5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

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Hello

I've never posted on this thread before (I must admit I'd never really noticed it was here ), but it looks really nice so I hope no-one minds if I join in?

My five for yesterday:

1. Getting a refund from Lakeland for a rather dodgy fleece I'd bought in their sale - I really wasn't angling for a refund but I'm quite grateful as it means I can pass it off to a charity shop without feeling guilty over the waste of money.
2. HM tuna and pesto pasta for lunch - considerably cheaper and probably much tastier than anything I could buy.
3. Getting to my glass crafts evening class (easier to type than to say!) and finding that I've finally learnt how to cut glass properly, after 7 weeks of trying. :j
4. Reaping the rewards of my new policy of cooking more than I need and freezing half - when I got home from my evening class I could take my pick from 5 different meals in the freezer.
5. And the last of the carrot cake for afters. Shame it was the last piece, though.

And my five for today:

1. Buying a sandwich for lunch (as I'd run out of bread) and discovering after a couple of bites that my HM sandwiches are much nicer. It's just rather satisfying, somehow!
2. My meal planning using storecupboard stuff is finally starting to work out - my shopping list for this evening only had 5 items on it (plus some smoked salmon, which I didn't need but was half price - I do love my smoked salmon! )
3. Finally tracking down a CD my mum has been trying to find for herself for months.
4. Stopping for a chat with the new peeps who are moving in next door. I hardly know anyone in the block now as so many people have moved out recently, so it's nice to at least know someone.
5. Switching the bread maker on when I got home. It just makes me feel so domestic (in a good way, obviously).

All of which rather makes up for being woken at 4am this morning by a starving cat, as I forgot to feed him before going to bed last night. :o:o:o

Sorry that's a bit long - future posts will be shorter, I promise.

Oh, and congratulations on your hubby's new job, Hester! :T

PetuliaGristle

Here are mine for today:
1) tea, porridge and jam in bed
2) energising aromatherapy shower gel from Christmas
3) getting loads of stuff done at work and having positive conversations with colleagues
4) cup of tea and chat at Costco with work friend
5) reading Hester's good news - congratulations Hester and hubby! :j

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

Reverbe I think by a costume she means a smart jacket & dress or jacket & skirt. I remember them being called that, now they seem to be called 'mother of the bride outfit.

1) Ollie always posting such thoughtful comments.
2) Hubby got the job.
3) Hubby got the job
4) Hubby got the job
5) Hubby got the job.

Sorry I have a one track mind at the moment. Thanks to everyone for their good wishes.

Hugs Hester

nuttybabe

Evening all

Hardup Hester - congratulations on your hubbys job

Ollie - the school is good, they doing cooking classes for under 5's (starting up again next week) and after school for some of the older children. Ds1 didnt like his lunch but he did try it so I cant complain!

Anyway mine for today:

1 YS bread roll packs for 9p in mr m

2 Sparkly pink jeans for £1 reduced from £8 and a summer outfit for £1.50 reduced from £6 in mr a so put away for dd's birthday :T

3 Got the ironing done and some cleaning

4 Got through a few loads of washing today

5 Fakeout night (name nicked off friend - home made takeaway and film so kids can stay up late) we had burger and chips tonight.

I have to put kids to bed, I think they have stayed up late enough for one night and they are nagging me for crochet animals - ds1 wants a grizzly bear!!! :eek:

Odette

Hope everyone is doing well, and well done Mr. Hester on the new job.

Mine for today.

1) Waking up to being paid! Instantly put the money aside for my part of the deposit on the flat me and the bf are moving into in two weeks tomorrow!
2) Just finished cleaning the house from top to bottom, Im absolutely knackered but very satisfied.
3) ALSO just finished doing lots of kitchen bits; veg stock is boiling, peppers, onions and squash are roasting in oven, just got a jerusalem artitoke gratain out the oven (never tried them before buy my mum gives me what she wont cook from her veggie box). Dinner bits are also cut and precooked - having Veggie prawn eggfried rice. NOM.
4) Cauldren veggie sausages 75p, onion bagels 45p in Mr M.
5) Lovely ripe limes in Lidl for ten pence, so I stood there wondering...what goes with limes....mmm Corona. Well...it is payday.
6) First weekend off in forever! Gonna go around the Galleria in Hatfield, window shopping mostly and just hanging out together

Hope everyone has an amazing weekend.

Ladyhawk

Evening all,

1) Hardup Hester's husband getting a new job. That is such fabulous news. Well done and congratulations.

2) Scarpering from work at 3.45 to take a colleague to the airport. It does mean that I need to do some work this weekend, but that's ok.

3) Making peanut butter and almond biscuits. I added choc chips and coconut to the second batch so that they are not all the same.

4) Having a lovely tidy house in preparation for my new cleaner coming to visit.

5) Putting on a load of washing... only one more to do this weekend.

6) Receiving £10 vouchers from the photo shop after I had written to them to say that I thought it was bad customer service for them to tell me that if I ordered 2 more photos (I had ordered 98 already) I would have got them for 14p each rather than 19p each.

Have a great weekend.

L

sparrer

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

Reverbe I think by a costume she means a smart jacket & dress or jacket & skirt. I remember them being called that, now they seem to be called 'mother of the bride outfit.

1) Ollie always posting such thoughtful comments.
2) Hubby got the job.
3) Hubby got the job
4) Hubby got the job
5) Hubby got the job.

Sorry I have a one track mind at the moment. Thanks to everyone for their good wishes.

Hugs Hester

Great news, congratulation to you both!!!!! :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T

Mr_Lahey

So it's Friday - Arguably my favourite day of the week!

1. Rugby season starts again today
2. Got robbed almost £100 for a replacement passport because my other was full
- However, the satisfaction of knowing i can start sorting my hol out is worth it.
3. Watching my son back in rugby training smash almost everyone
4. Cadburys fingers
5. Stella Artois (it is Friday )

house_elf

Hi All,

Well done to Hardup Hesters DH - Great News! :j and hello to CCP

Birthday Wednesday 5

1. Lovely cards and pressies from DH and family.
2. Lovely cards and pressies from Colleagues and kids at school. (So touched by pressies from kids who obviously don't have a lot). My TA helped my class make a big card with drawings of all the kids and got them all to sign it. Another thing I will never be able to throw out!:o
3. Nandos with the family. Had a birthday voucher, so meal for 5 came to £20. :money:
4. DD's look of amazement that DM had just sent a card. (No present).
5. Quick dash to COSTCO on the way to Nandos to get £4.50 potatoes. Top night out:rotfl:

Thanks for your Birthday wishes too.

Thursday 5

1. Quiet day at work. (No chairs were thrown!)
2. dd invited to pantomime with her friend.(Free with a Night Less Ordinary).
3. DH coming voucher shopping in M&S.
4. Special offer M&S meal for tea. Yum!
5. Early night!

Will catch up tomorrow. Need my bed. Night xx

catznine

Todays blessings:-

1) Making todays lunch entirely from leftovers! pasta from Weds, sliced sausages from yesterday, pepper and red onion from Christmas veg box:) and mayo again from Christmas!

2) Reading some good housekeeping magazines at the ms centre while I had oxygen, I love Good housekeeping but can't really justify buying them! if I find recipes I like then they let me take them home!

3) Knowing where I can now take any magazines I no longer want!

4) Sharing a fish and chip supper with dh, 1 portion between us both is plenty and moneysaving! better to cook from scatch I know but not up to it today:o

5) Like many others, coming on here and hearing Hesters good news! Well done Hesters hubby!:T

Broomstick

Puts head around the door and waves :hello: (I've think I've stopped drowning ) I haven't caught up with the thread yet but did read Hester's good news at the top of this page. Well done H's hubby!

My pleasures for Friday:

1. Went to Mr S tonight and got given a freebie 'food saver' ie. a sandwich box. They were doing some kind of promotion on saving left overs.

2. Found a £20 note that I thought had disappeared off the face of the earth.

3. Putting several more pound coins into my £1 a day sealed pot so I've now got January's money saved. The tin is starting to feel satisfyingly heavy.

4. DSs have been helping lots today.

5. The sunshine and colours of the scenery between the hail and snow flurries we had this afternoon was like a late summer's evening. Bizarre but we enjoyed it as we drove home.

Sleep well

B xxx