Milann's life keeps getting in the way.......

WinterWarrior

Sorry about your cousin…and your toe.
America does seem like a land of extreme views sometimes. 

beanielou

So sorry about your cousin.
Your poor toe.

milann

Dh has been in about 10 minutes……I’m quietly seething as he looks shattered but he just won’t say no to his bosses 😡😡 

beanielou

Oh dear.
A difficult one.

milann

His choice I suppose Beanie - I just don’t like seeing him looking tired when there is no need for it.

Sunshine_girl2

I hope you had a lovely day out with the family today. The weather was very good as well always a bonus. 

milann

Well yesterday didn’t work out as planned but was a lovely day. Dd and family headed to the art gallery and we were meeting them there…..roughly an hour from home. We had a phone call saying eldest gd had been travel sick ( they thought) so we did our own thing until we knew she was ok and then just went to meet them at their Airbnb later in the day. We had a nice easy meal with them instead of going out to eat and played board games. It was nicer than sitting in a restaurant and more sw friendly for me 😉 The house and views from the house were amazing. 

After the phone call we meandered some of the little towns on the Yorkshire border and found a fantastic little cafe on the banks of a canal we’d been going to visit for a long time it never got around to. It was an outdoor place but had the best bacon and sausage barmcake I’d ever tasted. I went halves with my ds as they were mashoosive 😜 so shouldn’t have been too drastic sw wise 😂😂😂 then we shared an ice cream which they make themselves and had a tub that was edible. We walked along the canal and then stopped at another town where they filmed Last of The summer Wine. I went into a charity shop and was chuffed to find a couple of Harry Potter felt sewing sets which have been put away for eldest gd birthday a bargainous £2.50 each 👍👍 so I’ll give her a bit of cash with these as she has just discovered she loves sewing and is ploughing her way through the Potter books 👍 but is enjoying saving up for bigger items too. 
A word of warning though…..there is a glut of fake £5 notes going around. I don’t often use cash but went to pay with a fiver - the man in the shop scraped a little bit on the back of the note with a penny and the surface came away. Later I compared it to my sil’s fiver and there should actually be a hologram there. I ended up paying with my card in the shop…..he said they had been inundated with them. I think I picked mine up in SW after paying for my raffle ticket…..but can’t prove it. Shops check the notes they get but I certainly don’t 😡

milann

Just paid my cc and done some number crunching….’my’ August spends so far £360 which isn’t as bad as I’d expected as I took my foot off the pedal with having visitors and treating my gks 😉My month carries on until 1 st week in September as I use my cc month. Need to reign in though as I’m eating into my savings. Need a decision quickly about ESA and works pension as I’ve had no money coming in since June 😏

RelievedSheff

Sounds like you had a good day out. We have not been to Holmfirth for a long time.

We never check our notes either!!

milann

I’ve just made a SW recipe from a recent cook book. It’s says it serves 4……more like at least 8 - 😂😂😂 we’ll be eating it forever. Good job we both like it…. I told dh I was making soup and he’s turned up with a salt and pepper baguette…..I’ve resisted 😇 so far 😉 one of my favourites…..no wonder I don’t lose weight 😜