To new beginnings. To the pursuit of...somethingness.

MrsMoo2U

Back from my weekend away which was very mixed regards enjoyment. Very MSE weekend on my part but did have treat myself to a few things
Haircut - my old hairdressers in my old town which was fab (cheaper than here) and I laughed the whole time I was there. Realised now why I cant find a good hairdresser here.

A new wallet from the V&A shop - well it is actually a glasses case but is set up to allow me to put coins in one bit and notes in another. New wallet, new attitude to money.

And finally a postcard of a kimono print postcard to frame.

Feeling quite upbeat today and have a few plans to put in place. All treats taken from my Proms budget which I have stayed within.

Is it a sign that the two singalong songs this year were Climb Every Mountain and You'll never walk alone?

Bright but very breezy here.

youareallhelpingme

MrsMoo2U wrote: »

Is it a sign that the two singalong songs this year were Climb Every Mountain and You'll never walk alone?

Definately! Thought of you and wondered if you had got tickets.

Definately a new month new attitude here too. Even DH is adopting the one day at a time, tackle one task at a time.

I wish I had a hairdresser I had connected to like that. I guess you will book again

MrsMoo2U

We had to queue in the hopefuls queue as they had changed the system this year. I missed prom 72 that I had been looking forward to all season Tchaikovsky and Sibelius It was the one that I was determined to make and I ended up sat on a train for four hours trying to get from Luton to London because some twonker had stolen the cables and signals from the line. Got to the RAH at 9.20 - Most upset.

Yes September feels quite optimistic - feel like I can see the wood for the trees for some reason. No money but hey ho. When you strip your life to the bare minimum it certainly helps you to appreciate the little things.

Cheery_Daff

How very true MrsMoo! good on you

youareallhelpingme

I heard about the theft on the radio. Didnt twig on about location of the train :mad:.

How did the other reason go for heading that way?

Karmacat

What a lovely sense there is in your posts! It sounds so positive, lovely.

Pippilongstocking

Glad you're sounding good!

I'm sorry you missed the prom you wanted but bodran at the proms - brilliant! I hear the Orkney lass playing did us all proud.

dd says thanks for the heads up but the composer you mentioned she can't stand his music (!) that girl knows her mind.

I hope lifes smiley for you today. x

MrsMoo2U

Hey Pippi (ssshhhhh dont tell anybody) but I agree with Miss Cellist. Totally unimpressed by the piece he wrote. For me it felt a bit pompous. Still isn't that what music is all about? Different perspectives.

Me there have been several thefts of cables around London, I hear that it happened again the day after. Now I accept that people are desperate and copper piping is worth something but hey when it spoils my enjoyment I have to draw the line. Ah, the other reason for going! It went really well thanks. However I doubt very much that anything will come of it given the amounts of remuneration that they were discussing. Laugh Out Loud (it was difficult not to do it in their face) was an understatement. Shame really because it sounded like a great opportunity.

KC - thanks. Strangely I am feeling very upbeat and optimistic. Maybe I am delusional given the truth of the situation that we face at the moment but I think (and this sounds very odd even to me) that my haircut has restored the old me. Before moving here I was always being told that I could be irritating with my optimism and cup half full attitude.

One thing that my half a day trip to my old town has done for me is make me realise that it doesnt matter where you live, how beautiful the countryside is, how glorious the weather is, it is the people that you interact with that make your life bearable on the down days.

hypno06

It is 21 years since I last went to the Last Night......I really do need to rectify that going forward.

I'm with you on the haircut and such things having an effect on the way you feel and behave. About 3 months after OH left, I found myself walking into a salon and just saying "help".....I had never been there before, and having my hair done was previously an expense I couldn't feel that I could justify.

I basically stood there and cried, and the owner just said "do you trust me?"......I nodded, and they took me in, sorted me out, and I have spent a fortune there every 5 weeks since :rotfl:

It is now one of the last things that I would give up! I am not high maintenance at all, but boy does it make me feel a whole lot better about things!!

MrsMoo2U

Thanks Hypno, that means a lot that you said that. I have always enjoyed getting my hair done since I left school. Growing up I had very, very long hair. As a ballerina a fringe was a no, no. Then when I stopped dancing I persuaded my Mum to let me cut my hair off and she did it for me (we couldnt afford hairdressers and she never believed in paying for one either). With my first ever wage I went to the hairdressers and had my hair cut and coloured and that was it I was hooked. Since moving here I have never found a hairdresser that seems on my wavelength. Or so I thought, I have realised that it has been more than that I guess that I got so drawn into thinking about Money so much that I subconsciously went into Mum mode and decided that they were not worth paying to do the job. One day last week I looked in the mirror and cried. Anyway going back home was the opportunity to go to a hairdresser I knew well. I do love my hair now. I feel human again and so what if it is a cost that is a bit beyond me at the moment I am so worthy of feeling good and that will help me through other things. So I vow to put the money away to go regularly.

In other big news........... I have just been offered a job! Not the one that I applied for but one which was not advertised with the same company. Money not great so unlikely I will take it but at least I know that I have what it takes to get those jobs. Hmm need to think long and hard about next steps now.