Old style as an escape from the world?

I love this thread and agree with so much of it. I'm quite os but mainly because I hate wasting money. especially on stuff that I'm told I "must have" by marketing people! not good at being told what to do....
I don't do fashion, I still wear the suit I first bought when I started work 18 years ago it was good quality and still looks good now
I will never spend time ironing, my other half nicked the plug off my iron 2 years ago. it can stay plugless.
I never understand why people get so sucked in to following the crowd and worrying what they think. if they really care about you then there is no need to worry!
I don't eat dinner (a diet that has kept me in the same suit for 18 years) except for meals out so I hate cooking and baking is just madness. pass me a glass of wine and a book please!

Hi everyone,

Am enjoying reading posts on this & other threads as there are some lovely funny posts & some threads which get me thinking :rotfl:

MM2013, thanks for the encouragement :T

DSis has made 8 trips to the Tip - back seats laid flat & the car absolutely chocker :rotfl:
Currently stacking up the next car load :T
DH has made 4 trips to the Bottle Bank on his motorbike with a large bag for life full of glass jars & beer bottles :rotfl:
There are 2 full recycling bins being emptied on Tuesday
So far there are 8 crates/boxes packed with crockery, paperwork, ornaments etc, 1 set of garden furniture, G-Plan table, DM’s sewing tin (at least 60 years old :rotfl:), 2 bedside cabinets, 1 mirror & a TV cabinet & DSis’s bed destined for the U.K. There WILL be many more boxes/crates/suitcases & there may be a couple of comfy swivel chairs so I am hoping that there will be enough space in the lorry & enough space at home :rotfl:

If I didn’t keep the positives in mind I would be tearing my hair out :eek::eek::rotfl: as there is just so much stuff

Anyway onwards & upwards to a Simpler Life

MrsSD
From a sunny & very warm France - spring has definitely sprung :rotfl:

Hi everyone,

It is now looking likely that we will be back in England round about the twentieth, so we are on the last 2.5 weeks of the great French adventure :):( We still have loads to do :eek: but we now have a proper timescale so we can set targets & make plans :rotfl:

I will be immensely sad when we leave our French home but I am looking forward to going back to my home After a couple of days back I will be reinvigorated & will go back to my decluttering with a vengeance :rotfl: - my DSis has been a revelation - she has been brutal with her decluttering (as proved by 11 Tip trips so far :rotfl:) & DH has also got rid of bags of glass & clothing/textiles ) - barely any sentimentality :T so I have a lot to live up to :rotfl:

I hope you are succeeding in your mission to simplify Angel_ Jenny perhaps you could post & let us know, pretty please

MrsSD

Sea_Shell wrote: »

Family have taken another emotional chunk out of me this week...not good. Offloading all their problems onto me, as if I have a magic wand to sort everything out. I'm not even the one that their decisions are going to effect!!! - and as far as I can tell, they haven't spoken to them!!

Sea Shell, so sorry to hear about your family troubles Not knowing your family circumstances may I be so bold as to say - Maybe you are the one who has the sensible head & they think they can offload even though they probably realise you cannot do anything. Or maybe they wanted to say stuff out loud & use you as a sounding board?

I am more fortunate as if my DSis offloads & it is too much i fob her off on to my darling DH :rotfl: He is the less temperamental :T

MrsSD