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rufusdog52

Morning all

Well done Julie Jim xx

I am hoping things will get back to normal in our household over the weekend. FIL is hopefully coming out of hospital this afternoon and MIL will be going to stay with him. OH is off all weekend and I dont think he goes back to work until next Weds but he will probs be over his Dad's everyday.

I had an email from Artscow this morning about getting two makeup bags for $6. I didnt have the foggiest idea how much that would be in £ but thought I would get one each for my two daughters as extra gifts. Did ED one with the kids on and YD one with her and her BF on, paid by Paypal after putting in the code and it only came to about £3 something so very pleased with that. Not sure if we are supposed to put codes on here but COSBG250 if anyone wants to try it and see if it works.

Hope everyone is well, I have been trying to keep up with things but its been pretty hectic here. MIL is scared of our dog so when she is here he has to stay upstairs so its a case of having to keep locking her in the bathroom while the dog comes down to go out the garden and then he goes back up again after. He is quite happy up there but its just a pain, especially if we need to go up and get something as he wants to try to get down the stairs and we have to fight him to stay up there lol or she would run a mile if he came down.

Anyway, better go as things to do. Rufus xx

Pablosmummy

Congratulations JulieJim!

rufusdog - glad your fil is getting better

Just got £1 on viva, better than nothing, hoping for another £1/£2 tonight. Its been very quiet on there this week!

I feel weirdly festive today even in this heat.

knithappens

Have done noe surveys this morning, dropped DS at schol and headed to Asda, bought engine oli etc and pickeked up a pack of asda's dress up shoes for DD2 for £5 they did not have them store so ordered them online and had them delivered to store, very cheap cpmpared to the disney ones at £17. Gonna to have anosey aroudn the different sites and see if there are any surveys i qualify for, fingers crossed

Bun bun - Occ Health are fab, i was so worried when i went but they were able to negotiate a phased return to work, without a drop in income.

Rufus - glad Fil is on the mend

Julie Jim - congrats on the job xx

cornish.chick

Well done on all the bargains at mr T, I am jealous looking through that toy thread! I could of got DD's christmas sorted for like 20 quid :rotfl:

Juliejim - Congrats of the job!
Rufus - Glad FIL might be allowed home!
Elysia - Are we prodicted snow?! I hope so!! :j

Managed a piney this morning, feels like forever since I last had one from them! Reviews did well this month 21/15 can you believe it's october tomorrow?!? :eek:

Savvybunny2009

Hi everyone, did you miss me

Just come back from our holiday at Centre Parcs, think we picked the perfect week to go with such glorious weather! Absolutely exhausted though as we did so much, hubby did the zipwire (scary stuff), we did mammal magic with dd who decided the only animal she liked was the hissing cockroach which she stroked :O I liked the chinchillas and the sugarcrawler, have a feeling she will want a pet creepy crawley when shes older lol. Spent yesterday in the spa and then we went for a photoshoot which dd decided wasn't happening and cried for most of the time, hopefully there will be one nice picture out of the handful taken. Put on a few pounds eating out everyday though, it was worth it

Need a holiday to relax now! Will be back to have a catch up with you all after I have unpacked and sorted everything. Have an ebay item to post (late payer), upload some pics and I will be back with Septembers totals.

Hope everyone is doing well xxx

elysia2003

Savvy - you had us all worried. You were poorly and then didn't post. Good to see you've had a fab time, and everyone enjoyed themselves. You did have fab weather - even better than ours in June you lucky thing.

Julie Jim - wow, that's fab news on the job hun. What are you doing? Is it full time? Please keep popping in, we love to hear how you are getting on - I know you'll be busy though.

Legend/Bunbun - I think you need to fight over what I bought as there was only one. It was a Cars 2 Duplo set with Lightening on. The only other thing I found was a JLS doll. I took my Dad with me, and we were in the toy and electrical dept for well over an hour - we scanned everything. :rotfl:Nothing else to be found though.

bunbun2

elysia I will let Legend have it as I know she was after cars2 stuff. if her ds is into cars2 he will enjoy it - not sure my friends ds is and he will only be 2 in December

savvy welcome back - glad you had a good holiday

juliejim congratulations on your new job

knit thanks for the reassurance about occ health

it is fab weather here too - I should be out getting my vit D! ds2 goes away with the school next week I bet it will rain (or snow!!)

Karonher

Glad to hear the lovely news about the job Julie Jim, family getting better Rufusdog and all the bargains. My stress levels are going up for the weekend as T have taken the money for the car insurance as I have not been able to get through to them to cancel it. They will refund but it will take 5 days!

Someone saying thay are from an employment agency has called regarding a job I have applied for and is asking for my NI number and I am really not happy about giving it to him. The job centre are supposed to be calling back with advice but that has not happened.

The queues at the bank were ridiculous and I hate this hot weather. Its the derby tomorrow and I have a bad feeling about it so all in all I am not happy!!

Anyway rant over - hope everyone has a lovely weekend

elysia2003

Karoner - Sorry to hear about the car insurance. What a palaver! I hope they don't take too long refunding you.

Bunbun - You're probably right. It is only a small set, and you'd need some more duplo to go with it. I scanned all the bigger kids Cars stuff too, but there was nothing.

Legend - if you want it, pm me your address, if not, it'll go on ebay. It's not a problem - just trying to help out.

bunbun2

elysia hope my reply didn't come across as ungrateful. if legend doesn't want it pm me:D