*The Holly and the Ivy* and the You Know What 2013 Chatter Thread.

freespirit66

Crowdpleaser wrote: »

Quick post before bed to say argh.Kind of good and bad way.
DH is 40 in February. Now for my 30th 3 years ago he took me to a spa then down to London overnight then on Eurostar to paris for weekend and Moulin Rouge whilst we were there then back home and a hotel before back home. Yes he goes overboard.
Anyway, Ive wracked my brains for what to do. Mum has agreed to come up and babysit for the week (200 mile journey). All hes said is hed like to go away just me n him. Secretly hed love Vegas but we just cant stretch to it.
Anyway Ive been looking at Spas and hotels but nothing hit spot. Anyway, I then thought about getting a cottage maybe on the Isle of Wight. Anyway, I looked for ages and have found a beaut. Right on sea front down a little private walkway, the nedroom is in a tower that looks at the sea. I know February will be cold but hey ho it will be fun.
The crux is its 500 for 4 nights. Plus ferry which will be about 60 with car and then all our petrol n food etc.
Is it too much? Ive found cheaper but nowhere comes close...
This is it:
http://www.theboathouse-steephillcove.co.uk/lighthouse.php
xx

Oh wow that looks absolutely gorgeous, i know it is a lot of money but it is very special, i wouldnt want to leave!!!

CHRISSYG wrote: »

Morning,we have a nice day planned we are going to IKEA and then to B & M ,not looking for anything in particular just a little mooch around.
My dog had his annual check up yesterday i "accidentally" made the appointment for when i was at work[my bad !!] cos once he realizes where he is he howls like a banshee and tries to escape , apparently he is a few pounds over weight and they just happen to have a special dog food on offer that would help !
Funky pigeon have an offer of half price cards from their top 100 range you can use the discount code [funky0610] with this offer , Ive just ordered 3 personalized birthday cards for next year for £2-22
Hope you all have a great day.:D

Ooh hope you have a lovely mooch CHRISSY i think im due a mooch at ikea i cant remember the last time i went, thankyou for tip on funky pigeon

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

morning all
hope everyone is well
thank you for the update on lush, havent been in town for ages - but am very tempted to pop in just for lush, and now youve confirmed rose jam is vegan ill definately try DD2 on that as she gets snowfairy from other sources as well as her stocking
ive posted a few photo in the craft makes thread but these are my latest attempt. ive raided my old button tin and unearthed some fabric ive had knocking about for years (could almost be vintage;)) and sewn silky linings in them all -some could even actually be silk as its creased up and feels different to the poly fabric. I have interfaced the fabric to give them body. havent got a clue what to ask as they've only cost me time. last year i priced everything at a couple of quid, first couple of people bought loads and i got left with bits that ardly drew anyone to the stall. a teacher later told me other traders had stashed stuff theyd bought off me under their stalls and said theyd be selling it on at other fayres. all money goes to the schools heads challenge fund that benefits the kids.
apart from hand knitted flower brooches im doing those in memory of my niece who died at 10 months her mum wants to make a memorial garden to all children who were taken too soon so the money from them is going to her.

sorry waffling:o



does anyone have an opinion on a fair price for a bag like this? i really wont be offended if you say they look rubbish and not worth much, id sooner let them go cheap and think of something else as ive got till end of nov to get stuff ready. ive made 7 but the others still need sideseams hand sewing inside and out.
christmas news
our bedroom looks like santas grotto:o heard dh trip over a pile of pressies early this morning so need to tidy it today. its that stash i unearthed yesterday

Oh MRSMONEYPENNY they are gorgeous, definitely worth more than £2!!!!! I want a house like yours where i go upstairs into my loft and there is the xmas shopping done, without leaving the house :rotfl:
NANAMIA oh wow someone is going to be very busy in your house hope you are ok
MRSINVISIBLE what is love cake? i havent heard of that
SNUGGLEBUNNY oh you just reminded me i forgot about qvc xmas i must put tv on and see if i can still catch some
MRSHAYES take absolutely no notice of them, i never got involved with playground cliques, i just used to drop off and pick my kids up, if someone spoke to me i would speak but i wouldnt go out of my way, i bet there are some other mums who feel like you, the cliques are usually full of oneupmanship even against each other so you arent missing anything my lovely
MURIE am giggling at you on your stepladder :rotfl:

Baby_boo

Hi Everybody I'm afraid I couldn't post yesterday my health dictates what I can and can't do on a daily basis.I did read along I just didn't have the
Coordination to post.mrsHayes so sorry the school playground makes you feel like that, dare I say I did try to participate on another forum on this site and it was clique, nobody responded to my posts and I felt very excluded and that's on the internet!! Well I'm here now and although I'm
Unable to post as often as I would like I will be reading along with you all.
I am enjoying all the planing and excitement for all your children, my two
are grown up now but I still put a great deal of effort in to Christmas
it's such a lovely time, this is such a lovely forum and you all have made me welcome. Boo x

freespirit66

Baby_boo wrote: »

Hi Everybody I'm afraid I couldn't post yesterday my health dictates what I can and can't do on a daily basis.I did read along I just didn't have the
Coordination to post.mrsHayes so sorry the school playground makes you feel like that, dare I say I did try to participate on another forum on this site and it was clique, nobody responded to my posts and I felt very excluded and that's on the internet!! Well I'm here now and although I'm
Unable to post as often as I would like I will be reading along with you all.
I am enjoying all the planing and excitement for all your children, my two
are grown up now but I still put a great deal of effort in to Christmas
it's such a lovely time, this is such a lovely forum and you all have made me welcome. Boo x

Im sorry you have felt like that, on here it doesnt matter if you post 20 times a day or twice a year you will always get a warm welcome from our lovelies, glad you are having a better day today

*Twinkle*

I need a new tree!!! I had my 1st real tree last year and I didn't like it at all I want something really nice, big and bushy, any ideas?

murie

freespirit66 wrote: »

MURIE am giggling at you on your stepladder :rotfl:

A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!!;)

mrs-moneypenny

*Twinkle* wrote: »

I need a new tree!!! I had my 1st real tree last year and I didn't like it at all I want something really nice, big and bushy, any ideas?

you sound like the text i got off my DD1, yesterday shes moving house on 1st nov so i got a text saying did i think then was too early to put up the tree as it seemed silly to go to the trouble of attic'ing it only to bring it down a couple of weeks later.

we used to have a real tree and while i loved the smell i didnt like picking up needles till march. weve gota fake now, its a few years old so loosing some of its bushyiness and ive had to reglue some of the fircones back on, it was a co op tree.
B&Q had some lovely ones last year

Baby_boo

Twinkle I might end up having a new tree if DH has anything to do with.now the children have grown up I thought the worlds my oyster so I would buy something that appealed to me. I bought a large white kind of branch with gold large sequins on and fibre optic l
Delicate lights flashing on and off. Well I love it my DH along with the grown up children said it was a twig and what was that all about, so we will see it matches my lounge lovely Boo x :rotfl::rotfl:

Crowdpleaser

Howdy.

Yes I think I will book the lighthouse. It looks so lovely and relaxed spesh with the waves crashing over everything.

So today I went to work (I work in a library) and did storytime where my little cherubs insisited on showing me their belly buttons LOL! One of my fave Mums left to go back to work today too. Booo .

Then I went off to shelve some books in Non Fiction and caught myself flicking through some nice chrimbl craft ones! Lots of lovely ideas now!.

Mys Haye don't worry about the cliques. I already know lots of Mums from pre school but theres lots I still don't know. I Don't let it bother me theres some odd old sticks there....

I ordered the moshi treehouse and theme park from amazon as someone posted on grabbit the price was down ridiculousy and Ind asked for both for chrimble. Picked up the Zhu Zhu bundle from Tesco today. Cant believe how much stuff you get for 7.50. What a bargain!

Mrs M love your makes, so pretty

xx

Snugglebunny8

Seriously ... is today the last day of QVC Christmas???? I hope so! that thing is addictive and as for Bethlehem Lighting ... in the word of The Mask ...somebody stop me!

have pulled a muscle in my back in my ribs, my Biology A level DD tells me its the intercostal muscle and it hurts so much cos it expands (or was it contract?) every time you breathe [EMAIL="...!!!!"]...!!!![/EMAIL] it hurts! it keeps going into spasm so am stuck on sofa with cat (and QVC) and a hot wheat bag ..

MrsHayes

Thank you Freespirit, crowd pleaser and baby boo Xx It's horrible when people don't include you and are unfriendly, I just don't understand it at all as I would hate to make anyone feel that way!

So I just went to pick up DS from school, and as I walked past the other mums I thought of all you lovely ladies and your nice comments so I held my head up high with a big smile on my face and breezed past the lot of them! lol Xx