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boredofbeingathome

ciarasdreams wrote: »

It was absolutely fabulous going shopping with my sister because she always seems to find the bargains absolutely everywhere and she is totally unashamed about doing it either. It has been a lifelong thing with her though and she even had the same approach to her wedding where she bought a basic off the peg dress from a high street range for under £100.00 and did some alterations by herself to make it exactly how she wanted it all because she could not see the logic in spending lots of money on a dress that she would only ever wear once for a few hours and not actually because she had a strict budget to stick to. :rolleyes:

I did the same with my eldest daughters dress, only cost me £40, and two designer bridesmaid dresses for £15 each( shop closing down) broke my heart though as she was 18 at time and moving away straight after to Cornwall- felt like i lost my best friend:o Still, nearly three years down the line she is coping well, and in her second year at falmouth uni. I have always been of the logic, if you can get it for cheaper and better then do so- must be the northerner in me( written in blood at birth):rotfl:

ciarasdreams

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

I did the same with my eldest daughters dress, only cost me £40, and two designer bridesmaid dresses for £15 each( shop closing down) broke my heart though as she was 18 at time and moving away straight after to Cornwall- felt like i lost my best friend:o Still, nearly three years down the line she is coping well, and in her second year at falmouth uni. I have always been of the logic, if you can get it for cheaper and better then do so- must be the northerner in me( written in blood at birth):rotfl:

I do not know what my sister's excuse is then because like me she is definitely a southerner but then she did spend three years at university up north so maybe that is where it came from. :rotfl: I am glad that your daughter is happy and that it is all working out well for her but please forgive me for being so nosey but why was she moving to Cornwall?

boredofbeingathome

She is married to a lad from the Navy, he is based in Helston near lands End.She applied for falmouth uni during A levels and was accepted. So the year went, exams, married, moved exam results. And don't worry about being nosey, I am on your thread all the time asking questions.

ciarasdreams

It was another fabulous day at work where everything just seemed to go to plan for a change and people seem to be noticing my new clothes although none of them have actually noticed that the clothes are new but I have had lots of comments about how good I am looking and a few queries about how I have managed to lose weight and tone up so much over the space of a weekend. I did not realise quite how bad and untidy I must have looked before now until everybody complimented me so much on my new look which is very embarassing now that I think about it. I feel so much better about myself after today and it has definitely given my self confidence a much needed boost.

ciarasdreams

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

She is married to a lad from the Navy, he is based in Helston near lands End.She applied for falmouth uni during A levels and was accepted. So the year went, exams, married, moved exam results. And don't worry about being nosey, I am on your thread all the time asking questions.

Just goes to show that romance is definitely alive and well. They are in a beautiful part of the country as well do you get to visit them very often?

boredofbeingathome

It must be spring in the air- so many good posts at the moment. You have never sounded like you were lacking in self confidence, by the way.

boredofbeingathome

ciarasdreams wrote: »

Just goes to show that romance is definitely alive and well. They are in a beautiful part of the country as well do you get to visit them very often?

Quite a bit, and not as often as we would like.It takes about 6 hours on a good run and 12 hours on a bad run. They try and come up as well as his parents live locally, and everyone very happy to see them. we talk most days on the phone as well.:D

ciarasdreams

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

It must be spring in the air- so many good posts at the moment. You have never sounded like you were lacking in self confidence, by the way.

I must just hide it very well. :rotfl: I am currently near to having a panic attack just now because I am due to have a meeting with my boss at 4.15 and even although I know that I did all of the training and I know how to do my job I am just really worried that she will tell me that I am rubbish at what I do and that she regrets giving the job to me.

boredofbeingathome

We all have those wobbly moments-They wouldnt have let you through the door if they thought you were rubbish. Is it a performance reveiw? If so it is just usually target setting and courses you can attend, good day out and usually decent grub.

ciarasdreams

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

We all have those wobbly moments-They wouldnt have let you through the door if they thought you were rubbish. Is it a performance reveiw? If so it is just usually target setting and courses you can attend, good day out and usually decent grub.

Thank you for that it reasured me quite a bit before I went in and you were right and it all went very well too. I have also been offered some shifts at the weekend doing bar work in a hotel which is a bit of an unexpected bonus but will really help with the debt reduction plan and I have been told that if I like it then there will be plenty more work available over the coming months.