Tete en l’Air’s Feet On The Ground Diary

Tete_en_l'Air

Errr, after London spends not a lot, £100ish. OK I'll definitely not get the extra thing I was going to get OH, and the other thing for Dad, still have about £10 to spend on Dad though.

Ebay sales currently at £66, it may be that I just have to put that money in my C/A rather than OD, but at least the OD isn't increasing right?

ETA - I'm not trying to show off by spending lots, I just don't want it to look a bit rubbish. I wish I could just buy presents and not worry what people think of them!

Dinah93

Know what you mean. I'm not worried this year though as they know we're skint!

wendz86

I am like that Tete I feel like presents aren't enough, that is one problem with being so organised.

You should get a reasonable amount for your phone, mine had a button missing and i still got the full amount.

Dinah93

Hoping to get £110 for mine when I trade it in. Vodafone text me to say my phone is being delivered today. Handy, since I asked them to deliver it tomorrow since I'm not there today!!!

Tete_en_l'Air

Some people are just too efficient for their own good aren't they?! I'm looking at £20 if it's deemed to be in full working order, £13 otherwise, or £0 if it's really in that much of a state!! Still, every little helps doesn't it?

Dinah93

Certainly does. I need to pay off the crafty money and those royal doulton plates that are in fact NOT microwave safe (dispite saying that on them!) so aren't really any good for everyday use, as both are on the credit card with all the little helps really do help this month.

Tete_en_l'Air

This is the problem with absolute bargains when you're skint isn't it - you have to find some money from somewhere and can end up in debt again. Is there no way to return then if they're not what they say they are?

Dinah93

Yeah but it costs to return them. So I'll probably keep them, I'll just have to keep my slightly chipped white and silver Pier plates as well for if I need to use the microwave.

Tete_en_l'Air

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

Busy day today:
- [STRIKE]Keep turning phone on and off til my old number transfers[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Do my Amazon Christmas shopping[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Send ebay parcels[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Spend £1 in Boots to get enough points for OH pressie[/STRIKE] - I now have enough points but they've sold out :rolleyes:
- [STRIKE]Buy eggs, butter and cream for cake[/STRIKE]
- 1 Dooyoo
- 2 Dooyoo
- 1 Beauty Judge
- Bingoport
- BB
- [STRIKE]Washing[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Tomorrow's packed lunch[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Bake cake[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Parcelling up of tonight's ebay sales[/STRIKE]
- Make Christmas cards - Still have more to do but made major headway
- Make teabag things
- Have a look at sewing folder, put in order, see what's missing
- Poss. have a look at antique sewing machine
- Paint my nails!

Not too shabby I don't think, I was up til almost midnight anyway so I feel virtuous.

What did I spend?

£142.77 - Amazon pressies (7 things inc. ipod)
£ 2.64 - Conditioner and Wispa Gold in Boots
£ 9.51 - posting parcels (estimated cost £14)
£ 3.77 - Eggs, butter and cream

TOTAL: £158.69 :eek:

However I did make £102.54 last night on eBay :T I may even have a little bit of money left at the end of the month now (slim chance but still...)

To do today:
- Post eBay parcels
- OH's pressie in stock?
- 1 Dooyoo
- 2 Dooyoo
- 1 Beauty Judge
- Bingoport
- BB
- Do a bit of sewing folder
- Parcelling up of tonight's ebay sales
- Finish off Christmas cards
- Paint nails! (Really disappointed I didn't get time to do this last night)

That's enough seeing as I'm out with OH tonight.

Lara44

Hello Tete

Here's a little list of things you might like to do around the London Eye. This is the area where I work.

London Eye - I enjoyed but was too stingy to buy the brochure so didn't know what all the buildings were! You could do some research on google maps.

Starting here walk down the riverside towards London Bridge. As you come to the Royal Festival hall there's a Christmas market, a bit cheesy in parts but Santa winked at me last year, LOL

Royal Festival Hall is nice for coffee and there are often concerts of all kinds at lunchtime, so worth stopping by. Just opposite the Festival Hall is the Hungerford bridge - this is a great place to get a look at the houses of parliament.

In this complex is also the Hayward Gallery which has great exhibitions but is expensive.

It's a really nice romantic walk down the South Bank especially at night, past the National Theatre and British Film Institute. There are a couple of good places to eat, the Anchor and hope is a quite posh gastropub with a very good reputation. No booking - just turn up. Studio 6 is where I go for simple and cheap dinner after work - nothing remarkable but cheap and good in a city where expensive and bad is probably the norm in town.

There is also Konditor and Cook, a lovely cake shop that also does sandwiches and some nice pubs such as the White Hart.

It is well worth a visit to the Tate Modern, even if you don't like modern art. The building is amazing and the installations are always cool. It is free for most of the collections. It is well worth getting a drink in the bar on the top floor for the lovely view. the food is great but expensive (about £50 each I think). It's open late on Fridays and Saturdays so you can get a lovely evening view.

During the daytime it's well worth meandering along the riverside to Borough Market. Coming up to Christmas it's very festive, with mulled wine and cider, lots of tasting of cheese, and amazingly nice street food. Great for a really good lunch for £5. Lots of nice bars in this area including the Gladstone.

Will post some other places tomorrow!

Here's a map