Bright light, bright light!!

Lemon_Tree

Nora i so have that conversation with myself all the time.

mizmir

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Yesterday I spent:
£10 on the alternative WI charity calendar when I went to see Calendar Girls at the theatre (can't recommend it highly enough);
£7.89 on a round of drinks at the theatre (someone else drove, so no other layout);
£1.50 on chippity chips (which I really did want this time);
£4.18 on walnuts and demerrera sugar - made banana bread out of over-ripe bananas.

Sounds pretty reasonable to me.

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

The drop from spending several hundred on absolutely nothing, to less than £30 is quite remarkable!

That is impressive - well done!

ZTD wrote: »

Don't reduce the £30 to nothing. Have a little bit in your budget as "you" money for you to spend on you. Otherwise you will eventually rebel, and go on a splurge.

Wise advice!

scotdebs

KN- I must have "that" conversation with myself several times a day:rotfl::rotfl:

Have serious knitting envy - i actually come from a family of knitters ...but its clearly skipped a generation of i have missing gene or something

scubaangel

Have to admit I had that conversation with myself today - and came home with a bright yellow running jacket and pair of new running tights. Normally I'd have thrown in a couple more pairs of socks and a stupidly coloured sports bra which noone except Mr S will ever see (and even then he looks at me with undisguised horror when I wander around the flat in one). So well done on keeping Mini under control!

Knitting_Nora

wrote:

i actually come from a family of knitters ...but its clearly skipped a generation of i have missing gene or something

Me too - but I simply repressed the skill until my mid-thirties!

scubaangel wrote: »

Have to admit I had that conversation with myself today - and came home with a bright yellow running jacket and pair of new running tights. Normally I'd have thrown in a couple more pairs of socks and a stupidly coloured sports bra which noone except Mr S will ever see (and even then he looks at me with undisguised horror when I wander around the flat in one). So well done on keeping Mini under control!

And well done you for keeping Miniangel under control! :T

Knitting_Nora

I'm officially pooped - have just listed 13 items on ebay and I don't think I've even the energy to get chocolate from the fridge....send help!!

On the bright side, things I listed last Monday are all being bid on, with loads of other watchers - fingers crossed for tomorrow evening.

Believe it or not, some of the things I've listed this evening are already being watch (and a couple have opening bids) which is fab - and is a general tip for anyone new to ebay...Sunday evenings are apparently when ebay sees the highest level of browsing...

So what else? Well, the terminator shrug is coming along well (ish...I won't tell the eventual recipient about that extra row of garter stitch just there..and you can keep a secret, right?). Should be finished tomorrow while my car is going for its service and MOT (shreeble!).

And tomorrow is payday! For the first time, I'm actually more excited on the MSE front than I am about getting the money itself (though only just!).

Knitting_Nora

Payday with a lovely, lovely surprise.... checked the bank account this morning to discover that some due overtime from earlier in the year (May) has indeed been paid. And it was more than I'd expected...and thanks to the MSE-verse, I have forgone the usual mad spree in Tescos, or a skip round Monsoon (it'll only end up on ebay...sigh).

Instead, I've paid a big lump off CC2, set aside the removal fees and my little 'end of the month' pot, worked out most of my budget for the month ahead (not rushing it..), and putting together the shopping list for the rest of the Christmas presents and a food shop....of course, I shall be shopping from my own kitchen cupboards first!

And does anyone else get overexcited about finishing toiletries these days? I finally finished the dregs of a showergel this morning...one of 5 which I'd started then set aside in favour of another one. When I signed up to this diary, I decided to work my way through all of the part empty bottles before buying anything new...4 showergels and 2 shampoo bottles down, and I can see the glimmer of space on the shelves.

Rightyo, off to redo my signature...*skips off*

Nora

dealwithdebtdot

How fantastic Nora. Very well done, you are on a roll lady.

Lemon_Tree

nora hope you've recovered enough to manage to drag yourself to the chocolate.

if you haven't already found us it sounds like you need to head over the the use up your toiletries threads we all get really excited about using things up and listing our stash.

my mum gave me some balls of wool yesterday, where she had enough left over after knitting for my two neices but not enough to make them another thing, but there was enough to make a baby sized article. (does that make sense?) i've started knitting a cardi for Mr LT's great neice and have done the back and one front so far, she's only a tiddler so it doesn't take long. I've pulled back the rib of the other side twice tonight so i decided to give up and come online. I've enough wool for two more baby girl things and one todler boy thing. the trouble is all i want to do is start knitting my hexipuffs, have you ever used sock needles before? i haven't but need to and i'm not sure how you get it all joined together at the start.

scubaangel

Fabulous news KN, sadly I've been paid and am looking at it and thinking 'Oh god theres not enough' but thats due to moving house and its assorted expenses due in the next 6 weeks!