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Title: Went out for a bag of salt...
Post by: SophieYorkshire on January 12, 2016, 05:06:53 pm
Nipped out for a bag of salt this morning.... and somehow managed to come home with a new bull called Norman  :o :roflanim: Still not rung OH to let him know yet  :innocent:

Does everyone else have unplanned purchases?  :D If so, what were they?
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Post by: nutterly_uts on January 12, 2016, 05:51:52 pm
Haha thats brilliant. Bet you won't be allowed to go shopping for a while :D
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Post by: Fleecewife on January 12, 2016, 07:07:29 pm

.....but did you remember the salt?
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on January 12, 2016, 11:55:25 pm
Nipped out for a bag of salt this morning.... and somehow managed to come home with a new bull called Norman  :o :roflanim: Still not rung OH to let him know yet  :innocent:

Does everyone else have unplanned purchases?  :D If so, what were they?


Well, yes. But not quite on that scale.
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Post by: cloddopper on January 13, 2016, 12:25:44 am
We went for a cup of tea & a sticky bun  and ended up buying this bungalow @ 153k 10 or so years ago .

 OK now to fess up .. We'd viewed three tatty very badly presented houses earlier in the day .

The cafe was next door to an estate agents , , we were actively looking for a place in the area , saw this one in the shop window , popped in for a copy of the info sheet to look at whilst we were in the cafe ( got a slack handful )   , decided we'd like to know more and then registered etc  etc etc.
 Got a viewing the in the late afternoon , liked it , so made an acceptable offer for it . The rest is history .
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Post by: SallyintNorth on January 13, 2016, 05:23:39 am
Went on holiday to Exmoor for a short break, bought a house with land.

I'd printed out a few property details for us to drive by, just out of interest, no intention whatever of actually buying.  We coasted past the first, a barn conversion, the owner spotted us and waved us in... Hubs fell in love with it, we spent the rest of the hol researching property in the area for real, and ended up buying the converted barns.
Title: Re: Went out for a bag of salt...
Post by: Kitchen Cottage on January 13, 2016, 06:12:27 am
Norman the bull story is BRILLIANT!

Please explain more!   :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:
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Post by: devonlad on January 13, 2016, 07:37:00 am
For our very first pig excursion, I had arranged to buy 2 British lop weaners and set off to collect them. When the wife returned from work later in the day, first thing she asks
" why are there 10 pigs in our field?"
" the chap said if I took the lot he'd knock a fiver off each one"
" again - why are there 10 pigs in our field"
Title: Re: Went out for a bag of salt...
Post by: Buffy the eggs layer on January 13, 2016, 08:36:06 am
So you are planning to use the bull to melt the ice on the drive....?


or just sprinkle him on your chips...... ???
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Post by: Bionic on January 13, 2016, 09:17:29 am
Went out to buy a conifer for the garden and came back with a 3 piece suite
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Post by: DavidandCollette on January 13, 2016, 12:49:06 pm
Went for coffee and cake back with a dining table and chairs
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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on January 13, 2016, 01:06:31 pm
Oh no am getting worried now :o I am researching properties in Europe and I plan to go on holiday there next year :innocent:
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Post by: verdifish on January 13, 2016, 03:15:37 pm
Whilst living in dubai I once popped to macdonalds for lunch and ended up buying a  brand new Nissan 350z sports car without even yest driving it. I had already driven a friends and the best bit was I paid for it on my credit card. The sales man's face in the showroom was classic.
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Post by: Anke on January 13, 2016, 08:09:53 pm
Went out to buy a conifer for the garden and came back with a 3 piece suite

In the back of an estate car....?
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Post by: waddy on January 13, 2016, 08:14:20 pm
went out to buy a stereo and ended up with a new kitchen.


 :thumbsup:


Helen
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on January 13, 2016, 11:51:13 pm
Ok so maybe other people do buy unexpected things on that scale.  ;D
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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on January 14, 2016, 12:26:12 am
Could you post some pics of Norman? would love to see him :excited:
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Post by: doganjo on January 14, 2016, 02:51:36 pm
I did teh car thing too, went out for two birthday cards and stopped at the Vauxhall garage fort a windscreen wiper on the way home and bought a Zafira there and then.
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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on January 14, 2016, 04:07:36 pm
I went to builth wells to sell produce and came back with a sheepdog pup. This was 11 years ago ;D
Title: Re: Went out for a bag of salt...
Post by: SophieYorkshire on January 14, 2016, 09:40:44 pm
Norman the bull story is BRILLIANT!

Please explain more!   :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:

Bumped into a woman who runs an agri store in the shop and I was moaning about Genus increasing their AI charges... she mentions they have a lonely bull (hence the name Norman No Mates  :D). So happens he's the same breed as our girls and womans dad (92 years old!) has been keeping him as a pet but he needs to go. Next thing I know I'm trying not to flinch at her wild horses galloping around me as I view said bull... the rest as they say, is history  :roflanim:
Title: Re: Went out for a bag of salt...
Post by: SophieYorkshire on January 14, 2016, 09:43:37 pm
Could you post some pics of Norman? would love to see him :excited:

Will have a go at taking some tomorrow WBF - he's not very interested in coming to see me when he's been treated to 10 eager heifers after 8 months abstinence!   :roflanim:
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Post by: nutterly_uts on January 14, 2016, 10:04:52 pm
Could you post some pics of Norman? would love to see him :excited:

Will have a go at taking some tomorrow WBF - he's not very interested in coming to see me when he's been treated to 10 eager heifers after 8 months abstinence!   :roflanim:

Its not lack of interest, he's just busy and can't multitask as he's male  :innocent: :roflanim: :roflanim:
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Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on January 15, 2016, 09:38:05 am
What??? The bulls 92 years old?  :o won't that be a bit of a strain on him?  :innocent: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: