My "life begins at 40....better late than never diary!!"

Snowdonlily

I'm back............all done!

For a moment there, I toyed with the idea of leaving an iron shaped scorch mark on the back of his white shirt :rotfl:..........don't worry......I didn't!

I do have a confession to make though..................I gave in to the craving and opened a box of Terry's All Gold I've had stashed away since Christmas. I hardly ever eat choccies (I suffer from migraines) but I have the day off tomorrow, so I'll take the risk. :rotfl:

DS3 just got up. I didn't get a good look at him earlier as he was curled up in bed. He had a rugby game this afternoon and one of the guys on the other team kicked him in the face when he was down on the ground after a tackle......he's got a huge shiner and a stud mark about his left eye ...........he'll look even worse tomorrow!

thrifty_fifty

Sounds like you've had a bit of a day of it. Think you should have gone to the pub and left ironing where it was!!

Polished the other half bag of minstrels off today. oops!!

xx

Snowdonlily

Hi Thrifty....................I'm sure I'll be sorry tomorrow for eating all this chocolate but I'll take my chances

I've just read your diary, you must have been gutted to sell those gorgeous shoes! A couple of years ago I bought a mini Chloe Paddington from Net a Porter........I only had it for a couple of months before I had to sell it to help pay some bills. I was absolutely heartbroken and took about 10 photos of it.

One day I'll buy another one AND pay cash for it!

thrifty_fifty

Yeah I was gutted,

They're beautiful, but I'm sure it's some test of temptation that my other pair were unworn but a 6.5 and slightly too small, and this pair is unworn and a 7 so perfect. I paid £395 for my original pair.

I don't know, maybe I'll crumble tomorrow. We'll see.

I always wanted a Chloe Paddington bag, and I used to love getting the Net a Porter parcels, the lovely black box, the ribbon, the tissue paper. Lush!

I know I'll have things from there again, but I'll save up a wad of cash and have a splurge. Should be in a better job and hopefully if the plans work be mortgage free, so for my trip to Paris I'm going to save a £4,000 wad of cash and buy something nice from Net a Porter and a diamond cocktail ring.

On the ebay front, don't you hate it when you get questions from people about your stuff, like you foot width etc etc, and you just think go away and stop pouring over my possessions. Real evil woman bought those shoes, and because she had put her work address down for delivery she didn't think she had received them, so threatened to get the police involved. And they were for some law chambers in London, which broke my heart even more because she clearly would have had enough money to buy them full price from Harvey Nichs.
Anyway sorry to take over your diary.

Put your feet up after all that ironing and munch a few more of those choccies. You deserve it.

xx

Snowdonlily

Good Evening........I hope everyone's had a good day!

The day started off slowly but gradually got better today. Not exactly a NSD............I treated my mum and myself to a cup of coffee and a custard tart this morning for the grand total of £5.40 and bought the Daily Mirror (last of the big spenders!).

DH went off at 7.00am this morning and by now he's probably propping up the the bar in some Dublin Hotel. Fair play...........he did text me around lunchtime to let me know he'd arrived............and to say that the hotel's made a mistake with their booking. Instead of two twin rooms, they've got two double rooms :rotfl::rotfl:hee hee.........4 big burly men will be asking for extra pillows to put down the middle of the bed :rotfl::rotfl:

DS1 is also in Dublin this weekend, and I've just had an interesting call from his mobile to mine by an inebriated American girl who wanted to speak to ******'s mum! She sounded very nice but there are some things a mum doesn't need to know :eek:

DS2 is at his College Party tonight and is spending the night at a mate's house to save money on taxis (well, that's what he says anyway!).

DS3 is out with his girlfriend (who I'm not supposed to know about.....and he doesn't know that I know.......but that's a long story!).

So that leaves me! I had the day off today and after a slow start, I've cleaned the house, done all my washing and most of the ironing and tonight I've just spent a couple of hours listing some clothes on ebay. I spent an hour this afternoon sorting out some old videos to send to Music Magpie..........only to find that they don't take videos....d'oh! Looks like a black bag full of videos is heading for the Charity Shop!!

Do you ever get the feeling that everyone else is out having fun except you?? I suppose this is a taste of things to come...................I'll just have to get a dog once the boys leave home.

Snowdonlily

Hello Everyone.......I've got my proud mum head on tonight. DS2 has received an unconditional offer to his first choice of Uni AND has been awarded a £1,000 scholarship based on an exam he took before Christmas :T

Not a bad day at work today, quite a few people out and about. I'm hoping we'll be busy tomorrow. We usually have a good day on Mother's Day.........loads of mums being treated by their children!! I'm missing out on Sunday Lunch at the pub with the in-laws, but if I'm honest I'd rather be working! The boys are going so at least that means I won't have to cook a huge meal when I get in from work :T

I didn't do particularly well with my NSD today............I bought a newspaper, a bottle of wine (well, I'm not eating out tomorrow so I may as well have a glass of wine tonight!), a birthday card and a £25 Post Office Gift Card (for my BIL). I resisted the coffee shop, even though the smell of the coffee was doing its best to pull me in!

I've just checked on ebay and I've got a few watchers so hopefully that will bring in a few pounds next week. Oh yes, I've also done a Lightspeed Survey tonight. I haven't been on the site for ages and was really happy to see that I'm not far off a £10 Argos voucher :T

I won't mention the rugby because we lost

Its very quiet here again tonight. DH still in Ireland, DS2 gone to work and DS3 out and about doing whatever it is he does. Don't take this the wrong way, but the house runs much smoother with him in Ireland. There's no arguments, no shouting, no tension.............and a lot less mess!

I don't need the car again tonight, so I'm off to open the wine......I'll probably be back later x

Snowdonlily

I've just been reading the Debt Free by 2012 thread. I'm off to do some calculations to see if its reasonably feasible for me to ask if I can join in. I really like the idea of having a set date to aim for.

Snowdonlily

I did a lot of calculations last night and worked out that if I wanted to be debt free by July 2012 I need so save an additional £580 per month, so I think I'll leave that challenge to the experts...........an extra £580 is beyond me I think. I might manage it some months, but no chance every month!

DH will be home soon from his trip to the Emerald Isle. I wonder if I'll get a pressie??

I hope everyone had a nice Mothers Day today. I had to work, but it was a really nice sunny day here and the day passed without any major problems. I even did some reorganising.

My Mother's Day gift from my boys was a Star Trek Movie DVD.......I've no idea how they came up with that one :rotfl:

DS1 just phoned to tell me that the date for his graduation has been set for the 12th July......soooooooooo...now I've really got to get serious about this moneysaving and losing weight. Let's see if I can save enough money for a night at the Hilton and lose enough weight to fit into a fabulous dress.

I don't know if anyone reads my rambles, but on Friday night I wrote about the young American lady who answered DS1's phone. I asked him tonight who she was..........and he doesn't even remember speaking to me, so he must have had a good weekend!! I don't remember him ever being lost for words before:rotfl:

Snowdonlily

Hi everyone!! I hope you all had a good day!

I'm exhausted tonight, work was manic today, I didn't stop at all.........which is good

I came home this evening and felt ill for a split second. I saw the credit card bill on the breakfast bar and as soon as I saw it that old panicky feeling came over me till I remembered I'd paid it back (OH has lent me the money, which I'm paying back asap). He's only known the full extent of things since January and I'd gotten so used to hiding things from him, I still can't get used to being open about my bills in front of him...............isn't that weird??? I wonder if I'll ever forget that horrible feeling?

I've decided not to apply for that job I keep harping on about. I'm such a ditherer, but I'll never change.......so I might as well get used to it! The difference in wage is too much. I can't justify not working weekends, when not working them would mean a drop of about £6,000 in my annual wage........'specially when I have such a huge amount of debt to pay off. My present job really isn't that bad...............I've just lost touch with all my girlie friends 'cos I never go out. I can't remember the last time I had a girlie chat over a bottle of wine

I really don't want to do tomorrow. Its my friend's funeral. She died of cancer a week ago and didn't even know she was ill until a couple of weeks ago...... its just not fair.

Right, I don't want to sit here feeling sorry for myself.......so I'm going to have a "lurk" around and read some of the inspirational stories on here.

I fancy a rum and coke, so I'm going to see if we have any rum left over from Christmas............which is entering into the MSE spirit cos I'll be using what we have left in the cupboard! :beer:

Snowdonlily

I don't believe this year.......how much more pants can it get???

I really want to cry now. DH has just gone to work and DS2 has sat me down to tell me he's messed up his A Levels. I don't really understand what's happened, he sat a scholarship exam and was awarded £1,000 just this week, with an unconditional offer (which equates to two E grades) for the degree he wanted to do. The results came out today for the papers he sat just after Christmas. He got a D and 2 U's.

I'm not happy at all with the advice he got at College............he was told to drop one subject and concentrate on the other two in the hope of scraping two E's. This is a boy who passed 10 O levels with A and A* grades. I think he'd be better off deferring Uni until next year and taking a whole year to resit all three subjects.

He's so disappointed, he's upstairs now thinking things over. I'm not crying cos I'm disappointed, the only thing I care about is his future happiness...........I'm upset cos he's upset........and I'm upset cos he felt he had to wait till his dad went to work before telling me

If he defers entry till next year, that means he forfeits the £1,000, but I suppose he could try again next year for the same award.

I'm going to phone the college tomorrow to speak to someone........he really needs some good advice and I don't think he's getting it! If I have to go in with him..........I'll miss the funeral.

I'm feeling guilty already and I don't even know if anyone will see me tomorrow

Do I phone his dad at work .......or wait till he comes home in the morning?