Five OS Pleasures in your day today

Caterina

Zarazara, I LOVED the B&S, it is one of my favourite foods in the world and one of the very few reasons why this time of the year is not totally a waste of time for me!

Here are mine for today:

1 - Lovely bowl of steaming porridge (salty) with toasted nuts and seeds, in bed, courtesy of DH

2 - Giving a bag of tiny baby clothes to the local hospital neonatal unit - they had been given to me by one of my old clients for the mums in prison (the charity I work for) but the prison does not seem to want second hand stuff anymore. Glad I could find them a good use!

3 - Buying a new router and managing to get 10% off because the box was bashed! In fact even without the 10% I saved money by buying the router in the shop instead of getting it from my broadband provider (who would have charged me a lot more than what I paid).

4 - One of the OSers I met in person in Blackheath has offered me 2 tickets to go and see Monkey on New Year's day, that she does not need. Thank you, you know who you are!!!

5 - Setting up and connecting the router all by my li'l ol' self, only needing to call helpdesk to set it up online! Feeling very proud of my techie skills.

Good nigth all!

sunflower76

1) Getting to leave work 45 minutes early today
2) Getting my payslip and seeing the extra cash for overtime that I'd forgotten about
3) Having time to go for a walk with the dog before it got dark
4) Jacket Spuds for tea done in the oven
5) Bed early with a book and a big cup of cocoa and a hot water bottle tonight

nesssie1702

Here are mine for today:

1. Getting a lie in because DH got up and did the ironing this morning - bless, he's a good un!

2. Taking the dog for a walk in lovely fresh air and feeling the better for it.

3. Having a bowl of homemade porridge for breakfast

4. Getting a large piece of duff (fruit dumpling) from my mum when we called round this morning

5. Managing to get the towels dried outside today

Bambywamby

1)Finding a forgotten tenner under the couch.
2)Using up some old pulses and making a tasty stew.
3)Taking the dogs out for a walk in the crisp, fresh air.
4)Having a long soak in a hot tub.
5)Working a night shift and catching up on all works gossip with the resident busybody.

bellaquidsin

1. Having a mini declutter in the garage. Doesn't a tidy space make you feel so much better.

2. Starting to reclaim my house after the silly season. Only the upstairs done so far but it's a start.

3. Not going shopping this afternoon. Was going to go then discovered the back drain needed degunging. Think I have a problem there due to some building work we have had done. It will probably end up costing a lot more than the shopping would have done:mad:

4. Finding the bottom of my ironing basket again.

5. Now I'm going to knit, knit, knit.

Bella.

scotrae

1. Getting into town to get half price gifts for DH's birthday in Feb and a 'Mr & Mrs' game to take to neighbours on New Years Eve for only £1 (including chocolates!).

2. Getting a bin through Freecycle only days after I promised DH I'd find one to store the pets' food and bedding in in 2009.

3. Eating leftover HM veg soup with leftover bargain garlic bread (normal price £1.32 - down to 26p!) for my lunch.

4. Making the tastiest imaginable turkey and bacon pie with leftovers, including the last bit of double cream ... and having it hailed a success by all my menfolk.

5. Writing a list on the back of a Christmas card, planning our bargain 36 hour break, courtesy of a £19 Travelodge room, £50 Clubcard eating out vouchers and £20 Days out vouchers.

(I hope those all qualify ... it's my first time!)

clutterydrawer

Reverbe wrote: »

Today


7. Confirmation from the Football club I support that the insane woman who has been annoying me and about 20 people around me all season will be moved.

Please tell more :rotfl:

- getting a sense of acheivement from mending my bike myself, and saving about £50 labour fees
- still feasting on the delicious remnants of christmas
- planning a few birthday presents for the year ahead, very orgnised and not like me at all!
- getting the house in order
- MORE knitting

justpeyton4now

• The taste of the first cup of coffee this morning
• Smell of sheets and towels dried on the line today
• Making (and enjoying) a pie with left over turkey and veg with enough left for 2 more meals
• Walk around the neighbourhood with my furbaby/doggy
• Warm pajamas

Beki

1. buying OH a pair of trainers worth £92, at a charity shop for £1.99

2. finding we'd won £10 on an old lottery ticket

3. getting to the car park to find all the ticket machines were out of order, so free parking

4. baking home made soda bread for the first time, and the whole loaf was gone within 20 minutes of coming out of the oven! success!

5. my uncle eating one of my home made bread rolls this morning, saying it was delicious, and was there any more?

sparrer

Monday blessings...

1. having read that aerosols are bad for copd, I gathered up all the aerosols in the house this morning. Gave the toiletry ones to the winter hostel and the polish etc to a single mum down the road. Now the cupboard is clear of cleaning stuf I was working my way through I can really get down to cleaning OS with my Stardrops, vinegar etc

2. Another friend I haven't seen for a year sent me an email, thrilled to hear from her but I think it's a conspiracy after yesterdays call!

3. Post lady delivered a lovely jade-type bracelet, thanks to ebayer who was selling it for HKD10 (89p) and free postage. Can't be right but it went through okay so who am I to question?

4. Pleased to see the survey sites are back in full swing after the holidays, I got 4 today

5. T & M Seed catalogue arrived, it's going to be a colourful spring/summer in my garden :j