Bouncy and sunny daily chat 10/04/2009

bank_of_slate

Hello!

Going to see Monsters vs Aliens and then this afternoon I'm going for a run :T
...Linda xx

ZTD

skint_spice wrote: »

We all need to buy things sometimes so it's good to get the best deal. DFW is in the top five!

It would have been 4th had it been calculated when the bankruptcy board was a sub-board.

skint_spice wrote: »

I'm surprised MFW is so low down the list - thought more people were doing this at the minute according to the news anyway.

Hence "consumerism lives"...

We are still all addicted to property though...

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27. In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving 7
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Snaggles

_pale_ Well so much for my nice, stress free day. Natasha disappeared into the kitchen (with my bag, but I didn't notice), and went very quiet - I went to check on her and she was sitting drawing on the freezer with my lipstick, and next to her on the floor was an empty strip of paracetamols. It was ripped, so there were only 6 empty spaces, but I knew it had at least 2 in....but as there were 6 empty spaces, and I was in a panic, I couldn't be sure she hadn't eaten six. :eek: :eek:


I rang NHS Direct, they told me it was unlikely to be dangerous but as 6 would be a very high dose for her size, I should take her to A&E.

Rang Stu in tears and he came straight down, we got in the car, and that's when I found the other bit of the ripped packet in my bag, with the 2 remaining paracetamols safely inside. (I remember now that there were only 2 in there and I'd stuck them in my bag when I went out on Friday in case my back started hurting while I was out......but I'd forgotten that while I was in blind panic mode). I also realised that she hadn't been in the kitchen long enough to take 6 tablets, hide the ripped off bits of foil from the packets, eat them all without gagging or vomiting and removed all traces from her mouth and face. She was in there for a maximum of 2 minutes, and had obviously spent that time destroying my lipstick and decorating the freezer.

So I feel like a crap parent for letting her get hold of a bag containing tablets in the first place, an idiot for wasting NHS Direct's time, and generally pretty guilty.

I suppose one good thing to have come out of it is that me and Stu are on speaking terms again.

skint_spice

(((hugs))) snaggs, don't feel guilty - and at least you and Stu are speaking again! I'm sure NHS would rather you wasted their time than took a chance.

Toto

Hugs snags, we all do things like that. I really need to babyproof the house because we have all sorts of dangerous stuff laying around. God knows what's in my handbag but I can guess it wouldn't do a toddler any good. Lily is going to be on the move soon so I need to get on with it.

NHS direct are there for a reason, and any of us would have done the same so don't worry about that. Natasha is ok, that's all you need to concentrate on, sad the lipstick isn't though.

Toto

I wish the flippin phone would ring, I want to know now. Bloody management don't have any sense of priority

Snaggles

Thanks Toto - I'm really gutted, it was a gorgeous colour...

(kidding, of course I don't care about the lipstick really :rotfl: only that she's okay......although it actually WAS a gorgeous colour!)

Keeping my fingers crossed that you hear soon.

LouiseJ

Snaggles, you reacted exactly the same as most mothers would, even a remote possibility of our babies being in danger for any reason makes the most sanest, sensible woman turn into panic mode.

Dont beat yourself up hunny, these things happen.

bookseller1980

Sit and enjoy a coffee Snaggs.

LouiseJ

I am trying to get my head around the gambling intro offers to do some matched betting.............

I think my brain is about to implode:o
.........come on Louise, you are good with numbers so why in Gods name does it seem so complicated.