The Thrifty Gifty Girls 2009 (Organised & Money Neutral for All Occasions) #3

LOADSS of you asked to see what I bought so here is my newest blog update (GEESH) with shoddy photos and blogspot leaving gaps everywhere!!
http://pinkladymel.blogspot.com/

Aurora I have been so busy lately getting ready and finished.. I only had time last night to look at your blog and saw you had deleted it all. I was so worried that something had happened to you. I don't know what is going on but my door is always open for you, you know that xx Take it easy will you and give yourself a break.. you can't punish yourselves for others simple mindedness.

RUSTY You old bag what have you been doing!! Ah you are such a sausage.. stop getting so down over people that don't matter. You are all that matters and them kids.. Take care of yourself and get your life back.. you have always been inspirational.. don't let it slip now x

Anyone else?? LOL

I don't even know where to begin on replying so I'll sheepishly wave and say 'love you all' and dash back out..

Rocky Road...

Here you go, this is what I do...
4 tbsp butter
3 tbsp golden syrup
400g chocolate (I use 200g each of milk and dark - Ikea choc is quite cheap, melts well and is lovely)
150g chocolate chip cookies broken into small pieces
a large handful of mini marshmallows
4 tbsp raisins or dried cranberries (I tend to use cranberries cos I like them)
10 glace cherries chopped into small pieces

Melt the butter and syrup together in a pan until smooth, remove from the heat.
Melt the chocolate.
Combine all ingredients together and stir to mix well.
Tip the mixture into an 18cm square tin lined with clingfilm and level the surface.
When cool, cover and chill for about 3 hours.
Remove from the tin, peel off clingfilm and cut into 16 chunks
EAT and enjoy

Have to say a massive thank you to all the ladies today for keeping me sane! Been very good and did my assisgnment, ok confession time I had no choice had a weeks extension and it had to by midnight, started at 10am, got it finished by 9pm, that was plenty of rest breaks, and I even managed to draw 2 diagrams in word, for me that is a miracle.

Rainmac - (if it isn't apologies), for the rocky road recipe thats being copied and may be done next sat..........

haveing a chill out with TV, a large glass of Heather Cream, (from my trip to Scotland last yr), and the computer.

Fun here, dd asleep in her rm, dad is in my rm watching football, not my fault if freeview doesnt do Hallmark channel - repeat or not I'm bagging the best tv, mum has gone to bed and Whisky gone up to bed as well, thou I can hear the pitter patter of tiny!! feet so think our Whisky has got !!!!!! mode on, he is dads dog to a t, but mine when were in Devon as he knows I'll nip for a swift drink!!
xx

You've had the mum incident with the cereal, dad with his false teeth and coconut ice, dd telling the teacher re ceral, so time for a Whisky story.

A few yrs ago (early 2001), Id brought mum and dad an overnight mystery trip with our local coach firm and I'd got the weekend off work so that Whisky had company. So packed them off on the coach on the Sat morning, and was bored so thought I know I'll paint the kitchen, and hall, stairs and landing, so headed to B+Q, got the gear including what I thought was mums favourite colour magnolia......... Whisky helped in the kitchen........ he was half covered in paint, so he had to be bathed. That night he wouldnt eat his tea, so me being daft sod, went down to Safeway and brought him a Roast Chicken......he managed to eat that. That night took him upstairs (he sleeps in their room), I had to sleep in their bed as he wouldnt settle, about 3am I heard snoring coming from by me, was a bit worried.......Whisky had got himself into bed under the quilt, head on pillow snoring for England, next day he refused to eat again, so back down to Safeway for roast chicken, he eat it......had to put him in the car to fetch mum and dad.
Hes as spolit to this day xx

Another dog story.....
Yrs ago (I was 18), we had a Springer Spaniel called Kim, and at the time my 1st car was a Vauxhall Chevette hatchback, affectionly know as the pig, every where I went Kim use to come with me, he'd start off in the boot, the jump over to the back seat then 30 seconds later he'd be sat on the passenger seat.
Around the time of my mums 50th, and her friend had come across got a bit tiddly.........she couldnt put one foot in front of other, she only lived 2 mins away, but I said Id drive her, so Kim come with me, in the bootm then back seat then he cottoned on to the fact that there was someone in his seat, the whole journey he had his front paws on her shoulder as if to say you've got my seat.......

The same day, as one of mums other friends had been drinking, but she decided to walk home, wanted to sober up, she got home then went to close the front room curtains, forgetting that she had them on a posh pully system, she janked the curtain and they both came off the rail, she was wrapped up in them on the floor for an hr until her husband came home.......when we see the typhoo advert that use to be on (the woman did the curtain trick) we just to laugh at it. xx