OS thurs 18th jan

Valentine_x

Hey everyone,

It's a quiet day here - just plodding along at work as normal. There's not much O/S going on in my life just now, but hopefully I'll get back on track soon - my head is a bit off over the place at the moment and I find reading about your lives so inspiring but very overwhelming! I know, I know - baby steps!

Still feeling totally cr*ppy with this pregnancy, just hope I'm going to feel better soon.

I won't be on tomorrow as I've my Granny's funeral. I'm doing a reading.

kyle and twink - did you watch Relocation, Relocation, Relocation last night in your area? I watched it on mute (was on the phone) but I thought the houses were just beautiful! I know your part of the world well and love it.

Bargain - don't beat yourself up about the lunch/food thing. You do so well with saving money and living within a budget so the odd lunch or tea out is no bad thing!

jellycat - ((((HUGS)))) to you and your OH. I agree about him being possibly more angry and petty with you than normal due to not being in pain or feeling cr*ppy.

Lots of love to everyone

Valentine xxx

MushyPeas

Wow, what great photos chardonnay!

Don't beat yourself up BRzl, just think, you are so organised you have tomorrow's lunch prepared!!

((((Moggins)))) and you always inspire and cheer us up

chardonnay_2

first time i've used photo hosting so hope it's ok and hasn't stretched the page too much. the trees without leaves look lovely covered in snow. still snowing quite heavy, we are in a village quite high up and we got snowed in last year for a few days.

Shez

Morning to everyone!

Theres alot of things I want to get started on this year - but for some reason my head just feels clogged and all over the place and I cant seem to get organised at all! (wish I was more like you bargainrzl - you seem so on top of things i,e sorting out your mortgage, your bank account etc)

and others of you seem to have your days planned, meals planned (ive never done one! just sort of think about it as I go along) kids planned with activities etc (suppose mine are two young to be doing stuff yet?), ebaying stuff, making stuff! (think im having a melt down:o )

OK - am gonna go off now and try and do a TO-DO list of all the things I would like to do or achieve!!! think it will be a big list - so I might be sometime! :rotfl:

Sorry for the boring post today - i think i need to get out more!:D

chardonnay_2

Bargain_Rzl wrote:

Then I read through this thread so fast that I thought JackieO had said she was an "amateur gynaecologist" :eek: :eek: :eek: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Love Rzl xx :wave:

so did i lmao!

Bargain_Rzl

Shez wrote:

Theres alot of things I want to get started on this year - but for some reason my head just feels clogged and all over the place and I cant seem to get organised at all! (wish I was more like you bargainrzl - you seem so on top of things i,e sorting out your mortgage, your bank account etc)

and others of you seem to have your days planned, meals planned (ive never done one! just sort of think about it as I go along)

I'll let you into a little secret. I very rarely do a proper meal plan. I buy up decent yellow-stickered meat whenever I find a good bargain and organise most of my meals around that, then I plan what I'm going to do with the leftovers.

As for organisation, while I am normally very organised with my personal admin and finances, I am hopelessly DISorganised when it comes to work-related admin and, um, housework

Thanks everybody for making me realise that my :doh: moment is not the end of the world. In fact I will take the opportunity to treat myself at my favourite lunch takeaway place (where the food is soooooo fresh and yummy but expensive - normally £5-£6 for a curry with veg and rice, or noodles, or lentils, or whatever) as I have a loyalty card which I can get stamped and will eventually give me a free meal. As long as I don't get through a whole loyalty card (12 stamps) more often than once every 3 months I think I'm doing OK

Anyway, I am still underspending nicely this month. It is soooo nice only going out one evening a week - I wish I could maintain this all year round without missing out on all the things I want to do! The savings are being put aside for (1) a couple of days in Paris with two girlfriends later in the Spring, to go and see one of our favourite operas and ogle hopelessly at a very attractive opera singer, and (2) taking my mum out to a fairly expensive restaurant which I know she will love, as a birthday treat - I think she may be coming to visit me for her birthday weekend and I know she doesn't really have a lot of spare cash.

moggins

Shez wrote:

Morning to everyone!

Sorry for the boring post today - i think i need to get out more!:D

LOL, I was only thinking the same thing myself yesterday. As DH has been off work all week I have not even taken DD to school which means I haven't left the house or spoken to anyone other than DH or the kids all week!

I have a £10 Boots voucher and £20 rescued from a christmas card (that DH doesn't know about) and was wondering if I should buy something useful (like DH's shampoo and food) or treat myself to something silly and totally unneeded.

P.s. Chardonnay those photo's are wonderful, I'd rather have your snow than this horrible wind and rain

LearningToSave.

ahhhhh it looks beautiful chardonay! wish it would snow here my youngesthasnt seen it!! just dreadful gales and rain here.

onestep

hello all!

it's been a while; things have been a bit mad. Very blustery here!

Been to the gym first thing
WM on (2nd lot)
just roasting some bones from the butcher to make some SC stock later
also got a casserole in there as well (well, while the oven is on...!);)
DD is asleep, so thought I'd pop on to say hello. Plans for the rest of the day: hmm...not sure yet. We won't be outside anyway!! Probably some ironing, and I may have a quick look at the flylady list for today.. we'll see

hugs

onestep

Shez

Bargain_Rzl wrote:

Anyway, I am still underspending nicely this month. It is soooo nice only going out one evening a week - I wish I could maintain this all year round without missing out on all the things I want to do! The savings are being put aside for (1) a couple of days in Paris with two girlfriends later in the Spring, to go and see one of our favourite operas and ogle hopelessly at a very attractive opera singer, and (2) taking my mum out to a fairly expensive restaurant which I know she will love, as a birthday treat - I think she may be coming to visit me for her birthday weekend and I know she doesn't really have a lot of spare cash.

See you ARE organised! I still havent written my List yet!:rotfl:

bargainrzl - Can I hire you as my personal assistant to organise me!?:rotfl:

Although I have telephoned my friend which ive been meaning to do for ages! so thats one thing - tried getting haircut appointment but no answer! I hate that cos it means that i will forget to do it later and another week goes by when Im beginning to look like the Straw Man from Wizard of Oz!:rotfl:

moggins - treat yourself - if youre anything like me - i think nothing of it buying stuff for kids and DH if they need it - but never want to treat myself for a change - us women always feel guilty dont we?!:rolleyes:

chardonnay - Love those pictures!

jackieO -forgot to mention - I started my family tree last year but havent done any for ages! its really good though and I understand about the bits of paper with notes on! sometimes i forget whose what and where! have you been up to the FRC?

jellycat - congrats on the job
kyle - opps sorry to hear about the phone - umm Will you be putting that recipe on the index thread!?:rotfl: under Mobile-Fondue?! (sorry)