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BookWorm

Southern-Girl wrote: »

I'm having a day indoors today doing loads of jobs that I've been meaning to do for ages. The only way for me to do this is to stay in Jim-jams all day so I don't procastinate and end up going for a walk along the beach.

SG - I love that your idea of procrastination is going out and getting some exercise... that wouldn't happen to me! :rotfl:

I luvs me jim-jams

moneyistooshorttomention

Staying indoors and catching up with chores would have been a useful exercise...but it was exercise of a different variety I've just done and some more exploring of new surroundings and I'm back into my nightie and warm dressing gown now...as at least they're dry.

I got absolutely drenched to the skin and am trying to thaw out now. I tell ya....Welsh rain has just gotta be wetter than English rain....:rotfl:and I've not dared examine just how much mud I've trekked into the house on me.

ellie99

ha ha SG, me NOT procrastinating today was going for a walk along the beach! Instead of spending the day indoors I made myself get out and about today, in the hopes it would raise the spirits a bit.

So had a walk on the beach, then round the harbour to see the boats up on dry dock. It was blowing a gale, but it was...drumroll please...SUNNY Lovely! Although the wind was serious, my eyes were watering and a couple of times it blew me off stride (and it takes a big wind to do that :rotfl:)

And in the afternoon I met a couple of friends (by accident, not planned) so a coffee and chat was in order. Very nice day all round. Driving home the temperature suddenly dropped and it started to snow, it was lying too, so winter's still hanging around.

Home now and my kitchen looks like a whole football team of boys have been cooking in it, not just the 3 who apparently were! I hope they don't think I'm cleaning it up.

Meant to ask Bookworm, what did you decide to spend your winnings on? I need ideas, at christmas I was very kindly given a £10 tip by a lottery winner (honest, he's a lottery millionaire) and I don't want to just spend it in the supermarket. I feel I should treat myself, but to what I have no idea

BookWorm

Hi Ellie - the walk along the beach sounds great! Wish I was near to a coast.

I actually didn't spend it in the end and put it into my savings - not very exciting but there you go.
I'm sure you may want to do something more interesting with it so here are few suggestions off the top of my head:

- bottle of wine/something nice to drink
- takeaway/box of chocs/fave food treat item
- book(s)
- dvd(s)
- cinema ticket
- bunch of flowers
- something towards a hobby (if you have one/some)

Hope you can think of something lovely to treat yourself with

ellie99

Thanks Bookworm, like the flowers idea. Actually I might keep it until I'm planting the pots at my back door, get some nice plants with it

I did think of spending it on lottery tickets (that would make a good news story, wouldn't it? "lottery winner buys winning ticket with gift from lottery winner" ... ) but I would probably end up losing it.

Maybe one ticket and the rest on plants...I'll let you know when I win :rotfl:

LavenderBees

ellie99 wrote: »

Thanks Bookworm, like the flowers idea. Actually I might keep it until I'm planting the pots at my back door, get some nice plants with it

I did think of spending it on lottery tickets (that would make a good news story, wouldn't it? "lottery winner buys winning ticket with gift from lottery winner" ... ) but I would probably end up losing it.

Maybe one ticket and the rest on plants...I'll let you know when I win :rotfl:

Or really make it s-t-r-e-t-c-h and get seeds for cutting flowers..that way, you'll have free flowers all late spring summer and early autumn....

I live about 20 mins from the beautiful coast here but haven't made it there in the last 2 years . Note to self....

The wind was freezing here this afternoon, so have spent the afternoon in front of the fire napping and reading the newspaper. Bloomin fab :rotfl:

LB xx

ellie99

Oh good point LB, seeds...cosmos, scabious, verbena...I feel some gardening coming on

I suspect I may have been close to your patch of coast today...make some time and get yourself there, it's lovely

LavenderBees

It is lovely...very wild and beautiful . You've reminded me to make time to do this sort of thing, and I will do...

My sweetpea seedlings are raising their wee heads :T, but got trodden on by young-boy-cat today :eek:. My scabious are still sleeping.

LB xx

LavenderBees

Gosh, just realised my last post was the 4000th on this thread. Happy 4000th Post Birthday Thread :T

My scabious might not be growing, but I have just noticed I have 2 tiny mushrooms

LB xx

Horace

Hi gang

Got up late, watched some telly that I recorded last month, went shopping and got some bits including milk, bread and carrots (I now have cold meat for sandwiches, some yellow stickered items, eggs, crisps and biscuits.

Had lunch, then it really started raining and as I have the sniffs at the moment decided against visiting my parents. Watched more telly, cooked up my joint of beef and had a lovely dinner. No sign of uniform being dropped off:mad: Made a Skype call to Santa Monica and had a chat with my pal and found that he had been to an AA meeting (a good thing because he had been on a drinking binge) at least he has now stopped. He had drunk a bottle of whisky and felt really ill - I told him that it was made from barley and as he is gluten-free then it was no wonder he was ill. Had a good chat and the call cost me 16p (I have a lot of Skype credit to use up).

Best go and take my eye drops and go to bed - need to up early tomorrow to make my sandwiches.