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

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Hi Secret Saving Squirrel and pixnmix:) thanks for dropping by.

I'm about 400 ish miles north of London SSS but thank you for the idea. I think I will take hormonal beautiful teenage daughter off to the likes of Durham, York , Harrogate were maybe I might have some luck at finding some shops specialising in the "recycled" side of evening wear;). Second hand shops to you and me but don't tell madam:D

I'm pleased I made you smile pixnmix, without laughter we are nothing;). I have quite a dark sense of humour me thinks, the sort that laughs at things I really shouldn't.....but as they say if you don't laugh you cry so hey ho:rotfl:

But joking aside isn't Leg* damn expensive....£100 a chuck some of it....totally brilliant and baby boys imagination goes beyond the realms of extreme with it....but never the less expensive:eek:

DELILLIAH B xxx

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Right had a think about my plan of action for 2013 and it is as follows:D

Overpay mortgage by £5400 taking figure including normal payments down to just below 79k for 2013, whilst instructing Virgin to direct the overpayments towards the secured loan part of the mortgage.

"Do up" our bedroom/ensuite which is in dire need of a makeover:T

Purchase dinning table and chairs, proper real oak, not pretend stuff:D and teach the offspring to look after it and love as if it were their own:). Or Mama will get nasty:eek:

Meal plan, haha that should be a laugh, buy food online using click and collect so as to lead both myself and offspring away from temptation:rotfl:

And finally love a bit more and laugh a bit more:D

D.B xxx

nattypants

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP wrote: »

Purchase dinning table and chairs, proper real oak, not pretend stuff:D and teach the offspring to look after it and love as if it were their own:). Or Mama will get nasty:eek:

I am so pleased to have found someone else who doesn't have a dining table and chairs:T(I'm also looking for oak)

Love your diary DEL:D

Southernman

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP wrote: »

Purchase dinning table and chairs, proper real oak, not pretend stuff:D and teach the offspring to look after it and love as if it were their own:). Or Mama will get nasty:eek:

D.B xxx

I have an oak dining table, it's gorgeous. I got a lot of (the decent) furniture from my grandparents house to put in my flat.

I also got two lovely leather chairs and yes even my current bed used to be my grandparents.

At the time i had no money for furniture so my flat is super retro. I paid £100 for the double bed in the spare room, a settee for my room and the main settee in the sitting room.

I have kept up the retro feel by buying an old bakerlite phone that takes pride of place in the sitting room!!

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Retro is sooo cool Southerman, I have quite a bizarre sense when it comes to styling and could really go for it but have to reign it back a little so as to not inflict the other members of the Buttercup clan with my utter weirdness;)

Well here it is NYE, a time of reflection and hopes for the coming year, dont do too much of the sentimental stuff but got to admit this year has been a tad bit pooo and I'm secretly hoping to find laughter entering my life at a more frequent pace in 2013:D

The celebrations for tonight are as follows :- baby boy off to a clarty party at his mates house....got a better social life than us:). Mr Buttercup, beautiful teenage type and myself are having a BBQ in our back garden:T. Mad I know in the depths of winter but I never said we were a conventional type of family:D. Purchased some totally delicious ribeye steaks from the local butcher for the priceley sum of £15 and I'm really looking forward to getting my chops around those little babies:D. Sorry if I've offended any veggies but my old Dad was a butcher and fresh meat was never something that we were short of as nippers:)

Also have prepared £300 to go towards my op fund starting tomorrow.....quick off the mark even I'm impressed with myself:A

Have a safe and happy evening.

Del B. xxx

Mortgagefreeby50

I get that Beyonce song stuck in my head whenever I see your thread title!

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Suppose marketing works after all:D....could have used some 80s title from way back...but that would have been pure cheese:rotfl:

kirstypark

enjoy your barbie, I remember doing the same thing at the millenium, all the street joined in, was a great new year. I am an old butchers daughter too and meat is something I don't scrimp on..get loads from the farmers market every month.

off to make sausage rolls from scratch - even my dad says mine are better than his! Happy new year!

*Jellie*

Happy new year
I hope you enjoyed your BBQ

DELILLIAH_BUTTERCUP

Hi Jellie and kirstypark, barbie was great thank you and at least it didn't snow this year so Mr Buttercup was pleased on that point

Even managed to blag a free meal yesterday around the in laws house so that was lovely and FREE :rotfl:

Chariot of fire couldn't be sparked back into life so had to purchase a new battery but at £25 I didn't think that was too bad a stinging:). Back at work now - oh joy!!!- so rice pud for lunch which I already had in so zero spends today.

Will update when I have op'd my initial £300 and my monthly standard mortgage payment have been taken.

Del B .xxx