sorry I missed the paaaaaaaaaaaaaarty AND DFW DAILY CHAT ; )

GingerSte

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

It feels like we've bypassed Autumn and gone straight into Winter here :rolleyes:

The top sounds lovely - but if you're not entirely comfortable with it, how about a scarf or a necklace to err, break the area up a bit

I was going to say "How about tassles?;) ", but thought better of it.

Gemmzie

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

only a reversible one which is quite a heavy material. It would add even more lumps and bumps :rotfl:

Then bare those mammaries for all :rotfl:

I like Red's suggestion of a scarf or jewellery if it'll go too!

Burlesque_Babe

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

The top sounds lovely - but if you're not entirely comfortable with it, how about a scarf or a necklace to err, break the area up a bit

problem is a scarf or necklace won't cover up the cleavage area, I am going to wear a necklace but that won't be low enough ....I mean, nothing is going to fall out or anything, but because i am overly endowed I am overly cautious about showing anything........good job Len isn't here, he would have asked to see photos to judge for himself! :rotfl:

I just googled 'cleavage' to give a comparison and wonder if I'm being over sensitive in comparison to the search results :rotfl:

Gemmzie

GingerSte wrote: »

Cool. 30 or 60GB?

I've got 60. :cool:

It's a 30, I got it when they were very new so there was only one type! Damn thing is full now though :rolleyes:

GingerSte

Gemmzie wrote: »

It's a 30, I got it when they were very new so there was only one type! Damn thing is full now though :rolleyes:

That's quite good going. I've only got about 5000 tracks on mine. Loads of room for more.

redsquirrel80

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

problem is a scarf or necklace won't cover up the cleavage area, I am going to wear a necklace but that won't be low enough ....I mean, nothing is going to fall out or anything, but because i am overly endowed I am overly cautious about showing anything........good job Len isn't here, he would have asked to see photos to judge for himself! :rotfl:

I just googled 'cleavage' to give a comparison and wonder if I'm being over sensitive in comparison to the search results :rotfl:

Oh go for it - it sounds lovely. As long as you're not wearing it with a mini skirt am sure it's not over the top (so to speak :rotfl:)

Gemmzie

GingerSte wrote: »

That's quite good going. I've only got about 5000 tracks on mine. Loads of room for more.

I have a ridiculous amount of music. My next task is to get some of my parent's records onto it :cool:

Bunnyinthelights

Ah BB, you got it, flaunt it!

Dunna worry about a wee bit of cleavage-is a good thing!

Burlesque_Babe

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

As long as you're not wearing it with a mini skirt am sure it's not over the top (so to speak :rotfl:)

Nope, my skirt will be firmly around my ankles (with a long bit of material inbetween!!!)....it's a work skirt...........sigh.......pity I don't have about 6 of them in different colours and patterns as it's a nice shape.

Buffythedebtslayer

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

not personal at all I was made redundant in May 07 when I escaped the boss from hell who was bullying me and made me incredibly ill. I took 'issue' with this situation after I left and although I'd cleared the majority of my debt before that, some of the money cleared the rest.

I needed to completely rebuild my 'head' as I was a mess mentally and it took 6 months before I was able to apply for the most basic job (I was a senior NHS manager on nearly 30k :rolleyes: ) and just did AQA during that time. I then got the part time job where I am now in March. It pays £7.50 per hour and is 18 hours a week (I wasn't even brave enough to work full time). I top that up as much as possible with AQA for the rest of the working week, weekends and when I'm on leave, but that can be a bit soul destroying and also sometimes very quiet. Part of me starting again was desiding to do exactly what I wanted and moving away from my old career as I had done the work for 15 years and had had enough. I always wanted to teach so going in teaching adults was a great way to get qualified and also fulfil the deesire to teach. Pay for that is £17 an hour :j but obviously only a couple of hours a week and I've only just started. So basically, the 3 jobs make up my income:


Office job: £525 per month after tax/NI
AQA: as much as I can handle but really need to do at least £700 to take into account taz and NI (never quite get there though and savings get hammered!)
teaching - will work out at £25 per session after tax and NI.
WTC - I got £100 this month , my first payment.

To break even - mortgage, utilities, council tax, petrol I need £1000 a month. OH (reluctantly) lets me buy around £75 worth of food a month as his 'contribution':rolleyes: and then I have to earn whatever on top to top up the food needed etc. I often have to dip into my savings as it is hard to earn a great deal on AQA unless you do all hours of the day and night (and I'm a very fast researcher now)

The teaching planning is cutting right into my AQA time, but I've worked out my 2 salaries plus WTC will be £780 at the end of October and (if I've done my sums right) £850 at the end of November, so less to do on AQA, but I can't have any kind of let up as I earn no money for any kind of social life or anything apart from literally bills and 3 meals a day. It's just me paying the mortgage and what have you as OH has his own house. I could go back into my old field of work and earn 30k again but I'd be bored within 6 months, I just know I would. I'm willing to be skint and grit my teeth if I can re-build a new career. I'm hoping by next Summer to have moved up a few rungs, I'm 'together' enough now to want to get my teeth into a meatier job.

DF for me isn't fun, but the alternative was to stay in a situation where I'd be saving around £600 a month from my salary but quite possibly in a mental asylum by now.

Ocassionally I get a bit upset and frustrated at my low salary, I have to confess. I'm loving where I work and I am really hopeful it works out as a good move to stick with them when we merge.

Wow thank you! as some one who does teach, why do you want to? Sorry sounds so negative - I just think most days I if I could go back to my 20 something self I would tell her not to teach, its the main reason why I am in debt and really if I am honest I would leave in a heartbeat if I wasn't in debt - roll on dec 09! Mind you maybe if you could go back in time you would probably say a similar thing to yourself.

I do think you do an impressive amount tho BB. have no idea how you manage. I mean during the week I am busy but Saturdays I chill (apart from driving lessons) and Sundays I study. I just don't know how you do it!

xxxx