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Forum: Canada
May 4th 2015, 6:49 am
Replies: 81
Views: 30,899
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: British treats - Sobeys

My mouth is watering so bad right now - this is a dangerous post :rofl:

I think what I miss the most is Tunnock Tea Cakes and Caramel Wafers. Am on the look out in the GTA for them, but haven't...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 30th 2015, 3:51 am
Replies: 54
Views: 5,311
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: $2,000 and counting - guilty pleasures

We're the same - concerts, lots and lots of concerts!
We rarely went to concerts in the UK cause hardly any bands came to Edinburgh and it was a bit more of a pain to travel to Glasgow for them....
Forum: Canada
Apr 15th 2015, 1:09 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,554
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Best method in moving belongings to Canada

We had to buy some new suitcases to fit all the stuff we were taking with us on the flight, but for the items we were shipping, White & Co came to our house and packed our items in their boxes.
Forum: Canada
Apr 13th 2015, 4:28 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,554
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Best method in moving belongings to Canada

:goodpost:

Yeh absolutely, look into the option of upgrading your flight first. We did & had 2 large suitcases & 2 carry on each (the absolute maximum we could carry). But as we had so much stuff...
Forum: Canada
Apr 13th 2015, 2:20 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,554
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Best method in moving belongings to Canada

We used White & Co to move from Edinburgh to Toronto last year. They were fantastic, really helpful & weren't too pricey either (we were the same, didn't take any furniture but clothes, books,...
Forum: Canniversary
Apr 13th 2015, 1:21 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,752
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: 46 years !!

WOW - congratulations scilly.
Forum: Canada
Apr 13th 2015, 1:16 am
Replies: 57
Views: 5,450
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Pulling my hair out with tax return - should we just get an accountant?

Thank you so much everyone for all your help & advice. The OH has been ill this past week so we'll start (and hopefully submit) both returns tonight. G
Forum: Canada
Apr 13th 2015, 1:12 am
Replies: 70
Views: 8,251
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Making friends

Great post JohntheScot :goodpost:
Forum: Canniversary
Apr 6th 2015, 5:30 am
Replies: 185
Views: 46,243
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Still Homesick after a year!

AWESOME! Good to know Shard :eek:
Forum: Canniversary
Apr 6th 2015, 4:39 am
Replies: 185
Views: 46,243
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Still Homesick after a year!

[QUOTE=KuroKuro;11047369]Perhaps I'm just being a stubborn Brit but I just feel like "Why don't they have Robinson's squash here?!", "Why are the roads so big that I can't just cross where-ever?",...
Forum: Canada
Apr 6th 2015, 2:38 am
Replies: 57
Views: 5,450
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Pulling my hair out with tax return - should we just get an accountant?

GREAT idea - will for sure be starting this. Thanks for all the advice Cookie :lol:
Forum: Canada
Apr 6th 2015, 1:36 am
Replies: 39
Views: 4,792
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: How do you deal with being away from family?

My husband & I moved to Canada from the UK 7 months ago. We'd been to Canada before on IEC and got married here too - so knew we loved it before starting the PR process. We did all the...
Forum: Canada
Apr 6th 2015, 1:15 am
Replies: 57
Views: 5,450
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Pulling my hair out with tax return - should we just get an accountant?

Thanks Silverdragon. I think we might end up getting an accountant going forward - navigating tax returns is not the most fun ;)
Forum: Canada
Apr 6th 2015, 12:59 am
Replies: 57
Views: 5,450
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Pulling my hair out with tax return - should we just get an accountant?

Oh yeh, hmmm, thanks - will do one for me too then.
Forum: Canada
Apr 6th 2015, 12:58 am
Replies: 57
Views: 5,450
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Pulling my hair out with tax return - should we just get an accountant?

Hey thanks MarylandNed - that's really interesting :thumbsup: thanks for that.
Forum: Canada
Apr 5th 2015, 1:38 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 5,450
Posted By GMS_AMS

Pulling my hair out with tax return - should we just get an accountant?

Hey all,

So, the other half needs to do a tax return (I dont think I need to this year), some background info:
We arrived in September as PR
Husband started working in Oct/Nov time
I didnt...
Forum: Canada
Apr 5th 2015, 1:12 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 7,224
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Tax Returns - Canada

Husband is just getting round to doing his tax return (we arrived in September 2014 and he started work in November) so this has been super helpful. Thanks :goodpost:
Forum: Canada
Oct 13th 2014, 9:54 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,395
Posted By GMS_AMS

Smile Companies we used, and our experiences

Hi all,

Well, that's us been in Toronto now for 6 weeks......its literally zoomed by!

In planning the move, we used every resource possible to find the best companies, but it still caused us...
Forum: Canada
Sep 29th 2014, 3:18 am
Replies: 19
Views: 4,212
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Cheap flights UK to Canada please?

We used Iceland Air and they were really great and were much cheaper than all the others we looked into.
Forum: Canada
Sep 1st 2014, 12:57 am
Replies: 2
Views: 679
Posted By GMS_AMS

Fly on Friday - one final question on money

We fly on Friday!! YIKES! Cant believe its almost here.
Almost there with everything, cases are 80% packed and just the final things to tick off the to-do-list :rofl:
One question we do have - and...
Forum: Canada
Aug 3rd 2014, 2:31 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,647
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: Flying on Friday!!

Oh how very exciting! Hope everything goes smoothly :-)
Forum: Canada
Aug 2nd 2014, 2:09 am
Replies: 38
Views: 3,980
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: 7 weeks till we fly - eeeek - so many questions

Hi HGerchikov
Yes......its been less than 48hrs, and already its 'challenging' :argue: :beer: :banghead: :scarper: :drinkingwine:
Forum: Canada
Aug 2nd 2014, 2:07 am
Replies: 38
Views: 3,980
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: 7 weeks till we fly - eeeek - so many questions

That sounds awesome - thanks for the heads-up SchnookoLoly, we will defo try and make it!
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2014, 6:32 am
Replies: 59
Views: 6,956
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: BBC iPlayer

Ooooooh, this is super helpful info - thanks SchnookoLoly :goodpost:
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2014, 6:27 am
Replies: 38
Views: 3,980
Posted By GMS_AMS

Re: 7 weeks till we fly - eeeek - so many questions

It's all suddenly feeling VERY real. Had the International Movers come today, and pack up our 10 boxes of possessions. And tomorrow we move out of our house......to stay with the in-laws for 5 weeks!...
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