Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

emerald21

marmitelovemehateme wrote: »

I finished my Xmas cake.....Marmies masterpiece:snow_laug:snow_laug

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Very nice marmie . Shame you didn’t want me there for Christmas Day :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

emerald21

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

I made a boob, I think I was thinking about you when I posted.
It's my second full house.. time yet for a third though
Edited my original post.

Yes so I saw

Sarahdol75

Harley is loving the snow, have taken him out 3 times already today, he just wants to run and play in it, he is whining at the front door constantly to go out.

I wish it will hurry up and go though, im freezing :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ChelseaFred

mhoc wrote: »

I suppose there is never a good time to retire.

I hope there is! Next Feb for me:j

Can't wait, my Financial Advisor tells me I will be £75pw better off:) thanks to our investments:T

Will probably get a part-time job for a couple of days per week to keep occupied though. DW retires a year later, we plan to buy a motorhome again and tour Europe for 6 months or so. Plenty of holidays planned for next year too, bring it on!

ChelseaFred:)

Claire1972

Does anyone have any successful shops today for gift sets?

mhoc

Amazon van men brought the Amazon pantry order from the 10th (one day offer- spend £40 get £15 off) - due on Wednesday so a day early. Amazon in their wisdom decided to split the order in 2. The 1st van man came and I mentioned about the oddity of the 2 orders but this chap had minimal English as a first language and so he just shrugged.
5 mins later 2nd amazon van man appeared - and also OH - van made gave OH this monstrous box and then asked him to sign for it

So now I have 13 x 6 cans of cat food so I have to make a space under the stairs tomorrow as the dining room now looks like the Amazon warehouse petfood section

The 2 heavy duty boxes they came in a very good quality so I decided to put them on Freecycle - firstly I could not get the posting to load on the ipad, kept reloading the page and wiping everything so in exasperation I sent the pic to the main computer. Very long winded method of doing a 2 minite job - then the title was too long so I had to rewrite and in the meantime it takes the picture off, twice it did this. And in sending the pic from the ipad to the main computer its now upside down.
20 mins in all to do a very quick job :mad:

Anyway we now have cat foods along with the gin, tonic 2 packs of cheese and 24 twines the snow can go and do what it wants

ChelseaFred

Hi all:wave:

My shops from this afternoon, fairly predictable but confirmation that some stuff still working. Some from A Living so limited fillers.

3 items (2 different) on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda Tesco
1x ASDA Pick 'n' Mix (50g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen By You Milk Chocolate Buttons (30g) £0.20 N/A
1x Baylis & Harding Jojoba, Silk & Almond Oil Benefit Set (each) £10.00 £3.75
1x ASDA Cola Flavour Bottles (50g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Fizzy Cherry Cola Flavour Bottles (45g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Marshmallow Faces (40g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen By You White Chocolate Buttons (30g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen By You Ice Cream Sundaes (50g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen By You Mini Marti Mushrooms (50g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Shrimps & Bananas (45g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Mini Jelly Babies (45g) £0.20 N/A
2x Baylis & Harding Sweet Mandarin & Grapefruit Benefit Set (each) £20.00 £7.50 APG £19.88

3 items (1 different) on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda Tesco
1x ASDA Pick 'n' Mix (50g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen By You Milk Chocolate Buttons (30g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Teeth & Lips (50g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Jelly Beans (45g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Fizzy Cherry Cola Flavour Bottles (45g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen By You White Chocolate Buttons (30g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen By You Ice Cream Sundaes (50g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen By You Cherry Jellies (50g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Chosen By You Mini Marti Mushrooms (50g) £0.20 N/A
1x ASDA Shrimps & Bananas (45g) £0.20 N/A
3x Dove Beauty Collection Washbag Body Gift Set (each) £24.00 £13.50 APG £11.85

12 items (10 different) on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda Tesco
1x Wham Raspberry Flavoured Bar (16g) £0.10 N/A
1x ASDA Farm Stores Seedless Grapes (Colour May Vary) (500g) £1.35 £1.25
2x Homepride Chilli Con Carne Cooking Sauce (500g) £2.50 £3.18
0.73x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (per kg) £0.55 £0.55
0.35x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (per kg) £0.26 £0.26
1x Maoam Giant Strawberry Stripes (1pk) £0.10 £0.10
1x Haribo Starmix (1pk) £0.10 £0.10
1x ASDA Smart Price Garden Peas in Water (300g) £0.21 £0.21
1x Swizzels Refreshers Original Lemon Flavour (18g) £0.10 £0.10
1x Dreamtime Ridge Australian Red Wine (75cl) £4.00 N/A
1x Bulldog Skincare for Men Trio Gift Set (3pk) £10.00 £4.50
2x Baylis & Harding Sweet Mandarin & Grapefruit Benefit Set (each) £20.00 £7.50 APG £19.20

10 items on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda Tesco
1x Oxo Beef Stock Cubes (12x6g) £1.00 £0.75
1x ASDA Smart Price Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce (395g) £0.19 N/A
1x Baylis & Harding Jojoba, Silk & Almond Oil Benefit Set (each) £10.00 £3.75
1x ASDA Smart Price Baked Beans & Sausages in Tomato Sauce (405g) £0.41 £0.41
1x Haribo Starmix (1pk) £0.10 £0.10
1x Maoam Giant Strawberry Stripes (1pk) £0.10 £0.10
1x ASDA Smart Price Mushy Peas (300g) £0.20 £0.20
1x ASDA Egg Fried Micro Rice (250g) £0.49 £0.65
1x Bulldog Skincare for Men Trio Gift Set (3pk) £10.00 £4.50
1x Baylis & Harding Sweet Mandarin & Grapefruit Benefit Set (each) £10.00 £3.75
1x ASDA Long Grain Micro Rice (250g) £0.49 £0.60 APG £19.47

12 items (8 different) on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda Tesco
1x Cadbury Fudge Chocolate Bar (25.5g) £0.25 £0.26
1x Hula Hoops Original Potato Rings (6x24g) £1.45 £0.80
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Carrots (1kg) £0.45 N/A
1x Cadbury Dairy Milk Freddo Chocolate Bar (18g) £0.25 £0.26
1x Cadbury Curly Wurly Bar (26g) £0.35 £0.30
5x Vaseline Original Selection Lip Tin (each) £25.00 £12.50
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Cauliflower (each) £1.00 £1.00
1x Swizzels Love Hearts (39g) £0.30 £0.35
1x Nivea Luscious Lips (each) £5.00 £2.62 APG £17.32

Getting to be a limited selection instore now, stocks of most not being replaced. Home a bit earlier today so managed to prepare lists above. Off to the wonderful world of Salad, Stir-Fry and Fruit soon:(

Stay Warm Folks!

ChelseaFred:)

ChelseaFred

Claire1972 wrote: »

Does anyone have any successful shops today for gift sets?

Er, Yes - see above lol:rotfl:

ChelseaFred:)

mhoc

ChelseaFred wrote: »

I hope there is! Next Feb for me:j

Can't wait, my Financial Advisor tells me I will be £75pw better off:) thanks to our investments:T

Will probably get a part-time job for a couple of days per week to keep occupied though. DW retires a year later, we plan to buy a motorhome again and tour Europe for 6 months or so. Plenty of holidays planned for next year too, bring it on!

ChelseaFred:)

Very exciting plans.

I suppose it depends on how much of the lump sum you take as to what your actual pension will be - if you use the lump sum to pay off mortgage, credit cards, car loans and debt and bring down your outgoings that makes a big difference but our bills are at a minimum now and no debt

Working part time sounds good but it takes to take you (allowing for pensions) over the personal allowance threshold so you will still be a tax payer and needing to do a short tax return as you will have at least 2 forms of income.

Not sure about the touring Europe for 6 months, muggle shopping for 6 months with no glitches or bargain hunting etc

Claire1972

ChelseaFred wrote: »

Er, Yes - see above lol:rotfl:

ChelseaFred:)

Thank you just what I wanted x