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Credit Crunch situation.
Going self catering for the first time this New Year. Given we normally stay in four * hotels - what should I ditch and what should I take instead to save on the pennies.
e.g. ditching the heels - take a bag of coffee
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ditch all "apres ski outfits", take one pair of trackie bottoms, a comfortable top and a good stock of cocktail nibbles - nuts etc - from Aldi/Lidl.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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pam w, I'm actuall really looking forward to slobbing out after a days skiing 
Nuts are in.
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I bring coffee back from Europe - why would you take it with you?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ditch: any form of evening wear other than 1 outfit
Take: slippers (for tiled floors and to sooth clamped feet), dressing gown (for breakfast), marmite (ditto), angostura bitters (for gin), truffle oil (peps up any pasta or risotto), your personal favourite tea bags (French Tetleys is an abomination), iPod or CDs (depending on what accomodation offers for music) nice scented candle (not all accomodation smells delightful) & investigate the towel quality as you may want to bring your own.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Wed 4-11-09 18:35; edited 1 time in total
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ditch the underwear, go commando - take malt loaf if granny knickers or rice cakes if G strings 
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ooo yes large warm top is a must. wear it on the plane if it won't go in your bag
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Bubble & beer is still (just about) cheaper in France though isn't it?
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Take: hairdryer if long haired and a towel that will accomodate said long hair when drying it. Some form of music playing device and speakers.
If cooking, table salt and pepper/your favourite seasonings - these always seem to be the things we end up forgetting and having to buy. A stout pair of kitchen scissors in the hold luggage, again if cooking. A knife sharpener to sharpen all the blimming blunt knives 
Ditch: The 2000 pots of makeup that would have gone with the lovely glam outfits you are also not taking.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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^^ Or at least, check with the accomodation and see how much of that is provided. Some do, some don't. If there is no dishwasher tablets etc provided, and you're driving, it's worth taking these as they are expensive in France.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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firebug, she's in a 'residence' , they are unlikely to have anything. I've stayed in an adjacent place myself. Not even salt and pepper.
No need for slippers on my nice warm floors.
Shimmy Alcott, are you driving or flying? Are you cooking or eating out? (mexican place was good when we stayed there, and do take away pizza too.
No heels, it's a snowy walk in the evenings if you want to go out.
Pair of Jeans, few t-shirts and a couple of sweaters will do.
As firebug, said, teabags if you are a tea drinker, and speaking from experience, towels were a bit on the small side.
Shop in Moutiers if you are driving, supermarket in resort was a bit pricy on our last trip there, and that was with a good exchange rate.
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Boredsurfing, it gets worse....we're flying! 
Think I might strangle ph before we arrive if we drove
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You know it makes sense.
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Salt and peeper is cool, wont need much so very lightweight.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Shimmy Alcott, Are you renting a car?
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Poster: A snowHead
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daehwons, ooo, I'm usually a two pairs of pants girl on ski hols - one for the day one for the eve. Maybe I will just take seven pairs - replace with a head of garlic?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ditch husband and kids - if you're quick you still have time to get a new one and go back to the luxury living you deserve!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowball, I'd take coffee now because it's cheaper to buy decent ground coffee when the supermarkets have special offers than to buy in France - even in a supermarket. And infinitely cheaper than resort price. Wine is cheaper in Tesco, too, with special offers and points (750 points, worth £28 on eurotunnel, when you spend £100!) but hardly practicable for people who are flying.
Beer cheaper in French supermarkets, but not much else is, at the moment.
Shimmy Alcott, a few stock cubes. Yes, definitely a handful of dishwasher tablets, and teabags. Small sharp knife. Small bag of sugar. Maybe some small, high value tins. White crabmeat, for example (nice quick starter).
Is your accommodation providing bed linen and towels?
If so, you'll just need tea-towels and a few kitchen/hand towels.
You can economise on the two pairs of pants a day - clean one when you shower apres-ski. Or washing a few is not a hardship. For ski socks, 2 pairs. One one, one washed/drying.
Wear your heavy boots (not the ski boots  ). The only others you need are slippers. Helen might have underfloor heating (which I envy) but in most French apartments, with bare floors, you'll need slippers. But I'd rather take a bottle of whisky than a dressing gown.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Helen Beaumont, obviously pays a lot of attention - we're going to Residence Nereiges (sp?) in Belle Plagne if that makes any difference to things
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Helen Beaumont, forewarned is forearmed!
this makes interesting reading actually. I send out a list of things that it's good to bring - I might also add a list of things you don't need, to save people coming out with hairdryers, big towels, knife sharpeners, dishwasher tablets etc.
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| daehwons wrote: |
| ditch the underwear, go commando - take malt loaf if granny knickers or rice cakes if G strings |
if granny knickers then you should be eating the rice cakes.
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firebug, I think that would be very useful. It's always hard to know - and in many places you get nothing - not even salt and pepper. No toilet paper either. No washing up liquid. No spare light bulbs.
Actually, that's another for the list - at least enough to last your first 24 hours (which in the case of our family is a Great Deal!).
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Shimmy Alcott, what Nadenoodlee said...
Cheshire - a Cayenne - and he puts you through this hell? Time to upgrade to husband 2.0
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Agree with the ditch all the apres ski clobber - we all tend to slob around in pyjamas post skiing and only take the clothes we travel in pretty much
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brian
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Tea bags and decent whisky. Get the whisky at the airport, so all you need to worry about is the tea bags. Sorted.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Shimmy Alcott, Wincyette(sp?) pjs. Wear them indoors and wear them outdoors with your Uggs (well all the girls round here do) 
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As a matter of interest, what happens to your feet if you stand around in slushy puddles in your Uggs? Do they get wet? And how long do wet Uggs take to dry?
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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firebug, love my sorels - had them 15 years.
Boredsurfing, we have people to do that 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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firebug, those Sorel boots are sooooooooooooooper.
Why so shocked about tea towels? Do you dry your dishes on your trousers?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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pam w, I'm guessing she has a dishwasher!
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well I've got a dishwasher too but that doesn't mean you don't need tea-towels. I get through two clean tea-towels a day if I'm busy in the kitchen. In a rented apartment with one small chopping board, one mixing bowl, one knife, one wooden spoon, one saucepan and five and a half mugs, you can't be waiting for the dishwasher to fill up all the time. And if there's no salad spinner, what else do you dry your salad with?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Shimmy Alcott wrote: |
| daehwons, ooo, I'm usually a two pairs of pants girl on ski hols - one for the day one for the eve. Maybe I will just take seven pairs - replace with a head of garlic? |
What I do is wear new underpants in the evening and wear them again to ski the next day.
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| snowball wrote: |
What I do is wear new underpants in the evening and wear them again to ski the next day. |
Then turn them inside out and use again
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| jasongibson100 wrote: |
| snowball wrote: |
What I do is wear new underpants in the evening and wear them again to ski the next day. |
Then turn them inside out and use again |
Don't forget back to front as well
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no I don't use my trousers! I just would have thought you'd get them with the accomodation linen.
Shimmy Alcott, hehe they are lovely! fleecy lining, mmmm
I really need to get my own Sorels this year. I keep nicking monsieur's which have the extra attraction of being a bit too big and I can get two pairs of thick socks under them. toasty!
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