NST: Standing Firm in November

Fmess

Oops nearly forgot again! Today I am grateful for:-
1. Saturdays being work free.
2. Being able to afford to live comfortably.
3. The company of my pets.

Oh and forgot to say I have done lots of decluttering, mainly tonnes of photos and a few other random items.

apple_muncher

Bobarella wrote: »

Yum mackerel. I make a mackerel pate sometimes it is really easy and so delicious. Not sure you could have it Apple with your dietary requirements but you wack a pack of peppered mackerel into the food processor and a pack of cream cheese. Add lemon juice, a good dollop of horseradish, salt and pepper and whizz if around for a fee minutes. It is so good! Warning - you will want to eat it all

Sounds delicious! I only have to avoid gluten, so all the ingredients are fine .

apple_muncher

Dincanada - you seem to have been poorly for a while. Hope yoi are on the mend.

fmess - well done you, on the dehumidifier bargain.

ccl - good news that dh took ds. I love that you used the time for ...housework!

bob - hope your ds had a great birthday!

mothernerd

A quiet non spendy day.

Today I am grateful for leftovers and YS bargains (didn't have to think about food), for cheerful books (went to the library earlier in the week as I had several good books but none that were cheerful or uplifting) and a quiet restful day.

Calling14

Quick and late check in.

Productive day decluttered. Up cycled mirror and storage unit for my bathroom. More painting done.

Tomorrow only need paint skirting boards.

Now I gave grandson £1 after swimming lesson for gingerbread man so I then treated myself to a cake on the way home. Feel guilty now with you lot a fit people.

Been offered some extremely nice bedroom furniture good quality off a friend cheaply so I am going to get them. Desperate decent chest of drawers/wardrobe then I can throw argos broken drawers out. I am broke but too good an offer to turn down.

Fmess same frame of mind as you, happy my house is getting lovely and cosy.

Bobarella

Apple - oh good glad you can have it. Lovely with green salad and pitta or a nice rough bread like sourdough. Thank you yes, son enjoyed his day.

Fmess - think it's normal to feel like you are different on a week day and on the weekend. It would be good to have less stress to make the week days better but I think we all love the weekend regardless of what's happening in life or even if we work or not. So don't feel bad about that.

The wind has died down quite a bit this morning which is good. We had a bit of a win this weekend which I haven't mentioned before. Was approached about letting a company do some filming at the cafe. So OH handled all of that and it took place yesterday. So that has brought in £500. Need to decide where that sits in the ever juggling act between our pots and the business.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Bob

littleskintdragon

bob how lovely, £500!!

calling we recently bought some bedroom furniture from a relative, she paid way over £1000 and charged us £100, it was definitely worth it.

Thanks for all ofthe msg's yesterday, i suppose i am giving myself a hard time!!

Ive done quite well this weekend and orrdered £83.50 worth of free things, from mr.t points b00ts and nect4r, theyre all either for baby or xmas

Does anyone get to this point in the year and start thinking about new year and wishing it was here? I have such a positive attitude in january!

traveller

Hi everyone Thanks for cheering me up. Nothing like a mothers guilt eh It seems to be a very long process in getting anywhere with it, but apparently it can take up to 4 weeks :eek: I did spend yesterday I bought some dresses in the Asoos sale that came in around 42.00. I offset that against my Costco renewal which had already been accounted for but I decided not to go ahead with as I haven't been since last December. My ex has a card, so if the kids needed party stuff or something, they can ask him. So technically my credit card bill should not look any different. Well done Bob on that windfall :T And Fmess and Calling totally agree regarding home comforts. In all honesty I neglected mine, but spending some money on the hallway has made it feel way more homely-need to finish it off today, it's been dragging for months :rotfl: Today I am grateful for a safe and warm enviroment for me and the children, hitting enough points on Myvegas for a show ticket and two buffets for our hols next year and my middle son surprising me with his no nonsense attitude to learning with his A'levels-a complete turnaround from his GCSE's :T Take care everyone and have a good Sunday

dolly84

Hi all.

Bob - well done on the extra money.

I have had to buy dog food today, we weren't expecting to need it before the end of the month but what we have will only last this week out. We used a 10% off voucher and will get 10% cashback from the Halifax at the end of next month.

Yesterday was a spendy day too, I needed milk and bread rolls so I got those in Tesco whilst I was there and also a birthday present from DS for DD. We also bought dry shampoo, this was for the dog, he was stinky but I didn't want to bath him plus his coat was actually clean, anyway he smells much better and no ill effects from it.

There is a lot of flooding round and about here, nothing too close but some roads are like rivers. When I got up this morning I found that the rain had been coming in to our dining room, it has blown into an air vent outside and run along the lintel and in through the holes where our blind is fitted. It's never done it before, there is no damage luckily.

GSRcat

Hello everyone, hope you are all having a good weekend so far.
Yesterday I had a spendy day. DS had a party at a play place and DD was going to play at a friends but ended up coming because it turned out one of her friends would be there too so I had to pay out for entrance and lunch but it wasn't too expensive like some places can be.
Today has been SF, and I have now lost count of how many so far which is bad really but I know I have had a fair few.
Today I am grateful for
1. Being safe
2. Being warm
3. Being fed