I swear I never thought the day would come when i would be actually getting excited about cleaning problems but hey,the day has arrived and Moondog's house is sparkling as a result.

[moondog]

This stuff is bloody brilliant-cleans off anything at all
Astonish paste

And this little beuaty has you dusting in manner of manic Fifties housewife who has overdone the amphetamines
Groovy microfibre dusting glove

strand 1 conversation

no you use washing stuff for washing cloths

but when you use the cloths you just use water

strand 2 conversation

the pesto and gunk does go in the breadmaker

but the tear & share breads you just make the dough then spread with things like passata, pepperoni, mozarella and basil then bake in oven

strand 1 conversation - are you not an eco-ball user then moondog

You can wash them in detergent, but use them without. (They prefer no fabric rinse however)

And so another mner lost her savings to Lakeland....

WatsTheStory: block Lakeland immediately. Your home will be sparkling, your children's parties the talk of the playground and your every knick knack, pen, earring back, spare button and piece of fluff will have its own tailored storage space but you will have NO MONEY.

I really didn't like the liquorice. But love my 5-pack of microfibre cloths. Particularly the yellow one, for windows - so quick and easy.

But don't put fabric conditioner in when you wash them - they don't work as well afterwards.

0y brother's definition of Lakeland. "A company that sells things for people who find life difficult"

I LOVE LAkeland - I live near a shop, and haev to ration myself!

lol this is like an advert for lakeland.

I want those cake tins. but... my icing abilities are shite, truely shocking so the trains would be wasted because once I'd decorated them they would look lilke a train wreck instead of a "all aboard" train .

mmm quite fancy the chocolatebar kit though - I did actually spend a vast amount of money once on chocolate and molds from

this site
and had great fun making chocolate things until the novelty wore off.

the only thing about breadmakers is that the loaf has a hole in the bottom where the blade is. so I tend to do my dough on dough cycle then take out and cook it in
this

If the breadmaker bread has a hole and you bake it in a normal bread tin then, pardon my ignorance here, but do i really need a breadmaker ? My magimix has a dough hook attachment, so presumably I can just do it there ?

nobody really needs a breadmaker .. nobody really needs anything they sell in Lakeland

but d'ya want one? do you? do you?

the hole doesn't bother me .. it's more of a line across the thread to show you where to cut in 2 .. you shove the ingredients in (which takes longer than I'd imagined to be honest) .. it rests it, kneads it, rests it and bakes it .. what's not to like?

why would you pay a squillion pounds for a microfibre cloth at lakeland when you can get them for 79p at Home Bargains?

(I am so excited by the stainless steel/ glass ones. And God! Ostrich Feather Dusters!!! You should have seen me on my annual John Lewis trip I was in raptures)

Feather dusters...in fact dusters in general, ummm, where does the dust go?

Dusters like this - Astonish again are good-ish, because the dust sticks to the wispy bits and then you can shake it out of the window - they are great for doing bookshelves because they poke into all the crevices.

But damp dusting is the best way to get rid.

spam you get your dds to wave them violently on the doorstep, shouting 'bye bye dust'

Ecover for whites Twigg, and soapnuts for darks.

i even bought one of those machines for getting bobbles off jumpers.

Sigh.....whatever happened to the Ronco Buttoneer?

I love my machine for getting bobbles off jumpers - it's sooo satisfying .

(no - not satisfying in that way)

yes they do vibrate don't they

machine for getting bobbles off jumpers? what's one of those? is this something I've been missing out on all these years?

Here ya go Wanna