Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Karmacat

Totally agree, Pippi! People talk about "handouts" - these are *entitlements*!

starnac

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

:j£276+vat+delivery :jthe flowers will provide I'm sure :A

*clears throat*

"get those flowers on ebay and get selling til you have £300 in your paypal account"

*runs back to hide*

Pippilongstocking

Karmacat wrote: »

Totally agree, Pippi! People talk about "handouts" - these are *entitlements*!

Indeed - morning lady!:j

starnac wrote: »

*clears throat*

"get those flowers on ebay and get selling til you have £300 in your paypal account"

*runs back to hide*

Don't hide- you're very right:A

Might need nearer 400 with delivery etc:) need get finger out eh?

Uniscots97

I think I'll be ebaying as well, except in my case its clutter and mine's going towards our holiday (OH is moaning about everything at the moment).

redsquirrel80

Morning.. good luck with the ebaying Kittikins, I watched the Meals of Wheels prog too, very moving, such a big thing getting decent food and company.. kept thinking how good it would be if they could get local supermarkets involved to donate the food that was close to being chucked out (but perfectly OK to eat), use the kitchens as a training ground for young people, apprenticeships etc... a real whole community thing.

Cheery_Daff

Maybe that's your next job Squizz!

((((KK))))))))))) pippi and everyone is right, get on the case!

(and as for you Pippi - EBAY! :T :T)

Karmacat

I did Meals On Wheels when I was a teenager as part of the Duke of Edinburgh's scheme, accompanying a driver to deliver the meals. My grandparents lived in our house, so I knew *old* people, but the squalor that some of the visits showed me was horrifying.... Meals on Wheels is one of the great unsung stories of our time ...

Cheery_Daff

My nan used to take meals on wheels to the 'old folk' into her 70s She's stopped now sadly. Tis indeed a great unsung story!

redsquirrel80

There was an amazing lady on there last night who was 100 and had volunteered until she was 95!

Next job, hmmm.. I'd definitely rather be involved in something like that...

Kittikins

Thank you for the advice and help everyone - I had a look at the CSA website and it all looked a bit scary and possibly worth less than the pittance he does pay. Luckily I do work, so don't have to worry about benefits issues, but his money is factored in to my budget (ha ha, what a funny word, it's that thing I obsess about then conveniently forget when I want to, and start 'borrowing' from next month's salary ).

I think I'm going to text him and be polite, I remember him saying aeons ago that he gets paid on a 4-weekly basis, so the date is reasonably flexible, but the 14th is the latest I've had to put up with....I can't even say that he would have to pay his creditors on time, as he was always useless with money and 'forgetting' to pay people etc even when we were together

Ho hum. Anyway, the sun is shining down here in Kittikins land and after feeling a bit mopey last night/first thing this morning, I've pulled myself together and am going to have a lovely day

Just back from my second volunteer lesson of the week in the lovely school I help at, yay, love the kids and feel I'm learning a lot about teaching, class management etc. Going to have a cuppa with a friend later whilst the kids play and then OH is over for a sleepover