Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Kittikins

Rollocks.......I'm already going to be £38 over this month, and that's with seemingly not spending much!! Great, 6th of the month and I'm skint......ho hum, at least today is a NSD and the cupboards are full, and part of my shopping the other day was for 5 litres of UHT milk for the quartermaster's stores.

Will have to pay a library fine tomorrow as I forgot to take a book back I know it's only 14p but it's my 14p *wails*

I think I might be a wee bit "girly" today, tum feels odd and I want to curl up with a good book and cuddle DD tonight, OH is at his place ce soir, so I think a lovely bit of mummy/daughter time is called for, to celebrate her first day of the new school year

Storecupboard food:

Weetabix
Marmite bar, fruit, leftover stir fry and spag bol (with noodles instead of spag), nomnomnom
Think beans on toast for dinner After all, I do have 36 tins of them........!

Pippilongstocking

Aw thanks chaps

I've never minded a stern word or two

Uni you're so very very right - and sounds like you've had a great upbringing too - well taught, kept safe and surrounded by love What wonderful sounding parents you have I've decided to apply, its only temporary and hear what the hours are, if its only a night a week, I can do that and be happy in myself - as I drive DD to the bus I can't do early mornings anyway or she'd not get to school.

Cheri - I'm very happy to be 'unmummifed' and talked sense too - I'm a total wibbler - I've not been able to explain why or wherefore - but you're right its that 'lifes too short to compromise on a few things' aspect of it all - I don't want to sound po faced or whatever, I hadn't realised how much of an issue the 'not during my family time' finding extra work would be - today has been a real learning curve for me too - thinking/talking it through on here. Thank you all for that - my principles will clearly keep me poor - if I don't want to work outwith the home, outwith 'normal' working hours then I need to find a cunning solution that does work

Cheery - you've still your babble fish in I see and understand it all clearly, even when I don't! you're a canny lass.

KC - I'm very clear aren't I? Oh, dear! I love that quote by the way - its just brilliant. I don't mean to be disagreeable - I can see all the logic in all the arguments - until today I hadn't realised how strongly I felt, except I must have because that's why I chose studying and not a job and its why I don't work in a garden centre or alike where regular both day weekend working is normal - family time is clearly very precious to me - not that we're always in the same room, far from it, but its the act of being at home. I'm not worried about crime, or anything like that - you're right!

Well thank you all for that - I'll apply but if the hours don't suit I must not do what I cannot do



And, I've a fiver in both bank at the mo - we'll be grand food cupboard overflowing

Pippilongstocking

Ey up KK - poor you - if its any consolation I'll lob down the 14p

Beans are one of my favourite meals

I love that you have the 'quartermasters stores'

MrsMoo2U

Thank you all for that - my principles will clearly keep me poor - if I don't want to work outwith the home, outwith 'normal' working hours then I need to find a cunning solution that does work

“Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time”
Margaret Bonnano quotes

“True happiness brings more richness than all the money in the world.”

“Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.”
Elbert Hubbard quotes

“Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.”
Epicurus quotes

And last but not least

“Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and richer”

Karmacat

What a lovely resolution to all these thoughtful moments

Cheery_Daff

Lovely quotes MrsMoo And isn't it good how talking things through can help you work everything out? :T :T Good to figure out what your principles are that were bubbling along under the surface Sometimes you can only do that by coming up against something that tries to break them - you realise what you'll fight for

(been poking and prodding my drying herbs - any ideas how long they should take to dry out? They've gone all limp, but certainly not papery dry! But then it's only been 3 days...)

Uniscots97

Hope what I said made sense Pippi, I don't like preaching.

Pippilongstocking

unixgirluk wrote: »

Hope what I said made sense Pippi, I don't like preaching.

Made perfect sense uni, didn't take any of it as preaching xxx

Popping off to play ludo back in a but thanks for lovely thoughts and quotes

Kittikins

Bless you Pipster Love the quotes too.

Uniscots97

back home, OH at work. Soup was a success, off to update my diary with moneystuff.