Hi there!
Are you happy it’s Friday??
I’m having a good day. I can change because Mr. R said I’ve just changed my Karma because I refused to answer a questionnaire at a store and told the lady I was in a rush. He might be right, I was in no rush and could easily have done it but, apparently, I was on bitch mode lol I’m sorry, dear God! Karma, don’t screw me over, please!
One of our local supermarkets was having an amazing sale today, and we had to take advantage of it. They weren’t charging taxes today, which meant a 23% discount for non-food items and 6% for food items. Some of the things were already on sale, which meant a huge price difference. It was really good and I stocked up on some things. In the end, we saved about 40€.
We got a great brand detergent, a big box of 120 washes, that was initial 24,99€, for 8,12€!! It’s an amazing discount and it will last a long time. I’m really happy with this particular purchase!
We also got:
2 cans of Nivea men’s deodorant – 7,18€ for two cans, a 3,60€ discount and an additional 0,66€ of tax discount, we ended up spending 2,92€ for the two cans, which is less than the original price for one (3,59€);
2 tubes of Colgate toothpaste that originally cost 3,49€, with a 1,75€ discount and an additional 0,33€ of tax discount, ended up costing 1,41€.
We got many things but these were the best deals!
We also got a new printer! We were not planning on getting a new one, just needed to buy the ink cartridges which are quite expensive. We would have to spend about 40/50€ on them. While we were looking, we saw a printer that we liked, that cost 45,99€ and came with an additional black ink cartridge. We would only have to buy the color one, which would end up a total of about 70€. We considered it, since our printer is about 3 years old already, but we decided we would check the price for the cartridges at another store. So off we went, and we found the exact same printer on sale for 35,99€!! A 10€ difference and the fact that it was a super cheap but good printer made us decide to get it. We would only have to buy the said color cartridge. When we looked for it, it was also on discount, costing 15,99€!! We came home with a new printer for 35,99€, plus an extra free black ink cartridge and a colored ink cartridge for a total of 51,98€. We are pretty pleased with our purchase.
This is our new printer:
Isn’t it cute? I love the green! It will look super cute in our office!! I’m really happy about it!! 🙂
We will print a bunch of pictures to fill all the empty walls we have in our home! I have a bunch of picture frames to fill in and I’m doing a gallery wall in our bedroom! I’m really excited about it.
We have also being looking at paint colors because the house is in desperate need to be painted, but we are going to wait until Summer for that. But we already have a pretty cool idea of which colors we want to use.
I have a recipe to share with you and also a kitchen tour, I’ll post it later today!
I hope you are having an amazing Friday!
Do you have exciting plans for the weekend?
We might go to the beach, since being close to the sea helps with our sinusitis.
Love you guys.
You have 23% sales tax? Wow, we have a 15% sales tax and I find that steep! That printer looks really awesome! Glad you were able to stock up! Picking out new paint colours is so much fun! We’re also repainting parts of the house this Summer! Have a good day!
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Yes we do. In everything but food items, which is 6%. Have a great day, dear!
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Yeah, most of our food items don’t have tax. Those that do, have the same 15% tax as the rest of the items.
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We have a bigger tax for things like sodas and such. I think they are also 23%.
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Honestly who likes doing those questionnaires??? lol I’d be on bitch mode too unless it gave an extra discount of some sort. When I worked at TJMaxx and Michaels I even hated to ask customers to do such thing lol. Sounds like you found some amazing deals! Love the printer I can’t wait until I’m able to get one so I can print out a lot of cute pictures for journaling , organization and to hang. Can’t wait to see the kitchen and recipe🙂
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I’m usually really nice to those people, I just wasn’t feeling it lol I have worked in retail and I hated bothering clients, push them to buy things. Not my thing, at all. I’ve just realized I have no idea of what you do.
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After working retail I worked at a warehouse a long while. Hated it and never will be going back! I soon realized it was holding me back from what I’m really trying to do and was always too stressful, I was also dealing with a lot of depression, lost “friends” etc. so I quit. I started writing more, starting doing DIYs and selling some, which I had no idea I could do. I customized baby/kids clothes, shoes, decor and many people wanted me to make some for them or their children so I made a profit. I took a break a few months ago, now I plan to get back into that and share it with my blog!✨
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I love that!! I’m not crafty at all
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Sure you are! The way you’ve organized your desk is pretty crafty, there’s many ways☺️
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That’s a good way to see it 🙂 thank you, Lee!!
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Amazing savings. Bet you were so happy? Wish we had big savings like that in the U.K.! 😬 Bank Holiday Weekend, enjoy! I will be busy crafting with the Witches 😊
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I was so happy. I love me some good deals!! Enjoy your long weekend!!
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Oh cool! Glad you found some great deals! I also really want to get a printer but they are really expensive!! Unlike you, I don’t actually like the colour green but your printer did look really cool!! Have a great rest of day!!
Bella xx 😀
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Hey Bella, they are actually pretty cheap here. Usually less than 100€. The ink cartridges are expensive.
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Great savings, fantastic printer! Have a wonderful weekend!
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Yes, I’m pretty happy about the savings and the printer. I hope you have a lovely weekend!
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Cheila, you totally scored with your purchases. When stores have deals like that you definitely have to take advantage. 🙂 I have a ton of stuff to do but I’m hoping to still have a great weekend. Hope you get time to go the beach.
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I also have a ton of stuff to do, the house is a mess. But I’m avoiding it lol I hope you find some time to relax and do something fun!
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That makes both of us! 🙂
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Got to love a bargain! Have a great weekend, and don’t use all your ink up in a printing frenzy!
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hahahaha I’ll try to stop myself. I might print things just to listen to her sweet noise. Have a lovely weekend!
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You too!
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I’ve heard about it, they’ll make different irresistible offered this week. Different one’s every single day. Too bad they didn’t had that when I was still living there. That’s my karma right there 😂😂😂
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Yes, were you still living here when Pingo Doce did that crazy everything 50% off on the 1st of May?
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Ahah of course and I was trying to get in but they’ve basically closed when I got there and called the cops no one was allowed to go inside 😂 lucky me right?
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I managed to get inside with my mom. We got 200 euros worth of stuff for 100. It was amazing.
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That’s just amazing, I think I’m never lucky on crazy sales and that sort of thing
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I usually am. Every time I go shopping many of the things I want are on sale. Especially more expensive things like laundry detergent, fabric softener, shampoo, and such!
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There’s a really cool supermarket here that everything is cheaper some things cheaper than in Portugal so I’m cool it that 😂 I’m lucky with getting in the bus, train or tram and having 99% of the times a free spot to sit, finding money, finding my favorite flavor (iced cream) hidden in the back after dying a little inside think it was out of stock 😂 I can’t complain we’re all lucky in a different way I guess
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Of course we are. I thought food was very expensive in Switzerland
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Depending where you buy and what you pick, maybe I’ll take a few pictures of the same product in different supermarkets so you can see the difference 😏
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Good for you about the survey. Sometimes for your own good, you have to say no 🙂 Love the deals!! Everything is so much better when it is on sale 😉
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I love some deals!!
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I know. I feel like a success when I get something for so much less, like you did. It’s a little victory 🙂 They printer is adorable by the way, you are right it’s going to look so good in your newly renovated office
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I love when things like appliances or electronic devices have a touch of color in them lol not the usual white, grey,black!
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I agree. It’s not like you don’t see them everyday, so they should be a little colorful, cheerful to look at 😉
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