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Something for my hubby, hope he will like it as the guy at screwfix recommended it.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dc1...bi-drill/73596

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Only messages fro Asda today

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That's a top notch bit of kit weenie, he'll love it.


I've just bought a refurbished laptop from currys.

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An electronic cat/pest deterant as i am sick of all the cat crap in the garden!

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Let us know how you get on with it. We have the same problem with cats and would like a good solution as the country* one isn't really on in a built up area. Spike boards are moderately effective but a bit ugly.

*Double barrelled 12 bore.:D

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My kind of gal...


:romance:

:)

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A pink baseball cap for my sister.

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Two packs of half chicken in Piri Piri. £1.34 a piece in Lidl's this morning.

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A cheap wireless repeater as my new flat has thick brick walls and can't get wifi in the bedroom. It works a treat.

http://www.dabs.com/products/d-link-...xtender&src=16

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A new pair of jeans ,

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Plenty of bargains at B&M's this morning.

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I Love B & M's den. I got a 7 in 1 steam cleaner from B&Ms, two weeks ago for £34.00 more than half the price of other retail shops.

Fridge pack pepsi, sweets and crisps from Home Bargains that's the goodie bag filled for the boy's again. Not that they eat a lot of sweets :rolleyes:

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Yes there are things there which are so so much cheaper then the greedy supermarkets to start with.

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Use carpet grippers on top of your fence panels if you have them, do not forget to treat them with fence treatment/paint/stain as well.

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Yep, we do that but there would be a greater degree of satisfaction in blasting their effin headsoff.

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Talking of buying things. I am thinking of buying a Steam Cleaner for my wooden floors and carpets , Does anyone know what make is the best. I have read good reports and some bad reports about some of them. Would like an upright one and a 2 in 1 .

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Nash I got a I got a 7 in 1 steam cleaner from B&Ms when it was on sale at £34.99 just checked my receipt but I think it's went back up in price to £39.99 but still a good buy IMO. I find it really good on the laminate flooring that I have upstairs in the bedrooms, on the tiled floor in the kitchen & Bathroom it's really good Streak free :) it also works a treat on the living room carpet. One thing I would say is be careful on wooden floors (personally I would not use it on wooden flooring) I put a dash of comfort ironing water in the water tank when I use it on my carpet as I feel it leaves the carpet smelling really nice. The window attachment is the only thing I find rubbish. The make I got is a Goodmans but B&Ms sell other makes including the vax 10 in 1.

http://www.bmstores.co.uk/search?q=steam+mop

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Thanks Weenie But I have not got a B&M near me, I was looking At Argos as I have Nectar points to use up.

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These people are Wolf specialists, worth a look.

http://www.ukhs.tv/House-Home/FloorSteamCleaners

I got my MIG welder from them for a stupidly cheap price. (It's very heavy, nearly gave the delivery guy a hernia)

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You might as well save a bit more and for a multi-function cleaner.

http://www.steaminsider.com/mcculloch-mc1275/

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Trombone slide cream :)

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Why? Have you got a sore trombone? :D

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I don't have a trombone ;) - but I do have a squeaky x52 joystick. It's supposedly the best lubricant to sort it out.

Natalie was getting very irate while I was playing Elite as the squeaking was disturbing the TV - can't have that.

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Non stick frying pan, underwear and socks on a Debenhams voucher for my birthday.

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Blimey I'm not sure what sound more painful - a sore trombone or squeaky joystick... :D

Silicone spray is good for sorting out squeaks.

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It's ok - they slide about nice and easy now ;) :)

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Bistro-Set even managed to build the table myself although I was left with 4 clear rubber plugs then realized that they go under the glass :doh: so yip had to take apart and do it all over again this time the correct way. I'm so chuffed that I built this up myself as I must admit hubby usually does all that type of stuff.

http://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/v...set-3pc-253743

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... and so you should be. :tu: It only takes a little confidence and then you find you start tackling other jobs and getting a lot of satisfaction from so doing. As for missing out parts, that's something we've all done. I did something similar when building Osem Jnr's Ikea bunk bed and had to take it all apart...

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My old man used to joke about doing a car job and ending up with a profit.:erm:

I'm a little more conscientious and consider no leftovers to be a job well done.:)

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Samsung HWH600 sound plinth
Rebook Pump trainers (mid life crisis)
Passport (Ready to go to SF, MN, Paris and Singapore with work)
5l of Shell Helix Ultra 5w40 (For the other mid life crisis)

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A birthday card for my sister (56 on Sunday) first class stamp and posted. Only needs to get to Blackboys in East Sussex.

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So you must be the elder statesman of the family then Heero?.

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BenQ GW2765 1440p IPS 27" DP monitor :tu:

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A Samsung MHL 3.0 HDMI Adapter.

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Well I have two sisters both younger than me if that's what you mean.

Despite getting in late last night/early this morning I was down to Lidl's first thing and picked up 4 dimmable GU10 LED bulbs for a buddy.

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8GB DDR3 SODIMM to take the newly bought Toshiba laptop to its maximum of 16GB

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A online supermarket order.

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2 Tier Carousel Unit for the 925 kitchen corner unit which will hopefully make use of any wasted space.

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Just ordered a new element for the fan oven on-line from all-spares. £21.50 inc delivery so not too bad. Fortunately I'd noted the part number for it in the handbook from the last time it went. They last about 5 years but we do use the oven virtually every day and I also bake bread which needs it to go flat out at ~270C Probably hastens the demise.

Although the oven was part of a B&Q kitchen package and branded "Banquet Cuisine" it's actually made by Homark and spares are readily available. The element is used by several other manufacturers as well.

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Two 5 metre warm white LED light strips from Amazon for the kitchen. They're to replace eleven 221mm 30W tube lamps 6 above and 5 below the cabinets that are forever blowing and darned expensive to replace. There are some LED drop in replacements but they're even more expensive: Around £10 a pop whereas the two strips are £6.50 odd a piece.

I'll run up a 12v dimmable power supply from the bits and bobs I have lying about to juice them.

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Must have got the buying bug: Just ordered a new high gain Freeview antenna kit which includes 10m of co-ax. The old one on the gable has been disintigrating for years but a gale recently rotated it 180 and twisted thro 90 so understandably the picture is not very good.

I'll be trying the new one in the loft* as I can get it to within about 10 feet horizontally from the one on the gable so hopefully it'll get enough signal. I can also route the cable down inside stud walls to the point where the old antenna cable is under the floor and has a junction point.

*I don't do ladders.

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I don't blame you for going for a loft aerial. Worst case you might need an amplifier but if you're in a strong signal area you should be fine.

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We're ~14 miles from the Whitehawk relay transmitter in Brighton.

I already have amplifiers and splitters in the leads as the signal gets distributed round the house mixed in with the output of a modulator on VM's HD box. Worst case I might have to swap them around a bit.

Even without a reflector the old rotting 625 antenna on the gable showed 80% signal and it was meant for the high end of the UHF band rather than Freeview that's a bit lower down the band. Never even thought about it til we got a Freeview capable TV in the Kitchen a couple of years ago so I was pleasantly surprised when it tuned in OK.

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Artist canvas, paint and modelling clay for the wee one's science homework for his 3D plant cell model.

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Some of these to stick on my glasses. I may well look silly but they should help with my phone and other stuff. :)

Panasonic TX50-AX802B 3D 4K TV.
superb picture, lots of features but and here's the crux, have an issue getting the TV to accept a 4k feed over display port. Only tried with my media centre with a 6570 card. Shows 2 screens @ 1920x2160 which is where the panels are stitched, gonna try with my gtx970 later, if that don't work it's going back as it's a lot of money to spend on an item that doesn't do what it says in the tin.

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Unless you sit really close to your TV (a monitor for example), I don't see the point yet in 4k for TV. By the time (Big IF) they become the norm, the TVs that cost a premium today will be old tech.

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Nothing exciting for me this week,only some plants I received from a deal in the Daily Mail

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Are they right wing plants with racist tendencies?... :D

I just bought some new telescopic loppers to replace some which on which the anvil broke. I managed to get the very same make but in a bypass cut variation and if they last half as well as the old pair I wont be needing any for about another 10 years.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/telescopic...s-lopper/53249

Great value for a tenner!

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Domino's pizza.

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We sit about 6ft from the screen, with 4x pixel count the picture is far better than our old lg 42".
The upscaling to faux 4k from 1080p is very good, side by side it's chalk and cheese when comparing the 2 TV's
Was it worth the additional cost? Yea it was, considering we were originally looking for a 55-60" 1080p 3D TV which can be got for 700'ish and we paid a lot more for this panny. Hopefully firmware updates will keep this TV in tip top condition for at least the next 5 years.

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Austerity hasn't reached your household yet it seems. ;)

Enjoy your new TV!

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Two packs of pork shanks in peppercorn sauce (2 per pack) for £1.74 each in Lidl's this morning and some cut price rump steaks for tonight.

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Lol not yet!

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It's perfectly possibly to eat well and eat cheaply isn't it. Not tried the pork shanks yet.

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We bought a big pack of thighs and drumsticks for £4 and that makes three meals and there is plenty of other produce out there which is very economical in making meals in my opinion.

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A new boiler and two new sofas

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My opinion is that you can feed a family of 4 well and healthily for less than £5 per main meal and I have a book full of meals I have made and the costs incurred. I've even added the costs for what the electric may cost and factored that in too.
£8 can feed a family with 3 squares and still get change.

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Yup but only if you have the inclination and motivation to do it. There are few excuses these days with recipes and even step by step videos available on phones showing how to prepare cheap, healthy meals. It just takes a little effort and for those able bodied who aren't working, the time probably isn't a factor either. Bought in the right places, basics like chicken, rice, pasta, vegetables, fish, beef/pork mince, eggs, milk, etc. etc. are relatively cheap and can be used to make all sorts of dishes.

1.5kg of beef mince cost me about £5 at Lidl the other day and with a few other cheap ingredients costing a couple of pounds, I'll use it to make a huge batch of shepherd's pie or Bolognese which will easily make enough for about 8-10 portions.

I think a whole lot of people have become locked into the ready meal/fast food mentality so it's no wonder that they may feel they don't have enough money. Cut out some of the take-ways, dinners out and expensive supermarket ready meals, however, and it's not long before there's enough money to feed the family for a whole week and a whole lot better too.

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A watch repair kit.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/16pc...amazon-2199035

In the past I've always managed to change batteries, remove links etc. in my own unique way but this was too cheap not to take a chance on it.

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Totally agree.

For instance, this week we had -

Lemon and Tarragon Chicken with Rice
Beef Mince Tacos
Chorizo Pasta Bake
Home-made Fish & Chips
Sausages, Mash, and Beans
Roast Pork with Roast Potatoes, Roasted Vegetables, and Broccoli Spears

Each of those meals cost well under £5 (for 2 people, and they scale up for 4 for a little more), and the Roast was for 4 people and was under £10.

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I find meat (especially the amazing shrinking meat) to be the most expensive thing these days

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Depends what meat you buy. Lamb and beef can be but chicken and pork are cheap. I regulary see large pork joints going for £3-4 per kg. Even

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/produ...x?N=4294770955

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/produ...&search=Search

Lidl sell fresh chicken thighs (the best bit of a chicken for me) for around £2.50 a kg and frequently cheaper. They also do cheap pork joints and chops/steaks.

http://livealidl.blogspot.co.uk/2015...en-thighs.html

Their steak is very good too and readily available on special offer.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/2486.htm

Gammon joint - £3.79 per kg.

Their frozen chicken breasts do contain some water (as is common nowadays) but are estll xcellent value and really tender at £4.00 per kg. I use them for curries/stews and on the griddle with spices etc. and they're great. There's loads of good cheap meat around.

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6x Icecream Mars Bars in 20mins .......... i will regret it soon!

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Don't eat them all in one go Sir.:nono:

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This was meant to be in the 'What have you just eaten thread' lol

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Confusion is a classic symptom of a sugar rush... :D

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Well done ;)

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A house! Weeee! :disturbd: :D

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You greedy Cap-It-A-List you!! I bet it's a 'mansion' too!... :mad:


(hope it goes well for you mate :tu:)

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Loads of stuff for sandwiches to keep me going through the 23+ hour election shift. Will be leaving home by 6am tomorrow and if all goes well expect to be home about 5am Friday.

Cheers

Grim

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A book for the missus. 8 euros + 5.90 euros postage. Getting anything across the Channel is getting too expensive now.

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2,000 Turkish Lira (for our holiday to Northern Cyprus in July).

There was a Sainsburys Bank offer of 20 Lira per £ above the normal rate, so we bought it in advance - the rate has changed from £1 = 260 Turkish Lira last September, to £1 = 391 Turkish Lira.

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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...9&d=1430920329

Only kidding. Hope it's a good one.

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Two 6 X 6 garden trelis £31.40 and delivered.

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Finally bought a VAX S7 AV Steam Cleaner, with my Nectar points so just had to pay £2 50. Will use it tomorrow.

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Am I missing something or is 2,000 TL = £5.11? :erm:
Has Tory austerity finally hit home? ;)

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Had a new sofa delivered to-day and then we went out for lunch and on the way back saw a white sofa in Sue Ryder going cheap so the wife said by it. So we have now replaced both sofas in the living room.

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A new fridge freezer. I didn't buy it was replaced via extended warranty and installed today. 2 weeks without a fridge freezer was wasn't easy going. Such a relief to have it all sorted now.

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Excellent ;)

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A raspberry pi 2 :)

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I missed a decimal point out - the rate we got was 3.91 to the pound....:D

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Phew! :)

Many years ago when I worked in Batman, E. Turkey, the TL exchange rate seemed to change on a daily basis and subsequently rose from the low hundreds to countless thousands before they finally revalued it. Good job I was paid in US$... :)

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Excellent peanut and I bet it was very difficult living without a fridge freezer. I have been without a Oven for the last week now as when the kitchen fitter came to fit our kitchen the oven housing tower unit was damaged and of course the old oven had been ripped out :doh: so the replacement housing unit is getting delivered on Saturday and the kitchen is getting fitted on Monday and should be completed on Tuesday. Living without the oven has been extremely difficult with a family of 4, so I can imagine the difficulties you have experienced over the last 2 weeks. Glad it's all sorted out now for you.

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Excellent peanut

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New doors for the kitchen and living room. They are different to what I usually have as at the moment I have plain glass ones which are an utter nightmare to keep clean as they seem to be always be covered nose marks form the dog peeking through.

http://www.diy.com/rooms/2-panel-cle...m/26907_BQ.prd

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Look Lovely Weenie

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A new wireless doorbell for Chateau Nuthouse as the old one from Home & Bargains eventually gave up the ghost.

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18db Antenna amplifier. £9.29 including postage. Came today and I've installed it on the first floor where the cables join up and it's picked up the signals on the multiplex that was dropping out (PSB1) so the loft antenna is working fine now.

The gale yesterday has twisted the old one on the gable round to a new crazy angle. I guess it'll only be a matter of time before it falls off completely. Saves me having to do anything about it.

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Two numbers for our new bins as we now have to separate our rubbish

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We have had 3 bins for years, i had to buy 9 numbers as my house number is large, i wonder if there is a cheaper option now.

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I had to buy two numbers 0 2 but there was two numbers in each packet for £1, Some people just paint them on. My other bins were already numbered.

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We have two wheelie bins, one for general waste and the other recyclables. We're lucky and get general collections weekly, recyclables fortnightly.

I got our numbers from Trago Mills: 2 and 5.

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On all three bins we have numbers but on the glass recycle bin we put as a laugh a small sticker that says No peeking now! as when it gets put out it is usually has a lot of wine and beer bottles :erm:

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A Charlie Teddy bear for the GF.

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some bacon cures i'm going to make my own bacon mmmm bacon ;)

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Spent a lot today.

Bought a two seater leather sofa with manual recliners, and a media tray
A lamp table
A TV Stand
A microwave

That's just the start. There will be more to follow once the credit card is cleared :)

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:)

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You mentioned Trago Mills, I remember when we used to go and visit my relations in Ottery St Mary,s , we all went to Trago Mills and it was a great place, we really enjoyed it, Brings back memories, ;)

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We are moving on the 20th May and I will have my own living space, so that explains the purchases :)

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Excellent :)

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Probably the flimsiest outdoor storage box the world has ever seen but I can't be bothered to disassemble it and take it back so it'll be consigned to the outdoor where I fully expect it to fall apart in a year or two.