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

bikerchick1066

shevs that's great news about the holiday. Vegas eh, do I hear the sound of Elvis?

Lovely Mothers Day, got up at 6am to do a boot fair, my son came down on his motorbike at 10 with a flask of tea and bought me a hot dog for brekkie. Much better than breakfast in bed. Made over £40 for my money neutral pot. But I spent £10 of it this morning getting my car cleaned inside and out. £10 well spent though, it looks and smells fabulous. Not a lot left to sell now, but the house is well and truly decluttered. (Apart from the three carrier bags full of stuff I bought at Olympia on Saturday)

rainmac

Shelley3774 wrote: »

Wow Shevs what a fantastic boyfriend you have - can you share him please :j When are you going? It's fantastic out there you will have a ball x

Thanks Jamtart I feel a little better although OH and my little boy are feeling poorly. Usually i would feel sorry for myself and not do much but i've managed to crack on and do all the cleaning. Just need to hoover now which is a mammoth task in a 3 storey :eek::eek:

I'm wondering if chocolate would make me better its a very good medicine so I think I will have a go at making a malteser cake. Sounds gorgeous and easy to do so going to pop up shop for all the bits. Sod the diet

Goochie thanks for your message and you can pm me anytime too :A

Maltesters are more or less diet food as they are full of little holes Malteser cake sounds lush Thinking of you this week Shelley

Mum2one - love the story Have you started writing your book yet?

Shevs - 14 broken bones, blimey missus :rolleyes: Fab news about the holiday to Vegas, you'll have a great time!

Shevs

He hardly ever suprises me, once in a blue moon type of thing but I have to hand it to him this time, he's really surpassed himself. Will have to give him a big snog when I see him tonight lol. Going in May, cant wait. I dont think we will be visiting the little white chapel whilst we're over there with how the living arragments are at the mo but never say never so I may just come back to good old blighty with a Mr. Shevs lol.

Yeah me, bro and sis were a nightmare for me mam and dad growing up. I hold the record at 14 but they arent far behind me. They were always in A&E with one of us with broken bones, makes you wonder what the the Dr's thought :eek: ha ha

mhagster

oooooh look at me, posting in the middle of the day instead of after 3.30pm, I'm on a day off, have been shopping, got a new top for my b'day...only 6 days of my 30's left, I've been to Ikea and we've have had lunch in one of these eat as much food as you can stuff in your face buffets.....all of these lovely things with my husband and no children to be seen! JOY!

went to ikea to get a replacement lamp for one that daft little kitten ripped to shreds by running up inside it but managed to get new glass tumblers and jug and napkins and paper cups and plates and candles and 2 shelvey things(now they were a bargain!). I love Ikea and my husband hates it! tough!

It is pouring with rain, really windy and rather cold outside and I will need to go or dd2 in an hour.

Made rocky road cake yesterday........slightly modified rainmac's recipe to what I had and it' s yummy but it's for my party, trying to get a bit done everyday this week. Also made mars bar cake.

Anyway ,will go and do something housewifely now!
have a nice Monday,M

pinkladymel

**This is just me offloading and will probably be a bit upsetting at the end so please ignore if you are sensitive**

Cancer is such a terrible disease and I have lost a lot of people because of it. My dad lost his parents when he was 6.. his mother to asian flu and his dad to cancer, one on bonfire night the other on christmas eve. My uncle passed away at 38 with brain cancer and it really broke my mums heart. She is now dealing with my aunty who has had a double masectomy but the cancer still continues. My mum herself has nothing left inside her, they have taken every possible thing that they can to stop the cancer spreading, including her womb at a very young age, before she got to give my dad his boy. Because my dad was orphaned he has no experience of being a parent and because my mum is always dealing with loss.. they never made the most stable and happy childhood for me, not for want of trying.

Every negative part of me right now, every emotional fault and bad programming in my brain is through cancer. I wish I could wrong the rights but I can't and so instead I just want to help everyone I can. I want to bring other people love and make sure that no one ever has to deal with life alone.

On saturday I was in the car waiting for Lee to come out of Asda and me and logey were looking in the mirror doing a TV show together. I was so happy it made me want to cry and squeeze him (not with a sizzix) Then I heard this shouting. I looked out of the window and this crazy woman is grabbing her son of about 6 and shouting in his face and he was sobbing. Instantly his crying made me cry my heart out. I watched them and when they got to the car she grabbed his arm and threw him against the bonnet, he was still screaming and crying. I called the police and took her numberplate down.

In that moment I wanted to be some kind of superhero vigilante.. to follow her and in the dead of night slap her about a bit and see how she liked it.

I'm kinda offloading again today but that made me really upset and as I had just been sharing such a beautiful moment with my little boy I wondered how the hell these people can be a mother and do that sort of thing to their children. This is probably the 10th or more time I have had to call the police for child violence. It makes me sick.

pinkladymel

I have seen the hamper thread and it looks awesome. I was thinking last year about running an advent swap between us because we knew each other so well and a few of us were upset because our partners were very 'tell me what you want and i'll buy it' and there was no magic to look forward to!

I contacted the board guides about it and was told it was a bit tricky because of the no selling/swapping policies and liability and I would have to take responsibility and do it in my own space ie. a different forum. In the end I think there was a lot going on so I just left it.

Advent swap is where you have a budget and buy your swapee 24 presents to open, one a day. We all open and take pics and share every day.

I run this every year on my scrapbooking team and didn't know if anyone here would have been interested?

sylphraven

Well done Plums, a lot of people would have turned there heads & tried not to get involved in any way.

Glad to hear your having a great day off mhags

Ouch Shevs! Touch wood, so far I havent had any broken bones. How nice of your OH to surprise you with such a fun holiday.

Maltesers arent too bad diet wise, but a malteser cake is, its soooooooo scrummy though

OH is at home & is really surprising me! He spent yesterday cooking the roast & tidying the kitchen while I had a nap, today he's tidied the bedroom - all except a few things on my side of the bed as he's unsure where I want it. I hope this cleaning frenzy keeps going

pinkladymel

I woke up with a really sore throat and a stinking cold yesterday so moped my way through the BBQ and then lay on the sofa all night with a duvet. On the plus side I got to see Lost (oh boy I missed it) and finished the second book in the Twilight series 'New Moon' and it made me cry!! Everything makes me cry these days.. I need to harden up a bit...

RAAHH!!

I slept today until 1:30 then lee made me some chicken soup and put me a sudafed plug in on. Thank god. I was dying.

I have got manflu!!

Shelley3774

Pinkladymel your post made me almost cry, what terrible tragedy has hit your family. Cancer is an evil disease and hits many families mine included I lost my Grandad and Great Nan to it. I totally understand how you must have felt when you saw that woman physically abuse that little boy - that is despicable and i would have found it very hard not to approach her. Trouble is you don't know the reaction you will get :mad: I'm glad you did the right thing and contacted the police. Hope you feel better soon x

Well so much for my malteser cake I bought all the ingredients but they had sold out of loaf tins - I went to the Mcarthur Glen outlet next door and they wanted £8 for a tin. i nearly fainted definitely won't pay that so I've had to come home. May have to go to Asda later now:mad::mad::mad::mad: Can't put it off until tomorrow I need it NOW;)

mum2one

Shelley3774 wrote: »

Pinkladymel your post made me almost cry, what terrible tragedy has hit your family. Cancer is an evil disease and hits many families mine included I lost my Grandad and Great Nan to it. I totally understand how you must have felt when you saw that woman physically abuse that little boy - that is despicable and i would have found it very hard not to approach her. Trouble is you don't know the reaction you will get :mad: I'm glad you did the right thing and contacted the police. Hope you feel better soon x

Well so much for my malteser cake I bought all the ingredients but they had sold out of loaf tins - I went to the Mcarthur Glen outlet next door and they wanted £8 for a tin. i nearly fainted definitely won't pay that so I've had to come home. May have to go to Asda later now:mad::mad::mad::mad: Can't put it off until tomorrow I need it NOW;)

Just popped in 4 a quick peep, keeps the studying fresh......thatsthe excuse I'm using!!
That malteser cake sounds fab, could I be very cheeky and grab the recipe off you. I've set myself a 40 things to do b4 I'm 40, and included on that list is cook 40 things I've never done b4 ( I have such a sweet tooth ) xx