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It's Friday 🎉😁
Another week has whizzed by. Next week is my last full week at work until 4 January.
Have been back to the big Mr T this morning. Unfortunately they didn't have any blooming Brut. It's all Mr SA is going on about, he chips away at you like this and has you hunting high and low for what he wants while he just sits there in his chair googling places that sell it. I picked up quite a few food bits for Christmas while I was there, I need to make a list of what we're eating so I can make sure I've got everything. Christmas Eve will be a buffet for DS and the GKs so need a few bits for that. One year I bought loads of buffet food and they hardly touched it which was annoying.
Cleaning today is the bedroom - I can finally put on the Christmas bedding that I bought in the Black Friday sales.
Exercise will be walking the dog at lunchtime and a yoga session. The walk to and from Mr T was a workout in itself with the hills and just over 7k steps done.
Tonight's dinner will be rice stuffed peppers and salad. Mr SA is having his usual fish, chips and mushy peas.
Have a fabulous Friday x
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Mr SA drove me to distraction with the Brut pester so I ordered a can from Amazon only £1.99 not a high price to pay for peace, it was getting to the stage where I couldn’t concentrate on work. I can’t believe two days running now he’s hassled the local shops for it too and took the dog in the shops on his scooter 😱 Hopefully no one knows he’s anything to do with me 🤣I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)10
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OMG to the Brut pester. You must be driven mad by the constant pestering. He has too much time on his hands. Can you not find him a list of things he could do to help you out without making more work for you? Can he make a sandwich? My mum has discovered my stepdad who has dementia is perfectly capable of making a sandwich so she has got him doing that every day to get him out of the chair and thinking of something other than the past. Helps her out too.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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I try to get him to do things but he forgets. He can make his own toast for breakfast and use the coffee machine but that’s about it. When I had to physically go to the office I used to leave him sandwiches in the fridge but he often used to forget they were there and eat nothing.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)8
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That just shows how bad his brain damage is, I know Mr SA is very food motivated...and to forget his sandwiches- speaks volumes 🥺
Got to admit I love Brut...dh used to wear it when we were ‘courting’ 😂❤️😂❤️ Wasn’t it Henry Cooper ‘slap it on all over’ or was that something else....January spends - £587.587 -
I will admit as a teenager I loved the smell of Brut on lads, that and patchouli oil and the smell of leather jackets 😍 I used to wear Tigress by Faberge and the lads used to go mad for it 🤣 Oh the simple days before designer perfumes.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)10
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My teenage perfume was Avon Occur....thought I was the bees knees 🤣🤣January spends - £587.588
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Mr S was an Aramis man ... rather heavy handed though, I could smell him coming from a few miles away 😂. Ysatis was the first grown up perfume I bought myself.Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
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It’s Saturday 🎉🥂💃
Love the perfume reminiscing.Been out to the local shops today for a few bits, went early so hardly anyone about. Have also ordered my dog some more of the fish jerky from Fish4Dogs, she goes mad for them and they’re good for her teeth. Managed to find a 15% off code so saved a small amount.The dog has been on the park for a good run, will take her again after lunch.Mr SA’s prescription arrived from Echo so he’s got two lots now. The Brut is coming today too.Need to do some cleaning up this morning then make an aubergine and tomato curry for my dinner tonight. Mr SA is having a beef curry made in the slow cooker.Have a super Saturday xI get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)9
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