Hypno's "no more boom or bust" diary

hypno06

You lot have made me laugh out loud today, thank you!

I've won £15 on the b!ngo this evening, so that should reach me by the weekend, and will go nicely off the 0% card.

DS made a faberooni shepherds pie for dinner - with enough for tomorrow as well so very MSE, and I have had a NSD.....two in a row - I must be careful, I could make a habit of it :rolleyes:

Hope you have all had a good evening so far - I've got a headache, so no flyladying for me today.....I will save that up for tomorrow evening instead.

beanielou

Hope your DD has a great China trip
Hope your headache goes away soon.x

Surfbabe

I had a brown second hand suite as well !!!

InaPickle

hypno06 wrote: »

That's all well and good, pickle, but have you ever owned a brown velour sofa that was passed on to you from a well meaning relative who was pleased to see the back of it

:rotfl:

No, and if it's just them getting rid of their clutter, they had better not dare pass it on to me - I've enough of a job getting rid of my own! :eek:

hypno06

Lol at all the brown sofas.

DD is off very early in the morning......I am trying to persuade her that an early night would be a good idea, but she is too excited to sleep!

The headache has reduced, now that I have had something to eat......

short_bird

Nargleblast wrote: »

Then there was the cheap imitation G-plan wall unit in teak-effect veneer MDF.......and (pretty cool this) our fireplace wall was done in a beaten copper-effect paper. Also had a twin-tub when I first got married.....we knew how to live in those days!

My boyfriend's dad made a respectable living building G Plan furniture when it first came out, I'll have you know! If he were a bit younger, and Ikea were closer, I'm sure he'd be sorting out flatpacks:rotfl:

Us? 2 inherited chairs of random fabric, not Dralon. Gave 'em to somebody else. We got rid of a 1970's cooker last year and replaced it with another inherited 1970's cooker. Gave us more money for :beer:, especially if it's Okells from Home B at 79 p a bottle:D

short_bird

hypno06 wrote: »

The headache has reduced, now that I have had something to eat......

At my last workplace, my headaches were always fed painkillers and food washed down with coffee. Cover all bases:rotfl:

liloandstitch

I have to add carpets to the discussion - we have a 30 year old carpet in our front room - you know the nylon sculpted ones that last forever! Well this one has - sadly its still going strong, in a nice sage colour and I just cant bring myself to get rid of it when it still has life in it!

I too started my home life with a brown dralon 3 piece suite passed on by well meaning relatives. And when I set up home with my new DH I lost custody of the 2 settees, so we spent 6 months using garden lounger chairs. Very comfortable!

Lilo

beanielou

OOh L&S I feel your pain re the carpets:eek:

angela110660

Love all this retro furniture talk! We had a two seater sofa and 2 chairs in apple green dralon in our first flat and then when we finally moved to a house we got another 2 seater. Must have had the suite for at least 15 years before passing it onto my brother for his flat. Our other lounge furniture then was a sideboard that my parents gave us - very useful and sad to get rid of when we did and a secondhand stacking music system The dralon suite always looked good as new thanks to Fairy liquid especially when the kids came along with their sticky mitts. Now have a GPlan suite which is very comfy and which we all love.