Cheery's buttling diary: tea in one hand, plant pot in the other, running shoes on

starnac

Karmacat wrote: »

The HMs sound great. I was amazed when I went to Cardiff a few years ago - all round the harbour being so open and lovely.

You should have seen it even more years ago when we called it the "docks" :rotfl::eek: it is nice now although there are [STRIKE]flats[/STRIKE] apartments flying up everywhere now

Well computer says No! Spider-Man was too much of a wimp to visit me directly and sent an email instead! How rude!! I have another chance in my running club ballot but there does seem to be quite a few of us in that hat now!

I second (third?) the must do something for your anniversary before you move. You'll regret it otherwise

Cheery_Daff

Darn it, just lost my entire post! :eek: Silly girl - entirely my own fault!!

Anyway - evening chums :hello:

RT - YES, I quite agree being in bed is much better Isn't it great that we get to go to bed EVERY SINGLE NIGHT? :j :j :j :j Hooray! :rotfl:

Pah starnac So disappointed for you Hope you find something else cheery to do instead! :j

Evening KC Not entirely sure how we plan to celebrate in the kitchen - other than a nice cup of tea of course :coffee:

Cheery day Haircut, then gave blood - most pleased at a free pint of squash, extremely tasty cup of tea (from a machine, no less!) and an orange club biscuit It was like being at a free cafe! :money: :rotfl: Only had to pay with a pint of blood :rotfl:

Met friend for lunch in the Winter Gardens - see here for cheery pics, I do like it in there Then somehow found ourselves in Patisserie Valerie (don't tell Slimming World ) then sat in the Peace Gardens (pics here). All very jolly

Then other pal wandered into town to meet me and we spent a pleasant hour sat in the sunshine outside a pub, and now I'm home and fed and pondering interview things :eek:

Oh, and I bought my interview outfit Most pleased :j :j Tried on a couple of dresses in the first charity shop I went in, one was nice but needed quite a specific kind of cardi, so I left it and said I'd come back if I couldn't find anything else.

Got round the corner and realised how stupid I was - never abandon something you actually want in a charity shop! :eek: Dashed back and the damn thing wasn't there!! :eek: Fortunately I had the sense to ask the woman if someone had bought it - turns out they'd taken it into the back and were making it into a window display :rotfl: :rotfl: Very kindly dismantled it for me though :j :j

They kindly let me use their changing room to put it back on again so I could wander round trying to find suitable cardi :rotfl: Found one that would do in M&S for £30 but felt happy leaving that there as there were plenty available - good job too as I then found a perfect one in another charity shop for £3 :j :j

So total outfit:
£9.99 dress (black and white, knee length, Laura Ashley)
£3 cardi
£6.50 John Lewis tummy-holding-in tights :rotfl:

= just under £20 for the lot :j :j add another £10 for the haircut and I reckon that's not too bad :j

Definitely NOT a NSD though :eek: Off to do some adding up but it won't be pretty... :eek:

Cheery_Daff

Ok, YNAB done for today... final tally (just on my spends, not food etc)

£10 hair cut
£21.19 clothes
£9.45 lunch, cake and drinks
£1.80 bus home
= £42.44

Good job I don't have days like that too often - not looking good for keeping my monthly spends budget under £62 (excluding slimming world) :eek: :rotfl:

rtandon27

oooooooo - get you - a posh frock!:D:D:D:D:D

Laura Ashley no less!

I bet it will make you feel fabulous & confident - what a great find! I've never had great luck in charity shops but I do trawl through the clearance racks at some of the posh shops and quite often find a deal that fits & suits!

...and on the subject of bed being better - it's calling my name & OH is snoring in his chair so I think it's off to bedfordshire - night night stylish Dr Daff!:)

Karmacat

Those are great buys, Cheery! And excellent wandering about your city too, actually - loved those pics. Thats it, I'll have to go there, the centre looks beautiful.

Cheery_Daff

There are certainly some beautiful parts KC! (lots of it isn't quite so pretty, mind you... :rotfl: )

I do look pretty posh in new frock RT :rotfl: Far more posh than normal!! :rotfl:

Not managed a NSD today sadly - bought some insoles to put in interview shoes for £1.39. Not really worth buying new ones as I've never worn these ones (they were second hand) and i very rarely wear this type of shoe at all, but the inside is just a bit too slidey with tights and they won't stay on very well! :rotfl:

Nowt other than that though, oh and a small thing for 90p to go with my sister's birthday pressie

Spent much of the day researching potential new employer Also arranged to meet someone tomorrow to snag some tips - they're quite high up in the area I'm applying for (albeit in a different field) and will have done plenty of interviews from the other side. Volunteered to help in their garden for a couple of hours in exchange :rotfl:

Best crack on with my own presentation too I suppose :blink:

Chocforever

Good luck with the interview. It sounds like it is the job for you

I'm holding you entirely responsible for having searched runners world events this afternoon and I'm considering running a 10k in a fortnight despite no training for months except an odd parkrun. Maybe it will get me training again and stop me going into hibernation mode

Cheery_Daff

Ooops, sorry about that Chocforever SO tempting to go into hibernation mode though, isn't it?! rofl

I appear to have not run today, and also talked myself out of tomorrow's run Various new-job-related activities which I'm afraid take priority right now!

Think I'm going to take the day before the interview off work next week - probably be fit for nothing anyway and it'll give me an opportunity to finalise presentation, practice interview questions etc as well as relaxing a bit (and panicking a bit ) Might go for a nice longish run to wear myself out and help me sleep

Cheery_Daff

Morning all :hello:

NSD yesterday on my personal cash - beer comes from treats budget That's two this month :j :j

Not sure about today - meeting old phd supervisor to quiz him about job-related stuff so might have to buy him a cuppa if we go somewhere

Gloomy weather here - hope the sun's shining where you are! :j But it's just the day for holing up in the attic and doing some work (or rather, for holing up on the sofa under a blanket and watching a film, but if I have to work, at least I don't have to go *out* :rotfl: )

Chocforever

I had it in mind that your interview is tomorrow (though looking back at the posts above, I'm not sure why) so just coming in to say good luck! From everything you have said about the job and your reaction, it feels right. Even from 100 miles away.