Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

pacifica9

I spent a fortune yesterday. Well about £30, which feels !like an Elite fortune!:D

Got lots of posh crackers for cheese (dated into 2019) in Aldi - perfect for hampers MrsMac - £1.99 down to 29p. Also their Christmas tree boxed fudge down to 29p. Also found three nice 'Ho Ho Ho' wooly hats down to 29p and a hot water bottle with a red knitted cover and stag design - not sure of original price but now 99p.

Then in Poundworld's 75% off sale got shed loads of new Christmas decorations for school (including inflatable reindeer, snowmen and Santa's), Christmas colouring & sticker books, and a good number of mugs and those glasses with lids and straws - which with sweets or hot choc mixes will make good tombola prizes.

Stood next to a couple of guys debating which mugs to buy for £1.00 (SEL) who were eternally grateful when I pointed out they were now actually only 25p.

izzy65

We have lots of snow, probably still six inches in the garden and it's started falling again, pretty cold too -6*c, have a pan of lentil soup on its so thick it will still to your ribs:)

tweets

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Just tidying out drawers:)

I think these might have been some of MILs wedding presents:A

Can you imagine it now?

Mum got those spoons the smaller ones if remember next week will take a pic Remind me please TM

Serendipitious

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Another find:)

My DD has mine, so now it has gone down at least three generations.

She snaffled it the first week she moved into her first house...

Westvleteren

izzy65 wrote: »

We have lots of snow, probably still six inches in the garden and it's started falling again, pretty cold too -6*c, have a pan of lentil soup on its so thick it will still to your ribs:)

I miss those days

mhoc

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Another find:)

Ive just dropped through some sort of time vortex.

bero cook books are the ones we had at school - must have been the last generation to have Home Economics rooms and sewing rooms and segregating boys and girls for lessons ...

tweets

Good Afternoon :hello:

Started snowing on walk to mums just got there before it started heavy snowing grr.

Walking home was slippy and slushy but it had stopped snowing.

Rain needed soon to wash it all away before work tomorrow

mhoc

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Went youth hostelling once about 36 years ago, was great fun, 3 of us going off around the country. I was the one that planned the route and booked the hostels so I "may" have gone with what I wanted to do once or twice :rotfl::rotfl:

We stayed in YhA places quite a lot when our gang were little as they are very family friendly and very suitable for non regular families Plus great kitchens for making family meals eg
Arnside was great - ground floor bunk room with en suite bathroom, nice little seaside place and good for walks.
Windermere - huge white art deco house overlooking the lake
EYam - big country house, they put us in the educational block with a double bed, bunks and a little kitchen
Coniston Holly How - we had a gourmet weekend there with 5 course meals

Some YHA have set menu supper clubs now for about £10 for 2 course with a free childs meals - we always did our own meals

They are mostly all licensed now so you cant bring your own wine

MKS

diluvsdiscounts wrote: »

Mks it's still working fine for me.

It's working fine for me now.

nettiebobs

diluvsdiscounts wrote: »

Good morning.
Has anyone received an Adnams order yet? Scamps, TM, DM I cant think who else said they had ordered.

Not me, and I didn't cancel so should get mine when the packaging becomes available. Mmmmm, we'll see.