Three choices in life; Give up, Give in or Give all you've got!!

liltdiddylilt

My goodness, I go away and look at whats happened!!!

NO WAY you are a moose lady. I've seen the proof. You are a beautiful, curvaceous and fab lady, and everytime there is a new picture of you I can see you melting! don't be down about pictures. If I haven't had chance to prepare, I always feel I look disgusting in pictures. Even whilst everyone assures me I am being silly. Turns out I have body dysmorphia and I reckon you might have it too. Try and look at yourself the way others tell you you look. Beautiful. You shine from the inside out. I also cannot believe that the last time I was here you had just put yourself back on the right side of your 3st award... you're nearly at 4!!!!!

As for the pool experience, what a badly trained and ill-mannered member of staff. Good on you for voting with your feet and speaking to her manager. Pettiness is one of my most hated traits. You keep going to your normal pool sounds like a much better experience!

And.. trampolining. I am jealous! I had a bounce on a really small one at mums, and the cardio... whew!!

Much love xxxx

mummytogirls

Well done on the win PLMBL and thank heavens for kind neighbours xx

please-let-me-be-lucky

Thanks everyone. Lilty you are too kind! DH agrees it is a bad photo of me, but he insists I don't really look like that, whereas I'm more inclined to believe that must be what I truly look like .

Talking of DH, we had a weird sort of partial seizure when we got into bed last night. He started with the uncontrollable chewing, and said he felt weird. He then said he felt like his nose was bleeding because he could taste it in his mouth. I was waiting for the full TC seizure to start but it never did. No warnings this time, though he was very tired during the day even though we did very little.

Paid another £15 off the debts this morning. Haven't done anything with the £40 I won yet, but thinking of putting it away to help with DS1's birthday in 3 weeks time. Think that's probably the most sensible option rather than using it for debt or a treat.

Brightspark87

Lucky, the pool people were out of order. I'm sorry they treated you in that way. Don't worry about the photos, everyone always says I look much slimmer in real life which I never know if I should take as a compliment? we all have bad photos taken of us so don't you worry yourself. You have done SO well congrats! and huge payback by winnning the money - you should use it to treat yourselves on the next Family day! xx

millionaire_in_training

PLMBL I can equate with you re pics. I bought a really nice dress for my friend's birthday bash and I felt fab as it was the smallest size I had worn in years. Still a size 18 but considering I had been popping out of a size 24 then I was as I said feeling fabulous, confident, sassy, pretty etc etc. Then horror of horrors I saw the pics. I could have cried and just felt disgusting. Still all the fat and flabby bits to be seen and I was gutted. Never mind though we will get there and be pure unadulterated hotties

please-let-me-be-lucky

Aw MiT, I bet you did look like a hottie! 18 from 24 is amazing! I know what you mean though, it's awful when the camera doesn't tell the truth Xx

Thanks Sparky. I've toyed with the idea of using the £40 to go to the zoo or a theme park etc as I don't feel we have 'done' much these holidays. Still not sure though as I'm not as well organised this year in terms of birthday and Christmas savings, so the extra for then would be useful. DH is also complaining of a bad back from our mattress so I somehow need to magic a new one of those too.

Haven't done much of an update the last couple of days because there hasn't been a lot to say. DH was a bit slow the day after his partial seizure but nothing else developed. We spent some time with friends which was lovely and apart from food shopping we haven't spent anything on activities for a good few days now. DS1 was a nightmare yesterday with his 'hate you' and 'so unfair!' attitude. I could have quite happily throttled him.

brizzledfw

Hello!

So sorry that haven't been in touch...new diary which is months and months old! Whoops!

Hope everything is OK. Agree with everything here re carp photos ...everyone has a smartphone now and let's be honest..a load of photos taken of all of us are pretty unlike the reality.

Hope DH has a better day today

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PS. Have subscribed !

beanielou

Keep the 40 quid for something you may need.

TheBairn

Hello PLMBL,
I am a dedicated lurker (just ask Lilty :-)) but I really admire the way you have coped with everything life has thrown at you.
I saw your post re DH complaining about the mattress. Me & OH were suffering from general aches and pains from our mattress which isn't that old. Before taking the expensive step of buying a new one we decided to try a mattress topper and it has been great. After some Goggling I bought the memory foam topper from Asda ( luxury George Home one ) and has been great. It was £90 for the KS, a bit smelly for the first couple of weeks (latex) but definetly worth it.
Hope this helps xxx

Brightspark87

please-let-me-be-lucky wrote: »

Thanks Sparky. I've toyed with the idea of using the £40 to go to the zoo or a theme park etc as I don't feel we have 'done' much these holidays. Still not sure though as I'm not as well organised this year in terms of birthday and Christmas savings, so the extra for then would be useful. DH is also complaining of a bad back from our mattress so I somehow need to magic a new one of those too.
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Have you looked on ebay for a mattress protector? We had an awful mattress in our last rental place, and couldnt replace ourselves (or rather wouldnt pay for a new one only to leave it!) so we got one for less than £20 and made all the difference. My MIL also has a single one adapted so that she has a firmer side to her OH's softer. Worth a thought.

Dont let the mood swings get you down either - youve done SO well xx