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  • Sun_Addict
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    Ordered 6 bags of fancy gravel, 2 bags of cheap gravel for bottoms of plant pots and filling in a hole and 2 bags of sand from the local builders merchants. It came to £48.80 with free delivery tomorrow.

    Gosh it was hot out there! Not really a day for walking up the steep hills in our area.

    This means I can crack on with the garden this weekend.

    Mr SA still isn't 'with it' but then it's hard to tell the difference as he's often like this when he hasn't had sedation 😆

    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪
  • PennysIntoPounds
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    Well done getting all the garden stuff, it sounds like the garden is going to look fabulous 🥂

    I must admit to laughing at Mr SA insisting on accompanying you to the builders merchants. You'll have to stock up on smelling salts just in case you need to pop in without him sometime and overtax your lady brain or glimpse a man

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  • Sun_Addict
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    The posh gravel was only £5 for a decent sized bag. I was pleasantly surprised although I’ve bought it from there before. Would probably be a lot more in BnQ. Had to rein in the bloke in the shop as he seemed to think because I’m female I didn’t know what I wanted and said was I looking for pink gravel 😐 I put him back in his box and we had a bit of a laugh after that.

    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪
  • PennysIntoPounds
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    That is incredibly patronising and rude, but also I would fully have gone for pink gravel 😂

  • Sun_Addict
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    Yes part of me was considering it 🤣 It would’ve looked so good with my trio of flamingos 🤣

    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪
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