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Zero Water filter jug – cheaper than mineral water and tastier than tap water
I had to stop buying fizzy water bottles because of what I was doing to the environment, but I really like the taste of mineral water – fizzy or still and that’s why I turned to water filter systems to get cleaner and healthier water. I have one on my fridge and much prefer it to tap water, but wanted a jug too that I can carry to other places in the house.
This is where the Zero Water filter jug comes in – it removes up to 99.6% of all dissolved solids so tastes better than tap to me. Slim and lightweight, the jug has a space-saving design and this jug provides high quality filtered water at a fraction of the cost.
I’ve been trying it for a month and the filters are still …
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Homeserve offers FREE emergency repairs for all NHS and Social Care workers
During lockdown, home maintenance firm Homeserve is helping to take away the stress of an unexpected home emergency, by offering certain key workers FREE plumbing and heating repairs. You’re taking care of us, so we’re committing.
To get your FREE emergency repair 24/7 – just give Homeserve a call on 0330 0247 222.*
If you are unsure if you are eligible, a Social Care worker is defined as one of the 1.5 million people who make up the paid Social Care workforce, in local authorities and the independent and not-for-profit sectors. This includes care workers, caterers, cleaners, nurses, occupational therapists, personal assistants, registered managers and social workers.
When you call us to book your claim, Homeserve will ask you to confirm that you’re an NHS or Social Care worker. When the engineer turns up …
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List of shops open during coronavirus lockdown
On Monday night, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the closure of all non-essential stores as he plunged the UK into a lockdown to ease the burden on the NHS.
Corner shops, pharmacies, supermarkets, hardware stores, banks, petrol stations and bike shops can stay open during the pandemic.
Pubs, bars and restaurants had already been told to shut their doors in an effort to prevent the spread on people mixing closely in public. Places of worship are closed, apart from for funerals, as must libraries, museums, galleries and bingo halls.
Takeaway and delivery services may remain open and operational, and online retail is still open and encouraged and postal and delivery service will run as normal, but Next shut down its online operations last night, so who knows who will also do the same.
So here’s …
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Online grocery shopping during coronavirus
Online shopping will probably increase as more of us need to self-isolate, so I thought I would do a round up here of what is going on, from supermarket chain Morrisons announcing that it is to create 3,500 new jobs to expand its home delivery service amid the coronavirus pandemic to Ocado shutting down its entire website until 21 March to work out how it can offer more slots.
I have used copy from the grocers’ websites and news we find. If you have any updates, please put in comments and I will try to update daily.
If you click on the link to the shop’s name, you will reach their current page updating on deliveries. I have added a few alternatives to get food too online at the bottom of this list. Stay safe …
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Shopping list for coronavirus self-isolation
While I don’t want to spread panic, if you have to self-isolate or quarantine if you have symptoms or the full blow coronavirus, you may want to prepare so when you do your normal shop maybe add these items, if you haven’t done so already.
If you are self-isolating ask your friends and neighbours to do your shopping. Try to book an online delivery slot now as they are booking weeks ahead, or even consider using services like milkmen. We use Morefresh.co.uk and they will deliver the basics, milk, bread and eggs. Other similar services will deliver fruit and veg and even toilet rolls.
But please don’t hoard and overbuy, the supermarkets say if we buy normally there’s enough for us all, and there are other people out there who need that toilet paper or …
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Review: salon quality gel nails for a fraction of the price and at home
Gel nail manicures cost me between £10 and £34, with the £10 ones lasting barely a week typically, so I wanted a solution to having beautiful nails without paying the high cost. I have tried “gel” varnishes, “gel” top coats and frankly they don’t look anywhere as good as proper gel cured under a LED lamp. So what’s a girl to do? …spend close to £300 a year on nails or find another solution? decided to find another way and think I have found it with Polish to Gel Transformer Starter Kit from SensatioNail.
Basically, you can use it to turn your favourite nail varnishes into a gel manicure! By mixing your own polish with SensatioNail’s Polish to Gel formula and curing under the UV lamp, SensatioNail promises to achieve the same results as …
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Bargain christmas gift round up
Now is the time to get those presents bought as there are not too many shopping days left Christmas day. Here is a round-up of my favourite bargain Christmas gift ideas – most in at less than £20 each, though a few in at more are very good buys IMHO.
They are in no particular order as I figure that most of us have a few different people to buy for. Remember if you buy online, you’ll probably have to pay postage and packaging :-(, but always use a cashback site if you can. If you have any to add, please put them in the comments.
Aldi’s Metallic Special Edition Prosecco (£7.49)
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Update: Best supermarket for online grocery shopping – a comparison
Time to see how the online supermarket shopping world has changed. I looked at Waitrose, Ocado, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda. I know that Iceland delivers, but I find that their range is limited, so I am not including them.
I evaluated the supermarkets on the following and in each category, the top supermarket comes in at position 1. Of course, one position 1 doesn’t mean everything is fantastic, so my top supermarket is the one that has the highest number of 1s and 2s, and this time we have joint winners: Ocado and Tesco, but remember if you want quality food, go to Waitrose, but be ready to pay more… it’s really up to you, but I hope that my research will help you.
Categories evaluated on were …
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The Organised Mum Method (TOMM) – say goodbye to your messy home
I’ve read the book, joined the Facebook group and starting the routine, and have to say that The Organised Mum Method (TOMM) works!
Say goodbye to mess, clutter and weekends spent tidying and cleaning! Gemma Bray (a.k.a The Organised Mum) is a firm believer that there is more to life than housework, and over the last decade she has perfected The Organised Mum Method.
The Organised Mum Method is a structured, manageable and ultra-efficient cleaning routine that ensures all areas of the home are taken care of. It’s easy to follow, effective and ensures that everything gets done in just 30 minutes a day, Monday to Friday … and you get weekends off! Perfect for anyone looking for ways to fit cleaning around a busy lifestyle, the book life-changing tips, tricks, cleaning schedules, shopping …
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What’s the cheapest way to insure a 17 year old boy driver?
What’s the cheapest way to insure a 17 year old boy driver? He will drive my car. This was a question I posed last week and got a number of responses. I thought that they were really interesting so wanted to share some of them with you:
- When I was new it worked out cheapest to get my own insurance and for my mum to go down on it as a secondary driver
- We bought our 17 year old daughter a car went through comparison sites and looked up young driver insurance … her as main driver and me and husband as named £344 on Comparethemarket (no black box ) ……. on young driver insurance with black box and me and hubby £1344
- The price of insurance has a number of factors. Postcode, age male/female
