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  • dawnybabes
    dawnybabes Posts: 3,320 Forumite
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    Blackcats said:
    I think lidlee put the £1.50 boxes the other side of the checkout to stop shoppers loading them up with full priced veg on their way round the shop.  However, last week in the fruit aisle I watched a shopper ease open the net bag containing oranges and manage to squeeze in 3 extra oranges.  
    That’s almost as bad as the lady I saw topping up the fabric conditioner and washing liquid ….
    Sealed pot challenge 822

    Jan - £176.66 :j
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,180 Forumite
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    4000 steps, for 1 loaf of bread! Think I'd have made Mr SA wait. Hope he got up & actually ate some of it
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,744....its going down

     Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
    18mths ahead of schedule.  Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.

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    EF #68  £410/£3000
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,347 Ambassador
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    Blimey. He couldn’t wait til 9. You are a better person than me as I would not have gone. 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • foxgloves
    foxgloves Posts: 12,524 Forumite
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    Couldn't wait till 9?? You must have the patience of a saint!

    2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
    2) To read 100 books (29/100)

    "Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,353 Forumite
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    Phewwwwww just caught up.
    Glad the cat is better.
    Im not surprised you woke Mr SA up…he doesn’t know how lucky he is👏👏👏👏not many would have gone out for his bread. Funny how he can pester for things only important to him but forget to mention bread 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️
    January spends - £587.58
  • RelievedSheff
    RelievedSheff Posts: 12,690 Forumite
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    I'm afraid he would have stayed breadless in our household :) 
  • foxgloves
    foxgloves Posts: 12,524 Forumite
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    Hope it all goes well today. No jobs for you tonight, Missis & an early night.
    F
    2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
    2) To read 100 books (29/100)

    "Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)
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