: 3,125 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    damo5134 wrote: »
    Hi Bubbs, please can I be really cheeky and ask you to pm me any info regarding the up and go vouchers. I have spent ages trying to work out how to print off the vouchers from the online metro and have failed miserably. Many thanks.

    I posted the other day how to use the snipping tool to print off u g
  • curl_girl
    curl_girl Posts: 4,623 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    Must be just me, I hate Christmas cake, prefer a chocolate log!
    curl girl with a space - even though there is no space in my cupboard!!!
  • MKS
    MKS Posts: 10,328 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    That's the one. Ultra old farts party :beer:

    Would that be 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 or 50?
  • Sunshinemummy
    Sunshinemummy Posts: 17,377 Forumite
    curl_girl wrote: »
    Must be just me, I hate Christmas cake, prefer a chocolate log!

    I like both, and trifle, chocolate profiterole and.....
    10
  • hornetgirl
    hornetgirl Posts: 6,155 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    I might invest in some toothbrush heads from the myriad of dentists round here who apparently take Amex. My own dentist, with whom I seem to spend a small fortune, of course does not take it.
  • TrulyMadly
    TrulyMadly Posts: 39,754 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Cashback Cashier
    mhoc wrote: »
    Ive been going through the Amex small shops list again looking - like a dog worrying a bone :D

    Specifically Ive been looking at the local cafes to see if they have any have lunch time offers or early bird offers - so far nothing and most had not even got webpages. One offered a free piece of toast with a coffee - not impressed.

    I was thinking that when we go to the chip shop or have a cheese bacon toastie in Morrison's then we would spend about £8 - reckless thrill seekers that we are :rotfl:
    So if i can find an early bird offer or a lunch offer for say £6 or £7 each so £12 or £14 for 2 - after the £5 amex comes off it works out much the same as our normal treat but far more exciting :D

    There are loads listed for Chester - might have more success trawling through this list ....

    I've found a micro brewery that do beers in a fancy box. You pick your own. I've worked out a £10 combination:)

    Nice little Christmas box😀
    To do is to be. Rousseau
    To be is to do. Sartre
    Do be do be do. Sinatra
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