Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

gilligansyle

Hi pippi

yes I put lavender in the fabric conditioner drawer. Cheap soap powder tends to be full of filler, cereals etc. and we are fortunate to live in a soft water area, so I use lots less than the instructions state.

Lemon_Tree

i so wish Mr LT's car had behaved as well. At least mine did yesterday guess it needs to have a chat with his car and tell it what for.....

Pippilongstocking

Gilligan Ta for that - didn't know about the filler - interesting. Our water is pretty soft too I think - and I've put a tiny (recycled tomato puree tin) sized tin in there to make them use less! Phew, I'm doing the right thing...........thank you!

No motivation to do anything but flopski - must do *something* but everything I need to do requires activity and that involves effort and I've all out of that right now! Too much adventuring me thinks - more coffee required.

Bank checked - Lloyds cc being silly and won't accept online payment and telling me I'm over, which I'm not - Put £118 to capital one - waiting to see what WTFC arrives before I pay the rent (early) and see if we've enough to manage petrol while away. Expecting two more payments for invigilating - but dunno when they'll land hopefully when 'sooth'. And, I need book the ferry - will do that later today whilst still technically a student

I need a list.

Anyone for a scone? quiet on here today.......

Karmacat

Hiya! I'm here, finally I vote for coffee, personally - thats a *big* day out yesterday. I've opened the linkie to your blog, but not read it yet.... money sounds a bit better for you at the mo, thank heavens, thats a relief, even if it is temporary.

Ferries! Trips! Adventures! Love it all

Pippilongstocking

Hey up the coffee pot has just brewed - a mega day out indeed - not too expensive - we did take drinks and snacks and I love that digital photography is free!

Rain battering the windows here - hooray now I don't feel guilty for being indoors!!!!

KC Thank you re money stuff - hopefully it will all work - on paper its tight - but it does sort of work - (just!) that whole patchwork thing can be a bit scary but if the balls juggle OK, hopefully it will work.

Adventure a bit long winded - but we took tonnes photos! Although I've left the cafe for another time!

Off to investigate what kind of a food profit we have made from the guests - this is perhaps a bit skanky (?!) but its always nice to see what foods left after visitors and carefully bag it up for the freezer and have treats another time

I know there is posh cheese and marmalade and maybe even porridge scampers off to check out the swag.............!

Hurray for rain - far too tired for much else but a book/tidying up and flopping contemplating the holiday which we can't really afford but are going anyway......

Karmacat

Food swag! I love it, what a great idea

Flop away, Pippi, you need your strength for your holibob!

Lemon_Tree

sorry i hadn't picked up on the fact that the visitors have gone gone not just gone out for the day. IYKWIM

Pippilongstocking

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

sorry i hadn't picked up on the fact that the visitors have gone gone not just gone out for the day. IYKWIM

Yup gone, gone, gone!

Food swag thus far found

One packet very posh ham
One packet porridge
One half packet very posh biccies yum yum
One large block posh cheese
Two blocks butter
And, 3 shop bought eggs - :rotfl:

I don't quite know why anyone bought shop eggs - I didn't really ask too much, nice of OH Ma to be nice and thoughtful - and get some grub - :A

We did mention we get between 6-8 eggs a day - but she wanted to get some anyway (which was nice) if a bit crackers!

Ham, cheese etc in freezer - biccie in hand, lovely that there are a few bits left over

Revolting outside I can feel a bit of Harry Potter movie coming on!

Lemon_Tree

great swag, when i used to get my folks visiting i always seems to find excess cling film! i never know what got into my mum's head that she wouldn't use the cling film i'd already got in the cupboard (probably what she'd bought the last time she had visited lol).

MatyMoo

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Yup gone, gone, gone!

Food swag thus far found

One packet very posh ham
One packet porridge
One half packet very posh biccies yum yum
One large block posh cheese
Two blocks butter
And, 3 shop bought eggs - :rotfl:

I don't quite know why anyone bought shop eggs - I didn't really ask too much, nice of OH Ma to be nice and thoughtful - and get some grub - :A

We did mention we get between 6-8 eggs a day - but she wanted to get some anyway (which was nice) if a bit crackers!

Ham, cheese etc in freezer - biccie in hand, lovely that there are a few bits left over

Revolting outside I can feel a bit of Harry Potter movie coming on!

Loving the swag but shop bought eggs??????? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: What were they thinking????? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Still laughing if you haven't guessed :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: