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  • mhoc
    mhoc Posts: 19,340 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    aau1 wrote: »
    They love me :D

    I got another £2 off (no minimum spend) voucher today when I was only spending a few quid on nappies

    It meant I could go back in and get an extra pack for just 1p :money:

    I could technically just boycott the place for months but our sainsbobs has the cheapest petrol around here so however little I shop in the place I then bump my average spends up with tanks of fuel a couple of times a month
    and then there are the Tu clothing sales
    “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.”
  • purpledonkey
    purpledonkey Posts: 6,997 Forumite
    edited 21 July 2016 at 2:42PM
    TrulyMadly wrote: »
    Hob knobs for everyone......even PD:p:D

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    How did you know they are my favourite? :EasterBun Are they Twinks hob nobs?

    No tales of woe except paying 78p each for 4 boxes of 500g icing sugar. I have the dilemma now of baking my brother a birthday cake or finishing off a crochet square. Both are happening today, just can't decide on the order :)

    Oh and I did get a £5 More voucher too :rotfl:
    'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good'
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Afternoon all :D
    Porridge test shop , all good :D
    1x ASDA Gravy Granules (200G) £0.20 £0.20
    0.16x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (PER KG) £0.11 £0.10
    0.08x Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (PER KG) £0.05 £0.05
    1x Giant Strawberry Stripes (1PK) £0.10 £0.10
    1x Haribo Starmix (1PK) £0.10 £0.10
    1x Swizzels Refreshers Original Lemon Flavour (18G) £0.10 £0.10
    0.03x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Carrot (order by number of carrots or select kg) (PER KG) £0.02 £0.01
    1x ASDA Smartprice Spaghetti (500G) £0.20 £0.20
    1x Quaker Oat So Simple Big Bowl Original Porridge (10X38G) £2.44 £1.22
    1x Barratt Flumps (12G) £0.10 £0.10
    Comparison total (compared products only) £3.42 £2.18
    +£1.24 cheap
    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:
  • Tinyshoes
    Tinyshoes Posts: 29,014 Forumite
    TrulyMadly wrote: »
    I've just checked and have 500 points for my next shop in Homebase. There doesn't appear to be a qualifying amount to spend:)

    Make sure you check all the offers right to the last one as I got that offer and further down 750 points about a month ago, both no minimum spend and when I used my card at Homebase they both got added. :T
    mhoc wrote: »
    I am convinced sainsbobs hates me, def have less offers. There is shed paint I want from home base and an extra 500 points would have been ideal :)

    Oh mhoc I have just looked today and I have 1000 points no minimum spend for homebase. :o In past 2 months I have had the 500 points twice, first time I only spent £2 so profit, plus the 750 points and now they have upped it to 1000, I can feel the luurve. :eek:
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Tinyshoes wrote: »
    Make sure you check all the offers right to the last one as I got that offer and further down 750 points about a month ago, both no minimum spend and when I used my card at Homebase they both got added. :T



    Oh mhoc I have just looked today and I have 1000 points no minimum spend for homebase. :o In past 2 months I have had the 500 points twice, first time I only spent £2 so profit, plus the 750 points and now they have upped it to 1000, I can feel the luurve. :eek:

    I dont have any homebase either :(
    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:
  • Tinyshoes
    Tinyshoes Posts: 29,014 Forumite
    bubbs wrote: »
    I dont have any homebase either :(

    I'm so lucky bubbs, one really close and one near the JL where I use my coffee and cake vouchers, but then I don't have a Morries or where was it you were all getting the Walkers from, Fultons?

    We didn't have a B&M until fairly recently think it was last year but I never seem to find any of the bargains there that are reported on HUKD. :(
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Tinyshoes wrote: »
    I'm so lucky bubbs, one really close and one near the JL where I use my coffee and cake vouchers, but then I don't have a Morries or where was it you were all getting the Walkers from, Fultons?

    We didn't have a B&M until fairly recently think it was last year but I never seem to find any of the bargains there that are reported on HUKD. :(

    I have a few homebase local, i meant i dont have the offer:o
    We dont have fultons either:( and i rarely go BM
    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:
  • Nannylala
    Nannylala Posts: 6,791 Forumite
    Good afternoon ..hope everyone is coping with the heat and drinking plenty...I have just had a really fun Skype with my D Bro in Denmark he is busy paint his openplan downstairs and being a smoker it needs doing quite frequently ..He was so excited cause his slow cooker has been delivered and he has been trying to get one for quite a while...he then ask me to get mine out of the cupboard to compare the sizes and I was unsure how many litres mine was so the way we compared was to put the glass lids on our heads his idea I might add and judge it that way :eek::eek:we laughed so much I nearly peed me draws:rotfl::rotfl:..I do love my little Bro .
  • Tinyshoes
    Tinyshoes Posts: 29,014 Forumite
    bubbs wrote: »
    I have a few homebase local, i meant i dont have the offer:o
    We dont have fultons either:( and i rarely go BM

    Oops the written word. :rotfl:

    I couldn't believe when I saw 1000 points I thought was bound to have min spend, have loaded it ready. :cool:
  • Tinyshoes
    Tinyshoes Posts: 29,014 Forumite
    Nannylala wrote: »
    Good afternoon ..hope everyone is coping with the heat and drinking plenty...I have just had a really fun Skype with my D Bro in Denmark he is busy paint his openplan downstairs and being a smoker it needs doing quite frequently ..He was so excited cause his slow cooker has been delivered and he has been trying to get one for quite a while...he then ask me to get mine out of the cupboard to compare the sizes and I was unsure how many litres mine was so the way we compared was to put the glass lids on our heads his idea I might add and judge it that way :eek::eek:we laughed so much I nearly peed me draws:rotfl::rotfl:..I do love my little Bro .

    I'm picturing it now nanny and it is making me :rotfl:
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