Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare - only time will tell :-)

Southernman

TK Max do some lovely prom dresses or they did back when I was at school for around £30!!!

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Hi garlicko,

Thanks for popping by:). Designer clothes, think I would implode with that one haha!!! Goodness they must cost a fortune! Last time we went to Leeds we popped into H*rvey N*cks and had a peek at the goods on offer......cost a bleeding fortune! Some were really lovely and others looked like poooo, but that's just my opinion . Rather you than me with trying to tame back the designer wear as I guess if that's what you hanker for than nothing else will do:). good luck me dear!:D

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Haha!!!! happycamel, I too bought a house with a lovely cream carpet which I too enjoyed walking on......sadly that was 11 years ago, 2 children later, many poos, pucks and Donna kebab splatterings - totally my fault should have changed carpet about 7 years ago! You are right mind you, nothing like nice new carpet with springy underlay - yum yum:T. Southerman tk Max's is defo one to try for madam especially as she is a right size 6 skinny minny - could strike lucky on that one:D

Polkadot_Dress

Good luck in your journey Delilah

Why is that men love such expensive things - Mr PD is the same. As well as gadgets he also loves Mountain Biking and it isn't just the average Halfords bike he wants either :rotfl:

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Hi Polkadot Dress,

Made to measure mountain bikes cost a fortune, I know because one of the chappies at work has a bike fett*sh and feeds his wifey the old c*ck and bull stories re the costs involved......yeh in your dreams big lad:A. The man of the house used to give me b*ll regarding his techno habit but swiftly gave up when he realised that I knew exactly how much his carp cost....you can't kid a kidda!;) The truth is out there, it just takes me a little time to get to the bottom of it:D

Southernman

SIZE SIX??????

I doubt I could have fit into that size at aged 10 thanks to inheriting mama's voluptuous hips and boobies!

I was about to eat a chocolate then, I'm now rethinking whether I should!

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Sort of a good news/bad news day today;)

Started off with a trip to the local out of town retail park with the whole Buttercup clan. Let me make this quite plain from the start...I hate, loathe and utterly detest the entire shopping experience, especially the browsing with offspring in tow...yuk:cool:

Baby boy started off in T.R.U and purchased a rather snazzy L*go set which he only had to add £10 of his Christmas money to as we had numeorous money off vouchers , so bonus on that point:D. Then beautiful teenage daughter decided it was her turn to browse...nightmare!!!!! This means getting dragged around fashion shops whom in my humble opinion sell over priced scratty pieces of ill made tat:mad: Madam decided after over 2 hours of browsing that nothing was worthy of a purchase so off home we went:T

Then off to Asd* for a swift food shop and spent £75 which included the 3 bottles for a tenner vino blanco ( a working mothers amber nectar) so quite pleased there . When the little Buttercups are in tow they tend to plonk extras in my basket so I regularly go over £100 mark.....but I have a cunning plan starting with my next shop...click and collect:T. I know it's not earth shattering but that will fettle them

All going good and felt quite smug until I got home and reminded Mr Buttercup to start his Chariot of fire as its been sat on the drive for over a week......computer says NO!!!!:mad: Grrrr new battery needed, guess the original one has lasted well over 9 years, but why can't cars last forever? Why to batteries fail and exhausts fall off? Think I'm just being a stinge bag, need to lighten up a little:)

So that was my Saturday really, you save some and lose some:rotfl:

DELILLIAH BUTTERCUP xxx

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Good afternoon

Just thought I would update having got a moment or two, actually I'm having a lovely warm bubbly bath with a glass of vino blanco and the door firmly shut:D. Well I'm still off work and it's usually the only real me time I get so I try and enjoy it:D

Had a productive day so far, went to see my lovely mum who's sadly succumbed to dementia in the last year so is now in residential care. She's still has a belly full of fire but seeing her like that does certainly put a different spin on my way of thinking and the enjoyment that I would like to get out of life. She brought us up with very little money and at a time when unemployment was a factor in most peoples lives, but saying that we still had fun, all be it rather thrifty fun:T

Made mince and dumplings for din - yum yum:D And will stretch out the remainder of the cheese, crackers and Christmas cake for tea:)

Had the bleeding washer and tumbler on all day:mad: costs a fortune I know but the radiators in modern houses are so utterly poooo that you just can't anything dry. Mr Buttercup has been sussing out new battery prices for the chariot of fire and has declared that we are going to try ans spark life into the old one again using the company car and jump leads.......it's a miracle :rotfl:

Still trying to decide on exact doable figures for 2013 - will post on the later:D

DELILLIAH B xxx

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Good luck to you, it is hard to overpay when you have so many differing needs to consider. Not sure where you are located but Fonthill Road in Finsbury Park is brilliant for cheap prom and party dresses if you are near London. Loads of shops all doing that sort f stuff there so very competitive.

Squirrel

pixnmix_2

Hi DB **waves**

Your family sounds like mine was about 10 years ago. The hormonal teen daughter and the lego crazy son was my life. Your posts have made me smile big time, which on a rainy miserable December day is just what I needed.
So thank you
Pix.