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Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

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  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 67,987 Forumite
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    zippydooda wrote: »
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    :rotfl::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:
  • gocat
    gocat Posts: 5,907 Forumite
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    bubbs wrote: »
    Time to vote for Sarah and Waffle again please and thank you.

    Results tomorrow on Crufts. :)
  • Sunshinemummy
    Sunshinemummy Posts: 17,377 Forumite
    gocat wrote: »
    Time to vote for Sarah and Waffle again please and thank you.

    Results tomorrow on Crufts. :)

    Done x

    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
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  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 67,987 Forumite
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    gocat wrote: »
    Time to vote for Sarah and Waffle again please and thank you.

    Results tomorrow on Crufts. :)

    I forgot tonight, so thanks for reminder :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:
  • zippydooda
    zippydooda Posts: 16,121 Forumite
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    not for me but may be of use to ebayers. in my nectar account

    1,000 points when you send a parcel with DHL in March. Book online, by phone or visit a DHL Service Point
  • Sunflower1227
    Sunflower1227 Posts: 1,737 Forumite
    Thanks, been away, so first wine shop and got MIL mothers day present Gin and got an APG of £20.22 :)

    1x ASDA Diet Indian Tonic Water (1lt) £0.40 £0.40
    1x ASDA Extra Special Farmhouse Wholemeal & Rye Bread (800g) £0.89 £0.90
    1x Schweppes Slimline Lemonade (2lt) £1.00 £1.00
    1x ASDA Indian Tonic Water with a Lemon Flavour Twist (1lt) £0.40 £0.40
    0.11x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Red Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (per kg) £0.09 £0.11
    1x ASDA 6 Medium Free Range Eggs (6pk) £0.89 £0.93
    1x ASDA Paracetamol 500mg Tablets 16 Pack (500mg) £0.19 £0.30
    3x Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough (75cl) £28.44 £18.00
    0.16x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (per kg) £0.12 £0.11
    1x Bombay Sapphire Distilled London Dry Gin (1l) £27.50 £22.00
    0.45x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Carrot (order by number of carrots or select kg) (per kg) £0.27 £0.27
    1x ASDA Indian Tonic Water (1lt) £0.40 £0.44
    Comparison total (compared products only) £60.59 £44.86
    +£15.73 cheaper
    I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. :)

    Weight loss 3 stone :D
  • HILLBERN
    HILLBERN Posts: 3,125 Forumite
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    Snap-ant wrote: »
    Things which confirm you’re British.


    • Worrying you’ve accidentally packed 3 kilos of cocaine and a dead goat as you stroll through “Nothing to declare”
    • Being unable to stand and leave without first saying “right”
    • Not hearing someone for the third time, so just laughing and hoping for the best
    • Saying “anywhere here’s fine” when the taxi’s directly outside your front door
    • Being sure to start touching your bag 15 minutes before your station, so the person in the aisle seat is fully prepared for your exit
    • Repeatedly pressing the door button on the train before it’s illuminated, to assure your fellow commuters you have the situation in hand
    Having someone sit next to you on the train, meaning you’ll have to eat your crisps at home
    • The huge sense of relief after your perfectly valid train ticket is accepted by the inspector
    The horror of someone you only half know saying: “Oh I’m getting that train too”
    • “Sorry, is anyone sitting here?” – Translation: Unless this is a person who looks remarkably like a bag, I suggest you move it
    • Loudly tapping your fingers at the cashpoint, to assure the queue that you’ve asked for money and the wait is out of your hands
    • Looking away so violently as someone nearby enters their PIN that you accidentally dislocate your neck
    • Waiting for permission to leave after paying for something with the exact change
    Saying hello to a friend in the supermarket, then creeping around like a burglar to avoid seeing them again
    Watching with quiet sorrow as you receive a different haircut to the one you requested
    • Being unable to pay for something with the exact change without saying “I think that’s right”
    Overtaking someone on foot and having to keep up the uncomfortably fast pace until safely over the horizon
    • Being unable to turn and walk in the opposite direction without first taking out your phone and frowning at it
    Deeming it necessary to do a little jog over zebra crossings, while throwing in an apologetic mini wave
    Punishing people who don’t say thank you by saying “you’re welcome” as quietly as possible
    • The overwhelming sorrow of finding a cup of tea you forgot about
    • Turning down a cup of tea for no reason and instantly knowing you’ve made a terrible, terrible mistake
    • Suddenly remembering your tea and necking it like a massive, lukewarm shot
    Realising you’ve got about fifty grand’s worth of plastic bags under your kitchen sink
    • “You’ll have to excuse the mess” – Translation: I’ve spent seven hours tidying in preparation for your visit
    • Indicating that you want the last roast potato by trying to force everyone else to take it
    • “I’m off to bed” – Translation: “I’m off to stare at my phone in another part of the house”
    Mishearing somebody’s name on the second time of asking, meaning you must now avoid them forever
    • Leaving it too late to correct someone, meaning you must live with your new name forever

    • Running out of ways to say thanks when a succession of doors are held for you, having already deployed ‘cheers’, ‘ta’ and ‘nice one’
    • Changing from ‘kind regards’ to just ‘regards’, to indicate that you’re rapidly reaching the end of your tether
    • Staring at your phone in silent horror until the unknown number stops ringing
    • Hearing a recording of your own voice and deciding it’s perhaps best never to speak again
    • The relief when someone doesn’t answer their phone within three rings and you can hang up
    • Filming an entire fireworks display on your phone, knowing full well you’ll never, ever watch it again”


    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: mine are in bold :o:o:o

    Oh gosh Snap I needed that. a good chuckle thanks:T:T
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 14,562 Forumite
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    Did anyone have any luck with glitchy beef from S posted on FB Xxtreme C0uponing and Bargains UK? £7.50 per kilo but mislabelled weight at 0.1kg, so 75p?

    Spotted too late to go tonight :(.

    HTH

    Anon
  • hornetgirl
    hornetgirl Posts: 6,155 Forumite
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    Wine rack now nicely filled with sauv blanc. All three flavours of Jacobs crackers in cupboard. Rather larger than anticipated apg in hand :eek: :D
  • curl_girl
    curl_girl Posts: 4,623 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    Nsd for me
    But did bump into ds in S and chose my own Mothers day flowers. Kept it simple with a pot of hyacynth and 2 bunches of daffs! Happy with that.
    Amazed at the £20 boxes of flowers, with hardly any stems and half dead roses! So expensive and not very good quality.
    curl girl with a space - even though there is no space in my cupboard!!!
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