Old Style Diary Archive - MAY 06

Bunnie1982

Weather is miserable, just waiting for the postman to come and hopefully bring me a nice DVD to watch (I ordered it 2 days ago)

Got to go out to the cinema later to pick up Da Vinci Code tickets that I ordered online. At the moment just watching my guinea pigs fighting.

Breakfast: Porridge with apple
Lunch: Minestone Soup
Tea: Chicken, jacket potato and sweetcorn

**purpleprincess**

Morning all!!!:hello:

Hope everyone is ok (((hugs))) to those who aren’t feeling great today.

My day of study went really well yesterday, did 8 hours! Have booked a couple more days off now, got next Friday off, the bank holiday Monday and the Wednesday and Friday that week. As well as evenings (when I’m not working) and weekends. First exams are then the Monday after (5th June) :eek:

Jw1096 fab that you’re meeting up with all these friends, and there was you wondering what you were going to do with all your spare time!! Congrats on winning the bookcase!

Bargain Rzl, your chilli sounds yummy!!:drool: Have you posted the recipe? I’d like to give it a go!! Hope you have a nice time at the opera tonight. Ooooh, you’re in East Sussex at the weekend!! That’s where I am!! Whereabouts are you going picnicking?

Nuttyrockeress, awwww a baby!!!!

r.mac, I read the Da Vinci Code, I thought it was really good!

Nicki, glad to hear you’re feeling better, not so good about your DD

Hope you feel better penny-pincher ((hugs))

Hello ticklemouse!

Frugalpie, good luck at the doc’s

Catowen, aww, poor DS!! It’s the end of the world when they’re young isn’t it. Bless!!

Happy birthday ancasta!:bdaycake:

This morning I set my alarm for 7am and slept right through it!!! Woke up at 8.20am:eek: and made like a madman to get into work for 9am, got in by the skin of my teeth!!!

Got a gig in Brighton tonight so looking forward to that, it’s a festival type thing that’s on tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday night. Tickets were meant to be £35 each but boyf won £50 on the lottery so used that to pay for them so tickets ended up costing us £10 each! Bargain!!:D

Brekkie was dry bran flakes (at my desk!!)
Lunch will be pitta breads with homemade hummus and salad, carrot sticks, yoghurt and fruit
Dinner will be JP with chilli con carne and salad

Hopefully won’t spend too much money tonight, might take my own bottle of water.

Well it’s nearly the weekend!! Woo hoo!!!:j

Take care all, chat soon xx

Cor, what a long post!!:rotfl: :rotfl:

Bargain_Rzl

purpleprincess - the chilli recipe was on the BBC food database, here.
Weekend picnicking plans are part of a trip to the opera at Glyndebourne. I managed to get tickets for loads of different things in this year's ballot - normally I only get some of the things I apply for :j :j - on this particular occasion I am going with my dad and he's supplying the transport, picnic (proper expensive catered one with champagne ) and refunding me for both the tickets, which are only £14 standing-room ones anyway

So imagine me and my dad dressed up to the nines, sitting on a lawn just outside Lewes while it buckets it down with rain :rolleyes:

Nelski

Happy Birthday Ancasta

Day has got off to a great start with my lovely postie delivering a cheque for £50 from a premium bonds win :j :j :j Cant say its the best investment I own seeing as i have had them since a kid and have won two lots of £50 (not a very MSE interest rate! but its a bit of fun and you never know the next one may be the biggy!) still itll pay for the champers if Rzl gets her job - she insists on the best;)

Off to the airport in a bit to fly to the very glamerous Isle of Man (:rolleyes: ) for w**k. When my customer told me they were based off shore i got really excited thinking Cuba or Brazil but no its was the Isle of Man!! Anyway the plane is one of those tiny propellor ones so I opted for no breakfast this morning just in case the wind gets up!!:eek: Actually though its looking quite nice out there even some blue sky so hopefully it will be and uneventull 40 mins (lol it will take me longer to get to the airport!)

Anyway best go i suppose - hope you all have a lovely Thurs
xx Nels

Penny-Pincher!!

Thank you for all the lovely messages and I feel abit better now and apologise for the short post earlier.

Our pivets have arrived for the front garden and look like twigs about 60 cms high, but OH assures me that they grow quickly and will fill out soon:D He is busy outside sorting them out as I type:rolleyes: He's also done the teddy cabinets glass.

My friend came round earlier and stopped for about an hour. She had a call when she was here and had to go into work-although she has a few days off. OH & I have been invited out to a posh restaurant next wednesday evening in a way of an apology for her not being able to stop long-she does all her business lunches etc there and know how expensive it is:eek: Its about 20 mins drive away, so hopefully I will be ok. She's emailing the menu later so will be asking questions probably about what this or that means:rotfl:

Anyway, best go and will chat later.

PP
xx

**purpleprincess**

Bargain_Rzl wrote:

purpleprincess - the chilli recipe was on the BBC food database, here.
Weekend picnicking plans are part of a trip to the opera at Glyndebourne. I managed to get tickets for loads of different things in this year's ballot - normally I only get some of the things I apply for :j :j - on this particular occasion I am going with my dad and he's supplying the transport, picnic (proper expensive catered one with champagne ) and refunding me for both the tickets, which are only £14 standing-room ones anyway

So imagine me and my dad dressed up to the nines, sitting on a lawn just outside Lewes while it buckets it down with rain :rolleyes:

Shall have a look at that, thanks.

Ooooh Glyndebourne!! Sounds lovely!! Hope you have a wonderful time. Hope it doesn't rain for you. Hope you enjoy your trip down to my neck of the woods!!!:D

**purpleprincess**

OMG!! Just bought a breadmaker and it was £13.49!!!!!!!!! Looks ace too!!!

r.mac_2

hello-

delivery update - noone rang the dorrbell, but a card has been pushed under the front door to say they tried to deliver? Very strange. called up and they won't redeliver I have to collect. No idea how to do that as I have no transport and they are in the middle of nowhere miles away. grrrrrrrrrr***

anyway, managed to save £ 100 on my B&C renewal quote which is fab. Decided to pay it outright this year to make a bigger saving. Also trying to remortgage - proving to be a long drawn out process even with Martin remortgage guide.

Also saved £20 on my gas and electricity by signing up to Scottish hydros new telephone service, can cancell immediately but they are cheaper than BT anyway (which is what i currently use). Will do me until i get onto the cheaper phone providers.

oh and going to shop around to change utilitiies again if i can get them cheaper *smug looking face*

still need to visit supermarket, and clean some more of the house. Oh and lunch might be a good idea too................

tiptoes

Afternoon all

Well Busy morning here have tidied all the rooms unstairs ( think kids had made them especially messy just for the occassion:eek: ), and changed the bedding. Have got 4 loads of washing washed and on the line and downstairs has been given a quick going over.
I've still got the weekly shop to do, so Im off to asda later, just got to decide on meals and write my list.

Rmac- Congrats on your savings

Nelski- congrats on your winnings, I know its not the big one but I'm sure it a nice suprise all the same.

Bargain Rzl, Hope you have a nice time at the opera tonight and have a fab weekend, hope you get good weather

Nuttyrockeress, congrats to your friend aahhh a baby!!!!

Nicki, glad to hear you’re feeling better, hope DD not far behind you

Happy birthday ancasta!

Takecare all

MadamBroke

A big thankyou at all on this Forum...

Its given me a few very good ideas and have me some money too!!

Keep up the good work

MADAM BROKE xx