13 Moons ... ( *** Off, I'm Fabulous )

Lula-Hula

Hi Angel - thanks for your kind words & lovely to see you, hope life is treating you well ?

As to Kirstie vs Nigella or KC vs Souk ... Now now girls - play nice

I like both of them but not anywhere near as much as I love Souks " ... rips my knitting ... " phrase :rotfl:

I think they're both fab in their fields of expertise & I also love alys fowler s work - although I couldnt bear to have those gardening hands .

What I love is that these 3 women are all very different & yet are great feminine role models with their own very distinctive styles, operating succesfully in traditionally male-dominated areas :cool:.

Now let's talk about ME

I was just about to finish home-job work when I came over all keen to do another workout :eek:. Traditionally Wednesday is the night I lounge around with wine after completing all home-job work but tonight was different.

I knew I had no wine & as I havent done so much home-job work this week, I've not felt so tired. I'm determined to get back into my lovely clothes & have finally accepted that if I dont wish to starve myself thin, then I need to exercise - daily :idea:. It also makes me feel good .

I did the superfit workout again (not yet ready for supersculpt _pale_ ) & although I still have to take the easier option on some of the moves I got through it. Still very glowy afterwards but did the cooling down stretches & then relaxed in the bath with a book .

It's been quite a shock to realise just how unfit I've become & that has encouraged me to keep going as much as the thought of losing the lard.

On the finance front, I've been paid the huge sum of £1.60 from quidco :undecided but snigger ye not, as I've also had tracking confirmation from the laptop purchase - £ 22.53. I'm not sure why they only tracked the amount pre VAT but it's cashback & not to be sniffed at.

I received the Just Dance 2 game today so have stashed that away for DD for christmas. I need to get started on christmas shopping as the weeks are whizzing by now & I loathe the last minute thing.

It's been NSD 3 today, but tomorrow I need to pay another 'voluntary' contribution to the school for something or other & also need to buy stuff for DD to take along to the party on friday. Would love to hang all this out until friday but we have one crust & 2 slices of bread left. That will not do for 4 breakfasts & one packed lunch :think:.

Oooh it's late, I need to go to bed & hope I dont ache too much tomorrow

night night
xx

boredofbeingathome

Oh eck the 'C' word- i hate the thought of it myself..i have a few things, but like everyone else i am amazed how quickly it sneaks up on us..:(

Lula-Hula

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

Oh eck the 'C' word- i hate the thought of it myself..i have a few things, but like everyone else i am amazed how quickly it sneaks up on us..:(

I know & I wont get away too lightly this year as we have distant relatives joining us so will have to spend more on pressies ... :undecided

* wonders if raiding the work stationery / first aid cupboard could reveal some suitable gifts :think: - cheap brand post-its, wipeboard markers or sterile wipes anyone ? *

Off to buy bread & [STRIKE]wine[/STRIKE] fish/es (?) in a bit - will report spends later.

Karmacat

Just in the middle of reading your big post above, Lula, but I have to say first .... I **agree** with Souk! Honestly, I do, Nigella is The woman of glamour ....

Karmacat

Good for you for the workout! Especially since you did it and *wanted* to do it instead of slobbing around, thats truly inspiring :kisses3:

Lula-Hula

It's been a spendy day today :

£3 for School Artsweek - although if I had another child at the school as well as DD, I would only have to pay £5 for both :huh: It's irksome & I think unfair but a small amount so I'll suck it up & move on.

We did the Waitrose trip & spent an exact £40 & now have £82.08p left in my Household Account & 3 weeks left. Oh dear . I am using the debit card to pay for all groceries as it is easier to keep track of than cash. It also means the only cash I have on me is my pocket money & I'm not about to start flashing that about unnecessarily .

I did end up with £10 pocket money this week :jbut have no plans on spending it any time soon. After last weekends very expensive frittering I aim to spend nothing at all this one. We will make cakes & DD alos found hallowwen style apple decorating kit in the reduced basket for just 29p so that will keep her amused for while .

I've topped up all the cash funds as follows :

PGL trip now = £40
Presents = £80
DDs clubs = £35
Trips/Treats = £10
Clothes :whistle: = £30

- I really find it easier to save some cash for clothes each week & although £500 may seem a lot for a year, that's for everything for both DD & myself - her shoes come in at about £36 a go & she'll be needing a whole new school uniform in July so I know I need to be careful & I wont need much at all as I'll be wearing the stuff I'm shrinking back into .

As soon as DD went off to bed I was doing that superfit workout again :eek: That's 3 days in a row & already I have more energy & less desire to eat junk. My aim is to do the superfit every other day & the super sculpt ( involving weights I think _pale_)on the alternate days. I'll get one day off a week & eat a huge full english breakfast to reward myself :rotfl:.

Off to check out the price of weights now ...

night night
xx

Karmacat

Well done superfit you! Thats brilliant. I really can't exercise yet, but I was rummaging around healthy eating, and it mentioned eating 20 foods a day - which I thought was impossible, but without trying too hard, I'm up at 17 or so (I sprinkle 3 different kinds of seeds on my porridge, which helps!).

Lula-Hula

Holo amigos :wave:

It's been an unusual day here. It started off fairly normally with me taking DD to school & then coming home to attempt laundry.

I'd just hung 2 loads on the line when it started to rain so I had to bring it all in again & distribute it about the place.

Then my father rang to say he was coming over to sort out finances with me :eek:. Turns out to be even weirder than I originally thought ( that he'd sussed my online persona ). He's been trying to get me to sort out a pension/savings for a while now & finally got fed up with my evasiveness & organised it himself on my behalf :shocked:.

Obviously, this is lovely of him & I'm very, very grateful & appreciative but it was also very surreal. He'd transferred money to my current account, so there I was buying a S&S Isa over the phone with my debit card for a sum that exceeds my total debt & feeling like a complete fraud.

It was truly bizarre. At one point the guy on the phone said that the transaction wasnt accepted & while my father was looking astonished & worried, I wasnt at all surprised :rotfl:. Turns out he'd entered the wrong number so then it went through & I just felt completely detached from the whole event.

I dont feel any better off as it's long term savings & I cant use it so I'm just going to carry on as normal & pretend it never happened until debt free & then I suppose I'll need to start adding to it.

Other than that little blip - which wasnt really my money so doesnt count - it's been a NSD . Dear Father then took me to the pub for lunch so I pigged out & as I've not done any exercise today I've probably undone all the superfit work .

The fab red patent shoes arrive today & are an ideal fit & in perfect unworn condition so that was great.

I've paid the electricity bill which was £73 & discovered 2 bottles of tonic water in the cupboard so have had a very gorgeous Gordon & wont be buying any wine this week.

No news from work that my shiny new lappie has arrived so either Grumpy has let the dog eat it :eek: or it'll arrive on monday. I still need to get myself a wireless router & just havent got my act together to do that. I also need to clear out all my old CC paperwork & check whether Barclaycard account has been closed yet. they sent me a customer panel survey to day & I opted to delete it immediately .

There are some lovely fireworks whizzing about but I need to go & collect DD from her party now so will return another time.

Bye for now
xx

rainbow81

Hi
I LOVE the name of your diary! And what a lovely Dad you've got! Even if you can't touch the money I bet it'll give you peace of mind to know it's there...

*off to subscribe*

eco

hi Lula, been missing you all in SAID thought I'd trawl the diaries and here you are, good luck with your 3rd attempt, begining to realise even if I do 2 steps forwards and 1 back I'll eventually get my head together and get myself shifted to my boat, so done stuff this week as a start, and I guess it's like that with everything in life be it debt, relationship's anf family and stuff, oh and you right you are fabulous.