Diary of a Poor Person aged 46 1/2

mrscmr

ooo i know losing weight would help ME too! ooopss but i dont drink or smoke!

porridge oats? um how does that work? must google it!

thanks xxx

spendtoomuch

I don't drink or smoke either so know what you mean! Yes porridge oats does work, I promise!!

beanielou

awww bless.
No ideas to help Im afraid though

mrscmr

One of the best and cheapest things you can do is put some porridge oats in a muslin/bit of old tights at bath-time. Make sure you squeeze so the oat "milk" comes out; this is really soothing and colours the water beautifully (I think it actually makes it look rather "expensive").

above is the oat thingy... sooo i need to do that!

spendtoomuch

yes or mix with a bit of milk to make a paste and put straight on affected areas. My son grew out of it quickly but this was the only thing that honestly worked for him, cleared it within a week when it was bad. Give it a go, you will be amazed x

Snowdonlily

Hi, I hope you're feeling better. I also get horrendous migraines, and have done since I was 9, they are so debilitating and leave you feeling really washed out for a few days...........not good if you want to do a lot of ebaying! x

mrscmr

hmmm not going anywhere fast here... snowed in.
neighbour trying to get his merc out ... duh thats pointless... got it stuck 2 weeks ago in the last snow...

we are lucky we gonna just sit it out for a day or so. cancelled drs appt though.

how everyone else managing?

elegant_elephant

We're stuck at home again today, DH's boss emailed last night to tell him to stay at home and my school is shut. I'm glad because we can see the main road from the house and it doesn't look too good - at least if we're all safe at home I don't have to worry about one of us having a car crash. We did however wake up this morning and our boiler had stopped working so it was freezing cold - luckily this happened two years ago where some pipe or other that lets out condensation had frozen solid so all DH had to do was defrost it and start the boiler again. Brrrrgh I hate the cold! Despite our last gas bill being £700 (EEEK) moneysaving goes out the window when it comes to heat!

Hope you're all doing ok, I'm spending my extra days off trying to get to grips with ebay (complete non starter I think) and i've just joined Dooyoo and written my first review.

PS We have a gas tank which we get filled with liquid gas every so often so I'm not spending £700 a week on heating fuel!!!

savingholmes

HI mrsc et al - thanks for the porridge oats tip may try that with DD who has bad exzema. Made it into work today despite it being -12 where I live.... Only -5 at work LOL! OH couldn't get his motorbike out tho so he is working from home today. I am doing that tomorrow so he can use my car then!

In_my_dreams

Glad the boss is understanding. My employers have been pretty good as have OH's - I worry so much when OH goes out as it is so unpredictable. I had to rescue the car today and that was scary enough :eek:

Hopefully normal service will resume shortly!