Confessions of a very tired old styler. Please join in.

stefejb

blackcrow wrote: »

Hi and thanks Mags_cat and Ampersand, not quite sure what you wrote about sending it to another thread but as far as i am concerned if i type it on here it can get sent wherever, as long as it isn't the cupboard under my stairs!

bc

That cupboard is called the F-off cupboard in our house as in "will you get the wotsit out of the cupboard under the stairs" - "F-off - I'm not going in there" we also have a Rubbish Drawer (paperwork) and the Drawer of Impossible Wires (chargers and computer doo-daas) in the kitchen.

Hadn't ironed since they stopped the Family Affairs omnibus on a Sunday - imagine therefore my horror on starting a new job to find that i was expected to wear a fresh clean ironed and starched collar every day :eek::eek: I had to buy an iron just for that.

ampersand

Bargain_Rzl wrote: »

Flipping heck, ampersand... HOW big's your fruit bowl? :eek:

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It's just the right size:D.

Should add, it's cool enough for fruit to be outside in veg. baskets now.
...apart from that old favourite -
'Those 3 brown bananas are in the fridge...............to be made into muffins for Monday'
and/or
'They need to be really brown because the gas content increases and makes them rise more.'
[Some Reader's Digest-y or similar cobbled half-memory as FACT/SCIENCE.]

I have used this banana excuse for years.
I now believe it.
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Love the Drawer of Impossible Wires, stef and enjoyed the procrastination linky Guapa1.
I have also watched the next one, from a Prof, at Duke State University - he makes sound points about the P-word.
bc - excellent continuation. I refer to a lovely Thread started by Thriftlady:'Five OS Pleasures in your day' - suspect you'd like it:[you're on p.18, I think]
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=27063177#post27063177

blackcrow

stefejb... LOL!

up until a couple of weeks ago (when i was laid off work, sigh...) the dept. i worked in had 2 affectionate nicknames - "the bog of eternal stench" (i was guilty of coming up with that one as my then boss had an unfortunate 'wind' problem sometimes) and the "mushroom farm" on account of us always being kept in the dark and fed on sh*t...

apologies if thats off topic but i thought it might be appreciated on this thread? plus i have often wondered if i should rename my house the "mushroom farm"...

thanks Ampersand, must check out that 5 OS pleasures thread, i have a sick sense of humour and always try to look on the dark... errr, sorry, i mean bright side...

bc

ampersand

blackcrow wrote: »

stefejb... LOL!

up until a couple of weeks ago (when i was laid off work, sigh...) the dept. i worked in had 2 affectionate nicknames - "the bog of eternal stench" (i was guilty of coming up with that one as my then boss had an unfortunate 'wind' problem sometimes) and the "mushroom farm" on account of us always being kept in the dark and fed on sh*t...

apologies if thats off topic but i thought it might be appreciated on this thread? plus i have often wondered if i should rename my house the "mushroom farm"...

thanks Ampersand, must check out that 5 OS pleasures thread, i have a sick sense of humour and always try to look on the dark... errr, sorry, i mean bright side...

bc

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blackcrow - black humour is my colour Ford.
Hope you have discovered BBC7, DAB radio...oldies and goldies and goodies galore in the humour stakes, apart from the rest.

btw - you're not remotely off-topic. The off-er, the better.

mardatha

I just read the last lot of posts out loud to the very picky obsessive fussy ratty virgo husband. He sneered. I smirked.
Ampersand, I have to know ....WHY THE CUTTLEFISH ?:rotfl:

ginnyknit

After living in chaos for 30 years my kids left home - Yay me! I suddenly had a craft room and we could have leftovers for tea - because we now had leftovers. I slid into a happy place where I could escape to make cards after tea and not have to endure football on tv in the background. Ahh well it didnt last long, a year later DD moved back in with half a house full of stuff, a permanent partner who came complete with a 2 year old at weekends. Hubby became more and more disabled and gave up work, I followed him to be his carer and he needed his own bedroom. Can you imagine how much room we take up. Now Sil has joined the army and his wonderous child visits us rarely ( oh I miss him) but.... DD is now pregnant. The view from my bed is now of all my craft stuff piled up, topped with a moses basket. I may not have a tidy house, certainly not 'minimalist style' and as much as I loved my job(and the money) you know I wouldnt change a thing!

Justcoll

stefejb wrote: »

and the Drawer of Impossible Wires (chargers and computer doo-daas) in the kitchen.

I have one of those!!! Well more than one. I have this habit of collecting clear polythene bags (OH thinks I'm nuts but smiles indulgently when I rescue them from the bin) but they come in really handy for Impossible Wires.

A, it makes them easily identifiable and

B, it stops them becoming entangled with one another (I have a theory that Impossible Wires are extremely promiscuous. You leave them all neatly wrapped around themselves, put the lid on / close the drawer and when you open them again they're wrapped around one another, impossible to disentangle!

If you don't believe me, have a look around the back of your computer and its peripherals!

brighthair

despite doing a full shop today, my tea was a bowl of cereal as I couldn't be bothered
I keep using the same old frying pan, that everything sticks to and burns because I keep forgetting to buy a new one
the pasta bake dish has been "soaking" in the sink for 2 days
my ironing pile is going to fall off the chair if I put anything else on it
My laundry basket is never empty, there's about 10 things I never wear, don't want to wash, and should just bin :rotfl:
My spare room is meant to be my dressing room, instead it's turned into a junk room. I'm selling 100 books on Amazon, and they're all in boxes in there, my clothes go on the bed until I wear them, and god help anyone who wants to stay over

Primrose

I have a huge carrier bag full of empty loo rolls hanging up in our downstairs toilet (I save them them for sowing parsnips. runner beans etc) so it's hard luck on the poor soul sitting on the loo who inevitably finds the last toilet roll has just run out and not been replaced.

blackcrow

Ampersand - haven't listened to bbc7 yet but i will investigate it next time i do some batch cooking as my DAB radio is in the kitchen... have a very soft spot for Pam Ayres on radio 4 already, i used to listen to it at my last job and frequently got odd looks from co-workers and staff walking past the office door at seemingly random bursts of laughter from me in the corner.

confessions for today:

i did the weekly shop but failed miserably at sticking to my list (my excuse was that i needed to spend at least £50 to get 5p off a litre of petrol... only to fill up with a full tank afterwards - to keep me going for a while - and realise i had only saved £2.50 off the total. DOH!)

did the washing-up in 2 lots as i couldn't summon the motivation... and washing up from dinner is still sat on the side waiting to be done

i fell asleep on the sofa even though i laid in bed till 9am this morning

i looked at the big pile of dirty washing to do this weekend, sorted it into piles, and promptly ignored it (will poke it again tomorrow)

bc

P.S. - does anyone know of any shops which sell motivation or interest???