Must try harder!

WinterWarrior

CRANKY40 said:

I don't buy smarties any more because it's just not the same without being able to look for your initial....I thought it was just me but obviously not 😂  I like maltesers -  when I was small (a long time ago) you could buy Horlicks tablets in the chemist. They were lovely and the inside of maltesers reminds me of those. I can't stand Horlicks as a drink but I'm not above eating a spoonful of it dry if I'm using it for baking.

OMG I loved Horlick tablets!! The joy of picking the sticky bits out of your teeth 😂They always had good lollies at the chemists counter too. 

I’m also sad they no longer have the boxes of smarties you could get at the pictures. The height of decadence when I was very small…but that was when you got a cartoon before the film. How did I get so old? 🤣 I don’t think I’m old until I think back to my 70’s childhood…

Naomim

I'm 47 but have never heard of horlicks tablets! I don't like malty stuff either but MrM is partial to a hot milky horlicks. 

I'm more of a sweetie person, yesterday treated myself to a small bar of nougat and small packet of squashies. 😋

Baileys_Babe

Naomim said:

I'm 47 but have never heard of horlicks tablets! I don't like malty stuff either but MrM is partial to a hot milky horlicks. 

I'm more of a sweetie person, yesterday treated myself to a small bar of nougat and small packet of squashies. 😋

Your not alone, Horlicks tablets are a new one on me.

WinterWarrior

I’m 51, but I remember them from the late 70’s, early 80’s. You missed a treat! They were in a little roll and were really dense. 

@Naomim nougat is good too, especially the kind with big lumps of cherry in! 

teafor2

I've never heard of Horlicks tablets either. Drink wise I'm more of an ovaltiney kid although having said that, nothing quite seems to taste like it used to when I was younger. Enjoy colouring in your spreadsheets

dawnybabes

WinterWarrior said:

CRANKY40 said:

I don't buy smarties any more because it's just not the same without being able to look for your initial....I thought it was just me but obviously not 😂  I like maltesers -  when I was small (a long time ago) you could buy Horlicks tablets in the chemist. They were lovely and the inside of maltesers reminds me of those. I can't stand Horlicks as a drink but I'm not above eating a spoonful of it dry if I'm using it for baking.

OMG I loved Horlick tablets!! The joy of picking the sticky bits out of your teeth 😂They always had good lollies at the chemists counter too. 

I’m also sad they no longer have the boxes of smarties you could get at the pictures. The height of decadence when I was very small…but that was when you got a cartoon before the film. How did I get so old? 🤣 I don’t think I’m old until I think back to my 70’s childhood…

You can still get Horlicks tablets, think they are from Australia - my mum bought me some fir Xmas a couple of years ago 

WinterWarrior

Good morning and happy Saturday 🌺🌞
i rejiggled my budget a bit, this gives me £180 for the month, which might be more doable. That’s £40 per week and £20 for the part week. 

Then I spent £18.99 on late night shopping (I know, I know) so have £21 left for this week. Josh & Jim’s luxury biscuits if you were wondering 😬. Spellcheck changed that to late night sopping…I wouldn’t even know where to start! 

I don’t have any planned spends this weekend apart from diesel when I go out, but that’s budgeted for. I’m creeping perilously close to half a tank and that’s my panic point! Luckily filling up around the halfway point means I rarely spend more than £50 to get it back to the top. 

I have no idea what I’m doing today.
@dawnybabes  Australia has some good stuff. They have all sorts of Cadbury’s bars we can’t get ☹️

I think it must be a population thing, like America, they seem to have so much more choice. 

carolbee

Cadbury’s doesn’t taste the same out there! We go every year, in normal times, and often indulge in a bar with the family. 

WinterWarrior

carolbee said:

Cadbury’s doesn’t taste the same out there! We go every year, in normal times, and often indulge in a bar with the family. 

That’s true, but I guess they put something in to stop them melting so quickly? It’s a long, long time since we went to visit our grandparents (now sadly gone), but I still peruse the Australian sweet pages 😁
How lovely to go every year ⭐️

carolbee

I think it’s the different milk in the choc. Maltesers  taste the same. We go purely in the interests of choc tasting...... and our family there 

now, Tim Tams and their UK cousin the Penguin Bar is a whole new debate 😀