Burlesque Babe bid to stay debt free in 2010

Burlesque_Babe

ZTD wrote: »

And the present?

Body Shop stuff, shower creme, body scrub, shower gel. I think I did the 'I'll have shower gel' line a bit too well - I won't need any all year :rotfl:

The printer working means I can get on with printing all the stuff I've been getting edgy about not being able to do - my OCD routine obsession will be calmed and smoothed then

Right. Deep breath. Get changed. Go out. Postie says the side road at the end of mine is even worse than this one. Gulp. Rang Tesco and unless it snows tonight, there are no plans to cancel my delivery for tomorrow so I'm going to risk not getting stuff today. I will go and see Charlie, it is weird though, the more you stay in, the easier it is to not bother want to go out again

ZTD

jinky67 wrote: »

I forgot you were nearly that age:p:p

Been looking at one of these - might be able to afford it when I do become middle aged...

jinky67

ZTD wrote: »

Been looking at one of these - might be able to afford it when I do become middle aged...

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice:D

Wont be long...start saving:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Toto

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

ta for that. xxx I'd eaten around 9.30pm the previous night and then 2 shortbreads around 10.30pm. God knows how many chocolates during the day :whistle: The test was done at 9.30am the next day.

Nah - I'll leave the gallbladder stuff for another time:p. I feel like I'm being MOT'd and serviced more than enough as it is at the moment :rolleyes: My own fault really -I store it up for years and then have about 3 things to talk about/be tested for/told there's nothing wrong with me - the GP's nightmare :rolleyes:

That's most likely what it was. I had a woman the other day come into clinic with 3+ of glucose in her urine. She is over 40 with a higher than average BMI, so we sent her for a GTT at the hospital the next day. I would have bet my life savings she had gestational diabetes but the test came back normal. The 3+ must have been because she ate chocolate fudge cake and a mars bar the night before.

I don't think you have anything to worry about with yours.

Burlesque_Babe

ta hun xx

To be honest, I'm not worried - more pished off that this is probably going to mean a morning or afternoon off work. I know people go to the denist etc during work but it's something I've never felt comfortable doing.

Survived the trek down the road. Crunched all the way at 5mph!!!

ZTD

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

ta hun xx

To be honest, I'm not worried - more pished off that this is probably going to mean a morning or afternoon off work. I know people go to the denist etc during work but it's something I've never felt comfortable doing.

Survived the trek down the road. Crunched all the way at 5mph!!!

I've been out too - my observation is that supermarkets would do more business in bad weather if they cleared the carpark... :rolleyes:

I dragged my trolley there and back, like you would drag a dead body. Another bloke carried his trolley on his shoulder...

Roads aren't very clear except in the very centre of town.

Burlesque_Babe

I phoned the small Asda nearby and she popped outside and said that the path was gritted and the car park was clear - well, unless there was any ice she couldn't see :eek: I gave it a miss after hearing Tesco are going to be here tomorrow unless there is snow overnight.

My old house is opposite a pub and because of double yellow lines both me and my ex have used it to park (landlords have always been brilliant over the years). It was like a rink _pale_ I was really surprised that nothing had been done by the pub/brewery - even the disabled spaces hadn't been gritted or cleared. I managed to skid in the 3 paces between the edge of the grass and the car door -luckily I was holding the door handle - I'm such a nightmare :rolleyes:

Burlesque_Babe

bit miffed.

Conversation this morning:

OH: your engineering thing has failed - there's water escaping from one side and the ice expanded again outside the door

BB: I could really do with the ice breaking up properly with a spade and then some sand outside the door to create access

OH: Well I haven't got any sand

BB: I didn't ask you for any. You must know plenty of people who do though? (remembering OH has worked in the construction industry for 30 years as a quantity surveyor and his best friend of over 20 years owns a building company locally)

OH: It's Sunday

BB: That's ok - could you ask x tomorrow if he has a bit of sand you can have? (his friend who owns a company)

OH: you need gritting sand, not normal sand

BB: it's got to be better than nothing though

OH: I'll see what I can do (grumpily walking down the drive)

10 minutes later he is back.......with a full big bucket of sand (his own - miraculously) and a spade.

OH: I'm only breaking up and sanding this bit by the back door. (3 foot by 3 foot patch now down - just what was needed)

BB: That's fine - as long as there's some access

Oh: It will freeze you know and the sand will be slippy

BB: That's ok - I can move the sand away tomorrow if needed and hopefully underneath will be frost free to at least step across the top of the drive.


Talk about hard work.....

So for the last 8 or 9 days while I've had solid ice and even my neighbour offered sand a week ago before it got as high as the top of the drive (and OH didn't go over because he was trying to avoid him after agreeing to buy the tools!) he had sand at his house he could have brought round. I knew he'd have some, he has loads of building type stuff there of his own. I know it isn't gritting sand, but surely it's worth trying?

Sigh..........to be honest, I'm too :rolleyes: to be :mad: at his lack of thought whilst I've struggled to break ice - with only the end of a broom :rolleyes:

Ellidee

BB - words fail me !

Burlesque_Babe

and in other news - I put the Biggest Loser game on my wii last night. I was just going to set up a profile for myself (whilst sat eating a bag of crisps!!) for 'another day' but I decided to have a go at one of the games where you are playing against the other competitors. I had to do a 'mountain climbing' leg and arm movement as quick as possible to move myself along a wire over water and then do axe swinging repeatedly to release some balloons from a stand. It was knackering and was 5 rounds knocking out a contestant each round (I thought it was just 1 go at it!!) - but I beat them all I was really chuffed with myself!