New year, New me (finally)

thrifty_fifty

A couple more ebay items listed tonight, so a fairly profitable day. Still for the third weekend running have not tackled the large black bag of shredding. Shredding is one of those things, the thought of it sends you to sleep, but once you're doing it, its not so bad.

Garden cleared and some more digging done at the allotment. Can't wait for all this fresh veg and salad Need to devise some keep the pests out things though. The allotments are in the countryside, so there are mice, moles, rabbits, pigeons, and roe deer that are all going to want a piece of our crops. Hmmm, lets see what happens.

Need to find some pallets from somewhere too, so that we can make a composter too.

Shoe_Gal

Sounds like a really productive weekend

mrs_robinson_3

I dream of such a country-style existence......well, sometimes. When it's not raining.

Mrs R

thrifty_fifty

Hmmm. Quite a productive day today. Got approved for my team leaders ILM training, and have practical project management training in a couple of weeks. Free thorntons chocolates this afternoon with the metro paper.

Really feel like things are moving again. Thought I had spotted an amazing dress in Oxfam today, then I went inside and it had a label on it saying 'vintage', there was no label on the inside, so I don't know what vintage make it was, but the price was a shocker £29.99!!!!!!!!

I think they were slightly missing the point. That it is a charity shop, designed for people with not much money. If i wanted to pay vintage boutique prices, I would have gone there instead. I know it is a charity, but pricing themselves above the high street, isn't going to do them any favours.

Anyway enough moaning....

Hope you all had a good monday.

thrifty_fifty

Oh ps. I am allowing myself one spurgy purchase this month. There are a pair of Jimmy Choos for sale on t'interweb. These are an exact same pair (unworn) as my absolute favourite that I sold years back to please rat boy (my ex, please see above).

I wore them once whilst dining at a table in Paris with him-where romance did not blossom. I am going to sell some other things to fund this purchase, but (and you non shoe lovers will scoff at this) I want my babies back. I loved those shoes, and I can honestly say that I haven't seen a pair since that I have loved as much.

They are beautiful. I have promised myself that trip to the Crillon hotel and Plaza Athenee (where carrie stayed with Alexandr Petrovsky), for my 40th. It was meant to be for my 30th but I thought that we needed a house really. Anyway my plan is to start a special Paris 40th box, which will contain said Jimmy choos and the diamond brooch that I have been squirreling money away for at the jewellers. I'm going to leave that box unopened until my 40th birthday, when I shall unwrap them that night in Paris, but on my black dress, pull on my long silk gloves, and catch a taxi to dinner and then the opera. This gives me 10 years to save for it, and boy are we going to do it in style. Paris will sizzle again!!

I'll have a better job, be debt free, and pay everything cash. I can't wait (already) xx

mrs_robinson_3

That's such a fantastic plan! I like your "big picture" approach. I'm in Paris next month but will be dining at the pre Marathon pasta party, not the Crillon! But my day will come....Just make sure you DO sell other stuff to fund them, though they do sound v special.....

Mrs R

thrifty_fifty

I have come to the realisation that I have indeed not won the net a porter £25000 wardrobe, after seeing the video of the woman who did, on facebook. Stressed out working in finance for ten years? I don't think it was the job that tired her out, it was the size of the rock on her finger. Why don't the skint people ever win what they need to?

Sorry, my apologies. My inner cow goddess has surfaced, and it isn't pretty.

Shoe_Gal

thrifty_fifty wrote: »

Oh ps. I am allowing myself one spurgy purchase this month. There are a pair of Jimmy Choos for sale on t'interweb. These are an exact same pair (unworn) as my absolute favourite that I sold years back to please rat boy (my ex, please see above).

I wore them once whilst dining at a table in Paris with him-where romance did not blossom. I am going to sell some other things to fund this purchase, but (and you non shoe lovers will scoff at this) I want my babies back. I loved those shoes, and I can honestly say that I haven't seen a pair since that I have loved as much.

They are beautiful. I have promised myself that trip to the Crillon hotel and Plaza Athenee (where carrie stayed with Alexandr Petrovsky), for my 40th. It was meant to be for my 30th but I thought that we needed a house really. Anyway my plan is to start a special Paris 40th box, which will contain said Jimmy choos and the diamond brooch that I have been squirreling money away for at the jewellers. I'm going to leave that box unopened until my 40th birthday, when I shall unwrap them that night in Paris, but on my black dress, pull on my long silk gloves, and catch a taxi to dinner and then the opera. This gives me 10 years to save for it, and boy are we going to do it in style. Paris will sizzle again!!

I'll have a better job, be debt free, and pay everything cash. I can't wait (already) xx

What an amazing plan :A

Piccie of the shoes please

thrifty_fifty

Something tells me that I'll chicken out at the last minute before buying them. Perhaps I should keep the memory and let it lie at that. Right now debt free is where I want to be.

thrifty_fifty

Here are the pretty shoes http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260563622352&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT