Posted in Feeling Blue, Films, Friends, Money, Presents on April 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Still here, listeners - snorting and flapping the covers and fussing with tissues, whiling away the time and shouting at the radio when it all gets too controversial. Not that my shout would travel far… more of an etoliated squeak, really.
I have bought myself a bracelet off a friend’s site, to cheer myself up. She’s [...]
Posted in Family, Home, Money, Sleep on March 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
… but that’s ok, because I dried my first load of washing outside this year yesterday; one more piece of evidence to support my theory that yesterday was the REAL first day of spring.
I’m glad for the rain; I slept better last night than I have in ages, which is always the case when it [...]
Posted in Baby Musings, Family, Feeling Blue, Money, Work on March 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Oh, shut it, already, P! Everyone goes through this and Mamatried’s right - there are always savings to be made. You pay for what’s important. This is important!
I think it’s a given that the state isn’t interested in the man in the street - that’s why we need a new team at the helm. All [...]
Posted in Baby Musings, Family, Friends, Home, Money, Sleep, Work on March 17, 2008 | 9 Comments »
… when you have a fruit gum in your mouth and your gums ache and itch because you want to chew it so badly?
I wandered round the town yesterday, looking at tiny baby clothes and layettes, and miraculously, all my books about babies and baby names have jumped out of storage and back into the [...]
Posted in Family, Food, Friends, Money on March 11, 2008 | 8 Comments »
My younger brother, the med student, has just phoned to say that his shower has broken in the flat he rents from my parents in London. Apparently, he was really smelly when he got up and tried the shower only to find it non-op!
This illustrates the beauty of the life to come - only get [...]
Posted in Feeling Blue, Money, Work on March 4, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I always do my accounts at the start of the month. So, for March, I’ve got the chance to be depressed about money for 27 days straight. Every penny allocated. Everyone will get paid, all bills will be covered, all promises kept. Food will go on the table, babysitters will receive their remuneration. I have £50 [...]
Posted in Christmas, Home, Money on September 10, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Well, I can ace youse all cause I’ve bought all my Christmas presents already!!
Pathetic, isn’t it, that such a patently ridiculous thing to do should cause me such a feeling of achievement. It’s a symbol of how Christmas affects me that I should care a hoot. I know people who do all their shopping on [...]
Posted in Family, Money, Rants on June 15, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It is frightening, truly terrifying, how much money I waste every month.
I once worked out, that in my high rollin’ days, I was spending £4800 on petrol to and from work, and a further £5000 on lunch and wine - every year.
We’ve just had a closer look at our mortgage, and with the minimum effort, [...]
Posted in Food, Home, Money, Niceness on May 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
New Plan - to cut up the cartes du credit and spend no more than I earn every month. I think it was Mr Micawber who said that if you were sixpence in credit at the end of a year you were a winner (to severely paraphrase Dickens). This makes sense to me.
Added to which, [...]
Posted in Money, Work on March 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Today is the great manoeuvring day - I’m coming off contract and onto employed status with the company, so there’s room for negotiation. Unfortunately, my bosses are both ex-military and their idea of negotiation is to provide name, rank and number.
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