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Need to face the Music

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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    Morning, I have a bit of a queasy tummy after my small glass of wine ended up turning into half a bottle, what can I say? It was a mighty fine Merlot.

    I shall be fine after a bowl of all bran and a few cuppas.

    Ebay sales finish this morning not sure how they will do although they all have bids on them but for very low values.

    List for today......
    • sort out banking
    • send cheques to CC
    • flylady
    • take DS1 for haircut
    • buy some envelopes for Ebay sales and Birthday gift for MIL
    See you all in a bit.
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    Depending what you've sold on ebay, you don't need to buy envelopes. Go to the Post office and ask for special delivery bags, turn them inside out and you've got a sturdy plastic bag/envelope for free. They're perfect for books, where you don't need padding but need them to keep dry.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    Ames wrote: »
    Depending what you've sold on ebay, you don't need to buy envelopes. Go to the Post office and ask for special delivery bags, turn them inside out and you've got a sturdy plastic bag/envelope for free. They're perfect for books, where you don't need padding but need them to keep dry.

    Oh thanks for that tip Ames, I shall do that:T

    5 books went for £22 in total which is a bit dissapointing seeing as though they are brand new would cost £23 each in a shop, saying that I paid nothing for them so its all bonus money.

    One person is in Malta though and has bought 2 books, will have to find out what the postage is I dont want to end up out of pocket.
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
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    LouiseJ wrote: »

    OH takes £1.50 a day for coffee and takes a packed lunch, they arent allowed to have a kettle:rolleyes: so he has to use the machines, he is having 6 cups a day at 25p which I do agree is alot.

    Can't he take a flask?
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    bank_of_slate wrote: »
    Can't he take a flask?
    ...Linda xx

    He says that the coffee goes minging and cold as the day goes on out of a flask:rolleyes:
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    LouiseJ wrote: »
    He says that the coffee goes minging and cold as the day goes on out of a flask:rolleyes:

    No, no...don't take a flask of coffee - take a flask of hot water. Make the tea/coffee fresh each time.

    Also don't take one of those "easy pour" flasks - they don't keep stuff as warm.

    Pre-heating the flasks does make a surprising amount of difference to how hot the water is inside.
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  • tigzem
    tigzem Posts: 2,361 Forumite
    Had a quick read through... well done for all that you've achieved so far and well done on going full time :beer:
    "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." Edmund Burke
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    i used to take a flask of made up tea with milk to work. i filled the flask with really hot water from the kettle and let it stand while i made the tea. i found it kept hot all day. The thing is you must make sure you tighten the screw top of the flask down well, each time you pour a drink.
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  • System
    System Posts: 178,354 Community Admin
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    LouiseJ wrote: »
    I do my trollope work in a voluntary capacity at weekends:D
    Cool, when are you going out next and where? :D
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    lennymfo wrote: »
    Cool, when are you going out next and where? :D

    And wear a carnation underneath the clock...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
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