The Thrifty Gifty Girls 'n' Guys 2009 (Organised & Money Neutral for All Occasions)

furrypig

ending lots of love to all my thrifty gifty girlies and wishing you all a happy Valentines day!!

We have been relaxing walking to the beach enjoying the sunshine and had a lovely late lunch out!

Rainmac my friend's son broke his collarbone and was absolutely fine, don't feel guilty all our kids do the same. I was really upset when DD fell out of her carseat that was on the kitchen table and I had to take her to A & E!!

Missing you all and wish I could hug you all in person xxx

mum2one

Got to Tutorial eventually!! the Sat Nav worked perfectly, thou it took us another 30mins to find the car parking space that we'd been allocated, so funny as dad was sat at the back of the class with his word search book!!

Did a detour via McDonalds on way home, as we were already on the retail park, so went to home bargains.......

Done most of the easter shopping, dd, her best friend, my cousins 2 kids and mums friends 2 x grandchildren

Mini Easter Bucket
Set of Rabbit lollies
Mini chocolate eggs
Mini chocolate rabbits
Gold bunny
Works out at £2.00 per person.

Got more stuff for dds bday party (not till sept),
boys - 3 rubber + pencil sharpner set 39p each
girls - 3 rubber + pencil sets - 39p

Got some make ur own mask, stencil scrathes set, - ready for prizes 50p each.

Now got to wait for more supermarket vouchers to be cashed so i can have the money back!!
xx

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

Thanks Rusty, you sound as pi**ed off as I feel . I know OH can't help going away again but with everything else as well I do feel a bit dumped in the poo and left to sink or swim on my own. Good luck for your OH job or would you rather I not wish him luck cos you'd rather he find something much closed to home.

Do you want to pop round and help me scoff OH's choccies, got some nice bits sitting here looking at me saying eat me, eat me, EAT ME :rotfl:

I've just finished work ... but am in my pyjamas and slippers and about to jump in the car ... should be at yours for about 5am is that ok??? :rotfl:

bunbun2 wrote: »

hugs to rainmac and rusty.

rainmac so pleased to hear your mum doesn't need to have a mastectomy but sorry to hear your OH has to go away again. good new about your cat and hope he gets better soon. enjoy the chocs this evening - you deserve them!

rusty mixed feelings about your OH's interview eh? shame it is not closer to home. you know where I am...

Mixed feelings ... I know that the interview will be good and if he gets it then fantastic as we will have money coming in ... however its the whole distance thing ... when he works away he has been known to play away and I loose all trust for him which isn't good ... plus when he works away he gets back at the weekend and sleeps all weekend and doesn't help at all with the kids ... the kids miss him like crazy and .....

Stuff it sorry I am ranting again .... think I am just on a complete downer today ...

aurora_14 wrote: »

mhagster, rainmac, Rusty and everyone who needs it - sending you all lots and lots of love and hugs. I hope that things get better for you very soon. Just remember the love you feel and have for your other halves and your children - that's what keeps me going. If i can help in any way - please let me know.

And my little angels are working really hard. I have plenty of them and I like to share :-)
xxx

You are so lovely thankyou xx

aurora_14

Hello everyone. Hope you all are having a good Sunday. We've got a right miserable old day here. Hope the weather gets better soon as we have a lot on.

Just wanted to say a little something to Rusty and anyone who is in a similar position. From my experience, I found that voicing my concerns, worries and anything else is the way to sort things out if they don't work. With men, I can say - they have to be told otherwise they would not know and let's face it - noone is a mindreader, not even women (nevermind the men).
So in practice this means that in our household I established a weekly routine (you can do this daily, weekly, monthly - whatever works for you). Basically, both of us agree on the time when our session is going to take place. I make a huge pot of tea and we sit at our kitchen table and talk. We can talk anything and everything. The purpose is not only to give us one-to-one time but also it is the time when we discuss what makes us happy, sad, what worries us - basically it is a "sort it out" session. I know it might sound rather silly but it does work for me and my other half. Everyone goes through the good and the bad days but the point is that if you are in a relationship - there is the two of you to share the responsibilities and all the rest that involves your life together. And if you have children - that's even more of a reason to do this. From my own upbringing I've been marked for the rest of my life in a negative way. I am working on it every day and hope that one day I 'll be able to say - well, what happened happened - that's in the past, I am ok now. So you see, if you are having problems - communicate and sort them out together. I wish everyone all the best and a good and happy life whether you are in a relationship or being single. xxx

My Valentine's didn't go according to the plan. :-) OH had a siesta :-) - for 4 hours - fast asleep in front of the telly. Oh well, he had a good rest and today we shall have our Valentine's day. :j:j:j . I would like Valentine's everyday, really. Bit greedy, aren't I? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

xxx

rainmac

RustyFlange wrote: »

I've just finished work ... but am in my pyjamas and slippers and about to jump in the car ... should be at yours for about 5am is that ok??? :rotfl:

Mixed feelings ... I know that the interview will be good and if he gets it then fantastic as we will have money coming in ... however its the whole distance thing ... when he works away he has been known to play away and I loose all trust for him which isn't good ... plus when he works away he gets back at the weekend and sleeps all weekend and doesn't help at all with the kids ... the kids miss him like crazy and .....

Stuff it sorry I am ranting again .... think I am just on a complete downer today ...

You are so lovely thankyou xx

You didn't make it so ate enough of OH's chocs to satify my chocolate cravings and yours

I think you should sit down and have a long chat with your OH, I think aurora is aboslutely right, men need telling. I tend not to talk to my OH about what bothers me, I bottle it up and then errupt like a volcanco at some stage. Not good for either of us, going to use aurora's advice and talk regularly instead, much more civilised

mhagster

I have been creative and made 2 more invites...........6 more to go. It's not as if they are terribly complicated but it's just trying to grab a moment and do them.

Actually slept till 8am.unusual for me as I've waking up about 5.30am .
We've been for a walk down woods with dog and have taken photos!
I have cleaned downstairs windows inside and out and my friend popped round for a catch up.
I'll be going to Tesco soon for my Sunday afternoon bargains, the only time my kids get doughnuts is if they are reduced to 7p!

Enjoy your Sunday!
Mx

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

You didn't make it so ate enough of OH's chocs to satify my chocolate cravings and yours

I think you should sit down and have a long chat with your OH, I think aurora is aboslutely right, men need telling. I tend not to talk to my OH about what bothers me, I bottle it up and then errupt like a volcanco at some stage. Not good for either of us, going to use aurora's advice and talk regularly instead, much more civilised

I know I am soooo sorry ... I set off and realised I didn't have any money for diesel so turned around and came back home .... I didn't have cravings this morning though as I ate an emergency bar for breakfast :rotfl:

I am the same, I don't talk to my OH and errupt ... however he is worse than me as he won't open up at all ... not even to errupt so can't suggest using Auroras advice for us as it would go belly up ... he has gone out with his camera ... won't be back til after the sun has set so hopefully it will do him some good and cheer him up a bit ... if not I shall be in bed by 8

aurora_14

mhagster - well done you. All that work on Sunday. I don't know. :-) I take the view that Sundays are for putting your feet up but no longer does it seem to happen as we are trying all sorts to keep us going, especially financially. Can we see your photos? I love woodlands and everything to do with wood.

Edited. - Sorry girls, I probably said too much.

Have a good rest of the weekend everyone. xxx

JordanShannon

Aurora14/Rusty- it sounds like my mum and dad.
My mum and dad never communicated with each other(my mum did but my dad didnt think it was important), my dad worked nights so was asleep during the day, and then when he didn't see us he moaned, we he saw us he was a right b**s***d. I hated him he was awful to live with. He never made the effort with me, my brother or my mum. He was always criticising and we were never good enough for him. I don't want anything to do with him until he has got professional help. He left us for a while and in that time he managed to replace my mum for a size 12 33yr old blonde and me and my brother were replaced with two young boys (i'm not blaming the kids)
I'm blaming my dad mainly and the other woman as she knows what was happening and she didn't care. They were the ones that he woke up to on Christmas morning and lied to us all about it.
I really hate him, and there's still apart of me that believes my dad would never do something like that to hurt us. The sad fact is that he did, and i don't think i will ever forgive him for it.
I'm not saying any of this to change your mind or whatever, i'm just explaining what has happened to me.

Sorry for my long rant and depressing story
On a lighter note, i had a good valentines went to a posh resturant and had a lovely meal.
And this weekend i am going to Gloustershire for a spa weekend at Tortworth Court (i think its Gloustershire) with my mum and we are so excited we def need it after the year we've had

Hope all is well with everyone
lots of love and hugs
..xx

mhagster

well, I just have to share my thrifty, gifty( to me, love from me!) bargains!
Gorgeous bouquet was £25......for me £3.12, another one ,was £20, for me £2.50 ..........went through the till at 62p ,love it!got a couple of other bunches reduced all in all total spend on flowers £6.14.

we didn't get doughnuts but we got cookies!