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Bank holiday monday daily chat - all welcome!
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Just wanted to add Spud- when we were growing up there was never a lot of money flowing round- we didn't do foreign holidays or lots of new clothes etc- we had what we needed with the occasional (very hard worked for) treat. I honestly never minded- the things I remember from growing up are my mum making sure I got to the library at least once a week (I was a total bookworm), or my dad spending a sunday afternoon building me a wooden house for my sylvanians (my mate had had the barge lol). We had our first family holiday abroad two years ago- 10 years after I'd left home lol.
Sorry bit of a random post but just wanted to say that it's not the money you spend that your kids will remember and appreciate, but the time.Don't suffer alone - if you are experiencing Domestic Abuse contact the National Domestic Abuse Helplines
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hello. Sat like pleb in tesco car park. Been half hour so far! Like xmas. And spud, this is via mobile internet. Slow but clever.Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale0
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I'm feeling really bleurgh today.
I feel like I'm letting the kids down, not being able to get them 'stuff'. DD would love a laptop, so she can do homework in her room etc, DS is about to start high school so will no doubt also have loads of homework to do soon. I can foresee big rows on puter time, with me probably having to miss out on time here. Need to find a bargain laptop - maybe on BOGOF :rolleyes:
We've never been on a family holiday, neither of them have ever been on a plane
Feel crap
DD would be doing homework in her bedroom. And of course not chatting on internet sites in a similar vein to this one. Of course not. She's your daughter, but she wouldn't take after you in that regard....
Not to scare anyone, but have PCs in the communal areas of the house until the kids are old enough and mature enough to understand and believe that a 13 year old called Candi could be a 43 year old called Trevor...I know they're happy and they never complain, but they just dont seem to have 'stuff' like other kids. For example, DS has been wearing shoes up until this week that were literally falling apart. Went to get new ones this week, and his first question was 'how much are they' He wont throw his old ones away 'coz there's still wear in em' It just makes me feel terrible - at 11, he shouldnt need to think like that
In the 70's growing up - we all thought like that.
And we had proper weather then - so a hole in your shoe let the snow in...Yep, that's something I would never have considered, but will definitely look into. DH wants to take em on a plane, just for maybe a day trip but there's only me has a passport - a cheap day out plus 3 passports = a blimmin dear day out :rolleyes:
Not if you take them somewhere in this country - you only need ID, not passports.I is fick :rolleyes:
No you're not...Thanks hun, they are great kids. I guess i just want to give them more than I can
Which is the sign of a good parent. Not spoiling them with too much is the other sign..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
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captainhaggis wrote: »OK. Let's give it a bash!
I assume you have broadband at home? This basically gives you internet access using your landline telephone service. Data is sent over the phone lines in the same way as voice calls are.
NOW, what mobile broadband is is very much the same except it all works off mobile phone networks. So while a mobile phone send voice calls over the 'airwaves', it does the same for data. Do instead of plugging your router at home into your phone line to access the internet, your computer uses the mobile phone networks to do the same.
So basically all exactly the same except.... no wires!
Erm, I think I understand
Just mentioned it to DH, and he was worried about being able to use Xbox live - he's as fick as me
(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »i'm not offerring to move out.... i'm offering to decamp so you can have a holiday... we have beaches and parks and swimming and stuff and shops and a stuff....,. please say you'll come.... please please please...........
i do dongling, it is easy.... your kids will set it up for you....
We will come one day hun, I promise. I doubt the car would make it that far, so would be plane/train which would probably mean DH staying home to look after pooch
Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
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Hate to appear to be cross-stitching/threading/something equally embroidery related, but does anyone have any thoughts on this thread : http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1915543 which is slowly vanishing in to the depths of MSE?!?) Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0
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you is not fick spud......I have been shopping and bought Chloe proper clothes from Next....it has got to be the first time I have spent real money on clothes for her, the rest have been hand me downs or ebay job lots...
She has got a nice winter coat now........
Spud, I never went on holidays when I was younger and I was as poor as a church mouse, I wish I was giving my kids the same values as you obviously have done with yours...Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
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Zed, thanks for that hun. I just checked and the kids dont need any ID for domestic flights, and I could get DH a new driving license for £20, much less than a passport. I'm going to look into taking them on a flight somewhere Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
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captainhaggis wrote: »Hate to appear to be cross-stitching/threading/something equally embroidery related, but does anyone have any thoughts on this thread : http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1915543 which is slowly vanishing in to the depths of MSE?!?)
Looks good to me cap'n
Have you posted up your income and expenditure/ SOA anywhere here for the good folk of DFW to tear to shreds?;)Don't suffer alone - if you are experiencing Domestic Abuse contact the National Domestic Abuse Helplines
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Zed, thanks for that hun. I just checked and the kids dont need any ID for domestic flights, and I could get DH a new driving license for £20, much less than a passport. I'm going to look into taking them on a flight somewhere
Spud - please double check as every airline has different rules :rolleyes: For instance, Ryanair require photographic ID for all passengers on all routes
(I work in travel and have seen people come unstuck before :eek:)Sometimes it's hard to walk in a single woman's shoes - that's why we need really special ones!Total debt @ Oct 2008: £29,226.42 Credit Card- £[STRIKE]7493.56[/STRIKE] - £7243.56Weightloss : 0/34lbs0
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