Ladies & Gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts ...

Kittikins

Well done BB on remaining positive during these times, you're an inspiration! I think I need to live by your example

benbenandme

Another nsd so far today :T Its ds school play tonight so we're off out in about half an hour. Time for a quick bath when we get back before bed, am tired again tonight and already counting down to the weekend

Thankyou all for your comments, I'm actually looking forward to the new year now, there must be some way of making some money that I haven't thought about yet

benbenandme

Ahh, back home, the play was fab, and we managed to get seats in the front row so had a great view Unfortunately, after finally sorting out a black shirt and red bow tie for ds, I forgot the little matter of his trousers The problem was that they had said they could wear their school trousers, and yesterdays performance was in the afternoon so obviously he was wearing them at school. Unfortunately todays performance was in the evening so he had already got changed after school and went back to school wearing his jeans (they had said to go in their own clothes and change when they got there), so I totally forgot to send in his school trousers as well. Apparently they checked lost property but there were none that would fit him so he wore his jeans Luckily the black shirt I had borrowed was so big that it swamped most of them and you couldn't see much of them anyway OOPS!!!!

Other than that it was great though, lots of dodgy singing, one kid who really should have practiced his violin solo a bit more (not sure whether it was supposed to be silent night or away in a manger ...), and a Mary who sat in tears and refused to go on stage All makes for a classic kiddies xmas play :T :T

hypno06

You can't beat a kids nativity play - especially when it doesn't all go according to plan!

dangers

Love it!!! Did ds do what he had to do?

benbenandme

Yep, he remembered his lines even when the kid before him forgot theirs and he sat really still and quiet in the in between bits while most of the other boys fidgeted and whispered to each other all the way through it, I was very proud of him tonight :T

dangers

:T:T:T:T:T:T Well done to your ds

Kittikins

aaaah, your DS' nativity sounds wonderful, well done him My DD's sick so I'm going to miss her school church service today (she was going to be a King).

I went to a school I volunteer at a couple of days ago and saw their Christmas show, so I have had a taster of children's talents, they were sooooo cute.

benbenandme

We've been to see Santa tonight, was all lovely with real reindeer too Ds was given a lovely fake lego lorry/crane, which he is happily building now I was very good and resisted the obligatory photo with Santa for a tenner afterwards :T

Spends today = £2.15 on lunch and £1 on ds lunch as there wasn't much in the cupboard this monrning. Tomorrow is his christmas lunch at school so wasn't worth buying packed lunch stuff tonight.

Plans tonight = a quick tidy up as the flat is a bombsite again, early nights for both of us and not much else

benbenandme

£5 profit from a matched bet tonight, should have been nearer a tenner but I wan't paying attention properly

Another update ...

Food: £90 / £200
Petrol: £15 / £60
Other: £39 / £160