The Edcawber Principle

edinburgher

Jenjenjen17 wrote: »

Hi Ed, I was a long time lurker on your old thread and have just come across your new diary, just wanted to pop in and say hello and glad you are back!

Thank you (and nice to see you out of lurkdom)

DD has just taken a !!!!!!! terrifying dive down the staircase and landed head first :eek::eek::eek:

She scared the crap out of her Mrs E and I, but aside from a large bump and a wee graze on her porcelain forehead, she seems to be ok. Watching out for signs of lethargy, confusion, vomiting or changed eating/sleeping

The morning started off much more successfully. Got a smart chap haircut to hide my greying locks and went to the West end, where we picked up a couple of Christmas presents (JoJo M@man Snooty accidentally discounted a multi-buy offer twice) and went to see the carp in the Kibble Palace.

I also got the 1st world discount of the year Waitrose had reduced salmon caviar (my favourite food in the world (I know, I know)) by 50% and we also had a 20% off voucher if you spent £70. We tacked on a couple of boozy presents and ended up getting the caviar at £1.99 a jar (down from a fiver) :dance:

We will watch the rugby once DD goes to bed (so no spoilers please) and have a lovely bottle of wine to drink that I bought a decade ago and forgot about. It's a sauternes, so have a wee cheeseboard to go with. We'd better win!

Edit: in other exciting news, I have bought a wrapping paper box - that stuff has enraged me for the last time :rotfl:

Edit the second: has anyone seen the Simpsons episode where they're taking the !!!! out of the Marie Kondo book? Very amusing

Karmacat

Oh Ed! Since your post yesterday, I presume Miss Ed was okay overnight? Terrifying

A wrapping paper box ... brilliant, funniest purchase I've ever heard of

edinburgher

She's fine KC, thanks for asking. Unfortunately she's looking a little battle scarred, poor soul. A scratch on her cheek (nursery pal from a couple of months ago), a scrape on her forehead (luckily no real bruising) and a mini shiner under one of her eyes where she scraped the carpet

I took her out to the park this morning and we had a great wander about, chased some puppies and mucked about in the garden centre looking at their Christmas stuff. Picked up a present for MIL and managed to escape with no DD purchases bar a wee carton of juice in the cafe and a cake that she took two bites out of :rotfl:

£2.24 paid off CCs and another couple of presents bought online.

Ps. I know that a wrapping paper box sounds daft, but we have had had a running battle for two years in which the lovely Mrs E will dump wrapping paper at precarious angles in a couple of very cramped cupboards in the kitchen, leading to regular collapses of delicate items and hubbyrage. The box will solve the problem

Karmacat

Thanks for the update on DD.

I was mocking the wrapping paper box but seriously, considering how much is on one roll, and the number of rolls we all seem to end up with, its a really good idea long may they box

pavlovs_dog

We've got one of those really useful storage boxes designed for wrapping paper. I buy Christmas gift wrap in the sales and it lives in the box in the attic until I need it.

IIRC, I got mine in Rymans. It came with 3 rolls of wrapping paper and it was £10.

Suffolk_lass

You see what you have done? Now I have box envy! - Ours sits in a really ancient, slightly decrepit long plastic bag from M&S that allows removal of the tallest roll, but now the handle is tearing and the moment is approaching.

Debsnewbudget

I have one the useful boxes for my wrapping paper but have also seen a pillowcase on a skirt hanger used in the wardrobe to hols all the rolls

themadvix

My mum has one of these for wrapping paper storage - Pinterest is a wonderful place for strange but clever/cheap ideas! http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/kitchen-products/kitchen-organisers-shelves/variera-plastic-bag-dispenser-white-art-80010222/

edinburgher

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

We've got one of those really useful storage boxes designed for wrapping paper. I buy Christmas gift wrap in the sales and it lives in the box in the attic until I need it.

IIRC, I got mine in Rymans. It came with 3 rolls of wrapping paper and it was £10.

That's the one we went for P_D

edinburgher

So my credit score appears to have ceased the uninterrupted freefall that it has been experiencing over the last 3-4 months, probably because I've paid off a couple of lower value cards.

I'm now left with the thankless task of attempting to pay off the proportion of our debts that aren't covered by savings by the day of Brexit (29/05/19). It works out at about £300/week, so a pretty bruising pace of repayment. Why Brexit? Well, I hope it will arrive with a whimper, but I'm afraid of the potential bang :eek:

It looks like 2018 will need to be a lot less spendy than 2015-2017

£250 or so paid off the card with the lowest balance this morning.