Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

Memory_Girl

landed back in the kitchen for a cup of coffee and a catch -up.

one of the things i was most touched about this week was everyone who sent me good wishes, and lovely letters and very sweet pm's.

I won't name names, but one very kind lady pm'd me to say that she'd had a premium bonds win - and she'd love to share her luck with the boys and me -and if she did would i use it to treat us to something special.

so over the last few days her present from ernie has been splurged on;

£19.99 ink for the printer - desperately needed for me and for ds1 projects

£1.40 on 2 balls of 4ply charcoal wool from the charity shop (DS1 spends several afternoons at "nature school" and needs new wellie socks to keep his feet warm

£0.59 set of 4 double point needles from same shop to knit them on.

£3.00 on a cream and blue checked rug (local furniture project)- starting point for swedish colour scheme to paint all his mismatched pine furniture to make a designer heaven bedroom.

£0.99 on a pine bureau desk for ds1's room - 3 drawers, a pen drawer, a flip down top with loads of cubby holes and drawers for his treasures. again needs to be painted - and it has no knobs so i will need to find 10 pine knobs - but hey, for less than a pound i think its pretty marvelous:D

£2.99 on a china breakfast set for ds2 - ds1 has a dr who set, ds1 one now has a spongebob set and is like a dog with two tails. he is now officially a big boy as all his meals come on proper plates and not melamine ones.:rotfl:

£1.25 on a cone of aran wool - and i mean wool - from a real honest to goodness shaun the sheep. destined to be a winter sweater for ds2 plus hats, mitts and scarves for snowy days.

£1.25 on a john Torode - thai treck cookbook. Because one day ds1 wants to go travelling there and wants to get to know the food - oh, and the pictures are lovely.

£18.00 - on two swimming multisaver tickets. Means that ds1, ds2 and i can go swimming together every friday afternoon for the next 10 weeks. We took the baby last friday and he loved it - you would have laughed to see his face.

Oh and 45p on a packet of strawberry chews from lidl - well they deserved a wee sweetie.

All of these things are things that i regarded as "luxury buys" - they would be lovely to have but we can do with out kind of things - but we (well ds1 and I) worked together to get the wee things that would make the biggest difference to our lives.

so thank you mrs premium bond :rotfl::rotfl:. my ds now has a place to do his homework, a printer to use as he needs it - warm feet, hands, head and neck, a whole new cuisine of food to try and the joy of watching his little brother splash around and learn to swim.

thats a long way to stretch £50 - and the eagle eyed amongst you will have calculated that we overspent by a penny:D but i think we can all live with that.

whats more important is he has seen his mum get her sparkle back - and to start moving forward with purpose into a brand new life.

you are all officially my everyday angels

memorygirl

MrsMoo2U

This is amazing. The power of word of mouth is mighty. If it is the guy that I am thinking it could be (walks over to the corner and picks up megaphone) :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j Oh My Bl***y DAWKINS WAY TO GO GIRL:j:j:j:j:j

Now keep calm, lose those stars from the eyes. He is a man, just a man! He started from right where you are now so ............ listen to him, take heed and get charging more for those books. But when he IMs you again, talk to him with a very level head and remember he is JUST A MAN Oh and have your notebook handy for doing what you do best.

Waiting to hear the next instalment now. And yes I followed Mikes Doll house thread too and I am waiting to see the finished show. Soon I will be able to say about both of you - I was there at the beginning!

Courgette - I feel for you - hope it happens soon.

ClootiesMum

£18.00 - on two swimming multisaver tickets

Please tell me you have the Fifestyle card - I think you get discount on swimming & stuff with it.....

And I'm still sitting here smacked of the gob by your IM & PM........

I have a name in mind for him - & if it is him he was in a film that was brilliant & in now cult movie status - but I can't remember the name of the film:o

*Note to self - Get MG's books back from work & read them as soon as poss*

Kittikins

Holy carp, what an amazing turn of events!! I don't know who Mr Famous is, but he sounds awesome and the kind of person we all need in our lives, someone inspiring, challenging, etc etc - sound very much like you MG - you're such an inspiration to me and I'm starting up my own life challenges after reading your thread and gaining such positivity from you and everyone else on here

I'm amazed at how well you spent your windfall and can't wait to hear how you get on with your challenges.

short_bird

Heavens to Murgatroyd... what a difference a day makes!:D:D:D:D
(Is the mystery man really tall, by the way?)

Heartiest Congratulations:j
Clootie's Mum: Shallow Hal, perchance?

katie2407

way to go MG waitng on next challenge

ClootiesMum

Clootie's Mum: Shallow Hal, perchance?

That's the one :j:j - thank you short_bird

roomontheend

Hi, I have been read through your thread, popping on and off but I am still only half way through. So I thought that I would drop you a line and then go back and read the rest. I have been loving it and I have even been and brought "the secret" and got "the power" half price. I remember reading one of your last threads when you were just starting off on your little journey. You may have been expecting at the time??? and I how know he is around two. Well I will keep popping in if you dont mind and let you know how I am getting on.

Memory_Girl

cherisong wrote: »

Waiting to hear the next instalment now. And yes I followed Mikes Doll house thread too and I am waiting to see the finished show. Soon I will be able to say about both of you - I was there at the beginning!

Courgette - I feel for you - hope it happens soon.

can someone do me a linkie pls to mikes thread??? Need to stop thinking about me for a moment - i'm making myself sick with excitement.

and pls stop trying to guess - its not the very tall one, but you know its a very small industry and its not fair to out him before he's ready:D

wonder if he knows bob wants to meet gabriel byrne though/?? and of course its only right that i chaperone her :rotfl::rotfl:

mG

Memory_Girl

ClootiesMum wrote: »

Please tell me you have the Fifestyle card - I think you get discount on swimming & stuff with it.....

And I'm still sitting here smacked of the gob by your IM & PM........

I have a name in mind for him - & if it is him he was in a film that was brilliant & in now cult movie status - but I can't remember the name of the film:o

*Note to self - Get MG's books back from work & read them as soon as poss*

Yes - we go the fifestyle cards - also got a ds who won't wear armbands cos none of the big kids do.

so i guess he will be swimming in a month:cool:

mg