"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it"

Karmacat

Thats absolutely right about the freeing up of time. I won't lose any money, either, as I'm doing the work down here instead, for less per hour, but it works out the same cos no expenses

The garden - well, its just getting it straight from people who didn't know how to plant gardens, and installing the stuff I brought, and then it'll be fine, don't worry Taxi.

Been out today - only 3 hours, I think, but I did *so* much!!! Posted letters, dropped books off at charity shop, went to charity jumble sale - bought 2 lovely tops and a single duvet to use as a wall hanging (aargh, that was a mistake) for a total of 90p, went to bank, bought 3 nice birthday cards for £2, bought veggie grills 4 for £1 in Iceland and ate them for lunch later, bought a printer to replace my nice Dell one that **won't** work with Samsung lappie, bought 3 bras in M&S - two everyday, one with swizzy straps for The Dress - bought a beautiful Next swirly skirt for £4.50 in charity shop, went to library and took out a Polish phrase book and 2 businessy-type books

Of course, since then all I've done is eat, tidy and read a novel and I'm *hungry* again ... pleased with that lot, but wish I'd remembered to dry clean my Wedding jacket... hey ho, I can take it in on Tuesday.

Hope everyone is having a lovely day!

boredofbeingathome

Do you know KC, your last post is brimming with energy- i think you are definitely back on form. Well done on bargains.

Karmacat

Thanks Bob! Yes, I am back on form - if money was coming in from the trading, I'd be happier, but I'm sure I can do it.

The duvet - beautiful as the fabric life size dalek is, I'm not sure it won't be going straight back to a charity shop - I wonder if I could make a hanging of just the dalek .... the tardis is nice, but its not fully in view, and if I keep that, I'd have to keep the cyberman, which I'm not keen on. Its an *old* duvet too, cotton but bobbled .... sigh .... I shouldn't have bought it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: and its not actually the money this time, at 30p, its the decluttering!

Anyway, I just bought something else too! A fascinator on ebay - its beeyootiful, total cost of £5.49, from a woman with thousands of sales, literally, so I'm pleased with that.

I'm also looking at a little Kenwood FP691 on there - I'm just checking if it has dough hooks, at maybe £35, I can't really go wrong. There's a few others on there too, so I'll try again if I don't get this one.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280654022046

And other than that, I feel the need to go out again ... so I'm off to Crawley in a little bit, I'll take my jacket and go look for a big bag - purse, phone, water bottle, packet of )oat biscuits, hankies, perume, odds and sods, the little clutch bag will never hold it all. And argh, I haven't bought a wedding card yet!




ETA before I even posted .... bother. Plans delayed, emergency phone call (to me, not mine). Still want to get to play in the shopping mall

Firewalker

Good morning, KC. Reading your latest posts feels great - there is energy, dynamics, happiness, vision and hope. May it all bring abundance in all.

Firewalker

gilligansyle

Hope you get to do what you want today. Isn't it amazing the 'stuff' you cart around with you.


ETA - have you got something else you could use as a backing and then applique the dalek onto it? Or is that a bit too much effort

Karmacat

Hi folks! Back from Crawley ... I'm so glad that there's a positive energy coming from the thread right now, I feel positive, its true.

it was great to go out with a specific end in view, not just wandering about wishing I could buy something. I was quite prepared to buy a boring-but-necessary black handbag for £15 in Debenham's blue cross sale, but ended up with an absolute beauty from a dedicated shop - the paperwork says its reduced from £90 ... hmmm, not sure I believe that, tho I'm so out of touch with buying, I've no idea what to believe. Oh. Just checked on price-drop.tv, and it £10 on there :rotfl: but I'd never have bought it - I wanted to hold it next to my jacket that I'm wearing.

Anyway, it doubles as a laptop bag, and tho I have a rucksack laptop bag, the idea of using a pink one is irresistible. Of course, the reality is that I only bought it because of the wedding, but the laptop thingummie will be really valuable if I start visiting insulation firms and whatnot. And just having *one* bag to look after will be valuable in itself.

And I can't seem to stop buying things this weekend I bought an unwanted-gift Kenwood food processor on ebay, the one I linked to above, for £37 including registered post, not bad at all - never used, a 900w motor. I wondered if I was being a bit precious buying it, but the truth is, if I'm going to start cooking properly again, I need something like that - peeling, there's no escape from, but chopping, yes, I can. And I can make my own gluten free bread, since it comes with dough hooks, even a couple of loaves a month will be a real treat.

I'm not buying anything else. I couldn't resist a chocolate brownie from Boots in celebration of the bag, and thats **it** :rotfl::eek:




ETA again - the dalek, if I keep it it will *have* to be appliqued on something, I think - I have some beautiful material in my little stash, not sure I want to use it for the ratted dalek I *think* I kept some corduroy which has "stripes" about half a centimetre across, I had a dressing gown made from it when I went to college, and I never let it go :rotfl: **if** I keep it, I'll look that out. I'll give it a wash and see how it goes.

youareallhelpingme

Busy busy busy!

When you were up my way I didn't realise how close I was to your way!

Karmacat

How cryptic! How exciting! I have no idea which trip of mine you're referring to :rotfl:or which bit of my home range you've been in! And shamefully, I neglected to reply to Maty's mention of something similar - I'm a bit further east than you saw, Maty, but not far at all :j

boredofbeingathome

My kenwood has similar attachments- we make a lot of smoothies with the jug attachment-it is a pain to clean,but very yummy- Whizz up some Rachel's organic yoghurt with fruit, you can even freeze it into lollies..nom nom.

youareallhelpingme

Wasn't meant to be criptic . Peterborough is not too far, you went north, I went south :rotfl:.