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What do you wish you’d done before lockdown?

217 replies

FizzyPink · 29/03/2020 09:11

  1. Sorted out and fenced our front garden so we had somewhere outside to sit not in full view of the neighbours
  2. Had a bikini wax
  3. Had my acrylic nails removed
  4. Encouraged DP to get a haircut before it was too late. His hair grows ridiculously fast and he won’t let me touch it
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LIZS · 29/03/2020 13:14

Bought tomato seeds and seed potatoes!

PontiacBandit · 29/03/2020 13:14

I was quite organised, I had my nails taken off in Jan and had my roots done 2 days before lockdown. I have bread flour and yeast (bought last year) but never baked bread before. Now I wish I had more butter. I also wish I'd taken some books out of the library and I wish I'd have booked my exam a couple of weeks earlier to get it out of the way so I could get on with studying for my next exam.

stuntbanana · 29/03/2020 13:15

Visited my aunt and friends
Completed on a business transaction
Charity shop drop off
Written my will and had it witnessed

Dowser · 29/03/2020 13:16

Luckily we were going on holiday..for three weeks ..so hair was done
Saw kids and grandkids to say goodbye
I love the cinema..so saw plenty since Christmas
We did a couple of small breaks since Christmas
I did declutter from Christmas to our holiday..not sure if that was a positive or not..would’ve given me something to do..there’s still the odd bit..but my heart isn’t in it right now.
I’m just missing my old life..so I need to give my head a shake which I can do.
It’s tough on us all.
Some more than others, at least I’m in confinement with someone I actually like and I know a lot of mnetters who were on the point of splitting have had this spanner thrown into the works. It must be hell.
I find it easier on a dull cold day, like the ones over Christmas.
And breathe and cheer the fuck up 👍😁

TreestumpsAndTrampolines · 29/03/2020 13:17

Completed on the house we were trying to buy. 4 of us in our tiny 2 bed rental is sending us all loopy.

Dowser · 29/03/2020 13:18

And that noise I can hear is my dh trying to play the didge
Which I swear he hasn’t picked up in a year 😂
Oh well, that made me laugh

boatyardblues · 29/03/2020 13:25

^I wish I hadn't cancelled my dentist appointment. sad as I'm pretty sure I'm starting with a toothache and I've been reading on the Coronavirus section that dentists won't be seeing anyone for the foreseeable and it's made me panic.
I had terrible dental abcesses as a teenager and the idea of anyone suffering like that with no access to emergency dental treatment sounds horrendous.^

If it gets worse, it might be worth contacting your nearest university dental teaching hospital (assuming you can get to it). My friend works at one and they are still seeing emergency patients.

thesunisoutout · 29/03/2020 13:28

Haircut (got they will be busy once this is over)
Bought some bedding plants for the garden just to brighten things up
Gone for a last really long walk on the seafront

ilovecakeandwine · 29/03/2020 13:32

My hair colour & cut was booked for this week Sad
My eyebrows badly need waxing so I'll attempt to pluck myself .
I wish I'd gone to the tip and done a shop before lockdown so that I didn't need to queue outside.
Bought some paint.

MidnightBlue28 · 29/03/2020 13:32

Bought a new fridge and freezer... not for hoarding, the freezer died one day after the lockdown and the fridge sounds like a helicopter landing!

Santaclauswhosthat · 29/03/2020 13:40

Got my fucking hair cut and bought another tube of foundation. My boss is talking about conference calls and I look like shit.

managedmis · 29/03/2020 13:41

Got a pedicure

labazsisgoingmad · 29/03/2020 13:53

got my hair cut and dyed/highlighted as appropriate
gone to see my daughters not seen the one since Xmas and put flowers on mum and dads grave
raided the charity shops for books i am very low on books, no idea where my kindle is but i was given another one someone did not want but for the life of me we cannot sort out the wifi on it so no good

TheWalkingTalkingRed · 29/03/2020 14:12

boatyandblues Thank you I will definitely bear that in mind in it gets unbearable. I also suffer with sinusitis as well which doesn't always help distinguish 🙄

cologne4711 · 29/03/2020 14:17

Gone to my local Decathlon to buy a kettle bell. I thought they might stay open as they are also a bike repair shop, but they're not.

And got rid of a load of stuff at the tip.

As DH told me yesterday, it's all a lesson in not putting off until tomorrow what you could do today.

ilovecakeandwine · 29/03/2020 14:48

Oh god that's the thing with zoom and that I can see myself and I look like shit . Sad

BuzzingtheBee · 29/03/2020 14:50

Had my hair cut and coloured
Had a bikini wax
Eyebrow thread and tint
Gel nails

BuzzingtheBee · 29/03/2020 14:50

Oh and had sons hair cut

FizzyPink · 29/03/2020 15:14

That’s another one I wish I’d done @cologne4711 I can’t seem to get any home gym equipment delivered from anywhere! I’d even love just a resistance band right now

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Womenwotlunch · 29/03/2020 15:39

I did most things
I got my hair done
I took my dcs to the dentist
I bought paracetamol
Took ds for a hair cut
Mowed the garden
Bought toilet roll in February. I always buy in bulk.
Bought tins of baked beans

My Dfriend lives on Italy and told me what to do as she was convinced that we were going to go the way of Italy

CeibaTree · 29/03/2020 15:40

We were actually going to get rid of our dumbbells and other weights, but we were too lazy to do so (make a listing for freecycle) - I'm so glad we didn't now as I have discovered Les Mills at Home, so I can still do bodypump.

One thing I do wish we had done is moved house last autumn when we planned too, but we decided to do our house up a bit more first and put it on the market this Spring 🤦‍♀️

monkeytennis97 · 29/03/2020 15:42

Lost weight.

Was going to start in Feb.

I have lost 8lbs over the last two weeks (have a BMI just nudging over 40). Too scared to eat now... I am eating but have really cut back. Hoping I can get in the 30s for my BMI in the next two weeks

PrincessHoneysuckle · 29/03/2020 15:50

Had ds and dh hair cut.

Lost a stone

TheFlis12345 · 29/03/2020 16:28

@LIZS I get all my seeds off eBay! Just ordered some more, Premier Seeds are usually very reliable.

Thanks to those who mentioned Homebase delivery, not buying compost was a big regret for me but just ordered 3 bags which should be here by Wednesday, very pleased!

AmIAWeed · 29/03/2020 16:51

Had my coil removed. We've been umming and ahhing for so long, trying to work out the right timing . It was going to come out in April :(