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I currently have the best drainer I have ever owned. Coated metal no sign of rust after months and months. Base tray that drains onto the sink 2 levels really good and cost me £6 as a first time buyer from TikTok Shop of all places

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They do go off, so I just run them on the steel occasionally.

The Santoku gets more use than all the others put together. TBH I'd be happy with just that one.

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Paid for the kitchen earlier today
Paid the deposit to the kitchen fitter
Bought the appliances for the kitchen

Cried, as this means no watches for a while

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A faux rabbit fur Russian style hat.


Bring on the cold Germany

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A Sherpa Fleece Throw Blanket.

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I keep looking for real rabbit fur in case we get the Russian style winter but I think my daughter would never speak to me again.

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Those ones are expensive and russian.


I got this one


https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YTKJ4...fed_asin_title

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Pants..

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I used to have one of those (swapped it with a Russian border guard for a carton of cigarettes at the Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing) - lasted about 15 years before it became too decrepit to wear.

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I got one from Barbour

https://www.barbour.com/uk/mens/acce...e=Trapper+Hats

The exact model isn't listed. Mine has a clip rather than buttons.

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Food!

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I had this delivered late this morning

https://amzn.eu/d/7SDT8QQ

Only I paid £8 on eBay. Somebody's new unwanted item :woot:

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A replacement laptop screen for my son’s Lenovo Thinkpad 480 - it got something dropped on it whilst it was open.

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Couple of books.
D A Carson on the Sermon on the Mount
A Theology of Paul and his lettters
The latter I can read on Perlego but some books are nice to have as dead tree editions.


I was looking at another title but the Kindle edition was £85.

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I got €150 for my trip to Nuremberg on Thursday till Sunday for my Birthday on Friday.


We only have to get up at 3am on Thursday for a 71am flight

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71am ?

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An Avocado soft toy.


https://amzn.eu/d/5BG5Zy1

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Light bulbs :)

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Toilet seat buffers (celmac sonata).

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Oh well, that didn’t last long…..

Some sort of linen cardigan thing my wife wanted by some Ukrainian designer (idk wasn’t listening)
Spider-Man 2 on PS5

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Some spirits for post-prandial libations - three old favourites, and two new to try out.

Remy Martin VSOP Cognac Fine Champagne, Glenmorangie 12yo, & Aberlour 12yo Double Cask Matured

Benrinnes 15yo & Chateau de Montifaud VSOP Cognac Petit Champagne

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Mulled Sweet Cider, as instructed by Mrs Russ.

Feels weird but I’ll allow it #DrStrange

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4x packs of croissants from the clearance isle (66p). They will stay fresh for another week in cool conditions. And a bottle of cravendale milk (£2).

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They're getting silly of the Christmas veg prices.
8p for bags of carrots/parsnips/sprouts and swedes at Lidl. Didn't bother with the sprouts they'd have to pay me to take them....

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Bought a Sony Minidsc recorder walkman off Ebay. Been getting back in to using my old one but it's just a player so couldn't record new discs. Also came with 14 blank discs. The MZ-R900 in blue complete in box with all original accessories.

Amazing how popular MD is still. Some players and hifi systems cost a fortune now.

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A stock of shopping from Iceland

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2 bags of sprouts for us. :D And they are a decent size this year. I'm glad I got all the veg at Lidl 'cos Aldi had sold out. The Lidl spuds, broccoli and shallots were at 8p too. The caulis were tiny everywhere

I bought some nice milk chocolate to add to the festive hot chocolate drink we have with Stollen. That's a habit I learned during my time in Maastricht.

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Iceland do some really good stuff in my view.

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Our turkey is from Iceland (the shop ;)).

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Icelands chicken balls in the takeaway boxes not the ones in the bag are nice yum

I brought some Nike tights to keep warm.

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Iceland used to do some sort of Korean bbq chicken nuggets they were a great meal with a pot noodle sandwich (Bombay bad boy)

New phone just bought , various bits of Christmas food , fast track security passes for the upcoming holiday

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Most of the Christmas food shop, though Tesco shelves were so empty. Couldn't get pigs in blankets, stuffing balls, bacon or potato scones. Back first thing in the morning see if they'll have any out. Christmas breakfast and boxing day dinner stuff.

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Just been to the farm shop to pick up the cockerel for Boxing Day and duck for the weekend. Ouch! The cockerel is nearly 5kg so came to close to £70. Hope it's worth it.

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Ignore this. I just brought a pack with new packaging and recipe which sucks. The old recipe in the red cartons were really nice. Who knows what they have done to these new ones :(

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That cost seems pretty extreme. I had an email last week off Muscle Food offering me a Norfolk Bronze for a tenner. I was dubious but it actually looks really good quality. Proper plump
breasts unlike the Asda one that will be cut and frozen and used to maintain my weight in the new year

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Blink doorbell camera, I chose that one as it came with an Echo Pop which would have been about £40 altogether but for some reason, Amazon are letting me pay for it at £4 a month which is odd, I don't recall applying for credit. Still, been playing with it last night and this morning and works like a charm.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+, 128GB with SIM Slot (5G capable).

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Sonos Sub Mini


Paired this with my two One SL's so a stereo pair and the sub Mini.


Really impressed so far. It allows the OneSL speakers to focus on the mid and treble.
The sub, even in it's small size has a good punch to it, does not over power the sound but gives that bit of more wholesome bass and expands the sound round the room.

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Nothing exciting, new pillows and a mattress topper.

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A pair of air max 90 in wolf grey and pink foam

I don’t care if they look chavvy they’re supremely comfortable

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Some presents for my Mums upcoming 80th Birthday.

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I brought this off eBay the other day brand new someone's unwanted item, £42 all in,

https://nutribullet.co.uk/all-blende...ombo-graphite/

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EE offered me a 9th gen iPad with 125GB for just £11 a month on top of my current iPhone deal.

Felt rude to say no to that so I didn’t ��

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For how many months ?

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24

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Good price. I've got the Ninja blender with the extra cup. Today I got the Ninja (stackable) chopper for £25 which for the money is an absolute bargain.

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Six new dinner plates.

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Was Christmas eventful :LOL:

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Two nights next week at the Village Hotel in Glasgow - my sister-in-law passed away last week, and her funeral is next week.

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We need bigger plates.:)

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Some G9 halogen bulbs for my wife's chair-side lamp. I tried LED equivalents but they didn't fit.

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I'm the same. I can't find any R7 LEDs that doesn't buzz either. There are some G9s that do work, but again, they can buzz and nowhere near as good as halogen.

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Aldi had loads of Xmas stock knocked down from £3+ to only 29p. Large Xmas puddings, cakes, biscuits, nuts and crisps. We are now stocked-up on treats for months.

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bananas, kiwis, alpro no sugar soya, onken 0%fat strawberry yogurt

for morning smoothies. I love the versatility. Soo filling too.

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3 Outdoor Switchbot thermometers (LE Bluetooth).

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Flights to/from Thessaloniki in June.

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Google 45w charger and 2m cable

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Road Tax :mad:

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Google charger ? :erm:
Google seems to be working here, without me charging it. :D

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:o: it's for my Pixel Boss

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The missus is well into her no-tobacco journey, so, before disposable vapes are outlawed, I bought her some extra vapes as she starts to taper-off her use.

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A car jump starter/power pack can allegedly start an 8ltr petrol or a 7 ltr diesel
it also can charge phones etc, and has an emergency light.

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Knitting paraphernalia off Ebay. :)

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Two cinema tickets at the Cottage Road Cinema to see "A Complete Unknown" on Friday evening.

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Microwave lids

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A new mattress, holy crap I could have had a holiday for the price mattresses cost !!!

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Yep or last one ran well into 4 figures.

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Yup, and there was an £800 knocked off the price (apparently)

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Do you spend a third of your life on holiday?

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If only

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I have a cheap eBay £70 double mattress that I placed below a £28 bed story mattress topper. It does the job. My head spun when looking for a new mattress last year so I just tried to make the most of a really poo position.

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Apple Watch 10, to replace my creaking old series 7. And this is the cellular version unlike the GPS-only one I currently have.

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Our Hypnos was well into 4 figures too but it's wonderful and has a 10 year warranty. If you want expensive (without gold plate) check out Vispring where 5 figures are the order of the day but some have 20 year warranties.

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We looked at both Hypnos and Vispring and ultimately chose Vispring ?aware Hypnos has a royal warrant) we went for what I think is the entry level Vispring model (the elite) and it has a thirty year warranty on it.


Other purchases new trainers, toaster , smart fused spur socket

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Just done accounts for the last 10 days or so. Clearly helping government with vat !
Air fryer and silicone liners £96 , PC, £420 vets fees £595 , dog to ill to save, portrait of said same dog £700, cremation photo frame £100 3 lavender plants £32 and lastly 4 mouse traps £22 .

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Sorry to hear about your dog

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Thank you, missing her but the others are really missing her, she was the oldest and they were very protective of her.

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Also, sorry for your loss.

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Benylin, damn cough ... :(

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Thank you

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Back again about my Apple Watch 10. To quote Port Talbot parlance, I f***ing loves it mun!

I was always happy with my series 7 for about 3 years. Was always a pain in the arse being the GPS version only but my 10 is cellular too which works really well. The screen is nicely bigger and much more vivid.


This time last year I toyed with a Samsung s23 Ultra and a Galaxy watch 5 but the watch was buggy as hell. I use my Apple Watch to pay for things contactless but the galaxy watch would only do it about 6 times out of 10. The fact the Apple Watch did it each time was the deal breaker.

So yeah, well happy with my series 10.

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A pair of rear surround speakers to go with the soundbar/subwoofer I bought last month. I’ve been so impressed with the rig I’m now regretting not splashing out a bit more to get the set that included the rear speakers. But to be honest, Missus needed some time to get used to the idea of speakers all over the place, and now she is, she (hopefully) won’t notice a couple of little extra ones. :D

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When my dad died last year I took over the house and need a new bed.
The Ottoman bed & mattress set me back £900, I did see one mattress going for £2,700

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I just bought one as ATM I can't afford to replace my Kuga's Stop/Start battery.

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Only shopping from Aldi this morning, I wish they could deliver it ?

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One of the reasons they’re so cheap is they don’t cross-subsidise a delivery service. The likes of Asda and Tesco can’t really get your groceries to you for £2.50. The slightly higher price of the groceries themselves makes up the difference.

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Same applies to any free/cheap service, the costs is just built in. Ie free carpet fitting :monkey:

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Oh no, I accidentally bought another watch ��

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Don’t you hate it when that happens?

You’re minding your own business, walking down a busy High Street/mall/shopping centre, it starts raining so you pop into the nearest shop to keep dry, trip over the entrance mat on the way in, and a watch gets lodged onto your wrist - no amount of liquid soap will dislodge it, and to save further embarrassment/the police being called, you agree to pay for it.

or something along those lines…

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Ive not bought another watch/battery since the battery went down in my Casio analogue/digital. Mobile just does the job.

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Small Lego gift for Valentine's to my wife.

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Vanish on clearance in my local Tesco express, £6.36 each, there were 5 tubs I took two which according to Tescos site is near 2 for the price of 1

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-G...AuODEzMzc3ODI5

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Car insurance, over £100 less than last year so looks like the prices are coming down.

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I have to do mine soon and need to remember to go through Topcashback and get another £35 off.

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The £100 was before top cashback. With the cashback it worked out at £98 for the year.

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Nike Football boots, base layer top and bottoms, football socks, shin guards for my football training next week. Recently joined the Soctland Transplant football team.

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I stopped buying this, and it's cheaper clones years ago after an industrial chemist told me about the active ingredient, Sodium Percarbonate, and how to buy it online and use it.

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Haircut, beard trim,nose and ear wax

Worrying times now, it takes longer to wax the nose and ears than it does for the haircut . And there’s more removed too

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Philips Body groomer and T-shirts pack.

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Did you get the B,S, & C done whilst you were there, for the "full manscaping"? :)