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

scattymam1

wow rufus 1995 - you went through the mill - so to speak.

I ordered some papers yesterday to do the exploding box - excited for that. Basic greys sugared inspired by rainmacs box as I thinks that what she used.

jammy - you have to get some before and after photos up of your house - love seeing stuff like that - I did it for my first flat and the differences were amazing.

Today is my fave day as I get to go to the chiropractor - I really need it - aching all over, my next two treatments are free cos I booked a package - yippee...that's 54.00 saved for the two sessions. I have one a month.

Dad is taking us out for tea again - yahoo so I have til lunch to get the house tidy and clean incase we have viewers later and theres no tea to prepare and the bairn had her bath last night so that saved time.

DD seems better today - propping her bed up with books like plm said seems to have worked for her seal cough.

I have lots to ebay and lots for a car boot, and have ordered some card bags that were on sale to put some cards in to sell at my carboot.

scattymam1

Planning on using my scraps for the cards so it won't cost anything to make some cards but has anybody noticed how much people sell cards for at car boots as opposed to craft fairs.?

mhagster

Don't you night owls have beds to go to?
I don't function without my 8 hours in bed! I am an early riser though and if I have a late night it all catches up and I feel dreadful!

In Nigella mode this morning, made meringues(cooling) and a quiche and just made crumble mix, will chop up fruit later!

birthday pancakes this morning for breakfast, minor altercation with grumpy son before school, upset b'day girl missing her daddy, quick call to Melbourne, walk dog ,took daughter to school walk home...........I'm off to work for a rest! catch you later x

jamtart6

mum2one you must be so excited for Tunisia! Can't believe she is already packed, she sounds so lovely! Bless her!! Pradamark is my most favourite shop for clothes. Its ace!!!

Rufus - that sounds like the worst year. Why is it some years are so bad, and others so good? Still as you say, you have a minirufus who sounds fab Cant wait to see pics of your pages. I'm sure your OH will love it

scatty - I will try and put some pics on my blog of the house! You can see the difference already which is great! The next few jobs are lots of ££ but you can't see anything for it (like heating!) Not sure about how much cards are at boot sales? glad miniscatty is on the mend! bless these poorly children! have fun at the chiro, hope you feel better soon, not nice to be aches and pains is it. where did you order your basic grey from? i know i shouldn't but i think i might NEED some (for cheering up purposes!)

mhagster - check you out 9.36 and already made meringues! well done you! happy birthday to mini mhagster! I mostly live off 6hrs sleep a night, and then a monster lie in on a Sunday to recover! I am not a morning person though, god help the day I have to get up at 7am!

scattymam1

from glitterpot - half price for the 6 by 6 pack - so was only 2.50ish...and they have free delivery for limited time at the moment. I got the in stitchez stuff too. can't wait to try them out

jamtart6

scattymam1 wrote: »

from glitterpot - half price for the 6 by 6 pack - so was only 2.50ish...and they have free delivery for limited time at the moment. I got the in stitchez stuff too. can't wait to try them out

oh dear. I can barely refuse can I !!!!!! :rotfl::T

scattymam1

does anybody else do global test market surveys? - if so are they ok - seemed ok but then saw they were usa based!

scattymam1

ok delivery is free until midnight tonight at glitterpot. I also made an order from scrummystashcafe.co.uk - loads of their stuff was reduced too - I got in stitchez twine half price and some lovely sassafrass rainbow papers half price too

jamtart6

naughty just spent £11 on scrummystashcafe BUT got 5 sets of alphabets which Ive been wanting ages. I've never treated myself to stash like this online as I used to work for a large craft retailer so every saturday was stash time, but that was far too much fun!

mum2one

scattymam1 wrote: »

does anybody else do global test market surveys? - if so are they ok - seemed ok but then saw they were usa based!

Hi
I do those surveys, its a 50/50 whether you get screened out but the payments, are ok, pay by vhq, takes about 4-6 weeks to come through, theweird thing is 1,000 points (minimum payout) cmes to about £27 or so. Worth percervieing with them x