Macgirl's "Stop Procrastinating and Get on with it" Diary

kissjenn

Me and Amazon have a deal...credit card details and they send me DVD. Done and dusted.

I'll let you know how I get on.

se999

Macgirl, re showerblocks, do you object to using showers and toilets at a leisure centre? It's just a different mind set. It's all discrete little cubicles for showers, unlike leisure centres with sometimes the open shower areas.

macgirl

That is a good point Se! I know I need to open my mind and challenge my deep rooted squeamishness of camping. I know the kids would love it, so we'll have to give it a whirl.

A very kind MSE'er has offered the use of their tent too - most kind :A

se999

I had deep rooted squeamishness of camping, and wilderness hostels in Canada and YHA's in the UK, but they're quite good when you get over it It's meant that we've done things we couldn't have done otherwise.

Admittedly the Uk hostels seem overpriced, but if you use Tesco vouchers they're not, and some of the modern family rooms are supposed to be good. But they're still competing with travelodges.

macgirl

Right. I'm expecting to get a virtual pelting with a very heavy object, but I'm contemplating a bid on a wardrobe on Ebay.

We don't have one - in keeping with my life trend of being a late starter. Initially I was trying to be shabby/chic/cool whatever with my clothes rail. Now I need something neat and tidy (but still shabby chic etc), as I'm nearly 40 and it's ridiculous not to have one.

I've consulted DH, who grunted his indifference before going out for a run/throwing himself under a bus, so I have a upper limit in my head and think I'm going to go for it.

It will come out of our joint pot, which is currently healthy and if the bidding goes higher - I will not.

se999

Hope you win it Macgirl

hypno06

Buying a wardrobe when you have a perfectly good one already in place would deserve a virtual pelting with a very heavy object because it would be spending money on a "want" not a "need".

Buying a wardrobe when you don't have one at all is a practical move that will help you feel more ordered. No pelting required.

In_my_dreams

What she said

se999

hypno06 wrote: »

Buying a wardrobe when you have a perfectly good one already in place would deserve a virtual pelting with a very heavy object because it would be spending money on a "want" not a "need".

Buying a wardrobe when you don't have one at all is a practical move that will help you feel more ordered. No pelting required.

Like what Hypno said, and it will keep the clothes less dusty etc too

macgirl

Phew, thanks

I probably won't win it, as I'm hoping to get a deal but it seems popular. If I don't get that, then there will be others.

My old car is getting sold this week and that will pay for our bedroom to be replastered. After renovating the whole house, it's the only room that hasn't been done and is in dire need.

I have oddments of junk shop furniture, including chests of drawers that I've stripped and restored and would fit really well with this wardrobe. It feels like the right thing to do and although it is a "spend" - it is also a move forwards.......

We'll see.