Sat/Sun 10th/11th November - What small DFW things will you be doing today?

allydowd

Pernicious wrote: »

Have any of you bright people got any ideas on what else we could use to display clothes if we can't get hold of one? I don't really want to buy a new one for £8 as that's the cheapest I've seen it!

Do you have one of these for drying clothes? http://www.storagebox.co.nz/img/p/303-1430-thickbox.jpg

allydowd

tatabubbly wrote: »

Trying to decide whether to move to England or not! Newcastle/Glasgow is where we would go..

Glasgow's in Scotland.

allydowd

Evening :wave:

Some 'kind' person just woke me up shouting in the street at 3am. Thanks for that!

Today I have:

~Been to work. Arrived to find decorators in; 7 hours with drilling/sawing in my ear and paint fumes up my nose. Have come home with a headache; feeling all crabbit! Sitting here with sunglasses on and a mountain of grapes to pig.

~Had a look at Virgin Media deals. It might be the only way we can get tv in our new house. The Freeview Coverage Checker says we can't get Freeview there but need to try it out when we move to be sure. I don't wanna buy Virgin if I don't have to...Just realised it's not Virgin we need, it's Sky. Starting again. LOL.

~Booked removal vehicles for Tue and Fri. Haggled down to £150 all in self-drive. One Transit, one Luton.

~Take minor house fittings with us when we move. eg, draught-excluders, security chain for front door so we don't have to re-buy.

~Had daily DFW-style moving-home meeting with OH. Tomorrow's transport planned to get me to work, both to sign for keys, visit to new home and home again as cheaply as possible.

~Read Guardian Money free online.

~Turned house upside down to find jumbo pack of antacid tablets instead of buying more.


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tatabubbly

allydowd wrote: »

Glasgow's in Scotland.

Yeah sorry, should have said UK...

Big decision... but ideally I need a job to go to... I'm qualified in science so i'm unsure where to even start looking for jobs! :eek:

allydowd

tatabubbly wrote: »

I'm qualified in science so i'm unsure where to even start looking for jobs! :eek:

For Glasgow:

http://www.s1jobs.com/
http://www.heraldscotland.com/services/jobs
https://www.gov.uk/jobs-jobsearch

Advantages of coming to Scotland rather than England:

Free prescriptions
Free eye tests
Less traffic
Very few wheel-clampers

rising_from_the_ashes

Pernicious wrote: »

Woohoo! :j We've booked the car boot sale now, we've got an indoor pitch so no need to worry about the weather & I've just asked on FB if anyone has a clothes rail we can borrow. Have any of you bright people got any ideas on what else we could use to display clothes if we can't get hold of one? I don't really want to buy a new one for £8 as that's the cheapest I've seen it!

:j Try asking around friends / colleagues as loads of people have them lying around (I lent mine to DM ages ago & it's in constant use & no sign of me getting it back!).

I've done 1/2 dozen car boots in the last year and have, so far & fingers crossed, always been able to borrow a clothes rail and folding table for each one!:)

rising_from_the_ashes

thanks for all the lovely words about the table throw

Very basic but I needed to start with something simple as it has been absolutely ages since I've been able to sew - lost the kitchen table in January & had nowhere to put it up - hence the need for the new (old) table!

I have actually unpicked and re-done both long sides this afternoon as on closer inspection, the stitching wasn't great (done prior to changing stitch type this morning).

Thankfully, it is a lot better now & much happier:) and best of all, the machine's not jammed again since changing the stitch type:j so there must be something "funny" about the other one.

Haven't achieved much else today :eek: as have been quite tired again today ...... really need to try to get my energy back somehow, guess it just takes time and I'm impatient!

Candy0107

Candy0107 wrote: »

Morning gang

LaE - enjoy your spa day
Ally - hope you managed to get back to sleep

Plans for today.....

• Meals from stores
• Read papers online
• Need to make lunch for tomorrow
• Spend at least 5 hours on college work - just about to start, will try to do 3 hours
• Need to check banking
• Need to transfer cash onto prepaid card
• Ŵill try to get a pair of shoes for a friend using student discount - her grand daughter wants a pair of vans for £53......basically a pair of canvas shoes :eek: -[COLOR="rgb(75, 0, 130)"] managed to pick them up in town....my friend is picking them up tomorrow[/COLOR]
• If I can't buy the shoes then I will buy my railfare using the cad
• While I am in town, buying 2 cards for friends birthdays - [COLOR="rgb(75, 0, 130)"] bought 2 cards for £1.18 - you've got to love card factory[/COLOR]
• Get hubby to drop me off and pick me up as he is passing
• Will try to get to the gym today - depends on how the college work is going - [COLOR="rgb(75, 0, 130)"]no gym as haven't touched my textbooks :eek:[/COLOR]
• Will have an early night - back to work tomorrow

Take care all
Candy xxx

Evening all,

Feeling a bit flat today I've got 2 work Xmas do's coming up and I can't find anything to wear.....the sensible part of my brain says that one of them is a glorified night out so jeans and a smart top is ok and the second is only going to be a couple of hours (then I plan to Sneek off to the hotel room for a bit of chillaxing time

But then the girlie part of me says I deserve something nice to wear

*rant over*

Candy xxx

determined_new_ms

aw Candy try not to let that get to you. Have a good ole sort out of your clothes and I bet you can pull something together that looks fab out of your current collection, a few accessories, a bit of make up and apply wine liberally and you will feel fantastic xx

determined_new_ms

determined_new_ms wrote: »

Morning gang :wave: happy Sunday don'tcha just love that moment when you wake up a little disorientated and then realise today is Sunday? :j

I ended up not doing very much on my list as I went out with my bff yesterday :happylove we went to a little town and went round the charity shops. I managed to get a lovely green, strapless evening dress, a bag, a corduroy day dress and a lovely little pair of cream court shoes to wear with evening dresses all for £15 :T

Things for today:
* [STRIKE]updated spending diary[/STRIKE] - have now gone over on how much I have to spend for the rest of the month
* all meals from stores - roast dinner mmmmm - actually had lunch at ex-mils :T
* [STRIKE]go for a run[/STRIKE] first run in about 2 months - felt really good for it and ran for about 35mins :j
* take photos of ebay items
*[STRIKE] start job applications[/STRIKE] completed one. Will send off tomorrow
* strip wallpaper in kitchen
* order plasterboard sheets for next weekend
* look into where to get a new bumper for my car - I ripped it off yesterday
* [STRIKE]visit ex-mil for coffee this morning[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]did meal plan for the week and shopping list[/STRIKE]
* might try and get to the allotment for an hour or two - don't know this seems like a big list now!

ok that's it for me x

* managed a NSD :T
* cooked jacket pots for tomorrow's dinner & a banana cake while the oven was on
* froze a portion of soup and a little portion of chilli
* did a free mindfulness meditation

Gonna have a glass of wine and watch a film yay to Sundays :A