Frugal Frump to Fab - 2015

pirateyqueen

Rowan_moon wrote: »

Pirateyqueen hope your mouth is healing well. Can I ask about your wisdom tooth please? My dentist said I had some decay under one of my wisdom teeth and should think about having it removed. it doesn't hurt though so I am putting it off - not sure if that is a good idea. Eeeek.

Thank you! I seem to be healing OK, I have had no blood so that's good. I am very swollen and a bit sore though. I actually had mine removed because I need jaw surgery in a few years and where they make the incision is where the wisdom tooth is so it needs to come out in advance. It wasn't causing my any bother at all, but was in quite a difficult position for removal so they said they definitely wouldn't have taken it out if it wasn't for the surgery. It's not too bad though, especially if you are only having the one out as you can chew on the other side of your mouth!

lessonlearned

Well I feel a bit of fraud today. I am in my scuffs trying to catch up with some much needed housework, so no Fab Friday glamour this end.:o

I'm struggling though, my back is playing up, so it's do a bit, rest a bit. I think I overdid at the cottage, humping boxes to and from the car, doing tip runs etc. one day I'll learn some sense and I will "just say no"......

Last night I lit the chiminea and finally said goodbye to that paperwork mountain - all the business accounts and tax records.

Today ive made a start and sorted out some kitchen cupboards, just two More to go but I'll leave them for another day. The cellar is a bit of a mess but out of sight out of mind for now. A lot of it is stuff I'm storing for when I move so it will get a good clear out all in good time.

DS2 is out on the razzle tonight so I shall have a nice pamper session, and then curl up on the sofa with a girly film and a glass of something....

a perfect end to a very busy but pleasingly productive week.:D

Have a fab week end.

Rose_Wood

Evening All

Sorry to hear about your tooth PQ. I think toothache is one of the worst things to have.

I've been in sports gear most of the day - Yoga and tennis - but have just got Fabbed up for work. I don't normally do Fridays but have been asked in as we are execting to be really busy. I'm wearing a cream scoop necked Laura Ashley top with smart dark grey Per Una jeans. I think I shall team them with my ankle boots as I know they are comfortable to wear for work. My hair is still looking good and I'm wearing my new silver necklace that DH gave me for my birthday, like this. I am pleased that you like me posting what I am wearing Rowan. I like hearing about everyone's outfits.

My losing weight is continuing very slowly but I got several comments today about having lost weight so it is obviously showing now. I am eating well but still cutting out bread (completely) and sugar (mostly). I am getting loads of exercise at the moment. Yesterday I managed a half hour swim, a 14 mile bike ride, one and a half hours tennis and about 2 miles of walking to and from work. I am averaging over 19,000 steps a day and enjoying wearing my sports watch that DS and DD bought me for my birthday which does the counting for me.

It's a DGD day tomorrow but not sure of what we will be doing yet. The forecast is pretty dire so probably not swimming at the outdoor pool which is what we have been doing when we can.

Have a good weekend everyone. Make sure you give your back a rest LL.

Rose

maman

I like hearing about outfits too rose, helps to form the mental picture of my virtual friends and ideas to copy!!


It sometimes takes a while for weightloss to show and dress sizes to drop but isn't it great when others notice.;)


LL, you really do need to pace yourself. I'm sure you are well satisfied with what you've achieved this week but far too much all at once. Still, it's done now but try to have some R&R over the weekend.


I did do fab Friday today but sadly because I had to go to a funeral. An old friend had leukaemia for the past 4/5 years and although she'd coped well, medication stopped being effective a couple of months ago. What was good was that she and her DH had lived life to the full and still managed lots of great things even after the diagnosis.


Not too much planned for the weekend. We should have been having a painter in to do the sitting room (at last!) but his wife was taken into hospital so he's had to cry off. Now it won't happen until after our holiday. Plus side was that I had the room all ready to empty by Kondoing various shelves so nothing in there now that I don't want to keep.


ETA: my outfit today was long black cotton skirt, white top, new black and white scarf from New Look and Dune ballet pumps. Had cardi with me but didn't need it, too muggy.

lessonlearned

Good morning ladies

Well didn't manage the pamper session last night, just too plum tuckered out so will have one in a minute.

In fact I'm going to take Maman's sound advice and have a gentle relaxing weekend, with plenty of r & r and lots of TLC and much needed fabbing.

I love hearing about all the outfits too.

It's wet grey and miserable here and the forecast isn't much better so my plan is to just take it easy. I actually have nothing planned and no deadlines to meet, the house is clean and tidy, so I'm just going to,allow myself to drift, think, listen to music, watch TV, read and just generally "chill".

I have treated myself to a couple of fancy interior design books - £0-01 off amazon - so I shall be happy drooling over those.. I also bought a pretty silk covered photo album so I might have a photo sorting session.

Just some nice quiet me time. I think I've earned it.

DS2 is off and will be around but he's tired too so I think he'll be doing pretty much the same.

lessonlearned

Maman - just meant to say sorry to hear about your friend. So sad when we lose those we love.

It was 10 months this week since My husband died and next week it will be three months since mum went. Time really does race by. As I'm sure you can appreciate its been a rough few months but I'm feeling much better these days. What can I say, it gets easier. I'm ready to move on.

I have been thinking a lot about my future just recently - still not sure what lies ahead but I'm feeling more relaxed now - quietly confident that I can build a good life for myself.

Still not decided where I want to live, what type of property - house, bungalow or apartment. It's all up in the air, but oddly enough I don't mind that now, I'm no longer fretting that I cannot make a decision.

I'll make a decision - all in good time. Fate will lend a hand.

Losing two people so close together has taught me that ultimately possessions, things and stuff are meaningless. Both of them were natural hoarders and going through their stash of treasures has been a very sobering experience.

I have massive amounts to dispose of but I have made a decision. I will sell what I can, what doesn't sell will be gifted or donated. The money realised will be put on one side to buy something special, not sure what yet, a piece of jewellery or a painting maybe.

It has left me with a firm resolve to live a very simple life, with just the barest minium of "things". I am determined not to spend what's rest of my life as a "caretaker of stuff" - with all the sorting, cleaning, storing etc that possessions entail.

I have put my affairs in order, my will, poa, taken out life insurance, sorted out all my paperwork. Sounds morbid, but feels good.

I have culled my wardrobe and it's such a pleasure to have only clothes that I love and will wear and which I feel happy in. From now on it will be fewer clothes but only items that I really like. No more making do.

And then when i do finally buy a property I shall be very careful how I furnish it and dress it. It will be comfortable and stylish, but simple and easy to run and maintain. After all I am not getting any younger.

Definitely no stockpiling, no hoarding, no clutter.

A life of simple elegance.........:rotfl:

maman

lessonlearned wrote: »

so I'm just going to,allow myself to drift, think, listen to music, watch TV, read and just generally "chill".

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Speed reading I somehow managed to run both words together!:beer:


I've got to go out as somehow yesterday I managed to forget to buy bread. I could manage but DH does enjoy a sandwich. I think it was shopping in an unfamiliar store (did it while collecting car from service).


I think I'll kill two birds and take the stuff to the CS that I sorted this week, always feels cathartic when it's actually gone.


While I'm out I'll make an appointment for my eyebrows, buy the fake tan and a few other bits that need doing.


Have a good day everyone!:)

maman

Came back to say than you for the kind words LL. She wasn't a close friend in fact I'm closer to her DH so nothing like as difficult as what you're going through.


Just wanted to get off my chest that they had a sort of 'rent a vicar' person taking the ceremony. I felt the whole thing was rather impersonal although she did read a 'prepared by the family' eulogy. Then she read a couple of poems, played a bit of music and that was it. All in a quiet voice that friends told me didn't carry to the back. To be honest, all I felt it achieved was a large crowd there demonstrating support to him and that his wife was well known and well loved which I hope gave him some comfort.

lessonlearned

I know what you mean about the "rent a vicar" type of ceremony. They can seem rather impersonal - sometimes you almost wonder if you have stumbled into,the wrong funeral. It is a hard one to get right because often the family are too distressed to think about how best to do things.

If it had been left to my dad I shudder to think what kind of funeral he would have given mum. He would simply have gone for the whole Roman Catholic ritual. My sister and I knew this was just so wrong for mum on so many levels. It meant digging our heels in and defying him. He was furious with us at first, especially with me because of course I got the blame because he knows I am a confirmed aethiest.

However he did eventually come round and afterwards he did concede that we had Given mum a lovely send off. He said it was a bit too "showy" for his tastes, especially the venue for the wake, but he realised that mum would have loved it. She liked "showy", glamour and luxury, she loved flowers, music, colour and humour so that's what we gave her.:D.

Since then dad has discussed what he would like for his funeral, oddly enough he wants a humanist funeral now too.

I think the yardstick has to be - would the deceased have approved, if they had attended it what would they have thought. Everyone who attended my husbands funeral said that it was perfect for him, he would have loved it.and I just know mum would have loved hers too, she did enjoy a good funeral.

What astounded me that mum and dad had been together for nearly 70 years and yet he didn't understand what kind of person she really was, that she wouldn't have thanked him for a full blown Catholic funeral. I just can't understand how he misunderstood her so badly.

Have had nice relaxing day, ds1 popped round with the lovely M who thankfully is both looking and feeling much better now. I was getting rather concerned for her because at one point her health seemed to be going downhill very fast.

As you know she comes from Venezuela and since coming to the UK she has developed some worrying health issues which came to a head a couple of months ago.

I think a lot of it is down to lifestyle changes, change of diet, lack of sunshine etc. her iron levels plummeted, stomach problems, periods going haywire, migraines etc. Although the doctors have managed to sort out her iron levels they have been unable to help much, just dishing out pills which seemed to make matters worse.

Anyway betwen us we decided she needed to go back to basics, cut out all pain meds, ditch the congrqceptive pill, and adopt a total exclusion diet - a real Paleo/Stone Age diet.......so DS1 took over the kitchen, made her rest and got to grips with cooking healthy food. I'm pleased to say its worked and whilst she still has to fully regain her strength and vitality she's definitely on the mend.

I am so relieved for her but also for my DS because I could see the strain and worry etched on his face. It as good to see them both looking so much better.

Kids - we never stop worrying about them .......once a mother always a mother.....:o

Anyway the good news is .......I have another Kondo "konvert". She pounced on my Kon Marie book and proceeded to devour it. Apparently she is going to sort out DS1s clutter........::D Rather her than me, she will have her work cut out.

I also had a couple of thrifty Living books lying around which I had been rereading. Her eyes lit up so I asked if she wanted them.

It's nice to know that my future DIL is not going to be a spendthrift :rotfl::rotfl:

Not much done today. Ds2 has been nursing a hangover and I don't think it stopped raining all day.

maman

lessonlearned wrote: »

Anyway between us we decided she needed to go back to basics, ditch the contraceptive pill, and adopt a total exclusion diet .

:eek: is this a secret plan to become a grandma or is total exclusion going to put paid to that!!:rotfl: