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Old 28th September 2011, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MaidenScotland View Post
Licide ,, for head lice 150 LE for a spray on bottle but you can get lotion in a small bottle for around 5 Le
we spent quite a lot on lice meds a few months ago. so happy that little blip is long over!

we went to maadi city centre a few days ago...

taxi from helwan to carrefour: 30LE

rides at "magic planet" (merry go round, some other "go round", dirty play area): 7LE per kid for merry go round
5LE for other spinning ride
10LE per kid on play area
we spent 200LE very quickly on rides and ticket games.

crappy meal of mcdonalds:
42LE for 3 Happy Meals

carrefour:
Clorox wipes 26-28LE for 35 wipes (depending on fragrance)
pint of ben & jerry's 60LE (we bought two)
Clorox oxi cleaner 42.5LE for 900gm
S-26 Gold baby formula (0-6 months) 80LE for 900gm
Bio Applesauce 4 for 19LE
Comfort fabric softener (the blue one) 3L 19LE

mothercare:
girl's underwear size 3-4 and 4-5 7 pair package for 150LE
two summer dresses (sale) 150LE each
two 3-6 month overall (sale) 130LE
one 3-6 month summer set (sale) 90LE
they were having a 50% sale - it's still going on if anyone is interested. includes strollers, i noticed...

taxi home: 30LE


family with strep infections:

3 children - zithromax - 650mg suspension 27LE each
1 baby - amoxicillin - 7LE
2 adults - ampiclox - 15LE each


trip to look at amgad international school:

taxi: 30LE

9000+ LE for nursery (3 year olds) with the understanding that daughter would have to repeat nursery again next year because all spots for kg1 were already filled (????). poor english abilities noted in staff and instructor (side note).
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