The Ultimate Incentive to have an amazing 2010.

Dinah93

Lol I'm just glad we have a garage with its own annexe - more than enough space for boy toys! Although luckily 90% of the things he likes that I don't want cluttering up my house are tools - which belong in the garage anyway!

Birdie85

I dread the think what he'd buy if he had a garage to fill! He said on Saturday that he'd got a drill off his Dad for me, what do I want with a drill?! I think he likes the idea of owning tools even if he can't use them! If I want a hole drilling I ask his brother to do it since he's actually not a danger to himself and others unlike OH who seems to be missing the DIY gene!

Birdie85

Don't ask me why I've been looking for kids playhouses but check out this site, you've got to put one of these in your garden when you have kids Dinah! They're amazing! When I was little a nice playhouse was a shed with curtains!

Dinah93

Wow those are some pretty insane tree houses! I have this book there are some amazing ones in there too! I can definately see it being a NIM project one summer - shame we have no trees at our house really! Just need to make our millions so we can move somewhere with trees (and stables... we don't have affordable tastes!).

roomontheend

Great to hear about the house I bet you can't wait to get your keys and make a start.

wendz86

Oh no about the star wars plates Birdie, they sound attractive!

Dinah - wish we could have a massive lovely house too, you will one day I am sure!

We have been having a nightmare with things breaking at the new flat but things seem to be working now. We had no washing machine, no hot water and a dishwasher that wouldn't work. Thankfully we have a temp washing machine now and the hot water is fixed yay so I am much happier.

Dinah93

Dinah93 wrote: »

Reasonable, not a great week though. Got a bit sidetracked, finished one maxi dress and I'm 95% of the way on the other. Just needs hemming, which might even be done tonight.

So this week

• Write to surveyors company
• [STRIKE]Find and send Bupa forms[/STRIKE]
• List 2 bits of software on NIMs Amazon account to build him a feedback rating
• [STRIKE]Relist all unsold items on ebay[/STRIKE]
• Post Robin costume
• Post necklace back to USA
• Write up cake disaster on blog
• Write up weekend cupcakes on blog
• Write up new maxi dress on blog
• Write up travelling info/contacts for hire cars etc on Irish tab, local hotels, the menu, the giftlist stuff, and email to nice invite lady
• Write up invite list for hen/stag do with contact details to send to maid of honor.
• Finish 'The Ship of Brides'
• Do 2 Vine reviews
• 75
• Finish taking up denim skirt
• [STRIKE]Finish maxi dress[/STRIKE]
• Cut out veil shape
• Cut out squares for attempting first quilt
• Order materials for new vintage gown
• Type up gift book questions
• Order spiral sketchbooks
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 10/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 11/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 12/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 13/05[/STRIKE]
• Competitions for 14/05
• Competitions for 15/05
• Competitions for 16/05
• Competitions for 17/05
• Competitions for 18/05
• Competitions for 19/05
• Get sewing book up to date
• Hem the 4 pairs of trousers in my sewing basket.
• Upload piccie of gray handbag to ebay, as it seems to have vanished
• Check other items on ebay for pictures
• [STRIKE]Order car tax[/STRIKE]
• Find out about travel insurance
• [STRIKE]Move remainder of deposit out of Egg[/STRIKE]
• Update wedding spreadsheet
• Update wedding/house spreadsheet
• Update savings spreadsheet
• Update extra income total.
• Arrange courier for window

Collossal list! No chance at all of it being completed, especially as my contact has asked me to do some website work for him this week, I'm not sure why he asked me, maybe its a test? But I don't find out how much there is until Tuesday, so I think I'm going to be fairly busy even without my list.

I'm actually having a very productive day - I'm aiming to get another (wait for it) 12 things crossed off this list today. I can not face another list that long next week! Plus next week I hope to be able to get into making my veil. This week I need to work out my damned budgets, work out how much money is where, how much more I need to set aside. What I REALLY want to have is all the wedding money saved up so I know we're not going to be short, and that way I can focus just on the works to the house, and I know anything we save is house money, anything that goes on the CC is house money, etc. Our CC has a £3k limit, which we will use if we need to, obviously rather not but thats looking very unlikely atm.

Birdie85

That sounds like a good idea Dinah, you don't want to spend your wedding day worrying about the fact that your flowers/BM dresses/cake/whatever is in your CC and you're not sure how long it will take to pay off! The house stuff can wait if you're really short, although it isn't ideal, plenty people do 'make-do' for the first year or so, just be happy that you're there and enjoy it!

Wendz, nice to hear that things are working after going all wrong on you! Apart from the problems are you settling in OK?

We had a leak last week under the kitchen sink and water had trickled into my toilet duck fresh disc dispenser thingy so when I opened the cupboard there was lemony fresh foam all over! That was fun!

Dinah93

Lol sounds interesting.

I'm not really worried, if its £3k its £3k, we should have it paid off my Christmas. I'm actually more worried that we'll be commited to more outgoings than we'll be able to meet, so I'd just like to know we've got all the money saved/already paid.

Cinny91

Just popped on to post some of those diet coke Asos codes so I thought I'd catch up

In true Dinahstyle this weeks list is seriously impressive/equal parts terrifying! You're already doing pretty well with it. Hope all the budgets work out well, like you said even if you do get into debt with the way you work it'll be cleared by Christmas. (but still, fingers crossed it isn't too much debt!)

Birdie - Don't be a meanie, let your OH have those Star Trek plates up! Then one day you can be dusting and.. 'Oh Noes!' (well, Oh Noes to 1 plate that you could easily replace from ebay!) That way you'll get the kudos of being a nice wifey-to-be and letting him have the things up, but then you'll have to pack them away as 'you don't want to break another!'

Hope you're all well