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  • altojack wrote: »
    Birds are flying now xx
    Did you get any?
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,097 Forumite
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    altojack wrote: »
    Birds are flying now xx

    Did you get some:j:j:j:j:j
    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
    bubbs Posts: 68,097 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Did you get any?

    Snap:rotfl::rotfl::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:
  • I have 24 in holding pattern. releasing 21.30

    RELEASED

    You do realise I very nearly bought some :eek::eek:

    I already have three, I do not need more, I do not need more, I do not need more :rotfl::rotfl:
    What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare
  • You do realise I very nearly bought some :eek::eek:

    I already have three, I do not need more, I do not need more, I do not need more :rotfl::rotfl:
    LOL, trying to help those who haven't got any
  • TrulyMadly
    TrulyMadly Posts: 39,754 Forumite
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    Where you can use your 14all giftcards:)

    https://www.one4allgiftcard.co.uk/retailer.html
    To do is to be. Rousseau
    To be is to do. Sartre
    Do be do be do. Sinatra
  • altojack
    altojack Posts: 9,734 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Just come from SD I had to click on individual item and get them from there :D

    I've been naughty and got into trouble today :o. Decided as I was home all day I'd move one or two bits of bedroom furniture round :eek:

    Legs, back and shoulders are burning and achy so I'm covered in Deep Heat, it smells lovely but if Mr AJ gets too close it burns him :cool: can't take anymore pain killers until bedtime :o

    Went to pictures yesterday morningthen we had carvery lunch only DS4 and his DGF could join us, I didn't mind though as I was paying for the food :rotfl:

    Snow never stayed long here, it turned to rain but didn't freeze :T
    There's no place like home :)

    Feeling down? Weak in body? Makes no difference to me, I think of you all when I'm sitting quietly.

    Hugs and healing thoughts are always going your way.
  • davemorton
    davemorton Posts: 29,084 Forumite
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    I have 24 in holding pattern. releasing 21.30

    RELEASED

    :beer: Dunno if it was yours I have just bought at 9:35, but I got 12 packs anyway. All I need, never managed to get them before. Cheers.
    “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
    Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires
  • altojack
    altojack Posts: 9,734 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Did you get any?
    bubbs wrote: »
    Did you get some:j:j:j:j:j

    Yes I got 6 fir presents and holidays :D
    There's no place like home :)

    Feeling down? Weak in body? Makes no difference to me, I think of you all when I'm sitting quietly.

    Hugs and healing thoughts are always going your way.
  • mhoc
    mhoc Posts: 19,340 Forumite
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    Last week we had a bit if a menu crisis.
    OH made chicken casserole with the usual veg but the potatoes sort of dissolved so it was more like chicken soup - urgh - I did make a good attempt at eating it though.
    Then another evening I made my famous chicken pasta bake, just the same as usual, I eat mine but OH half way through said he could eat any more :(

    So today OH said he wanted something different for dinner but he had no idea what. We looked in Marks but nothing of interest so instead we went to Aldi.

    Success - In Aldi we found chilli, lime and coriander chicken breasts - very similar to the more expensive version we used to get in Marks (but breasts instead of marks fillets) £2.49 :T - we had these with rice and roast potatoes and the usual veg - very nice.

    Also Aldi are again selling coffee in tins which are identical in looks and taste to Nescafe Azera which usually sells for £3/£4 - the Aldi version is £2.29 for 100g - it vanished from Aldi over Christmas so it might be a seasonal thing.

    Aldi cheese - I always buy the 350g blocks but even the extra mature version was a bit insipid but now they have a vintage version which is on another shelf £1.99 for 350g - slightly more expensive but much more bite - I think I will get vintage for eating, extra mature for cooking.

    (Yellow labels are a very rare sight around here so sadly we have to pay full price for everything. All Ive got in the freezer with a yellow label is a lamb shank from Marks for £1.85 because we got talking to someone in Marks late Sunday afternoon)
    “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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