When I asked for luck I didn't mean the bad variety!!!

StressedSteph

Happy New Year PLMBL, glad you splashed out and got a takeway. New years eve is the best time of the year to let loose just a little bit. Have a blow-out and then start again refreshed.

We spent £30 last night at the pub, but we had budgeted for £50. so had a great party and feel good about saving £20. Everyones a winner :j.

Hope 2013 brings you a year full of frugal fun and lots of love from your lovely family. Onwards and upwards :beer:

mummytogirls

Hi PLMBL,

Happy new Year!

Hope you had a good night in with your boys.

Heres to 2013!! xx

please-let-me-be-lucky

Thank you everyone for your lovely well wishes and kind messages.

Had a nice day at my Mum's. It was the 4 of us, Mum and her partner, Sister and her partner and my MIL so nice to just be with close family. Mum did a nice buffet lunch and we just had a relaxed afternoon chatting and eating.

I must look more miserable than I think I do though! Both Mum and Sis asked me seperately what was wrong as I didn't look right. Must admit to feeling close to tears on occassions but not really sure why. Just feel exhausted. Going to take it easy tonight and try to get to bed early.

Hope everyone has had a lovely New Year's Day Xx

Fudgefund

Happy New Year! I too stayed up far too late and was woken by a 3 year old sitting on my head (I slept on my sister's sofa) so I knopw how you feel.

I hope you have a wonderful year filled with healthy things.

Sorry to hear you're a bit teary today, perhaps you need to sit down and have a good sob on the toilet for ten minutes. Get it all out. It doesn't have to be the toilet, I just like the fact they lock.

StressedSteph

Fudgefund wrote: »

Happy New Year! I too stayed up far too late and was woken by a 3 year old sitting on my head (I slept on my sister's sofa) so I knopw how you feel.

I hope you have a wonderful year filled with healthy things.

Sorry to hear you're a bit teary today, perhaps you need to sit down and have a good sob on the toilet for ten minutes. Get it all out. It doesn't have to be the toilet, I just like the fact they lock.

The toilets my favourite place for a weep too

please-let-me-be-lucky

Thank you both! I find the shower a good place to cry but as I only shower in the mornings it leaves me a bit stuck for the rest of the day! It's always really obvious that I've been crying, I go all red faced and puffy. So attractive! So it's never easy to get away with it on the sly Xx

liltdiddylilt

Hello again PLMBL (can I call you lucky?? - I have to think way too hard to do <<that) :rotfl:

Happy new year to you. I definitely know the feeling of being woken way too early. My 9 month old decided 10 to 6 was the new time to be awake. I decided to walk in, hand her her bottle, turn off the nightlight & go back to bed. She didn't get up until 8 but I still felt like a (tearful) walking zombie. I let the OH lie in until quarter to 11 and then we swapped places. I slept til half 1 and felt much better although I still haven't done anything more taxing than cook a chicken dinner today.

Jibberjabber aside, I do hope you feel better after a good nights sleep. I look like hellboy after a good cry :eek:

Maybe it's the simple fact of, new year, same old *ahem*... being partway through a long journey is really rather dull and boring sometimes that has you teary. Whatever the reason or even if there isn't one, I send you a hug

Take care of you!!

*Robin*

'Morning Be Lucky, :hello:

please-let-me-be-lucky wrote: »

Had a nice day at my Mum's. It was the 4 of us, Mum and her partner, Sister and her partner and my MIL so nice to just be with close family. Mum did a nice buffet lunch and we just had a relaxed afternoon chatting and eating.

..Sounds like an excellent gentle start to 2013; do hope it sets the tone for the next 364 days.

please-let-me-be-lucky wrote: »

I must look more miserable than I think I do though! Both Mum and Sis asked me seperately what was wrong as I didn't look right. Must admit to feeling close to tears on occassions but not really sure why. Just feel exhausted. Going to take it easy tonight and try to get to bed early.

..That, my dear, was the opportunity to tell them, honestly, just how exhausted you are feeling. I know they both help already, but maybe between you all, you could work out areas where they might share more of the load just for a while, to allow you to rest properly (and sort out the physical aftermath of your mc - that's been going on for far too long now).

Have you joined the waiting list to see your GP? In your position, I think I'd bypass the surgery and call the hospital consultant's secretary - this is still part of the problem they treated you for, so you've the right to ask for another [prompt] review. Be pushy - it works.

please-let-me-be-lucky

Lilt you can call me anything you like! Love the Hellboy analogy too :rotfl:. Sorry you know what the sleep deprived tearful zombie feeling is like, it's not fun is it?!

Being honest, I've been thinking a lot about the baby I lost and the fact that I should be starting this year 22 weeks pregnant. That combined with how tired I am has made me feel more down than I usually am. I keep telling myself that being that far pregnant now would be more exhausting, particularly with DH's seizure etc but instead of making me feel better it's made me feel worse, like I'm trying to make myself happy the baby died which of course I'm not.:(

My early night didn't go to plan as DS1 got up shaking and crying that he couldn't sleep not long after I went to bed. After trying to settle him I eventually gave up and told him to sleep in my bed with his Dad and I went in his bed at 11.30pm. DS2 then woke for a drink at 1.15am and 2.30am before waking for the day at 7am. DH and DS1 are still asleep now!

Robin, the bleeding has been next to nothing for 24 hours now so I'm hoping it's on it's way out! I told my Mum yesterday and she rightly pointed out that I should get checked out. Unfortunately Mum is back to work today and Sister is back tomorrow so I've missed the boat with asking for help. MIL is better now though so can ask her and DS1 is back at school on Monday anyway Xx

please-let-me-be-lucky

Got a few jobs ticked off the list today! Did a run to the rubbish tip with the stuff DH cleared out of the outhouse when he put his shelves up the other day. Took a top back to M&S that someone had bought DS1 for Christmas but it's very young in style for him so he didn't want it. Got a credit note for it as there wasn't anything else suitable (It's only a small store, more food than anything so will look in the main store when I next go into town). Bought cat litter from the pet outlet and they have started selling it in bigger packs so that worked out cheaper, and then we went to Mr T's.

I've decided to set my grocery budget at £70 per week (including toiletries) and see how I get on with that. It's a bit of a stab in the dark of an amount as I have failed to find out what exactly we've been spending. Spent £41.38 today but that included some wallpaper adhesive (£3.46) to replace the ripped strip in our room before we redecorate. It's a lower amount this week thanks to the freezer inventory I did and I'm hoping not to spend much more, though I could do with some eggs from the farm shop. I'm not sure how £70 a week will work when we need nappies though. DS2 still refuses to entertain the idea of coming out of them and he is 3 in a couple of weeks :eek:.

Yesterday was a No Spend Day so that's 1 for the month so far. Will aim for 5 and see what happens.