Frump to Fab 2021

chanie

maman said:

I had to google those towels chanie. Did you buy yours on Amazon? How do they work? I've used it all up now but I was using a body scrub . The towels sound more sustainable. 
ETA: Cross posted and just read your news about the flexible working. That's brilliant!! It's not just childcare costs but you'll save on commuting costs too and save some time. Delighted for you! 😊

I bought my  Korean Italy towels from ebay, but the amazon ones are the same. You do need to create a bit of friction when using them, so here is what I do.  Soak/shower for a good 15-20 minutes to soften your skin, towel dry, wring the italy towel to remove the excess water from it, and then scrub all over.  You'll see lots of shedding of skin!!!!  The key is to create a decent amount of friction, so don't use any oils etc on your skin until after you have scrubbed.

maddiemay

Lots of happy fabbing and fringe trimming going on, well done all.  I have fabbed up a little today too, just a neutral powder eyeshadow, pencilled brows, quite a lot of eye liner and some mascara, wearing  specs along with a mask makes me feel that I just sort of disappear without the eye make up. Clothes wise I am wearing my blue and green real Scottish kilt, a fine cotton roll neck picking up one of the stripes and a dark charcoal V neck wool long sweater, together with thick black tights and my slightly platform black boots, not likely to be featured in any fashion pages, but I am not one for following trends anyway. The big excitement for the day is an imminent trip to the tip aka re-cycling centre which is about 7 miles away, may try and twist OH's arm to buy us a coffee at the kiosk at the farm shop which is on the way.
Chanie - great news on the new working hours. 

maman

maddiemay said:

The big excitement for the day is an imminent trip to the tip aka re-cycling centre which is about 7 miles away....

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I know i's funny but it's silly things like that that help give a bit of structure and also 'normality' to life at the moment maddie. 

I remember when Edinburgh Woollen Mill used to sell proper kilts. They used to be quite a smart shop at one time. I had a kilt which had a pale green background with a matching scarf and a toning fine knit jumper. I  think tartan is timeless. I haven't been in EWM for years as they started selling a lot of tat. . Not sure if I read they were closing down. 

We got out for our walk, stayed local (of course😉) but managed just under the 7000 steps. It was chilly to begin with and then the sun came out. 😊

Since you posted about it pixie, I often use flaxseed oil instead of my usual serum under my moisturiser. I find it's just as effective, just doesn't smell as nice. 

thepurplepixie

Flaxseed oil doesn't smell great, I occasionally but a drop of lavender oil in it which helps.
My treat this week was a pack of tea towels with my Sainsbury's order.  The heady excitement we live with although I have to admit I love a trip to the tip.  I'm a compulsive thrower outer which is awkward when  married to a compulsive hoarder.

My throwing out is obviously deep seated as I can remember at primary school, I'd have been 9 or 10, we had to write a story about an old pair of shoes being thrown out and what happened at the tip.  Every child in my class of 48 wrote a sad story, I wrote about this poor tired pair of  shoes starting a new life , finding a pair of men's shoes and them starting a family with some baby shoes.  I think I must have been a slightly odd child but the teacher read mine out as it was "unique" as a view of life for old shoes living on a tip.  I'm not sure why that story stays in my mind as I suppose I wrote quite a few while at school.  I still don't see a useful item coming to the end of it's life as a tragedy, my husband on the other hand..........

Wednesday2000

I was talking earlier about our trip to the tip last year. I was saying that we got rid of a whole car load but I can't think now what it even was! I thought of it as I was watching a YT video about a couple who are moving home at the moment and packing all their stuff up.

I remembered I meant to say that someone I know who has fibromyalgia said she has got a really bad flare up from the first Covid jab she had. She said she is as ill with fibro now as she was when she was working at a very stressful job before she retired. I'm wondering if I will be affected too when I get mine. Well, I'm still going to get it, obviously.

Now I'm drinking wine and snacking on olives and watching Everybody Loves Raymond on the comedy channel.

 I'm not sure what to have for dinner. I think I will have a lie-in tomorrow as I have been getting up for deliveries all week.

maman

Wednesday2000 said:

Now I'm drinking wine... 

Same here. 😊 Weekend starts here. 😉

sukeyboo

Wine-o’clock on a Friday is the only way I can tell the weekend from the weekdays now 🍷😉

thepurplepixie

Well I think someone was listening about the news as today there is some interesting stuff:
1.  A nun kneeling in front of armed soldiers separating them from protesters in Myanmar, she said she was willing to die to stop the beatings and shootings.  What an amazing woman.
2.  The Pope in Iraq.  What a brave man, not only visiting a country where Christians have a hard time, a country still not recovered from a terrible war but also the covid dangers.  He is meeting with the top Ayatollah (I'm sure there is a proper title) so these two old men of different faiths can hopefully help to create a more peaceful tolerant country.  Again an amazing man.  I'm Catholic so might be biased.
3.  Hopefully Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe being freed tomorrow, no one can be sure what will happen but hopefully everyone is praying/hoping for good news for her and her family.
So definitely an interesting and hopeful news day.
More worrying is the talk of NHS strikes.
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend, I'm going to list some stuff on ebay, I did a bit last week a made just over £40 so not life changing but some clutter gone and some cash in hand can't be bad.
Maddie I hope you got your coffee.

maman

Inspiring people pixie. I saw this on the news this week which was very moving.
Yemen: The nine-year-old war-zone school teacher - BBC News
Certainly puts things in perspective. 😊

II think we've all got clutter we want to get rid of but if you can make a few pounds as well it's win/win. DH has been making a bit of an effort (minimal😉) but it's stacking up in the guest room waiting for the CS to open. 

We had some good news this morning. Driving back from the supermarket yesterday, the car started making an awful rattling noise. It's natural to fear the worst despite it being a relatively new car. DH took it round the corner to a local garage today and it was nothing more than a stone caught under the wheel arch. 😁 That's a hazard of living on an unmade road. 

It's getting a bit desperate now as I'm about to run out of both make up remover and face wash. I have two Clinique products in mind and now that sugarbaby confirmed I can use Boots points online I could have them for 'free'. I must get on to that. 

Lazy day today (aren't they all??🤣). I'll potter about listening to the football on the radio. I generally do some batch cooking while it's on so will need to check freezers for space first. 

sugarbaby125

Hello Ladies, 

Heads Up: Buy One Get One Free on all sanitary wear with Superdrug online only for today  A great offer as we all need sanitary wear of some kind. I bought lots of the sanitary pads my daughter uses (I have been menopausal for 16 years) and enough pantyliners to last for months.    With free home delivery 

Maman there are some Clinique sets still available with Boots online, but some of them are now out of stock, so you better have a look today and see if they still have a set you would like.