Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

bubbs

scamps1966 wrote: »

Afternoon peeps.

I wass walking back from A's this morning when a man was putting 2 pictures out by his gate for anyone to collect. I asked him if I could have them and he said yes, so I carried them home with great difficulty as they are 38 inches square. :eek: Solid wood frame, glass fronted.

Not great photos but they are abstract art, autumn time.





I've tried finding them online but no luck. I've found something similar at a price of £180 each. :eek:

It was a very affluent house, but some people don't even think about reselling! I'm keeping them though.

Well done you:D they are lovely:T:T:T

hornetgirl

I was just reading about the wedding dress in the paper. So pleased it's been found.

Lovely pictures Scamps, well done :T

LANGO1966

Shop from today, COS for Hovis

Asda Waitrose
1x Hartley's 10 Cal Blueberry & Blackcurrant Jelly (175g) £0.50 £0.34
1x Johnson's Baby Powder (500g) £2.00 £1.49
1x Seven Seeds Bread (800g) £1.50 £1.35
1x Haribo Starmix (1pk) £0.10 N/A
1x MAOAM Giant Strawberry Stripes (1pk) £0.10 N/A
8x Pepsi Max Bottle (2lt) £10.00 £10.00
1x Hartley's 10 Cal Cranberry & Raspberry Jelly (175g) £0.50 £0.34
1x Barratt Flumps (12g) £0.10 N/A
1x Hartley's 10 Cal Strawberry Jelly (175g) £0.50 £0.34
1x Wham Raspberry Flavoured Bar (16g) £0.10 N/A
5x Heinz Barbecue Beanz (390g) £4.75 £3.00
1x Swizzels Refreshers Original Lemon Flavour (18g) £0.10 N/A
1x Seriously Strong Spreadable Cheese (125g) £1.48 £1.00
1x Flora Light Spread (500g) £1.70 £1.00
Comparison total (compared products only) £22.93 £18.86

curl_girl

Anon wrote: »

It does seem they underestimated how popular it would be (or rather is - it is not new, it has been this rate for ages, so must have been the worst kept secret from muggles). They have spent all that money on extra advertising when they could have saved their money, put out the press release (new information is their commitment to this rate until April 2019 :cool:) and relied on MSE and other sites to push it for free.

Anon

Martin talked about it on breakfast tv on Thursday saying you could get 3% on 2 accounts each with 3k in.
Mum explained this to me on Friday, as a viewer of daytime tv.
I've been telling her about it for over 6 months, not sure she listens to me..... :mad:

scamps1966

Does anyone recognise the company of the pics?



Just says Gallery. Experts in home decor. Abstract art. Batch number 0604. And then hanging instructions.

hornetgirl

Something rather special came through our local station this morning

Chrisv

scamps1966 wrote: »

Does anyone recognise the company of the pics?

Just says Gallery. Experts in home decor. Abstract art. Batch number 0604. And then hanging instructions.

Mebbe here scamps?

http://www.gallerydirect.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=526_589&page=2

mhoc

hornetgirl wrote: »

Something rather special came through our local station this morning

OH said it used to be a named train going from Manchester to Euston

I really deeply love steam engines, something very elemental about them. I am not sure where this comes from, they were long gone by the time I was born.
When I came back from Stafford one afternoon last year the Empress of India (not certain of the name, cant find the photos now so I might have invented that) was on platform 12 getting fettled up and oddly there was not the usual gang of spotters handing around. So I got right up close, talked to the driver, took photos and eventually I waved them off, a one woman waving committee, all by myself when it set off again
:rotfl: :rotfl::rotfl:

mhoc

The second best find of the day - the elusive Aldi cherry liquer chocs have finally been found :j
They were bought a few weeks before Christmas and then vanished without trace, the house has been searched numerous times.

So this afternoon I tried the wardrobe bottom again, tirfed everything out and found 2 new pairs of shoes still in their boxes - now on the ebaying pile.
No chocs

I looked sadly in the drinks drawer, a very large deep drawer at the bottom of the sideboard, OH is almost TT now hence the sadness looking in this drawer But I did find beers to put in the fridge which he might fancy drinking.
No chocs

And then inspiration hit and I looked in a picnic basket used to store odds and ends - no idea why I thought this was a good place to hide them but at least they are found and we have Valentines weekend chocs :T

Sunshinemummy