Living richly; simply and debt-freely

mrsinvisible

MrsI peeps round the door, and sidles in, glad to be here, sorry for the long absence. RL can be a bugg*r as we all know. Still, it is much better than the only known alternative!
GP I am converted, and am going to try to make a Buddha bowl tonight.
l am also going to fill a bag for the CS and take my contribution to the food bank. (this is to take my mind off DDs DHs lung biopsy which is happening today)
Now, it is wake up DGS and prepare to do the school run. (At least half term starts tonight, so l may get a lie-in. : )

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Well, here we are at Friday.

I forgot to mention yesterday, for any tAyto monitors..... .... I got to try 'd-lites' - specifically cheddar and red onion flavoured, cassava crisps. YUM! They were nice

Dinner this evening will be pizza and wedges Wot a shame there's no rugger to watch :D Still, Andrew and Georgio are back in Italy on BBC2 :j John is canalling around Britain on ITV and the 2J's are back on Ch4 - one to tape quite frankly, then we F/F through Jimmies boring 'make this for £250 segments........' *sigh*

I was pondering last night on this whole KM decluttering thing. And even though I don't have the book, it really has galvanised my intentions and got me moving But I am letting some really good stuff go - it all survived the cut the last time around - and I don't feel like I'm losing anything. I still go back to I didn't think that we have much stuff (and in the grans scheme of things, we really don't), but there is still plenty excess - plenty that hasn't been used for over 1 year, plenty that doesn't fit into the lifestyle I'm moulding for the future. It really is a revelation. And I've been cogitating on my feelings about our stuff going to the charity shops - and whether I'm being a 'big head' saying our stuff is 'too good'. Well, others may see me like that, but I think I'm being honest. We look after our things, so good stuff is going out of the house. Other people clearly use chazzers as dumping grounds, so I suppose the shops have to try to sell the stuff to gain their 'time/effort expended' back in a monetary form. Now, I'm guilty of not wanting to find alternative ways to gain money for our clothing. I won't bayofE, bookoffacelocal etc etc, and I know that I would go ballistic at being offered 87p for our clothes from the cash4 place, as they weigh 3kgs or whatever. So, to the chazzers it is. What is important is the change of mindset.

This is going to be the last round of 'good stuff' that will ever leave Greying Towers en masse. Future purchases will be given much more thought. It is possible that future purchases will be quality, and therefore have to be saved up for before purchase. They will then be used, and used and used some more! It is likely that at the end of their life, I would gratefully accept 87p from the cash4 place! :rotfl:

I like travelling light (and there is still sorted stuff to exit the house yet), but the other thing that it has brought to the surface - and I know this has been mentioned on the KM thread is that you begin to see how other people live and their clutter. Specifically parentals, or folk who you will have the responsibility for pretty soon in terms of moving on, or moving off...... I wish Marie could come up with an easy solution for that dilemma Still, I suppose perhaps you can be distanced from caring about the quality of stuff exiting, as it's not yours. I mean pots and pans, towels and tellies - not pictures, jewellery or someone's trilby or pipe........

Anyhoo, enough espousing for the morn. Best shift-a-tail-feather

Have a great Friday - one and all.

I'll see y'all later

Greying

Greying_Pilgrim

mrsinvisible - HELLO! :wave: All good wishes for everything to come back as normal under the biopsy. It must be a worry for you all - bravo for keeping busy though, with such kind endeavours!

Greying x

in_need_of_direction

Best of luck mrs I. Greying, how lovely to see normal service has truly resumed. I've missed the shifting of those tail feathers.

beanielou

Happy Friday GP & friends.
Positive vibes Mrs I

liltdiddylilt

*wanders in for a dose of GP*

Ahhh much better.

Hugs to all. And especially Mrs I. xx

Upsidedown_Bear

Smilie of the day.

maddiemay

Best wishes to Mrs I and family from here too.:)

Verbatim

Hope the biopsy has gone well today Mrs I. G L with the results.

mothernerd

Best wishes to Mrs I and family.

I think with the charity shops it may be the time of year. I have a family event this weekend and needed an 'outfit' that was smart enough but also needed to be easy for me to put on and accommodate various post-op bits ie not too constricting and leg covering because tights would be impossible. I have solved the problem from my own wardrobe with a bit from DS3's but I initially looked round the local charity shops.

It was obvious that all the 'party clothes' had been stripped from the racks on January 2nd and although I did see some 'good' knitwear (but not what I needed right now) several shops seemed to have racks of depressing dull clothes. Some are holding 99p sales. I don't know if it was a 'last chance before it all gets sent for rags' for all the old stock while they wade through the post Christmas clear up donations or if they thought it was too soon to break out the 'Spring clothes' but I didn't get any ideas. I even outlined my problem to one of the volunteers I know and her fellow volunteer and they couldn't think of anything suitable in the shop.

A young woman did bring in a good quality pushchair and I have noted a couple as sources for socks/ winter undies/hats/bags and accessories (must get leftovers from a retail source) for later in the year. They are dependent on the donations they get and I suppose a large proportion of the population goes for cheap throwaway fashion and this has a knock-on effect. I'm probably showing my age again if I say I am still get a shock when I see 'going out clothes' made from lining material (still with a hefty price tag) but I remember similar comments about 70's cheesecloth clothing.