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Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

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  • braveheart60uk
    braveheart60uk Posts: 3,119 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Now trying to figure out cheapest deals for getting stickers
    I have bus ticket deals for Big Mac/McChicken sandwich/fillet of fish with medium fries for £1.99
    I have one or two full loyalty cards that I keep for an emergency, so....
    Would this work, request a big mac and medium fries (with bus voucher £1.99), ask to make it a meal with a hot drink (free with loyalty card) after 10.30am
    Looks like Nil pwoints for big mac, 2 for medium fries and 2 for hot drink when included in medium meal, so 4 for £1.99
    Or medium fries £1.09, Mcflurry Creme Egg (99p???) both giving a total of 4 stickers.
    AND of course WOMBLING tables before staff get to them!! Ideal for those going with small kids, promise them a McFlurry Creme egg (2 stickers) if they get 10 qualifying stickers :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • Soo_Hal
    Soo_Hal Posts: 69 Forumite
    I got the orchard mail today .....but shopper thoughts is still available where you can do short surveys for clubcard points :)
    Glad CoS has reset the original source and tooth paste my stocks are low and not being able to get there till at least the weekend ...now to check out how best they work as have to buy from tosco ...Ive never really targeted those guys before :)
  • tweets
    tweets Posts: 35,946 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Home Insurance Hacker!
    tbw wrote: »
    I can't get close enough to spiders to identify them ! And I wouldn't vac them up - the bloody things might crawl out again. I need them splatted.

    I pick them up and put them outside.

    I go mad at work if they stand on them to kill all you need is a paper towel put spider in and go put on grass simples :) come in wash hands
  • tweets
    tweets Posts: 35,946 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Home Insurance Hacker!
    Good Afternoon :wave:

    :j:j:j Not got wet today its not rained kept trying to snow but didn't stick :D

    Just been cold but I wrapped up warm :D
  • braveheart60uk
    braveheart60uk Posts: 3,119 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Re CoS
    Their deals suggest their target group are vegetarian ( Quorn & Rice) alcoholic(beers etc) big babies(baby food), who are clean(shower gel) and have pearly white teeth(colgate)
  • tbw
    tbw Posts: 5,137 Forumite
    pacifica9 wrote: »
    Noooo. I don't like spiders either but will try everything possible to capture and rehome (outside!) rather than kill them.

    Unfortunately I have a terrible phobia about the - just the sight of one on the other side of the room will send my doolally ! When I was doing a psychology course the tutor had a go at desensitising me but, after several tries he had to give up as even a picture of a small one made me nearly collapse . I hate being like it and there are a few times when it really impacts on my life.
    ELITE 5:2
    # 42
    11st2lbs down to 9st2lbs - another 5lbs gone due to alcohol abuse (head down toilet syndrome)
  • tbw
    tbw Posts: 5,137 Forumite
    pacifica9 wrote: »
    Latterly, I have put conkers in strategic places which apparently have some sort of chemical which they don't like. I don't think there is any scientific proof that this works but I haven't had many repeat offenders recently.

    I have bowls of conkers all over the house.
    ELITE 5:2
    # 42
    11st2lbs down to 9st2lbs - another 5lbs gone due to alcohol abuse (head down toilet syndrome)
  • Soo_Hal
    Soo_Hal Posts: 69 Forumite
    I was told that putting spiders outside would probably kill them too ....as they have always been indoors ...lol so I feel guilty if they are thrown out, I'll put them on a plant and let them disappear again that's if the dog hasn't caught them first!!
  • LANGO1966
    LANGO1966 Posts: 2,054 Forumite
    Mullers going 10 for £3 in Tosco from Wednesday, time to look for a trigger.
  • pacifica9
    pacifica9 Posts: 3,262 Forumite
    tbw wrote: »
    Unfortunately I have a terrible phobia about the - just the sight of one on the other side of the room will send my doolally ! When I was doing a psychology course the tutor had a go at desensitising me but, after several tries he had to give up as even a picture of a small one made me nearly collapse . I hate being like it and there are a few times when it really impacts on my life.
    That must be awful. As a child I used to have to get my Dad to remove them from my bedroom, no matter how small, before I could sleep. Gradually, having lived on my own for a good number of years with no other half to remove them, I've had to get used to removing them myself. I don't like seeing a spider. But I like not seeing one I know was there earlier even less! :D
    “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it.” ~ Ferris Bueller
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