Building The Burrow!

littlegreenpeas

It's not just teachers who buy lots of stationery, I used to love smelly rubbers and sparkly pens. Really I still do.

newgirly

I have a rubber collection from when I was 7 still , I have about 200 :rotfl:

gallygirl

Sometimes our receptionist lets us look at the stationery catalogue . Only if we're good though .

in_need_of_direction

Maybe if my thing had been stationery rather than shoes and handbags, I'd have a much smaller mortgage!

Pearla*Merle

Thanks for the well wishes, folks. Migraines are all still a bit off and on, but seem to be slowly fading away now *crosses all fingers & toes*

Habibiboo wrote: »

Wow, P*M, I think it's official, we must be long-lost, separated at birth stationery twins ~ we have matching drawers, as it were! :rotfl:

:rotfl: I'm now going to rely on you to give me the heads up if you see any fabulous stationary must-haves out there

FamilyLife, oh dear me, that blog is amazing - I have a feeling I'm about to progress to a whole new level. :rotfl:

LGP, newgirly - that's a blast from the past, you've just reminded me that I have a rubber collection too. Goodness knows how many I have, they're still in my parent's attic (with strict instructions not to be thrown out )

Gallygirl, lucky you. I have a small (*cough*) collection of catalogues to take out and drool all over every so often...

In need of direction, haha - if only I didn't have a penchant for all of those!

Pearla*Merle

Quite a busy birthday weekend with Mr Merle. Didn't do anything too drastic money-wise in the end as our plans for a trip out were scuppered by the rather stormy weather so we were relegated to having a wander around the shops for some birthday money spending, and then spent some time with family having a celebratory dinner.

Nipped over to !kea as we heard they were having a sale on bookcase doors (we're rather sick of feeling so overwhelmed with stuff and clutter in here, so would be nice to shove it all behind closed doors :rotfl:), so since they're half price we thought we might as well pick up some cheap ones. Not ordered yet as we might split the delivery with Mr M's parents, so that's one for another day. We'll probably pick up a chest of drawers at the same time as the ones we have take up far too much space (can't open wardrobe door) and are rather woebegone from so many house moves (can't bear the thought of hauling it about again), so might as well combine it in the delivery. We'll go for a tall and slender version that we can then easily use in a kitchen/utility/bathroom at later date and get the most use out of.

Bargain of the weekend: Tesko selling off Tunnock's hessian bags, were £3 down to 50p! We might have bought eight. Will probably use some for presents, if Mr M can bear to let them go.

Didn't really spend anything else. Shopped from the freezer for meals for the next week, Mr M is picking up some ham so we can have toasties tonight and then that's it until next week pretty much. We'll probably pop to M&S to use up another of the £5 vouchers on Friday, we'll again mostly buy meat that can stretch for miles (gammon, chicken) and then more storecupboard and freezer items.

The week after should be just as good for meals, I have sausages in the freezer that can be made up into a large casserole and portioned, along with other bits & bobs to work through. Today I might have a sweep of the fridge and use up some lingering vegetables in another batch of soup and will get the breadmaker going as well.

Need to pop to the library & run a few more errands today, can't decide whether to just go out now and get it over and done with or wait around for a bit in case the postman arrives with these presents I'm still waiting for... :think:

Pearla*Merle

Totally forgot to say - have rejigged the old signature, so the intricate counting of the pennies can truly begin in earnest now. :j

Thought I might as well start aiming high and go for the £3k target, this will mostly be in tiny dribs & drabs to begin with... hopefully moving towards floods of pennies in a few months time as life settles down again. :T

BlueMoo

Good to see you are feeling better PM.

I too will confess as an avid stationery lover. In particular - notebooks. Lovely shiny new smelling notebooks!
I could lose hours in paperchase.

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Got to confess I just can't with IKEA. It just drives me potty. Went once and never again!

FamilyLife

I love ikea. We've been in the new house for 2 weeks and still haven't been, hoping to go next week. Most of our furniture is used and from a nearby Salvation Army furniture shop but I like ikea for the things you didn't even know you needed till you saw them Also, lunch!

FL xx

mouche

FamilyLife wrote: »

I like ikea for the things you didn't even know you needed till you saw them Also, lunch!

My thoughts exactly! I love Ikea but somehow by the end of a trip there - regardless of how much or little we buy - we are utterly exhausted. Maybe the Swedish meatballs are drugged....