22 Foxhole East

I have bought a lot of wallpaper while it was cheap (on sale 70%off) and paste, so the decoration bill is not going to be massive. And I work cheap:rotfl:

DH is off on a conference in Holland for a week in three weeks time. So that will be nice:p for him anyway. I might try and book in a plasterer for while he is away. It will save me from earache - a sigh can say sooo much! and it would have dried out by the time he comes back. Will see what I can do.

Smelly salesman arrived, and confirmed the price at £3,500.
I must have somehow added £700 inside my head.
Bargain!
Annoyingly he kept asking DH questions about what he wanted and if he was happy with the pattern on the obscured glass, DH is not paying for the work, and has no interest in double glazing. Still, I find it annoying when they automatically default to the male setting.

He thinks that it should take about 4 weeks, waiting on a site survey now, and then we should have the real date! Exciting! And best of all, they don't take a deposit and it is payment on completion, and only when you are completely happy with the installation. So it gets to sit in my bank account for another month. I will miss it when it is gone! But there is easily enough leftover to pay for a plasterer afterwards, so that is reassuring, and I will not have to ask DH for a penny.

Funnily enough, since I told you about DH and his money hoarding, it is bothering me less. Just one of his funny little ways.

What is quite exciting though, is knowing that I have been able to save quite a hefty amount in a relatively short time, just from frugality in the family budget, and when the jobs are done on the house, it means I will be able to send us on a really nice holiday somewhere - I am a bit jealous of all the lovely holiday photos on Farcebook , one lady I know has posted the most beautiful pictures of Bermuda, I know next week I will have Sheringham, West Runton and Cromer, but still, I have beach envy.:rotfl:
But I think I would settle for a cruise, quite fancy cruising.
Whales and Northern lights would be cool too.

porgiegeorgie wrote: »

When sorting out having our roof done one guy wouldn't give me a written quote or really commit to even a ballpark-figure, when I pressed him over it he suggested he "speak to my partner" instead :mad: He had no way of knowing if I even had a partner! Needless to say, I didn't go with him.

In Manchester I had window firms who would not even come and quote unless DH was present- big tv advertising firms - who would not take my money unless DH was willing to sign the agreement.

He suggested I tell them he was 'inside' for 20 years and see if they would quote under those circumstances:rotfl:

They are allowed as they are not fluffy headed wives.

It is as soon as the 'Mrs' is out of the bag that the attitude changes,
Or if you have a 'partner ' that you cease to be competent.

I had never noticed in the small print that you need a pen1s to be able to choose double glazing. Thank god you dont need one to open and close them

Kerri GT
I hate the


'what does your husband do for a living luv?'

I really want to ask 'why? does it affect the quote?'

but soon I am just going to say 'he's a pole dancer'.