November Locals Chat - to replace West London Thread in Meet-ups

[Paddlechick666]

erm, not sure if this will work but have started a thread in the interests of currying favour with MNHQ!

..apart from sitting in front of a mirror for hours, that is....

paddle, lol @ dd. they don't forget anything, do they?

he other day we were wlaking past "one small step..." in sheen and i mentioned to my ma:'might buy dd a pair of cute boots this year..she's never had any boots."

fast forward a few hours after shopping and lunch, dd throws a strop outside afortementioned shoe mecca because she wanted to go in 'to buy mine boots."

wasn't even bloody talking to her! minx

ah steppie, you remind me of dd's latest classic last night. she was "smoothing" my hair last night and said "it's stripey mummy".

good god the child is only two, what more gems am I to look forward to?

your dc are hilarious with their comments tho - i can totally visualise your mortification at "don't punch me in the face" pmsl

am wondering if can squeeze a £100 out of the moving budget to give myself a bit of a spit n polish before xmas. it's been a year since i had a colour done. actually i quite like my natural colour these days, just need to get the blonde bits and grey brought back into line methinks.

oooh hairdressers, the luxury. now, there's an excellent place for a creche IMO.

next Saturday morning best friend and I will be shuffling around recovering from our girls night out and getting ready for our Carribean Treatment at the spa.

[bliss]

lol at mini-steppie. i tried a cute pair of boots on dd at matalan yesterday. size 9 which is one size up but couldn't get the zip over her calf and she's lost a bit of chubber this week

talking of ebay, must get on and have another look for some mini-boden stuff for dd. i love it, she looks so cute in it and it wears so well.

in the end i managed to get a black denim midi skirt from M&S for £9.50 after spending weeks trying to get something off ebay!

The answer to your Q Paddle is 7 - one for each day of the week

PMSL at your DD's comments

Paddle - you are a mini Boden convert Thy have some lovely pink fluffy stuff you now for DDs

I bought my sister's daughter a Boden top about 18 months ago. She hadn't heard of Boden at that pint. Now her DH is being accused at work of being"Boden Man" LOL!!!

Seppy - DS1 and DD went to the hairdresser yesterday, so look quite tidy for a change. Have a fabulous pamper

We have a big Good Neighbour Award ceremony and re showcasng our projects with an exhibition. Food and free creche provided, plus I accrue TOIL for attending

Just found ou yesterdy that we get hugely discounted corporate membership to a lovely health club at work (a new thing) - am very tempted - they have a swimming pool, a sauna and a spa and over 50 classes apparently [tempted to pamper emoticon]

health club is not "at work" i.e on site BTW!!!!

do it, paddle. siphon off that £100 and treat yourself.
your grey doesn't "show', tho, not like us brunettes.

and foxie, join the health club. mothers are so rubbish at looking after themselves, i've decided. don't know how many words i've written about the importance of doing this, but rarely do it myself 'haven't got time'
"well, make time" (know even harder if you're a lone parent).
the smallest pamper makes yoiu feel so good, doesn't it?
today's sermon over, as you were..

your girls' night out sounds fab, paddle.
foxie - took little fellas to the hairdressers. ds1 interrogated our lovely hairdresser about her (now ex) boyfriend.

had one of those fab adult/child two-level conversations.
ie; DS1 "was it a fairytale romance?"
hairdresser: 'well, he told a lot of fairytales."
ds1; 'That's nice."

ds2 chipping in;'I've got 10 girlfriends.'
hairdresser;'you'd get on well with my ex."
ds2:'would i?"

they were in all innocence and we were in stitches.
but she's lovely and stunning to boot (what does that phrase mean?), so what a fool.

Steppy she is gorgeous isn't she? LO very Loud at the convo your DS's had with her!!

I read an article about how Brits have a wierd attitude towards looing after themselves. It was about excecising but also applies to a degree about pampering/haircuts etc.

Most people in Europe excercise and pamper as part of their weeky routine - they wouldn't dream of not doing excercise and looking after their bodies. In the UK most people really genuinely believe they "don't have time" to look after their bodies and work the longest hours - feeling guilty if they spend any time on themselves at all. Its a very odd mentality to spend all your life at work and die young of heart disease 'cos you were too busy to go for that swim/jog/class or whatever. I keep telling myself this as I spent 7 years after having DS1 telling myself I was "too busy" to excercise, "too poor" for a decent haircut etc. Mind you the latter is still true to large extent. I can only afford 6-monthly hair cuts, hence the middle aged hippy look which I pretend is deliberate...

ha! middle-aged hippy look my arse foxie! you are looking fabulous and not at all hippy-ish or middle aged.

well, dd and i both have stomach ache now

totally agree with the crap attitude we brits have. the guilt factor overlayed on everything by my mother is my cornerstone for why i feel shit about much of everything i do.

as a single parent i totally get (now) how hard it must have been for her but i really really hope i avoid making the same mistakes with dd. unfortunately i don't think i'll manage it 100% - there goes my guilt factor kicking in again!

i am a mini boden convert but have quit ebay now having just done the laundry and realised how many clothes dd actually has.

your work do this arvo sounds like a blast foxie, TOIL into the bargain and you win

have to motivate myself to do something today. dd has had a constant diet of pingu, cbeebies and general inactivity all week.

yeah i am afraid of turning into my mother too.......

need to get to PO before it shuts but chubba feeding atm

oooh i've joined freecycle!

feel very virtuous now!

am offering a whole bunch of furniture to anyone who can collect on 1st Dec!

good morning all, managed to sleep till late while dh cleaned the kitchen still at it bless him.

LOL at mini Paddle & Steppie's brood, priceless convo

I'm afraid that I must be very poor to let go of a haircut, and these days of colour too, I go every 8wks, not negotiating that one, also not exactly telling how much it cost, mystery must be kept in a marriage

Love mini boden especially because they do colours other than pink and lilac and iot washed well

not sure what I will do today but it will involve resting I think.

wow! freecycle's fab! just got rid of a 5 piece bedroom set that was destined for the tip!

sfx, glad you're resting today.

foxie, thanks for the call. dd just woken up after a very short nap due to coughing and a god almighty row going off next door

the other side is blissful now that the fishwife has gone to dubai! doesn't happen often from other neighbours who are lovely normally so can't complain.

so much for a bit of rest for me tho

double wow! i cou;d've got rid of that furniture 3 times over. have got interest in all the other pieces too.

am tempted to just list everything and not bother with the expense of the van!

just trying to get DS off to sleep - am aorunf this arfo if anyone else is...

dh took dd out for their usual father daughter time, I wanted to go shopping for a coat/ parka but can't be bothered.
maybe will stay local and get some Christmas presents

paddle we gave some furniture to a charity and came and took what the wanted, which was nice

kewC hope ds is better now

sfx, your dd and dh are so cool.

am trying to convince myself that another calendar of dd as an xmas present isn't a cheapskate, lazy option. not sure i can convince myself of that tho!

also not sure what the etiquette is as last year i included all of H's family's birthdays and so on. don't really feel like doing that this year but would be sending a few copies their way and it would probably come across as pretty poor if only my lot's are listed.

altho, it could also be quite amusing

we're off for a walk along the river this arvo i think. not too far and not too long - i'm still exhausted and freezing even tho the heating is on full blast!

dd still running a bit of a temperature....

in between doing telly trivia on FB & being surprised by my iPod on shuffle mode I am having a nice time.

it is actually quite funny that dd not too keen on me going with them, they have their thing going, dh likes taking off with her and last week they ended up in central London at the european bookshop to stock up on portuguese versions of her Julia Donaldson books

paddle I think more photos of your dd should be most welcome, she is such a gorgeous little girl.

DS is absolutely fine - his cough seemed to clear overnight on Thursday night (mind you the 6 dyas of AB's probably helped!).

Paddle - how about listing all DH's family brthdays but not his!

Have made a Thia curry and put lamb in it as it was on offer in TEsco! Not sure lamb is a very traditional thai meat. Hey ho...

May go out to Kew or the playground when DS wakes up despite the rather grey weather...

lol kew, good idea! I also bought lamb yesterday, i got some morrocan spice mix tho and will make something along those lines i think.

stuck it in the freezer for now tho.

dd delightfully spat my delicious lasagne out last night

she'll be getting a bit of fish n mash spud tonight.

sfx, thanks, i think so too

your dh is great isn't he? dd will be bi-lingual before you know it!

and unusually dithery about what to do when DS wakes up.

Someone give me a good idea... wonder if I should splash out on childsplay cafe or if it will be too late by then. What to do

kewC glad to hear

paddle a tagine yum yum; and being able to swear in two languages is very useful too.

I think I already said that she knows a fair few words but not enough to sustain a conversation so when talking to my aunt she pads it out with 'tabla table' which means nothing but I guess it sounds portuguese to her

iPod just went form Tinariwen to Ella Fitzgerald to the Pogues to the Proclaimers love it

Hi all

sfx - Tabla Table??? o

Lamb tagine sounds good (veggie tagine sounds even better though)

My Ebay coat was at the PO and is lovely - we went to the school fair and then to Mummy's work - creche was fab though DS2 made an almightly rown when the poor creche workers tried to change his nappy. I should've warned them that his lordhip does not like having his nappy changed! It took two of them!
Gasping for glass of Sav Blanc now.

Have my -drinking- book club tomorrow

The weather forecast for the next few days appears o be "pissing down"

Hello

Had a quick read of chat, so nice to hear of your tales and comments from your DC's Foxie, Steppie, SFX & Paddle, too funny!

DVd was great, but I guess the books are still always better than the films.

Had busy day today. I've spent the past few weeks searching high and low for Macbeth tickets with Patrick Stewart for Dh's b'day. I eventually got lucky so my bro babysat DS while we went to the theatre this afternoon. Wow, amazing performance and I really enjoyed going to the theatre as it felt like we were on a date!

Luckily when we got home, my bro coped well (his 1st stint at babysitting) and Ds was having a ball, but sadly Dh took a turn for the worse and threw up, he's ill in bed now . Hope he doesn't pass on the bug.

hope you all enjoyed your day