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things that cost much more than you would have imagined?

44 replies

zippitippitoes · 05/04/2006 18:47

we have a manual from NHBC, sort of loose leaf file with stuff about building regulations...told today that to buy one from them costs £850.00 !!!!!

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expatinscotland · 05/04/2006 21:50

shite like calpol, nurofen, snuffle baby, tixylix, etc.

moondog · 05/04/2006 21:50

Cece,have you checked out F&B paper??
Just had a small cabinet repapered.Daren't tell anyone how much it cost...

moondog · 05/04/2006 21:51

God,don't waste yer cash on crap like that expat (save it for shoes.)

moono · 05/04/2006 21:58

Prescriptions! Had to get one last week for myself for the first time in many years having always been entitled to free ones due to pregnancy and baby being under one year - £13 for 2 items!! Shock

Mooncups are more expensive than I thought too!

kama · 05/04/2006 22:14

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moono · 05/04/2006 22:16

£16 minimum I think. Ouch.

expatinscotland · 05/04/2006 22:17

medised.

total waste! they never fail to throw it back up b/c it tastes the boak.

yes, they are BOTH ill just now.

expatinscotland · 05/04/2006 22:19

i was thinking it'd be better spent on crack, moon. or maybe smack . .. hmmm. tough call there. Wink

it's all a vicious campaign against me. i should threaten legal action.

hulababy · 05/04/2006 22:19

Decided that getting decking laid outside is more expensive than I had imagined it would be. Only want something very simple and not big - 16 feet by 8 feet. Cheapest quote so far is over £1300!

Flum · 05/04/2006 22:22

oil central heating. £750 this winter!!!!!

Katymac · 05/04/2006 22:25

Hulababy that makes mine sound much more reasonable £4200 for 4.2m by 9m plus removing and relaying he same size patio

brimfull · 05/04/2006 22:26

quote for garden to be turfed...£600!

we did it ourselves...£130 and bruised knees!

moono · 05/04/2006 22:27

Parking in a multi-storey car park - £1 an hour!

HappyDaddy · 06/04/2006 11:18

Divorce

sunandmoon · 06/04/2006 11:54

A three bedrooms/garden house in West LondonShock!!!DH & me working hard and can't even afford one...

babyonboard · 06/04/2006 15:00

Dp's double cuffed shirts..cost twice as much as normal ones..how much more material can that xtra flap cost!? lol
having stilletos reheeled..£22 ! wtf..

cazzybabs · 06/04/2006 15:21

My wedding on Saturday - it was perfect and I wanted nothing more - but i suspect it cost over 26K...god that woud have paid off a hugeee chuck of our morgage and replaced out leaking roof and crap rotting wondows but hey it was one of the best days of my life!

MrsBadger · 06/04/2006 15:26

would second wedding!

also doorhandles - how much?!

sunandmoon · 06/04/2006 15:28

Congratulation Cazzybabs Smile! 26KShock, it must have been a wonderful day... was the dress a quarter of that price????

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