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  • LEJC
    LEJC Posts: 9,618 Forumite
    davemorton wrote: »
    Snap, might be worth having a nosey around amateur painting and photography forums.

    or indeed contacting any local colleges with a view to placing ad's on noticeboards.

    Is it the sort of thin that could be sold via ebay as an ongoing business or opportunity for the keen enthusiast?

    I also wonder whether any local already established framing studios might be interested.....

    I must admit to finding the pictures that you have posted of just small snippets of what your dad did utterly fascinating....if I had a big enough shed I may even consider taking a few bits and learning the art....it would save me a fortune in framing fees....but sadly I have no room....
    frugal October...£41.82 of £40 food shopping spend for the 2 of us!

    2017 toiletries challenge 179 out 145 in ...£18.64 spend
  • Chrisv
    Chrisv Posts: 5,133 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Wonder if thornies egg would work? Where is the £2 offer, is it allowed for someone to post a link for me? I could try it and see.

    https://www.topcashback.co.uk/SnapAndSave/upload/4703
  • tbw
    tbw Posts: 5,137 Forumite
    The good news is that the missing Karcher and the charger for the trimmer have now turned up. I found the charger quite by accident after I had given up looking - I opened a kitchen drawer which I use to keep small kitchen stuff (graters, whisks, kitchen string etc ) which won't fit in the usual cabinet and there was the charger. I don't know what it was doing there - there is nothing else electrical in that drawer - and its the last place I would have considered storing it. DH found the Karcher(complete with charger) in the garage in a cupboard he uses to store bulky tools - again accidentally when he was putting a saw away. The jury is still out on which of us was daft enough to put it in there.
    ELITE 5:2
    # 42
    11st2lbs down to 9st2lbs - another 5lbs gone due to alcohol abuse (head down toilet syndrome)
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,106 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Posted both of these on dark side seen today


    Weetabix choc chip crispy minis 600g £1.49 heron foods


    Assorted pack 500g biscuits instore @ heron foods 49p
    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:
  • Chrisv
    Chrisv Posts: 5,133 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    bubbs wrote: »
    Posted both of these on dark side seen today


    Weetabix choc chip crispy minis 600g £1.49 heron foods


    Assorted pack 500g biscuits instore @ heron foods 49p

    There's a £1 off £10 pdf available http://www.heronfoods.com/signup/share

    Expires 14 days from date of print.
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,106 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Chrisv wrote: »
    There's a £1 off £10 pdf available http://www.heronfoods.com/signup/share

    Expires 14 days from date of print.

    Booger didnt know that thanks, they sell some lovely ham for £1.69 no fat or anything, how ham used to be approx 6 slices in the pack :D
    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:
  • lovecrafting
    lovecrafting Posts: 1,715 Forumite
    bubbs wrote: »
    Glad you have had diagnosis and hope you get sorted soon, welcome back x

    l:

    thanks im glad to be back, hoping the glitch faries bring me some nice eggs from mr A as i dont have any yet, i may have to pay full price at this rate.
    My sharpies worked today as well as confor 38 wash A £3 W £2 and vanish gold 1.4kg A £12 W £8.
    Got my easter eggs from Thornies on O2, £4 each or 2 for £5 deal, wonder if you can ask to get 2 and pay the £1 difference LOL.

    my god are they still going, i may have to go and grab some my daughters are getting that bit older now and mine always vanish as soon as i get a new one out.

    ohhh comfort.. do i buy just one at a time? and can i buy 1 comfort one vanish gold and sharpies in the same shop please, i can see a hd happening here
  • Lima-India
    Lima-India Posts: 401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Do any of the Elite use giffgaff and have Santander 123 (or maybe other) accounts? If so check your "My Offers" - cos I had the following:

    Offer now active: just Spend with your Santander cards in the below retailer
    giffgaff
    Get £5.00 cash back• expires 7/6/2017
    Earn £5 Cashback when you spend £10 or more on your next payment with giffgaff. Offer valid for up to two payments, maximum reward £10. Offer expires 07/06/2017. giffgaff's flexible plans with no contracts give you the freedom to change each month, or cancel anytime. Plus, they all come with 4G as standard. Great stuff.

    It also had a 10% cashback for Morries
    Offer now active: just Spend with your Santander cards in the below retailer
    Morries
    Get 10% cash back3 days left • expires 13/4/2017
    Earn 10% Cashback on your next groceries shop at Ms, maximum reward £5. Offer expires 13/04/2017 and is valid one time only. Excludes petrol stations & morrisonscellar.com. There’s more to Ms than good quality and great value – with Ms More you earn 5 points for every £1 you spend and More points on 100s of products. Shop and save with Ms More – join online or in store today. Please note, separate terms and conditions apply.

    And a 10% casback Co-op
    Offer now active: just Spend with your Santander cards in the below retailer
    Co-op Food Store
    Get 10% cash back20 days left • expires 30/4/2017
    Earn 10% Cashback on your next purchase at a Co-op Food Store, maximum reward £30. Great food, fairly priced and just down the road. Find your local Co-op store at coop.co.uk/food. Offer expires 30/04/2017and is valid one time only. Offer excludes stores on petrol forecourts. Plus, our new Membership benefits you and your community, separate terms and conditions apply.

    There was also a 10% cashback on National Express
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,106 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    thanks im glad to be back, hoping the glitch faries bring me some nice eggs from mr A as i dont have any yet, i may have to pay full price at this rate.



    my god are they still going, i may have to go and grab some my daughters are getting that bit older now and mine always vanish as soon as i get a new one out.

    ohhh comfort.. do i buy just one at a time? and can i buy 1 comfort one vanish gold and sharpies in the same shop please, i can see a hd happening here

    They are 9.50 v 1 now :D so 2 keeps you under the £20
    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:
  • lovecrafting
    lovecrafting Posts: 1,715 Forumite
    bubbs wrote: »
    They are 9.50 v 1 now :D so 2 keeps you under the £20

    even better, i wonder if they will come visit me tomorow :)
    thank you.x

    *goes off to book a hd and hopes the other bits can be done in the same shop
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