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Progress not Perfection

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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    At least if Mr SA is in bed you've got a bit of peace.  Hope he doesn't pester too much!

    Enjoy your weekend otherwise.
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • redofromstart
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    Is it worth presenting as look what I have bought and pre washed for you rather than 'what you already have'? I've already got you this this and this, and we just need to get you this (nominal £10) thing?' Does he remember things he owns?
  • redofromstart
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    Could you save delivery bags and present old things as 'look what I got for you?'
  • milann
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    I had my 1 st hot cross buns of the season yesterday- I love them and usually succumb as soon as they hit the shops. They were delicious 😁
    I haven’t got any Easter eggs as I still have chocolates left from Christmas. 
    Does Mr SA sleep or just rest and watch tv? At least it’s giving you some peace.
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  • Enjoy pizza and rosè cava evening!

    Tempting as it is, probably good you're not letting Mr SA go to the closed shops, I can just imagine you getting a call from the police because he's tried to ramraid primarni with his scooter 😁 
  • Sun_Addict
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    Could you save delivery bags and present old things as 'look what I got for you?'
    It’s surprising how he’s not easily fooled. Once he gets an idea in his head like the sandals nothing can deter him until he’s got what he wants. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Sun_Addict
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    milann said:
    I had my 1 st hot cross buns of the season yesterday- I love them and usually succumb as soon as they hit the shops. They were delicious 😁
    I haven’t got any Easter eggs as I still have chocolates left from Christmas. 
    Does Mr SA sleep or just rest and watch tv? At least it’s giving you some peace.
    I love the smell of hot cross buns but don’t like them. I don’t know why, I have tried them. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Sun_Addict
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    Enjoy pizza and rosè cava evening!

    Tempting as it is, probably good you're not letting Mr SA go to the closed shops, I can just imagine you getting a call from the police because he's tried to ramraid primarni with his scooter 😁 
    Thank you 🥂 Yes I was tempted not to say anything 🤣
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,497 Forumite
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    You are so active! 15K , 20K steps, Zumba, running, I am slothful in comparison  :) Do you use a Fitbit or your phone?
    Pizza and Cava sounds fab. Enjoy  :)

    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

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