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

NoOneAround

please-let-me-be-lucky wrote: »

Coz I is [STRIKE]stoopid[/STRIKE] a pushover and I love seeing my boys happy Xx

Love that Lucky:) - seeing your kids happy beats seeing ....a bin?:rotfl: even if it is an all singing all dancing one;)
I think I also is a [STRIKE]stoopid[/STRIKE] a pushover:o:rotfl:

Admiration as always, even if quietly in the background
NOA
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pennywisepoundstupid

Lucky I would have done the same, I have lost count how many times I have saved amazon vouchers for something for myself to end up spending them on the kids, so I am a pushover too, or maybe I just like a quiet life .

Eager_Elephant

please-let-me-be-lucky wrote: »

The boys have been pestering me for an Xbox game recently but I've been saying no as its not a special occasion. Today however, I caved and doubled £20 of clubc@rd vouchers I've been saving into £40 so I only had to put £2 in to buy the game. The new kitchen bin I wanted will have to wait! I also cut out a voucher for £1.50 off my shampoo, which was on special at £2 anyway, so I got it for 50p instead of £3.85 .

I am not going to say anything about buying things for the children over yourself as I think most parents do the same.


Just a quick heads up, in case you did not realise, Game do a trade in service so you take in your old games and they pay you an amount in cash or a larger amount if you spend in store http://www.game.co.uk/en/games/trade-in/


Failing that if you have any kind of exchange shop they will do similar - CEX is a national chain of exchange shops as well.


I think someone on here does this for her son, she gets him to go through his games when he wants a new one and he exchanges his old games for new - Win, Win.

please-let-me-be-lucky

Thanks all, glad I'm not the only one!! EE, we regularly use CEX, but it was £43 second hand in there, which was more than it was brand new in Mr T!

DH and I have had a bit of a falling out. He's currently sitting looking like a puppy who's been kicked . I'm sick of always having to be the patient one who has to repeat herself over and over. Fed up.

please-let-me-be-lucky

Feeling a bit better now, sorry for the whinge! I know it's not DH's fault that he forgets things or picks them up wrongly, it just annoys me that he knows he can only concentrate on one thing at a time yet he started to do other things instead of listening!! Then had a melt down that he didn't know what was happening :mad:.

Anyway, NSD so far today as we've only been to the park. Not sure if it will continue the rest of the day or not, as I need a birthday card either today or tomorrow. None of the ones I have in are suitable.

Sun_Addict

You did the right thing Lucky - your boys will get lots of fun from the game but there's not a lot of fun to be had from a bin. I totally get you re getting angry with Mr Lucky, I am often the same with Mr SA. It can be so very frustrating at times and neither of us expected this did we? Big hugs xx

please-let-me-be-lucky

Thanks SA, that means a lot Xx

5 years tomorrow since the accident that changed EVERYTHING :eek:.

Sun_Addict

Wow 5 years! A long time of going through the mill. For me it's 3 years since things weren't looking good for Mr SA. I can't believe he's still here to be honest. But hey we've both survived a very bad experience and that's got to be an achievement

beanielou

Sun_Addict wrote: »

Wow 5 years! A long time of going through the mill. For me it's 3 years since things weren't looking good for Mr SA. I can't believe he's still here to be honest. But hey we've both survived a very bad experience and that's got to be an achievement

A massive achievement both SA & Lucky.

please-let-me-be-lucky

Thank you both :A. It does feel like an achievement, particularly as DS1 said he was pleased we weren't saying 'It's been 5 years since Dad died' yesterday :eek:.

We had a lovely day at one of my best friends' wedding yesterday. They were doing everything on a shoe-string budget but you couldn't tell, and it was a fab day. My gift to them was to pay another bestie of mine (a photographer) to do their official photos as she (the bride) wasn't going to have any. I got mates rates so it cost me £60, but it was worth every penny to see my pal happy. She's had a tough year since losing her Mum and she deserved a nice reminder of her day.