The Ultimate Incentive natters on. Part 9

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  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
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    Poolie wrote: »
    Things are good. Mrs P and I are working things out. Christmas was drunken

    Am so delighted to hear that you are Mrs P are working things out Poolie :)
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  • shrimpy_80
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    Really pleased to hear that Poolie, glad things are going well.
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  • Birdie85
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    Shrimpy, having a chest of craft stuff isn't bad at all, my idea of heaven in fact! :o We should all share pics of our stashes! If anything it'll make us all want to make our messy shelves/boxes/piles on the floor nice and neat before taking photos! :p It might take a while before all my stuff was in one place and photo-ready though! :o

    MIL gave me her Dymo, she's labelled everything she owns and has no need for it any more! I love putting neat little labels on everything, by the time I'm finished my crafty bookcase will be label-tastic! :) I may have already labelled OH... ;)

    Good to hear you and Mrs P are working things out Poolie :)
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  • Tete_en_l'Air
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    Eeep! PGCE interview on the 30th!! Delighted and terrified in equal measure!


    Hi everyone else! Sorry to hear of all the illness but happy to hear about Mr and Mrs P - the fancy knickers did the trick then? ;);)

    Argh, I've wanted a Dymo for SO LONG - is this what I'm looking for??
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  • Dinah93
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    beccie wrote: »
    How's the business going Dinah? I don't have a little person but if I did then I would defnitely want one a baby gro, they are gorgeous :)
    I need to start it up again, took Christmas off and now need some non-festive stock, but I've been focusing on the de-junking.
    Birdie85 wrote: »
    More de-junking done last night! This challenge is great as I was sat down thinking 'Urgh, really CBA to do anything tonight' but the thought of having to admit to my laziness made me get up and do something productive so I started on the craft mountain. :) Sorted though 7 little storage boxes and separated everything into categories (beads, brads, buttons etc) and labelled them with my Dymo (oh yeah, I love me some Dymo action! ;)) and I threw out a load of junk I wouldn't use. Filled a sandwich bag with rubbish... that doesn't sound like much, but considering I was throwing out beads and sequins it's pretty impressive! :o I'm planning on cutting well down on my craft stuff, tucking it all neatly away on the bookcase in the spare room so my craft desk in the living room is empty... then we can get rid of it and replace it with a much more useful sideboard (or a small bar if I left it to OH to decide!)! I haven't told OH any of this yet as I'll come home to find the desk, full drawers and all, in the bin before I've had a chance to empty it and redistribute the bits I decide to keep! :p

    It's so cathartic to go through stuff and just bin it because you're sick of looking at it! Loving the challenge, might keep it going to a lesser extent for the whole year to keep me in the mind-set of living a de-junked life! :)
    Glad to hear it, I love feeling life lighter too, less clutter is brilliant.
    Poolie wrote: »
    Things are good. Mrs P and I are working things out. Christmas was drunken

    Brilliant news!
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  • Dinah93
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    Up to £356 on ebay bids :D
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  • poddle911
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    That's really super news, Poolie, so pleased to hear you're working things out.

    Nice work on eBay Dinah :D

    PS. I'm a bit of a dymo fiend too - all the plugs in my flat are labelled *geek*. Tete, I think the Dymo 'omega' one might be a bit better & I've also got this weird Asian one which you can get really cute tape for - perfect for crafting. (sorry, declutterers)
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  • Birdie85
    Birdie85 Posts: 9,330 Forumite
    edited 16 January 2013 at 10:09AM
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    This is the Dymo that I've got, very futuristic compared the the embossing ones! :)

    Last night was a bit of an odd night de-junk-wise, threw out a fair bit and partially sorted out some boxes and folders (i.e. threw out the obvious rubbish and left a lot of 'needs to be looked at before definitely binning' stuff) but they all need to be sorted properly and given nicely labelled homes before I can really count it as a job done. :o Hope to crack on with it again tonight as I seem to have more stuff on the floor than on the bookcase right now! :p

    Great stuff with the ebay sales Dinah! :T
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  • shrimpy_80
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    Oooh Poddle, I want one of those!

    Good news on the eBay sales Dinah!

    We *might* be completing on the house on Friday - although I have been saying that for the past five weeks so not too excited yet. Have had viewings on our house for new tenant pretty much every day, getting fed up with it now! Also have a caterer coming round this evening to talk menus and quote so that might be another wedding thing booked soon, hopefully! Also have almost decided what to do for the invitations as they need to go out asap. Will feel much better then!
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  • Tete_en_l'Air
    Tete_en_l'Air Posts: 7,134 Forumite
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    I should have known there's be more than one Dymo fetishist on this thread - thanks for the advice girls. That one does look very high-tech Birdie but I like the like the embossing ones. Very tempted by the Asian one for the coloured tapes haha! Ooooh think of all the things I could label! It's going to be amazing!
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