Paid off the £31,000! BUT - still scrimping!

Sun_Addict

Aside from the above, sounds like you had a busy day. I’ve been all consumed by the helpline work so had very little time to do anything. 

beanielou

Blimey SA that's amazing for 9 quid!!

Mumoffourkids

That is an amazing beauty box for just £9. I may have to go and take a look at this. It might make me take some time out to pamper myself!

Sun_Addict

The trick is to make sure the sizes are full size not sample size to get your money’s worth. The Molton Brown were 100ml, still good as the two counted as one item, but the other things were full size. On the other hand the sample sizes are ideal for holidays.

milann

Beauty box looks really good value 👍 enjoy.

doingitanyway

Sun_Addict said:

The trick is to make sure the sizes are full size not sample size to get your money’s worth. The Molton Brown were 100ml, still good as the two counted as one item, but the other things were full size. On the other hand the sample sizes are ideal for holidays.

Your box is brilliant value. I quite like having some small sizes for travel. So do you let them choose rather than select 3 items yourself? 

Sun_Addict

@doingitanyway you choose your own products. When you join you set up a profile age, hair/skin colour, etc then when your subscription goes through every month they email you asking you to choose this month’s selections from a huge list. The products are refreshed every month so there’s always something new. Odd months I’ve struggled to find 3 things but mostly there’s loads for me to choose from.

redofromstart

Looks like a great box, love the Molton Brown stuff.

Sunshine_girl2

Happy Birthday SSG🎉🎂🍸.

Hope you enjoy your afternoon off , and your tipple of a Prosecco later. X

Seasidegal58

Sun_Addict said:

@doingitanyway you choose your own products. When you join you set up a profile age, hair/skin colour, etc then when your subscription goes through every month they email you asking you to choose this month’s selections from a huge list. The products are refreshed every month so there’s always something new. Odd months I’ve struggled to find 3 things but mostly there’s loads for me to choose from.

I've checked the prices on the three products I've chosen from the box @Sun_Addict and it works out that I'd pay c.£28 if I bought them myself so a good result. Still waiting for my box to arrive - the despatch date was last Friday but it states on the website that products can take up to ten days to arrive so not panicking yet. 

And today has got to be the oddest birthday I've ever spent!  The boss said take the day off but I had some urgent work to complete so knocked off not long after 12pm.  But I've had some lovely cards, e-cards, texts and emails. And chats on the phone this morning with family and friends including my MSE buddy!  DSis and family sent me a beautiful bouquet and I had a social distancing birthday chat on my doorstep with a good friend who brought me a bottle of Prosecco and a lovely plant. And a bestie put some money in my account and told me to buy make-up!  Tonight I'm having a birthday Skype with DD and OH. 🎂🎂🎂🎂

This afternoon I'm incorporating my walk into my Waitrose trip. And as it's my birthday I'm going to treat myself to some non-vegan cheese, cake and bubbly so I can self-celebrate tonight!🥳🤪🥳🤪

SCRIMPY MSE THINGS 
I bought an ITunes download of Russian classical music after listening to Classic FM yesterday - Tchaikovsky, etc.   And today will be my Waitrose shop. Nothing apart from this. 

CLEANING PROJECT

Yesterday the Cleaning task was 'Finishing off the Kitchen' which was giving everything a thorough dusting, then wiping down the tops and fronts of the cupboards, wine rack, the counters, and appliances and things like canisters etc. Also wiped down the blind and inside of window, switches, door and skirting boards. Vacuumed and steam moped the floor. 

The Organising job was the 'Silverware Drawer' aka the cutlery drawer in my world!  So I cleaned out the drawer - there was nothing to get rid of.  Maintenance was laundry but I have a routine already for my laundry and nothing to do on this till Friday. 

I've found splitting all this up into 10 minute hourly segments works well while WFH as we're all encouraged to take breaks and I need it anyway working as I am at the mo!

And today I'm taking the day off from the Project as it's my birthday!😀😀😀