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Forum: The Sand Pit
Jun 6th 2012, 11:03 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 7,561
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Your opinions - have created something to try to help the "Is It Worth It" questi

I've just had a quick look and comparing that to our monthly budget the food and petrol amounts are on the low side..... I use about 800dhs a month alone on petrol with living out of town and the...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 9th 2011, 3:44 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,488
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: toy shops in Dubai?

Thank you for the heart attack when I read this yesterday!!! Fortunately we must have been lucky, as they shipped it via dhl, and we recieved it today.... I am super impressed!!!
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 5th 2011, 6:32 am
Replies: 56
Views: 6,720
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Your get out plan

I'm curious/naive about what would make someone need to have a 'get out in an hour' plan???

What would make you need a get out fast plan?

(we don't have one..... and am now wondering if we...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 5th 2011, 5:34 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,488
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: toy shops in Dubai?

I have looked into it, but they estimated 200dhs to ship the pogo stick from the UK, which was almost double what the thing cost to buy.... Rip off!!!

Amazon.com charged £19 postage which I...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 5th 2011, 4:10 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,488
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: toy shops in Dubai?

Completely agree with all the charity reminders... what better time than at Christmas to give to those less fortunate... :thumbup:

(but also loving this whole new world of shopping I've just been...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 1st 2011, 8:43 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 3,488
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: toy shops in Dubai?

you really are!! :thumbsup:
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 1st 2011, 8:40 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 3,488
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: toy shops in Dubai?

Kittycat, I could kiss you!!! It hadn't ocurred to be to look at .com, I'd just looked at .co.uk who wouldn't ship here!! Whoop!!!!!!! Mission Santa accomplished!!!! Thank you :thumbup:
Forum: The Sand Pit
Nov 1st 2011, 7:13 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 3,488
Posted By mummy2dolly

toy shops in Dubai?

....Sorry, I know you'll direct be to a more appropriate forum but I can't be arsed joining it to ask..... :p

I need to find a pogo stick for Santa to deliver...... Abu Dhabi has none, so I'm...
Forum: Middle East
Sep 6th 2011, 10:23 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,834
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Decent Serviced Apts of Short-term Villa options in Abu Dhabi

The Shangrila has short term villas which are apparantly luverly...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Sep 6th 2011, 10:20 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 10,460
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: iPhones in UAe

http://www.etisalat.ae/index.jsp?lang=en&type=service&currentid=577059ecfb01a010VgnVCM1000003c05000a____&contentid=483d0695915f5110VgnVCM1000000c24a8c0RCRD

I pay 145dhs/month for 1GB, I use the 3G...
Forum: Middle East
Jul 26th 2011, 11:03 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 8,996
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Need Advice looking for places to live in Abu Dhabi

Al Reef is not without it's issues... there are a few FB pages for the various 'villages' but if you look for 'Al Reef Arabian Village' on FB you'll get a good oversight of what life is like...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jun 18th 2011, 5:31 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,900
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Heaven or Hell?

There's no guarantee that those in Heaven are *good*, they may well have just been bright enough to *repent* before they shuffled.....:cool:
Forum: Middle East
Jun 18th 2011, 5:27 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 3,356
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Moving to Abu Dhabi

Our internet/tv/mobile phone (for one mobile) bill is about 900dhs/month (£150). I *think* the internet alone is £50... you may get more of an idea here http://www.etisalat.ae/index.jsp?lang=en
...
Forum: Middle East
Jun 18th 2011, 5:51 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,356
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Moving to Abu Dhabi

If you are a confident driver, then driving is fine. Getting a carloan is easy enough, but time consuming and frustrating...as with any application you will make... if you multiply the time they tell...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jun 14th 2011, 3:07 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,777
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Baby Stuff

I would pump and store ready for a night out, then pump and dump the alcoholed milk when I should have fed...

Just a word of warning about buying your travel system in the Uk and bringing it back...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jun 4th 2011, 5:30 am
Replies: 17
Views: 2,568
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: The most important landmarks of the world

Beautiful pics, would have liked to have seen The Giant's Causeway in amongst them.....
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jun 4th 2011, 5:10 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,711
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Twitter

Jimmy Carr is hilarious, Lord_Sugar and piersmorgan are entertaining, pair of old women, bitching and sniping at each other, TonyParsonsUK, Queen_UK is very funny and I also have OK_Magazine and...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jun 3rd 2011, 5:00 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 4,278
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Iceland Water Park

We were at Aquaventure yesterday and it was too hot. Both girls had UVA sunsuits, Legionnaires hats and factor 50 suncream, and are not in the slightest bit even pink, but a few of the other members...
Forum: The Sand Pit
May 30th 2011, 8:17 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 8,394
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: How Much do you Spend?

We now get £2k into the bank here each month, so whatever that converts to when it gets transfered is what we will live on. That will include utilities, which we budget 1,000dhs for. That is for 4...
Forum: The Sand Pit
May 30th 2011, 8:10 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 3,679
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: How much do you save?

5 months in and we are just about nearly even with the move, setting up, and settling debts in the Uk costs..... For the first time this month we had a portion of the salary paid here and the rest...
Forum: The Sand Pit
May 30th 2011, 5:28 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,422
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: It's happened.

How I would have gone about it:

"Hi, I was wondering if you could help me? I'm trying to get hold of Mr X on this number (xxxx) but it is isn't connecting, could you please check whether I have...
Forum: The Sand Pit
May 30th 2011, 4:23 am
Replies: 43
Views: 3,422
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: It's happened.

I can't believe that anyone would openly admit that they spoke to anybody like that on the phone........ You'd have had a dialling tone from me too...... The 'please' at the end does nothing to make...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 22nd 2011, 4:32 am
Replies: 7
Views: 7,344
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Any advice.....please...nursing in AbuDhabi..

The first time we were in Abu Dhabi I came through an agency and worked in the ICU at SKMC. They would have provided accomodation, but it was in a shared apartment in a hospital acomodation building...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 19th 2011, 5:36 am
Replies: 110
Views: 15,136
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Which Car?

hmmmm, yeah!!!! Nothing to do with me though guv.....honest!!!! :blink:
Forum: Middle East
Apr 18th 2011, 9:53 pm
Replies: 110
Views: 15,136
Posted By mummy2dolly

Re: Which Car?

Thanks for the tip!! I also realised that there is a button next to the mirror adjust thingy that opens and shuts them too which is handy!!!! We paid 75k for it, but I do think we paid too much :o
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