Originally Posted by Beedubya

Yes Denise, you are having the same experience as I did, everything in the shops you want, just a matter of sourcing it, like Rodney with his hot sauces.

Yes there is B & M in GB, I got sooooo many bargains there, unbelievable!! I bought these sticker type things for the kids bedroom walls, French type decor, £1.99 each, I saw the same here in Australia the other week for $25.00!!!!

The BIG think you need to do in the UK is shop around, bargains are all there for the asking!! It can become like a little hobby for some.

Originally Posted by dgjamison

I love the shopping up North, do not like it here in Cork, and the xmas atmosphere here in cork was dismal compared to Belfast. My oh and I went to Belfast for 3 days I think it was around the 17th December, we went to a lovely restaurant overlooking our beautiful city hall, and it started to snow, it was really beautiful, as the continental market was in the grounds of the city hall and it was like a winter wonderland, the town was crowded with shoppers in to have a drink or a meal before heading home, the laughter is what struck me most, it was so real and genuine, and people seemed just so happy go lucky. We ended up going to a pub called Fibber MaGees, it was packed and the music was just fantastic, the old hand clapping irish music, that everyones knows and loves, it was great, here in Cork it was so deadso my OH and I decided to go north again....... Oh my!!!!: am I ever going to settle...... Please Please

Originally Posted by Celticspirit

Interestingly we bought a bottle of Australian Shiraz in Sydney for $12 and here in Dallas in my local grocery store, it costs $6.99...same brand.

Originally Posted by dgjamison

Celticspirit, believe it or not many areas (not London)in GB are now cheaper than Belfast to rent. The agents have jumped on the band wagon and every month the rents are going up by approx £50, and they are rentingWe are moving back north and I can't get anything so far at my price (max £550 pcm) at a push maybe £600, and I am really having trouble. My sister has a holdiay home in Moville in Donegal and has said we can use that until we are fixed up, thank god for family If you are prepared to go outside the city ie Lisburn, Moira, Dromore, or on the other side, Glengormley, carrickfergus ect: you can get cheaper, but I wanted to stay close to my family and it is proving a real trial I will keep you informed. If you google houses to rent belfast, and go to propertynews, you will get a good idea of the prices and areas. Good luck Denise2

Originally Posted by DDL

Thank you Sally, I tried and tried but couldn't figure it out. It must know I'm on an American netbook. It's rather obvious however that the comparison is quite biased. In which direction, I will not say.

Originally Posted by dunroving

There was a lengthy thread on the US forum a couple of weeks back debating this and as you said, the PBS version will be the exact same.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...hlight=downton

Originally Posted by Beedubya

That is astounding Celtic. No wonder I am finding it really hard to manage here, I swear Australian prices have gone through the roof these past few years. How can a bottle of wine cost more in it's home country than in the US after freight and handling charges?

Something tells me we are getting ripped off here.

Originally Posted by DDL

Interesting but I can't seem to find the way to compare the US to the UK. It only gives you the option of comparing the UK to the US with "If you lived in the US, you would...."

Originally Posted by jasper123

Well Barb I would say yes if you consider too the can of custard you put down when you saw the price of $5.95

Originally Posted by islandwoman120

My step daughter went to boarding school in Colwyn Bay when she was about 11! Don't remember the name of the school - it was a long time ago - but was a lovely place.

Originally Posted by dontheturner

Then you need to join the ''Three Towns Forum'' - and I will see you on there. ( Same name) dontheturner

Originally Posted by jasper123

Yes Morrisons is a good store, me and Mum and her friend Molly go there every Thursday, we do so much shopping there and right next door we go to another store called Liddles, also I nice store and do the rest,

Havent checked out the Pizza yet, thanks next week we must try one, trouble is I noticed at most stores they dont sell the one I love and thats the Hawaiian one ham & pineapple,
Denise something you may be able to help me with --- you being American & all and living over here in UK, ---- I love hot sauce like tabasco on chicken and fish and also my eggs & omelettes when I cook them, I have searched and searched for any kind of hot sauce and it seems it dont exist over here ---- and also Ive looked and looked for any type of steak sauce too, my favorite is heinze 57, do you know any store over here that sales them? --- I bought a nice pack of 4 big thick sirloin steaks yesterday, cost on sale at the local high street Butcher Shop was £10 for the pack, not bad really for over here, but I took them home and I cooked one each for me and Mum last night, we had them with oven chips and peas, and I enjoyed it as it was the first steak Ive eaten since leaving Las Vegas, and Mum loved it, said that was a special treat, --- but Denise our taste buds I think are a lot different then the local people over here, the steak did not have any taste to it at all, even though I seasoned it with salt & black pepper before cooking,
I wanted to add my usual garlic but Mum dont like anything added to anything except a little pepper, I think thats how most English like there food kind of Blan is that the word? but that steak just ddidn'ttaste like any steak in America that I have ever had --- even without seasoning the steaks in US are very tasty --- you know what I mean, what do you think? mmaybeif I had some 57 sauce to put on it --- it would have maybe had a little taste,
Take care,
Rodney.

Originally Posted by jasper123

Yes Morrisons is a good store, me and Mum and and searched for any kind of hot sauce and it seems it dont exist over here :asty --- you know what I mean, what do you think? mmaybeif I had some 57 sauce to put on it --- it would have maybe had a little taste,
Take care,
Rodney.

Originally Posted by Beedubya

What are you doing there? I thought you were in Shropshire?

Does the three town thingie cover other parts of N. Wales like Bethesda and Penmaenmawr?