Olive Oyls 12-month Countdown

Karmacat

What a lovely thread! Ampersand, Bob, you've really outdone yourselves - Olive, I *love* the sweeping thing, the no-sweeping thing really.

OliveOyl_2

I dislike hoovering intensly. I do it when we are expecting visitors and there isn't anyone else to palm it off on. I think I did it before the lodger came to stay, but that's only the once in 2009.

(we've mostly hard floors, it's the hall carpet that looks bad )

I find it makes Popeye feel useful/missed if I don't do *everything*

Missed a mystery shop this morning :mad: one of those lucrative bank jobs too.
But found £1 in a coat pocket, so yesterday my spend was -80p
Another NSD today

But I'm contemplating buying a watch that Lidl have this week. My last watch was stolen from the changing rooms at the gym before Christmas. My own fault I left it in the shower area, but I went straight back when I realised, so it was only a small window of opportunity, but some b1tch took it and didn't hand it in. (Ladies only changing room, no children, so must have been a not very nice woman - I'm a bit embarrassed to use that word, but I'm angry at the thief ) The old watch only cost £25, it wasn't posh, but I'm quite fussy about the style. It has to be Really Really easy to read, with numbers that aren't Roman (what are they called? I forget) with a second hand and a stretchy band, no complicated fastenings. The Lidl one is £4.98 and I think I've punished myself enough for being careless with my old one.

Stylish and me aren't really compatible Not like my daughter :rotfl: I think enough time has passed for me to coonfess something stupid that I did at Christmas
I wanted a new dress for a party and we went to a shopping Mall in a posh part of Jo'burg (as you do ) With Popeye & DD as wallet and advisor
One shop had a sale and a most ingratiating lady to assist "Moddom" and she went off and found the perfect dress, it was (is ) lovely and made me look nice. We asked about the price and she said "don't worry it is 50% off, would Moddom like some shoes? a wrap? some gloves?" etc. Finally she named a price that I converted to £50 :j :j Reduced to half price :j :j Further Discount for using credit card :j :j :j came to £13 . So I asked Popeye (almost jokingly) if that was OK and he said (as he would always say) "if you like it"
When we got to the till the dress was wrapped carefully in tissue, popped into a box and slid carefully into a designer bag..........and the bill was £130 :eek:

Yes dear reader, I have a £500 dress that I thought was worth £13 :rotfl:

ampersand

So just love it and love it, OO and wear it so many times that any guilt diminishes in ratio per wear to ZERO...........
re: the Chinese New Year(Ox, was Rat)sweepie wisdom, I still love this:
'My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance'.

Do enjoy buying and wearing your watch.

Have a copable day at work.
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p.s. Loathe housework generally, so Hoover was extracted(deep-mining op. from cupboard)for A's Chrimbo visit. If he wishes to come again it may well be repeated, not before.

taxi73

Love the aversion to housework on these boards..stops my guilt feelings.I second Ampersand RE: the dress and watch.

Karmacat

£130!!! You sort of *have* to enjoy that! Seriously, you like it, it likes you, go with the flow, Olive.

boredofbeingathome

ampersand wrote: »

'My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance'.

I love that saying:rotfl: :rotfl:

My tuppence worth would also say enjoy and wear the dress with pride. It is still a bargain:D

beanielou

Hope you have boughtr the watch hun.

mumoftwins

Hi Olive, BOB and all :hello:

Olive, good luck with your boss tomorrow, its about time he knew that he was employing 'rugrats' for staff :rotfl::rotfl:

Had a luvverly day yesterday being pampered from head to toe at Champneys in St Albans courtesy of CAP - this was my prize for winning their award last October, along with some M&S vouchers which have come in handy for work clothes.

But today I found an absolute bargain :j:j a Tula handbag, brand new and a lovely size for work, black in colour with various pockets and not too big. Now these usually retail at approx £80 + and this was................................................wait for it......................................................................... £4.59........ yes.... four pounds and fifty nine pence from a Charity Shop :rotfl::rotfl:After the woman had taken my money and given me a receipt I told her how much this would have been in somewhere like John Lewis and she laughed and told me to enjoy my bargain - that I will

Hope you're all ok xx

OliveOyl_2

Woooo Way to Go MoT :j :beer: :j

(not that I'd recognise a designer handbag from a carrier bag :rotfl: )



Well I looked at the floors tonight and swept past
But Lodger enjoyed her supper, even though I was merely tidying up the veg rack really

OliveOyl_2

beanielou wrote: »

Hope you have boughtr the watch hun.

Shan't be able to get it until Friday or Saturday when I can justify the journey - so still a NSD

And I got 25p on the scratch card