The ultimate incentive worked! Now onto phase two

Dinah93

Yey, just got a £10 MS for a clothes shop. £1 reimbursement, and a £10 fee. Last time I got a dress in there in the sale for £5, it's a very popular clothes shop too, several under the one roof, so lots to choose from. If there is something lovely I might get a little treat too, great MS!

Was gutted actually, found a gift voucher card for there and took it in and they expire in 2 years, and it had been 2 years and a week so I lost £100!

Tete_en_l'Air

Dinah93 wrote: »

it had been 2 years and a week so I lost £100!

OMG, can't you ask for it to be extended or something, get onto Customer Services, might be worth asking? If I'd had £100 to spend on clothes it would have been gone in a flash!

No Secret Paris book in the library, just a guidebook from 2006 and a book about 'sex and love in the city of lights'(!), but I did get a book on the Cleveland Way so was worth the trip

Also saw a nice pair of sandals in Topshop for £18, and I need a pair, but can't decide - grey or black?

Dinah93

Sandals? I'd say grey, black is a bit harsh for summer (she says, sat in black trousers and a black white red and blue floaty blouse)

Tete_en_l'Air

I'm leaning to grey myself actually. Good good, hopefully get some tomorrow then

(I'm in black today too, was going to wear a skirt but couldn't be bothered to shave my legs )

wendz86

I am wearing a dress with tights and am boiling but legsa ren't looking too great haha

Just bought a really cute dress for baby with matching knickers. Only 9 pounds at m and s so pretty good. Was manic down oxford street.

Tete_en_l'Air

Ahh, when do you get to see her Wendz? My friend texted me a pic of her little boy last night, he's so big now, must get round to see them soon!

This afternoon is going so slowly and I'm very hot! What's everyone up to this weekend? Hopefully going for tapas tonight if OH concurs, then hopefully a nice relaxed weekend lazing in the sun

Dinah93

NIM is at the farm tomorrow, so I'm painting, then hopefully down to Newby Hall for their food and craft fair on Sunday. Lovely weekend.

Tete_en_l'Air

You've got your painting mojo back then? Have you caught up with the monthly thing you were doing for NIM?

Pilchard

Afternoon everyone

Haven't been around properly for a few days but got a few minutes 'pre-treadmill' :eek: and then we're busy again. Really chuffed today as I took my car for it's first service (I bought it new nearly 3 years ago but have been putting the service off - naughty Pilchard!!!!) and was expecting a bill of over £200 but it came to £138 so really happy! I've been going to the same garage for years as I think some places see a single woman and think it's a licence to print money but this one is fab - they've even steam cleaned my engine and topped the oil up when I'd left the oil cap off and driven up the street and they didn't charge me. I get OH to go there now, too and he's dead impressed. Anyway, as I expected it to be about £200 I've decided I'm going to use the other £70 to pay a chunk off my Capital One card :T

Cinny, I checked with TNS and there doesn't seem to be a referral thing so I'll pm you the web address so you can have a look.

Happy, did you once say you work at the hospital? Just wondering cos so did I!

Oh, I've got a little MS question - when I leave my current employment will I then be able to do MS that involve the company that subcontracts them? One of the ones I use have a lot of jobs for the company we're subcontracted by so I turn them all down. I've never actually worked for the main company, though, just on their behalf so having left I'm not sure if this would count as having no ties. Hope you understand what I mean but here's a vague example - Pilchard contracts Dinah (sorry Dinah) to do some work for her. I work for Dinah and the MS jobs are all for Pilchard so would I be able to do them?!!!!

Ok, nurse, I'll come quietly.............

Tete_en_l'Air

Pilchard wrote: »

I'm going to use the other £70 to pay a chunk off my Capital One card

:T Good girl - must have been tempting to splurge it!