Life's FREE pleasures

strumpet

My spirits need lifting because there's still 39 minutes of work left before I can go home and relax with a pink gin. So I'm thinking of my favourite things which cost (almost) nothing.

1. Getting into a bed made with freshly laundered cotton sheets, which were dried on the washing line, after having enjoyed a nice hot bath with lavender and papaya bathbomb, scented candles, a large glass of wine (important to bathe the inside as well as the outside:rotfl:),a calming CD playing and nice, soft fluffy towels.

2. Snuggling up on the sofa with OH, on a Suaturday afternoon, wrapped up in a big duvet, listening to the rain lashing against the window, watching Bette Davis films.

3. Ringing Church Bells

4. Climbing Lake District fells on cold winter's mornings, and watching the sun burn off the mist from the meadows.

5. Singing with my Barbershop Quartet at garden parties on summer's evenings hearing those exquisite harmonies carry away on the breeze.

Right - that's me!
What can you lot come up with?

Strumpet
xxx

SmellyOldSock

Mine is a cup of coffee and chocolate bar and NO KIDS!

a bath, with aromatherpy oils, nice and hot and NO KIDS!

going to the loo, with loo paper already in situ and NO KIDS banging on door!

My favourite thing of all is laying in bed in the morning with my 3 little humbugs! I love em!

shopaholictiedtheknot

Sitting on the toilet with my bathroom window open watching the sunrise (no the neighbours can't see me!!)

icka

Hi Scrumpet

I love having someone hand me a cup of tea with out even having to be asked.

Watching Love Actually all cuddled up on couch with mug of hot chocolate on a rainy day.

When I hear my favourite song come on the radio.

Having friend you havent heard from in years get in touch

Listening to someone on here get Debt free after working so hard.

Knowing I am doing my best to try to change my spend thrift ways and sort my life out.

Watching Bear Gyrlly - the man is god

Great thread

xx

**Amy**

I love:

1) Getting into a bed with clean sheets, clean hair and new PJs on

2) Having a duvet day, when you know you dont have to be anywhere, staying in your PJs all day, not worrying about hair/make up, watching all the old films you love

3) Spending time playing with my cats. They are very very entertaining and very giving.

4) Having Mondays off on occasion, the fab feeling on Sunday night when I realise I have an extra lie in!

x

Bargainfinder_3

lol - love the loo with no kids!

Mine:

- having got myself into gear, walking around the local nature reserve with my dog at my heels
- Having my one on one at choir / singing my solo at our concerts
-Spending hours curled up at the PC chatting on MSE!!
- Shutting the curtains and snuggle up on the sofa with a drink watching repeats of House while OH is out
-Reading in the bath
-Waking up on a Saturday morning and remembering that this is the Saturday I had planned a lie-in, and then snuggling back down into the duvet while listening to OH mowing the lawn outside
-using the bbq in the summer to cook something I'd already planned to cook, i.e baked potatoes and chops

oooh the list goes on and on! xx

aligerdie

Ahhh, I'm with you on the bedsheets and washing line thing....bliss!

For me it would have to be lying in bed on a sunday morning, being able to hear hubby downstairs with the kids, knowing that I dont have to get up....bliss! (even better would be the smell of bacon wafting up the stairs too....)

Lying on the settee watching tv with the cat snuggled up on me....I reckon if she could type that would be one of her blissfull things too :rotfl:

getting into a nice hot bath with my ipod, a beer and no kids...and knowing that I don't have to get out for a very.....very....long time!

I'm sure theres more, right now its pretty quiet in my household as the 2 youngest monsters have fallen asleep. Now that is bliss....

strumpet

Some great things here. Excellent - the time to go-home is slipping by!

Strumpet
xxx

Tinkabell25

1 The smell of freshly cut grass or freshly brewed coffee (despite the fact i don't like coffee!)
2 Waking up to find its saturday and i can stay in bed for a bit longer!
3 Relaxing into a nice warm bath with a few candles, a glass of wine and a good book
4 Having a nice big laugh! Cheers me up no end.
5 My 1yr old cat wanting a cuddle (sad i know, they're like my children!!)
6 A big cuddle from my OH

That's me off into a happy dream for the rest of this day!! Thanks!!!:beer:
Tink x

strumpet

I just thought of another one:

Hearing my 2 year old nephew giggle when I do my Thomas the Tank Engine expression.

Choo Choo!

Strumpet
xxx