I bought an M+S beauty bag out of sympathy for them...well sort of.

soupyspoon · 2025-06-05T18:06:44+00:00

I do like a bargain and I also like shopping, so not saying there was nothing in the act for me.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 25/06/2025 17:12

Loads of the bags at the Marble Arch branch today

Newnamesagain · 22/06/2025 23:07

Tried the tagine recommendation this week although couldn't be bothered to search properly so just made it up from what I remembered. Actually really tasty, even air fried. The preserved lemons didn't make it taste like lemon bleach which was a relief.

Neveranynamesleft · 21/06/2025 20:31

We have Acqua di Cristallo Tributo in our corner shop.

ShockedandStunnedRepeatedly · 21/06/2025 16:54

Disappointed again in my local shop looking for Vichy Catalan. They had other water, including San Pell, but the last few bottles of that I’ve had have been entirely without taste, and I’m not paying big bucks for that. The ticket for Vichy Catalan is still on the shelf, though, so I’ll continue to hope.

OchonAgusOchonOh · 21/06/2025 14:46

Shops in Ireland appear to have been restocked

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 21/06/2025 14:33

They had a few at Lakeside ( single figures )

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 21/06/2025 09:36

TheKeatingFive · 06/06/2025 07:08

I LOVE the sunflower pop one.

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I've just sprayed this on , it is really nice I got a free phial of Arizona Bloom which I couldn't smell on me at all.
Gave the Rose Neon to my DD as I'm not a rose fan .
Going to work my way through the sampler pack , keep the yays , filter out the nays

Peridot1 · 19/06/2025 16:25

If anyone on the thread is still looking for the beauty bag and is in NW Surrey or environs they had loads in Camberley this afternoon. I went to check out the sale which was disappointing to say the least. And I forgot to look for chocolate pecans. I also didn’t buy the beauty bag.

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soupyspoon · 16/06/2025 08:36

Negroany · 15/06/2025 20:42

Another weekend, another town, another gig, another hotel, another M&S and still no beauty bag!

Pair of cream linen wide leg trousers and a red broderie anglaise top though, for DP's daughter's graduation.

No beauty bag!!

Do you want me to send you my tangle teaser. Barely used.

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Negroany · 15/06/2025 20:42

Another weekend, another town, another gig, another hotel, another M&S and still no beauty bag!

Pair of cream linen wide leg trousers and a red broderie anglaise top though, for DP's daughter's graduation.

OchonAgusOchonOh · 13/06/2025 22:09

Neveranynamesleft · 13/06/2025 18:27

Still have no clue what to do with frozen pomegranate seeds either.

Lovely in muesli with yoghurt

Neveranynamesleft · 13/06/2025 18:27

Still have no clue what to do with frozen pomegranate seeds either.

Quirkswork · 13/06/2025 08:23

soupyspoon · 13/06/2025 08:17

Well we have gone full circle now that the online ordering is back. The whole reason I went into a physical shop was because I couldnt order my bras online and even when I went in, they didnt have my sizes

So last night I ordered everything I needed, hopefully they are coming tomorrow!

So I wont be tempted any longer by piles of goods at the top of the escalator and my lemon buying days are now long gone.

That's the beauty of buying your lemons in preserved form. You'll never have to buy another lemon again. And preserved lemons are useful for so many things, as we haven't discovered on this thread.

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soupyspoon · 13/06/2025 08:17

Well we have gone full circle now that the online ordering is back. The whole reason I went into a physical shop was because I couldnt order my bras online and even when I went in, they didnt have my sizes

So last night I ordered everything I needed, hopefully they are coming tomorrow!

So I wont be tempted any longer by piles of goods at the top of the escalator and my lemon buying days are now long gone.

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OchonAgusOchonOh · 12/06/2025 17:20

JaneJeffer · 12/06/2025 16:18

They bump up the exchange rate to a ridiculous level here so we shouldn’t even buy anything off them anyway!

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That is true but dh needs a suit for a one-off event. He is not willing to spend any significant money on it, or spend any serious time looking for it, so I figured I could get a couple delivered as they are not too bad for suits.

JaneJeffer · 12/06/2025 16:18

OchonAgusOchonOh · 11/06/2025 23:35

No ordering online in Ireland yet 😔

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They bump up the exchange rate to a ridiculous level here so we shouldn’t even buy anything off them anyway!

OchonAgusOchonOh · 11/06/2025 23:35

Quirkswork · 11/06/2025 21:19

BTW guys. I don't want to side track anyone but you can now order online again!

Accordingly I did my shopping in-store today. Everyone was really jolly and full of beans in the changing room, chatting on about the hackers etc and how M&S customers weren't going to be beaten. It was really inspiring. Blitz spirit all over the shop.

No ordering online in Ireland yet 😔

MonkeyTennis34 · 11/06/2025 22:38

The chocolate-covered pecans are out of this world.

TheKeatingFive · 11/06/2025 21:28

Quirkswork · 11/06/2025 21:19

BTW guys. I don't want to side track anyone but you can now order online again!

Accordingly I did my shopping in-store today. Everyone was really jolly and full of beans in the changing room, chatting on about the hackers etc and how M&S customers weren't going to be beaten. It was really inspiring. Blitz spirit all over the shop.

Blitz spirit 😂

Good news about the online ordering .

Quirkswork · 11/06/2025 21:19

BTW guys. I don't want to side track anyone but you can now order online again!

Accordingly I did my shopping in-store today. Everyone was really jolly and full of beans in the changing room, chatting on about the hackers etc and how M&S customers weren't going to be beaten. It was really inspiring. Blitz spirit all over the shop.

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soupyspoon · 11/06/2025 20:23

I never got to the pecans, I still need to discover these.

Im on the pork scratchings tonight again.

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Newnamesagain · 11/06/2025 20:21

If you're not some kind of guerilla marketer you probably should be because I'm now also the proud owner of some very moreish chocolate pecans I didn't know I needed. Not just chocolate pecans, m+s chocolate pecans.

TheLovelinessOfDemons · 11/06/2025 18:09

The rest is a blur.

Projectme · 10/06/2025 20:27

Not impressed by the big daddy choc bar...bit meh...give me a bag of their choc mini whips and I'm anyone's...

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soupyspoon · 10/06/2025 20:09

I dont know how they know about it so quick. I didnt know it existed until I popped in there and saw them.

Anyway I thought I should draw to your attention that there is a much better thread than this one at the moment. Its about a mussel (mollusc) stuck in a butler sink overflow.

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