Five OS Pleasures in your day today

squirrelchops

Just had a last minute money saver today!!!

We have been looking for a new oven for our new kitchen for ages..in true OS style everything has had to be sought based on quality and price. Got a SMEG extraction hood for £75 but the oven was the best.

Bought a Fisher and Paykel oven new on Ebay for £305 inc delivery of £30. Had laready checked other sites and the same oven normally retails between £595-£700!!!!!! Really pleased.

scousewife

Hi all
Glad u all had blessed weekends.
My 5 for the weekend are;
1) Realising that I can be a mum & still dress up, go out with the girlies & let my hair down now & again - It did me the world of good. :beer:
2) The little bottles of spirit in the handbag trick never fails
3) Soakin my poor feet in a bowl of water & puttin on my old comfy slippers after my nite out
4) Hubby letting me have a lie in & me waking up with no hangover
5) Taking advantage of the 3 for 2 offer on chinese food in M&S - Ok not very o/s but In my defence I did this instead of buying a takeaway so worked out cheaper!

xxx

sparrer

Ollie I know just what you mean re Ray - I did laugh at the comment from the voice-over - 'hasn't anyone told him that ice is slippery?' He's amazing isn't he?

Sunday blessings

1. Watching Dancing on Ice followed by Wild at Heart

2. Phone calls from DM, DS, even ex-OH, how quickly word gets around. I was really pleased though as they all cheered me up no end when I was feeling blue. Ex OH and I do laugh a lot on the phone, we just can't live together. We're very fortunate, it works for us (and he still listens when I tell him what to do like decluttering his flat, getting a sensible television and not keeping the 14" screen he had, and stocking up for the recession!) Oh Lord, I sound like a power freak :eek:

3. Just me at home today so no-one to complain that I had a slice of toast for breakfast, porridge for lunch and two lonely fish fingers with floppy brocolli for dinner . Better than throwing them away...Sunday dinner will be on Tuesday this week when the house is full again

4. Another mild day so I had the windows open for a while this morning, and no heating til 8pm just for an hour when it got a wee bit chilly.

5. Decided to look into having my small garden hard landscaped, it's so very good of the neighbours to do the lawn for me but I need remain as independent as possible, for as long as possible. There's freecycle to ask for bits and I can offer lots of garden tools I won't need in return, and someone suggested the probation office might come up with some ideas for labour. It's a thought and worth asking everybody for suggestions. What a blessing these things are around when we need them these days

Broomstick

So many posts since yesterday - it feels like a party! Olliebeak, thanks for the recycling reminder - I nearly forgot to put ours out for tomorrow.

1. Spent the morning sitting in the car waiting for DS1 to finish a sports session, but I'd remembered a thermos mug of real coffee and some honey sandwiches (in lieu of breakfast) and I had a book with me (which was actually for my work but was fascinating) so, all in all, the waiting was very pleasant.

2. Bought a wooden washing up brush (the sort with exchangeable heads) on special offer which was vastly cheaper than the others I'd seen. I'd been wanting to try these for ages.

3. Had yesterdays leftover speckly mash turned into fishcakes with a tin of mackerel together with baked beans for supper. Quick and easy and very good.

4. DS2 tried out the shampoo bar freebie tonight and asked if we can get this in future. I'm pleased about that since I am trying to get our plastic consumption down to an absolute minimum and this would involve no plastic bottles at all and seems to be free of unnecessary additives. I need to see how long it lasts and whether it's more economical than liquid shampoo. Fingers crossed.

5. Decided to try knitting some felted slippers next with some wool that I handspun years ago. It will take some experimenting to see how much it shrinks in the wash but should felt up very well. I've found a possible pattern for some online.

Sleep well.

(Ah - you just beat me to it Sparrer!)

Reverbe

Disflop wrote: »

Evening everyone - just been catching up and noticed Reverbe hasnt posted this weekend - hope all is well with her.

Aww thanks. Havent posted cos have been busy/tired - Saturday I had a few chores then made lunch and travelled into central London on very bad tubes to do an afternoons voluntary work then came back, and was too tired to even eat. Sunday got up, got ready and then went to the pub/football and pub again after where I had to wait for flatmate to decide he was ready to come home and then came home and watched a film on tv.Haven't really had time to post.

I therefore have Fridays and Saturdays pleasures to post.

Friday

1. Post - delivering Sex And The City film from Lovefilm after a wait of over 5 months, also shampoo and face cream samples, mens facial wash and lip gloss from Boots trials and a card which gives me a free Starbucks every day after 2pm til April.

2. untangling and winding a ball of wool

3. peanut butter and jam on toast

4. tea and Sex And The City movie on dvd - particularly Mirandas black and white dress and Smith :heartpuls

5 my free Starbucks coffee and finding money on the street

6. lindt bunny pressy from flatmate

7. Rab C Nesbitt on tv :rotfl:

8. veggy sausages , mash and beans for dinner

Saturday

1. Finding money on the street

2 cranberry and orange hot cross bun

3. My Name Is Earl on dvd

4. Cafedirect freebies at the Tastefair - free tshirt and coffee

5. River Cottage Session - meeting Tim Maddams head Chef at River Cottage, lots of free samples, meats, cheese, chocolate and coffee truffles, breads, 2 buns, 1 muffin and 1 croissant

6. Whole Foods Treats - fennel crackers, rice crackers, radish sprouts, chalkys bite beer, spiced apple ginger beer, rice crackers and free samples at the market - beer n beef stew,chicken. cheese

7. treating myself to a lovely Fairtrade necklace

8. Highlight of the day was meeting Amen from Tanzania who is partly responsible for my favourite Cafedirect coffee and getting to tell him how much I enjoy the product that he and his colleagues produce.:T :T :T

EagerLearner

Mine this past weekend:

- Changing the sheets and getting that lovely 'OOOoooOOOOooh crisp & clean tight sheets' feeling.

- making blueberry muffins using what I had at home and no need for new shopping

- Spending time with family and walking on the beach

- Making a homemade soup for lunches, needing no new ingredients apart from what I already had at home

- Finding a gorgeous teacup for £0.50p to use as a laundry scoop

[Deleted User]

Hi everyone
My top 5

1. made peach nectar from windfall peaches in friends garden. Took him 1/2 the nectar and watched his amazement that you could make something delicious from fruit he wasn't going to use!

2. Clearing vegetable garden, it has been a bit of an eyesore since OH got sick, but am determined to get it back in order.

3. Exchanging rapid fire emails with DD, she was bidding in an online auction and needed advice.

4. Another friend sent round a jar of freshly made tomato relish, tasted great!

5. Making pesto from homegrown basil

Blessings be
Jennie

Rage_in_Eden

1. Seeing my snowdrops all out in the back garden
2. Having two robins waiting on their "food rocK" for me to put out their mealworm lunch - mmmm tasty!
3. Taking rubbish to the recycling bins at the front and see that I have mini daffs coming out in my window boxes and the primroses are bursting out as well (surely this can't be right in February...)
4. Finding two pieces of work waiting to be done on my digital system when I logged in for a nosey before not expecting to find anything.
5. Clearing all the clothes from the bannister and finally washing my cardigans.

Rowan9

I so enjoy reading this thread. Thanks to you all for sharing your daily joys.
I have been feeling a bit sad today so it is good to think of the positives of the day before going to bed.
1. Seeing a lovely wooden table that a student made - a young lad who can be quite a handful. Seeing his pride was moving.
2. Coming home from work to my lovely doggies and being greeted as though it was the best thing that had ever happened to them!
3. Listening to same doggies snore contentedly in the evening.
4. Listening to Radio 3 driving to work - very soothing
5. One more sleep 'til DH gets home

Off to bed now with my book and hottie.
Sleep tight everyone
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cafelady

Hello all

Here's some recent ones for me..

1. Great weekend walk with OH and kids in local woods. Kids were on their bikes, really confident and happy.

2. Homemade pie for tea using the last of the Xmas gammon (it's been in the freezer!).

3. Planting tomato, pepper, chilli and broad bean seeds on Sunday.

4. Picking and eating greenhouse salads for Saturday tea.

5. Cosy dvd night with kids on Saturday.