2020 - 'Nothing in your life will change until you make the decision to change'

beanielou

The lights sound just lovely.

Kitten868

Why are you trying to do everything when you're not well? You're poorly! Take the time to rest so you can recover. I'm guessing that's part of the problem. 
Well done on the lights and getting most of the shopping done. I'm very jealous x

jwil

savingholmes said:

Sounds like a productive weekend. Hope you feel better soon

Thank you

jwil

beanielou said:

The lights sound just lovely.

Thank you!  I do like  Christmas lights

Kitten868 said:

Why are you trying to do everything when you're not well? You're poorly! Take the time to rest so you can recover. I'm guessing that's part of the problem. 
Well done on the lights and getting most of the shopping done. I'm very jealous x

Thank you   I'm not poorly as such (although I was in the week), I just seem to have some recurring symptoms, hence booking with the GP to get it checked out.  The meds I got yesterday are just to relieve some of the symptoms until the appointment and are similar to what I've had from the GP before.  I just want to be sure nothing sinister is going on.  I don't think resting will make a lot of difference.  However, once today is over I shall take it easy

jwil

I am now the proud owner of a 6 year old!  How did that happen??

We are off to a Christmas fayre this morning, and then back to get ready for the party this afternoon.  Little miss is very excited

in_need_of_direction

No one owns a six year old, especially not a little miss.  Hope you all have a great day.

savingholmes

Happy Birthday to DD! Hope Xmas fair went well.

beanielou

Wait til they are 28!!   

jwil

in_need_of_direction said:

No one owns a six year old, especially not a little miss.  Hope you all have a great day.

Thank you I certainly don't own her, and long may it last!  I admire her strength and determination!

savingholmes said:

Happy Birthday to DD! Hope Xmas fair went well.

Thank you   It was nice and I got a couple of nice bits for gifts.  Little miss was wearing a birthday badge and got given a lovely freebie!  Small businesses are so generous! The lady was asking me if she could give her something, little miss pipes up 'yes you can!' 😆  We did buy from the stall too though.

beanielou said:

Wait til they are 28!!   

Eek, I'll live in ignorance and hope that takes a long time to come around!

jwil

We had a lovely day yesterday.  The fayre was nice, and because we got there as it opened, it was a lot quieter than in other years.  It meant we got to look properly, and I got some nice gifts for friends.

DH wanted to stop at a supermarket and whilst we were there I managed to get little miss the leggings and top she needed for her nativity on Tuesday.  That saved us a trip elsewhere, and also saved me money compared to online.

The party went really well so I'm glad we splashed out.  We had to do nothing other than provide the cake, and the kids absolutely loved it.  There was soft play, inflatables and a disco/party games so it meant everyone could spread out, and all the food and party bags were included.  Not MSE, but priceless in terms of lack of stress and enjoyment from the kids.  It's a local small independent business too, so hope we've made a small difference to them after a tough year.

Little miss has had some lovely gifts too, and a lot of them are craft/consumable items, so we haven't got a lot of plastic tat to deal with.  She will really enjoy it, and people have been so generous.

Now that the birthday is over and I'm almost done for Christmas, I need to try and replace my savings again.  I've been very spendy!  I have car insurance in December, so won't be able to add too much, but hopefully I can tone down the spending otherwise.  I have however, continued to make my PADs to the mortgage, and I did top up my PBs and my ISA, so my 'untouchable' savings have increased, it's just I've dipped into the easy access ones.