Who got ripped off on Valentines Day ???
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Booked a meal in our usual Thai restaurant, nothing said at the time off booking by them, arrived to find it was a set menu. Nothing on there we would really have chosen if we had been given a free choice and cost twice as much as we would normally pay there.
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Great movie, she should be very grateful
I bought mine the lastest American Pie
She's left it with me as she won't have time to watch at the moment so double bonus
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We decided to skip the gifts this year and just sent each other a card. It is a blatent attempt by card shops/florists to make money. The whole day is just a big commercial exercise now.
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did the roses & card.....
mind you the roses were cheaper at tescos!!!!
they say
" oh you shoul'dnt have bothered"
real translation
"good!!!!!!!! your n**** are safe for another year"!!!
anyone forgotten???
if so what was the outcome??
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mind you the roses were cheaper at tescos!!!!
they say
" oh you shoul'dnt have bothered"
real translation
"good!!!!!!!! your n**** are safe for another year"!!!
anyone forgotten???
if so what was the outcome??
Mart
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No danger of ever forgetting a date the misses considers important, the hints start about 4 weeks before hand, 8 in the case of her birthday and get less and less subtle
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Surely the answer is "everyone" as the whole charade is just a load of commercialised nonsense? I got stiffed for the £68 roses from Interflora who must be quite traumatised now as to what to do with all the piles of cash they have stacked up by now, plus an **** tightening bill from a posh restaurant which was stuffed to the rafters - the waiters were too rushed to give you any service, the tables were too close together for any privacy (though we had the added entertainment of a couple next to us rowing about the fact that they don't "do it" often enough!!) and a set menu which was good but not great.
Try explaining the logic of taking all the money spent and putting it towards a weekend break in Europe on any other weekend of the year to the boss and let me know how you get on. I got as far as the "you know, what we could do....." bit before I got that glare which only means one thing....
Try explaining the logic of taking all the money spent and putting it towards a weekend break in Europe on any other weekend of the year to the boss and let me know how you get on. I got as far as the "you know, what we could do....." bit before I got that glare which only means one thing....
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Just to rub it in a bit, my wife use to work as a florist and can reveal that roses come in bunches of twenties when you buy from the wholesaler.
The cost ? - Anywhere between £8 to £15 - for 20 dutch roses.
How Intaflora charge nearly 70 sovs for 12 roses is beyond a joke !!
The cost ? - Anywhere between £8 to £15 - for 20 dutch roses.
How Intaflora charge nearly 70 sovs for 12 roses is beyond a joke !!
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I made subtle hints about the Evotraction day at Oulton park and got
"the look"
then stressed all friday afternoon and took my life into my hands by purchasing her a new handbag (i had noted the hints from previous weeks) shelled out some dough on something called a "Fendi clutch bag" - dont ask i though a clutch needed to be triple plated to be any good -
all i got in return a small cuddly dog toy which i now have to display somewhere prominent so i'm not accused of not liking it.
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Bad deal in my book !! :0
"the look"
then stressed all friday afternoon and took my life into my hands by purchasing her a new handbag (i had noted the hints from previous weeks) shelled out some dough on something called a "Fendi clutch bag" - dont ask i though a clutch needed to be triple plated to be any good -
all i got in return a small cuddly dog toy which i now have to display somewhere prominent so i'm not accused of not liking it.
Then had to ply her wiht wine aswell
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Bad deal in my book !! :0
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My brother got it sussed..... 9 years ago takes his (now) wife out on first date... to McD's!!! So every Valentines day they go to McD's - and she loves it!!!!!
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most of them expect the earth then give you a piece of **** in return
No gripes about the Misses, just the restaurant! She even offered to pay half. I told her I'd pay but she could err pay me back when we got home
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Nah, went to N.Wales mountain biking had a great time. Reasonable meal, pleasant B&B. Lot of driving, but otherwise none too expensive
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