The ultimate incentive worked! Now onto phase two

Birdie85

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

I've been quite productive in a non-work way (it's so quiet over the holidays), have been on Quidco putting in queries for non-paid cashback and have signed up for a Blockbuster free trial at £7.50 cashback and a Lonely Planet magazine subscription offer - 3 issues for £1 with £4 cashback :money: Just need to remember to cancel them all before I'm charged, that's my usual trick :rolleyes:

I'm always scared of taking out these trials because I'm useless at remembering to cancel them so it ends up costing me loads! Maybe if I set something up to remind me to cancel... but then I have a habit of dismissing reminders with the intention of doing what they tell me to and not actually doing it!

Tete_en_l'Air

Yeah I know what you mean - I've out them in my outlook calendar at work and because they relate to me and not work hopefully I won't dismiss them!

Right, off to trial my new trainers now that I have fully functioning legs again! Woo. Sigh.

Birdie85

How were the trainers Tete? Another swim today for me, I didn't last too long though, I get a bit wheezy and tight chested sometimes and it happened today - darn my stupid lungs!

I'm £7 up on Butlins bingo now! Whoop! OH think's it's amazing how I get at least 10p a day for free! I must get him to sign up so we're getting 20p a day! If we did that we could pay for our wedding in...*does the sums*...roughly 68 years!

Birdie85

Hehe, I've just been checking ebay for *my* wedding dress (no luck!) and saw this! Not exactly traditional is it? Although I think OH would approve for some reason!

wendz86

Ohh love the dress. Wouldnt wear it for my wedding but woukd be cool if you could get away with it!

Cinny91

That's pretty Birdie! Perfect for a beach wedding (as long as it doesn't blow up) or a Vegas one!

I'd love to get married in a dress like that - Like a Betsey Johnson prom dress!

ETA:
Been dress shopping now! This is pretty Birdie: http://www.betseyjohnson.com/store/productdetails2.aspx?productid=6906&np=9060

Birdie85

Oooh, why did you have to show me Betsey Johnson! It's too expensive but the dresses are all so pretty! I've seen loads I *need*!

I don't think I'd risk having that short dress at my beach wedding, I'm not lucky so I know that there'll be a good breeze to blow it up and show off my big knickers! I'll stick to my nice classy long dress!

Dinah93

Birdie85 wrote: »

I'm £7 up on Butlins bingo now! Whoop! OH think's it's amazing how I get at least 10p a day for free! I must get him to sign up so we're getting 20p a day! If we did that we could pay for our wedding in...*does the sums*...roughly 68 years!

Speaking of which, my 'just in case' account is now up to £565, so cracked the halfway mark of my target before he asks, which he has cheerily informed me is delayed as the sale on the thing he was selling fell through.

Have run out of white paint halfway through a huge oil canvas. Luckily oils stay wet for days, so I've ordered some more, got a fantastic price, 2 tubes + postage for 1/3 of what I'd pay if I walked into Hobbycraft.

Also a bit of good news. Pushka actually likes the medicated pet food! Shes such a picky eater but she really seemed to like this one!

Tete_en_l'Air

Birdie85 wrote: »

How were the trainers Tete?

I forgot my socks but didn't realise til I was in the changing room so just went without and they chafed (chaffed? Neither looks right!) a bit. But they've been well and truly christened - yuk!

Dinah93 wrote: »

Speaking of which, my 'just in case' account is now up to £565, so cracked the halfway mark of my target before he asks, which he has cheerily informed me is delayed as the sale on the thing he was selling fell through.

What's he doing, selling a kidney to pay for a diamond?! Glad to hear Pushka likes her food, hopefully she'll get better soon. Also sounds like you're doing what you wanted with the week and getting plenty of painting done!

My hummingbird book arrived today and I couldn't wait to try it out so have made an enormous batch of choc chip cookies (the only thing I had all the ingredients in for) - I 'tested' two, so haven't done too well on the eating front today

ETA - Ooh, do I get a prize for post 4000?

Dinah93

Another 50 pages at most and we need a new thread again. I need a new chapter in order to start one though!

I have no idea what hes selling as he won't tell me (only thing about the whole process he hasn't shared!). All I know is this thing is back in Ireland.