museumworker's quest to consign mortgage to history!

museumworker

Made it through a day at work, and just about to take DD for weekly swimming lesson. Feel like things have been getting on top of me of late, so here is my to do list to help focus the mind:
* [STRIKE]bake cake for cake club tonight - am thinking of 2 x coca cola ginger cake from the tesco magazine. Only need to pick up ground ginger, butter, and a can of coke which can do from corner shop. Have no idea what it will taste like, but will give it a go![/STRIKE] done, although I think it may be awful! Trying it at 11am.
* push hoover round for 1/ 2 hour
* read regeneration for book club this sun about 1/3rd way through
* post present to friend's baby in New Zealand
[STRIKE]* talk to work about pension amount in annual statement not matching what is coming out of salary[/STRIKE] apparently normal, it gets balanced out end of year
[STRIKE]* call aviva and confirm happy with life insurance[/STRIKE] done, am now insured for the next 26 years :j
[STRIKE]* check builders ready to start next week and what they need[/STRIKE] have asked, scaffolding up... what they need is unfathomable :rotfl:
* book free parenting classes for next year
* send premium bonds in
* halifax account - log in and activate
* call museums association and ask them to increase membership subs
[STRIKE]* find out where decreased bill from more than is.[/STRIKE] renewed now
[STRIKE]* research homeserve[/STRIKE] have, they sound pants

museumworker

Woot! Just found out won a pair of tickets to a Phase Eight event this week - free goody bags, champagne, canapes, hand massage... just need to convince OH that he is happy to skip pilates for me to go. Fingers crossed!

tootallulah

Well done, you are having some good competition wins. I hope that you are ready for the builders.

museumworker

Unfortunately I can't make it to the Thursday event as OH has work do

Urmm, not quite ready for builders yet! And have quite a bit on this weekend ... oops! We are still awaiting confirmation from them that it is all ok to proceed too.

Cake went down well with cake club, which was a relief. Now have 15 weeks of free HM cake, once a week, to look forward to!

Spoken to work about pension and got life assurance started. Done one survey on L!ghtspeed, and met friend for lunch but didn't spend anything, just chatted in sunshine. Did spend 99p on charger for DS as OH has lost DD's charger and she is v upset as missing her nintendog!

Feeling under the weather still and low. Going to have some lentil/goats cheese dish for dinner, then hot bath and bed with book for book club me thinks.

Am thinking of getting the Lidl angora long johns and thermals they are getting in next week, anyone know if they are any good?

Night all.

[Deleted User]

Hey mw
sorry your feeling poorly and low at the mo, Im coming down with something too- think it must be the kind of year!
no idea about the long johns Im afraid! getting to colder weather and having just had massive electric bills am thinking need to be more careful with how much we use!
well done on the cake - what type did you make.? I may do some baking tomorrow, but I must start being more healthy as the cold weather and baking combined will make me huge if not careful! :rotfl: what is the cake club for? maybe I should set one up!...but then Id have to join weight watchers not very mse

CathT

Sorry you're feeling unwell, sometimes an relaxing evening followed by an early night can work wonders.
Yay to the free cake!

museumworker

Deleted_User wrote: »

Hey mw
sorry your feeling poorly and low at the mo, Im coming down with something too- think it must be the kind of year!

Definitely - is depressing getting up in the dark!

Deleted_User wrote: »

getting to colder weather and having just had massive electric bills am thinking need to be more careful with how much we use!

Some great tips on the OS board, preparing for winter thread is great reading (I am such a geek!)

Deleted_User wrote: »

well done on the cake - what type did you make.? I may do some baking tomorrow, but I must start being more healthy as the cold weather and baking combined will make me huge if not careful! :rotfl: what is the cake club for? maybe I should set one up!...but then Id have to join weight watchers not very mse

We have a cake club at work. You join, and promise to bake enough cake for all the members once in your allocated week. In return, you get cake once a week when it is everyone else's turn. Currently we have 15 members. You can bake anything, it must be homemade. I actually have lost weight during cake club as I don't snack on biscuits or anything because I am holding out for my once a week cake club treat . I made Coca-Cola Ginger cake, a tom aikens recipe in the Tesco food magazine free in store. Dark, rich and moist, it was well received.
I try not to bake at home for the family because I would be the size of a house :rotfl:.

museumworker

CathT wrote: »

Sorry you're feeling unwell, sometimes an relaxing evening followed by an early night can work wonders.
Yay to the free cake!

A few quiet nights have been the only thing that have gotten me this far in the week! Thank goodness it is almost the weekend :j. Cough irritating still but think I am over the worst of it (fingers crossed!)

museumworker

Low spend day today - 99p on milk for the office, and £1.85 on tea with a friend. Gave her my e-ticket to get into event tomorrow, so hopefully she can go. Had busy day at work, moved 53 paintings for photography, some of which were really heavy and really awkward to get out of the racking - and then back in! Really MUST call the insurance people tomorrow, and also take books back to library to avoid fines. In meantime am putting on the Apprentice...

museumworker

God the female team on the Apprentice are absolutely appalling, an embarrassment to working women everywhere!

Sold another book on Amazon! £8.84 after fees but before postage, but think it will be a few quid to post.

Time for bed now, Mad Men will have to wait for me on catch up!