Further financial faux pas and even more disasterous decisions

Itsadogslife_2

I have put my tomatoes into pots on the patio. They seem to be doing quite well I just hope the temperature doesn't drop too much This year we have had a stab at calbrese in the raised bed, didn't read enough into them as it looks like day of the triffids, they are swamping the carrots but I think if one grows up and one grows down then they should be OK

chevalier

Love your description of your kitchen. sounds ace! And just think of the potential plant sales/ low cost food later in the summer...
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moo2moo

chevalier wrote: »

Love your description of your kitchen. sounds ace! And just think of the potential plant sales/ low cost food later in the summer...
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Thats assuming the hound from hell doesn't dig them all up of course. For the mo. shes decided that since DD2s potato plants occupy the dumping ground they are clearly defined poo positions and so each plant has aquired a large steming turd. Rather bizarely this actually makes poo patrol much easier since I'm no longer patroling the entire garden but can go straight to the veg patch. DD2 is not so appreciative though. Its a heck of an incentive to weed too. Theres nowt worse than grabbing a fist full of nettles only to discover they've got cling-ons.

moo2moo

Things went most smoothly at the vets and the hound is now fully vaccinated for another year. £30 seems a little excessive but its considerably cheaper than the vets bills if she gets some form of contagious lurgi whilst at the park. Since it was raining OH came with us and didn't seem too bothered about us detouring home for a romp around the park. Half expected the hound to do a runner because OH was with us but she was a superstar and stayed close the whole time we wer there which is a minor miracle. The old dear would have done a runner purely because OH was there to make it very clear that park time is our time.

With all the fun and games I did v. little else. Fortunately OH had washed up. Did manage to fold and put away most of the clean laundry. Its not much but its better than nowt.

All of which brings me on rather swiftly to the drunken purchases of a nocturnal clothes shopper. The saga continues from Sunday with a further purchase which fits firmly into the OMG what was I thinking category. Admitedly it is rather fab if you're a 50s dress wearing girlie kinda girlie and have a pair of tigh high kinky boots lurking at the back of the wardrobe (shucks, knew I should have gone for the Doc Martens I talked myself out of earlier in the year) but as it is I'm clearly delusional. I mean I bought a dress !!!!!!. Not just any dress either, its one thats clearly more suited to a 13 year old schoolgirl than a 35 year old ditering eejot. So without further ado I give you bargaintastic e-bay purchase of the day. Suppose the only good points are :

• it was most definately v. cheap. ... really can't think why...
• when DD1 eventually grows b00bs she'll love it
• and finally theres the very vague possiblibilty I won't look like a heifer in it... but thats very very vague.

Rather scarily there are several more auctions still on going. Moral in the story is its always best to have ones midlife crisis well away from E-bay.

Couldn't stay awake last night so departed for bed. Tucked myself up with a book and then discovered it was only 7:30. No wonder OH looked at me like I'd grown too heads. At least I feel vaguely human today. Which is just as well because today is the penultimate road safety class and today we're learning how to use a toucan crossing. Am hoping I don't have to pretend to be the naughty cyclist. Am equally hoping thats its a very quiet day in the village because we'll be hittting the big red button that stops the traffic 46 times in a smidgen over an hour.

Further palns for the day involve more money shuffling around various accounts, the writing of many cheques once the money ends up in places that have cheque books and at some point I need to locate and book a campsite for OH and the DDs as well as figuring out when Granny can have the DDs over the summer. Also need to poopascoop in chicken land and drop some eggs off at a friends.

Eager_Elephant

I have to say I actually quite like the tunic!!! I am 30 and I would wear it with leggings.

We should all be able to wear what we want without fear of people talking about us!!!

EE

P.S Wondering if there are any more pictures for us to look at of your lovely dogs?

pennywisepoundstupid

I also like the tunic, it would look good with a pair of leggings and a little fitted tee underneath.

firesidemaid

it's waaaay better than my last drunken ebay clothes purchase:rotfl:

anyway, as it says on the tin, it's both 'essential' and 'flattering'

beanielou

Im way too large to wear the tunic :rotfl:

moo2moo

My subconcious self obviously agreed with you all. Whether or not I can wedge it over my boobs remains to be seen. Joe Browns has the wierdest sizing known to man. Then theres the whole not actually posessing a fitted tee... I really need to get out more. Instead I have been rearranging my jam jar cupboard. Every girl should have one. Now have an hour to do everything I should have done this morning whilst I was avoiding the housework by drinking coffee with friends husband since friend was out.

Meanwhile have discovered that Joe Browns offer 10% cashback via Quidco and am still very very tempted by several more items in the catalogue. Quite when or where I'll wear them remains a mystery. Couldn't care less about what people say or think about me but I do care what I look like and I have a mental image thats at odds to my actual appearance. Need to give myself a kick up the derriere. With a bit of time and effort I could shock myself but I'm far more me in jeans and a t-shirt.

moo2moo

Attempted to be organised yesterday but failed miserably. Apparently the campsite of choice don't take bookings for under five nights stay even if I'm prepared to pay up front for the entire thing to ensure that OH and the DDs get a pitch. Seems they have to turn up on bank holiday monday and hope theres space available. I forsee the need to whip up a contingency plan tout de suite or I'll end up mowing the weed patch at the bottom of the garden for them to camp out there. Havig them at home will seriously scupper my plans as I'm vaguely tempted to repaint the bathroom although I need to gloss the walls first in the hopes that stops the paint peeling and its going to take several coats to cover over the dark orange with something considerably paler in the hopes of brightening the room up a bit.

Whizzed round like a mini tornado yesterday and managed to liberate a couple of surfaces as well as extract a vacuum bag full of dog hair from the formerly cream bedroom carpet. The hound from hell seems to shed continuously. Its driving me nuts.

Spent a most pleasant evening vegged on the sofa trying to pretend I'm not coming down with DD2s virus. Managed to wade my way through a couple of dodgy mags from school aimed at the over 50 domestic godess. Some of it was rather snigger worthy. Apparently in order to cover up a fat !!!! and wibbly belly one should wear flasher macs and knee length cardies, prefereably in gold or leopard print and usually with several zeros on the end of the price tag. Mind you it was worth reading just for the property !!!!!!.

Finally got the invoice for last months roof repair, cheque is already in the post. PC desk is still awash with a sea of paperwork but most of it belongs to OH and has been ignored long enough for me to relocate it to its relevant final resting place.

Plans for today involve attempting to feel human. If I achieve that I could do with having another go at the laundry pile then figuring out how to get OH to agree to dispose of the manky armchair now that hes brought his office chair back from work. Also need to do a spot of random crap chucking, quite a lot of weeding and I could do with venturing forth to a supermarket before we run out of bread.