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

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Rusty i am so pleased that your creations were rescued, it would of been such a shame if they hadn't... I too am an xbox widow !! Pain in the [EMAIL="a@s"]a@s[/EMAIL]! that they are

Sylphraven... Great list !! I might have to borrow it ( minus the changing bag bit lol) It actually reminded me i need to make sure my camera is charged !!
Im still waiting to see if the postman brings my photos, if he doesnt i need to rush to Boots or Asda,to get mine printed.

Jammy Huge hugs to you all, Grandads huh !!!

Hugs to everyone that needs them today. Sorry i havent mentioned everyone i am abit like a headless chicken making sure i have everything ready for tomorrow !!

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sylphraven wrote: »

I need to write a list of what I need to do for tomorrow & what I need to take, so far off the top of my head I have.
Tidy House (moms coming to bbsit DS1 after school, though she says "dont worry about any mess", I know comments will be made at some point.
Sort out Changing bag (So DS2 has everything he needs while at my moms)
Trim Photos
Iron Clothes
Pack bag for NEC

To pack:
Lunch
Lipstick & Mirror
Hand Wipes
Tickets
Purse
Photos
Folder to carry creations home
Camera - Spare batteries

Are you going to take piccies of all the thrifty gifty girls???? so that we can all see you?

Shelley3774

I'm glad you feel better Rusty but it doesn't hurt to have a rant now and then and hopefully its put him in his place

Well still no news about my dog I just phoned the Vets and the results are still not in and was told to ring back tomorrow !! Bit annoyed as we were told they would be in yesterday.

Just made up some chocolate orange mousse for class tonight - really easy to do just made up orange jelly and stirred in a chocolate orange muller. Its setting lovely in the fridge - haven't done it before so hope it turns out ok:D Very cheap and easy to do and is very low in syns.

My boys are sleeping over my Nan's tonight (their great nanny) for the second time only as i'm mornings tomorrow and OH is nights tonight. She bought lovely wooden bunk beds especially for them in their own room so I think they are looking forward to it.

Finished my cousin's CV so just going to potter this afternoon or may have a snooze

Paddingtondoo - hope there is good news on the workfront for your OH

Rainmac - you are so kind offering to pay for Rusty :A:A:A:A

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

Rusty - you should be really proud of those bouquets and everything else you made cos they are all fab and such great presents to keep forever (and very MSE as well). What do OH's know? NOTHING is the answer!!!

If my OH said he was buying/had ordered an XBox or whatever I'd go ballistic. Will you be able to stop yourself throwing the blinking thing across the room? Not sure I could? I'd teach my little one to jam food in it or something. I can be quite awful I know If you can get to the NEC tomorrow I'll buy your ticket and you can share whatever food I take. You deserve it missus! Tell OH he is in charge for the day, may do him some good and appreicate you more for everything you do.

I sent you some Quickutz shapes that I squeezed, hope they arrive safely and if you want any more of the same you know where to come (I've got loads of bits of card - perfect for squeezing ).

Huge Hugs to everyone, think most of us need one :grouphug:

Hi Rainmac,

Thankyou very much for the kind offer, I really appreciate it but I really can't. I really would love to come but it just isn't possible. I had saved up half of the money to come but now it looks like I will have to use it on the bills as he is clueless about how little money we actually have yet he deals with the bills You are very lovely and very kind xxx

Also wanted to say a big massive thankyou for the die cuts you have sent ... the posty has just dropped them through the letterbox :j :j :j they are fab thankyou!!! Can I just ask did you strip the papers up into long sheets then cut them? they are fantastic thankyou I bought my first die the other day out of my money neutral pot it was the round tag one I used that on my cards or rather the 2nd die in the pack. I will pop something in the post for you tonight ...

Shelley sorry to hear there is no news, surely no news is good news though? fingers crossed for you

thankyou for all the lovely comments

rainmac

RustyFlange wrote: »

Hi Rainmac,

Thankyou very much for the kind offer, I really appreciate it but I really can't. I really would love to come but it just isn't possible. I had saved up half of the money to come but now it looks like I will have to use it on the bills as he is clueless about how little money we actually have yet he deals with the bills You are very lovely and very kind xxx

Also wanted to say a big massive thankyou for the die cuts you have sent ... the posty has just dropped them through the letterbox :j :j :j they are fab thankyou!!! Can I just ask did you strip the papers up into long sheets then cut them? they are fantastic thankyou I bought my first die the other day out of my money neutral pot it was the round tag one I used that on my cards or rather the 2nd die in the pack. I will pop something in the post for you tonight ...

Shelley sorry to hear there is no news, surely no news is good news though? fingers crossed for you

thankyou for all the lovely comments

Don't want you you popping anything in the post for me not when you have bills to pay missus. I didn't give you the die cuts thinking you would give me something back, they are a pressie

I did do that, cut 12 x 12 sheets into strips and than ran the strips through the Squeeze. Also have been keeping off-cuts of card that I have had left over from other things and used that. Am wondering about cutting loads and trying to sell them as sets on ebay? Need to think about that one...

Don't want to speak out of turn and I'm not sticking my nose in but has your OH been to the Job Centre to see what help/support is available for job seeking and if he is entitled to any financial help? Would be worth it if he hasn't been already.

Will miss you tomorrow but understand why you can't come. Will have to do something else another time

rainmac

Shelley3774 wrote: »

Well still no news about my dog I just phoned the Vets and the results are still not in and was told to ring back tomorrow !! Bit annoyed as we were told they would be in yesterday.

So sorry you haven't heard anything Shelley, not good when they said you'd get results yesterday!

Your mousse sounds yummy

Shelley3774

rainmac wrote: »

So sorry you haven't heard anything Shelley, not good when they said you'd get results yesterday!

Your mousse sounds yummy

Thanks Rainmac I will let you know how the tester evening goes ;);)
As soon as I hear about the dog I will let you all know x

hayley11

Rusty - Glad your stuff was saved :T Would have been a terrible shame. Your bouquet is very pretty. I can totally understand how you feel with regards to bills and money. My OH doesn't have a clue how much money we have coming in or going out. God forbid anything happened to me because he honestly wouldn't have a clue. He doesn't even know how to access his own online banking :rolleyes: He ordered some footy boots last week - for £30, but he didn't bother to check the shipping or billing address so they were sent to our old apartment :mad: Hopefully they will be returned to and we'll get a refund but we're £30 down for now anyway. And he wanted to order another pair, yeah right, don't think so mister!!

We got into a right mess financially last summer because he just quit his job then wouldn't sign on so he had no money coming in for 3 months and I have no idea how we managed to stay afloat. Well I suppose we didn't really, we're in a DMP now because we got so behind with our debt repayments and we owe hundreds to the gas, elec and water Luckily i'm on track with everything now but it wasn't a fun time. And all the worry landed on me, because he doesn't care about things like that and he wonders why I get stressed out and sad? :rolleyes: It's pretty much the only thing we argue about.

Shelley - my fingers are crossed for your dog Really hope he/she is okay x

I've got lots to do today and I got up really late which surprised me because I was asleep before 1 last night and i'd napped for about an hour when I got back from ice skating. All that skating must have wiped me out :rotfl:

I'm still feeling very happy today, I had the best birthday ever yesterday (for some reason my birthdays are usually rubbish!) I'm going to try and get everything on my list done while i'm in a happy mood

So I am sending some of my happy vibes to anybody that needs a little pick me up......

furrypig

rainmac wrote: »

We could do a Thrify Gifty swap shop, fill a bag with stuff you're not using and send it to someone from the thread? In return you get a bag of stuff some someone else. Just an idea

i think this is a great idea tho not sure if anyone would want what I don't!! IUSWIM!!

or we could do this for the next meet up!!! Very mse recycling etc etc and getting new bits to play with!

chocolate.orange_2

:hello: furrypig See you in the morning :rotfl:

Of course Rainmac,PinkladyMel,Sylphraven and Mellisa

I was joking with furrypig yesterday

Well great news here ...My photos have arrived

Shelley3774 Hope you get some good news soon.. P.S I'm not cheap :rotfl:

Rusty Hide his cable from the xbox to the tv... That will sort him out Or download something on the pc whilst he is playing , this will cause lagging,lots of swearing and great satisfaction for you :rotfl:

Hayley11 So pleased you had a great day yesterday


Right i am going to feed the boys then take them to my mums