Saving lots in pots!

~FlowerPot~

Decluttering up to 113. Slowly slowly catchy monkey!!

Rather upset about one of my Xmas pressies I chose awooly cardigan from the fat that is fat, it was £68 but as a pressie I was OK with that as I had one the previous year in adiff colour and love it. The pocket has just fallen off 😭😭
Can I find the receipt!🤷 Flipping annoyed as I am better than this I keep receipts safel even if I didn't check'em!
Got the tag and the bank transaction but not the receipt. Plus, it went in the sale and I know there are none left. Which is the most annoying part as I really like it! 
Boohoo😭😭

On more cheery news tea us a warning tagine, dh got the harissa paste one so it will be very warming, I'll be having yoghurt with mine! 
So it's chicken, chick peas, onion, pepper garlic, and apricots the jar of sauce. It's currently 'maturing' in the kitchen while I have a cuppa! 

KajiKita

On the cardigan, can you reattach the pocket in a contrasting yarn and then do the same (just oversew) on any other pockets to make it look customised?

Im with you on harissa - I was in a SM earlier and put a really tasty looking veggie ball back on the shelves because it had harissa in it 🤷‍♀️🙄😉

KK

Baileys_Babe

Good thinking on the cardigan KK.

I love harissa and often add a spoonful to soups.

~FlowerPot~

So the cardigan got returned 😢
The top eye of the pocket which has come away was fraying. I'm very surprised that it was made this way and the edge not finished off.  I was sad as it was an Xmas present and as they have sold off all that stock I can't get a replacement and DH said if I see something another time I could get it. So thats the end of that 😂

In other news I was cooking a roast dinner, a mini Xmas dinner as my eldest was home and my mum came up. The meat had another 25 minutes to go but the spuds and parsnips were ready ahead of time, thank god as the oven door fell off in my hand 😳😳😳😳
Couldn't believe it. I checked the meat and thank god it was cooked enough. It's beef and I like it rare, thankfully 
Managed to pop in some Yorkshire puds for 4 mins with the door leaning against the oven 😂😂
Crazy! 
Anyway dinner was lovely, thank god it didn't fall off an hour earlier! 
DH has since done something and it seems to be attached again. Looks like the bolt bit had sheared off, prob from over use😂😂😂

Tomorrow I am off to the menopause clinic. I do really really hope they are nice and can help me!!!
If it doesn't help, I really do not know what to do! 🤞🤞

KajiKita

You’re having a bit of a run on things failing on you - cardigan, oven …! Thank goodness DH could fix the latter 👏😊 Shame about the cardigan - will you get a refund? 

Good luck with the menopause clinic. HRT was an absolute life and brain saver for me, if it’s an option for you. 

KK

debtfreewannabe321

Omg and I thought my soup maker breaking down was a disaster 🤣🤣 think you pip mine with oven doors falling off in your hands haha.

Good luck with meno clinic. I think we have one here. Not sure if it's a bit late for me to bother with it now I feel like I've been through the worst of it (at least I hope so!)

~FlowerPot~

Thank kk and dfw

Full refund for the card I. 

Still can't believe I was literally holding the oven door!! Haven't tried it yet today and I think tonight will be stir fry in on the stove to to be safe!! 

I'm parked up ready to go in for my app. Drive here was easy, allowed lots of time as the traffic can be hideous, but it's just that bit later which makes all the difference. Slipped into a parking space as someone drove out.
These are good signs right? Feels like I have a lot hanging on this appointment 🤞

Skint_yet_Again

Glad the oven door didn’t drop on your foot Flowers 😳 Good luck with your appointment 

~FlowerPot~

SYA ~ haha, yes very pleased that didnt happened, it just seemed to come away in my hand and I was holding it!! Pretty heavy mind, prob due to the 2 big bits of glass in it!!

So appointment went very well, aside from the leaking tears part ~ oops!! Dr has suggested I go to a bereavement group. Never considered it before and its now 3 years since my sister died and she was 'only' a sibling. I definetly feel that I should be 'over' the raw aspect of it by now. Plus I am sure that the groups will be composed of much older people who have lost a life partner, so Im really not sure it would be worth it. It has given me a few things to reflect on, like being way to hard on myself over this that and the other. I also have a prescription to try HRT for a few months and see if it helps. I am really hoping it will! I need a right old energy boost!!

Dr suggested a book called 'Wintering' by Katherine May. I think I will try the library for this

I then went to l!dl and treated myself to their £3.99 sushi tray and ate it parked up by a nearby lake and then went for a walk round said lake, hopeful I might catch a glimpse of the kingfisher I have seen there once before, but no such luck today!

MSE ~ not good today, prescription charge for new meds, although I should be able to get these on the NHS moving forward if I want to carry on with them. Plus the sushi lunch out! PLus I also paid the penalty notice of £35!!!

Job for this afternoon is to apply for NHS prescription thing and get declutter number up to 150. So far its 116.

I also want to list a few things for sale, need to get a little more organised!!

daisy_1571

Please don't discount any bereavement support flowerpot.   My friend, 57, lost her husband suddenly last year.  She managed to get free one to one counselling quite quickly for a 6 or 8 week course and applied for cruise and another place.  Appointments took quite a while to come through so she was further on in her grief but now does a zoom group session and pays for continuing one to one as found that very helpful.  In the group there are people who lost a partner but also parent, sibling and friend.   All different ages too.  She was concerned before it started but told herself she would try one session and if she didn't like it she wouldn't go to the next one.  She's still saying that to herself and still going.

Also I'm absolutely sure you would never tell someone else they don't have a 'right' to their grief, why would you feel you wouldn't belong or is it that you worry other people might think you shouldn't be there?  All grief is personal and different.   Yes some people can go and you wouldn't care, others will take much longer to work through.  Your grief is valid and you maybe could find ways that work for you allowing you to live with your loss more easily ?

Dxxx