You know you need to get a life when...

[GeorginaA]

... you open up the washing machine and a) notice you've changed your washing powder and b) catch yourself thinking "mmm, this smells nicer than the old one".

... you have a telephone conversation with someone you haven't spoken to in 2 years and you manage to exchange all your news within 5 minutes then struggle to think of something else to talk about.

ARGH! Has anyone got a life they can loan me please?!

....... you try to beat your neighbour out with the washing, only to be gutted that you didn't manage it.

love these! How about, you catch yourself singing 'Old MacDonald' in the supermarket!

You find yourself making funny faces at strangers' children.

... you compare the ingredients list of Tesco's Value Batter Mix and Tesco's Ordinary Batter Mix to work out the difference. (haven't a clue before you ask)

... you are living in a Virtual Yurt eating Virtual Placenta with an assortment of other mothers.

.... you find yourself listening to Postman Pat/Thomas/nursery rhymes etc in the car when you haven't got the children with you.

When DS has gone to bed & DH & I are still watching Disney or Boomerang....very sad.

.........When you read this thread and say "I do that as too"

.... I love this thread.

...Rhubarb - when you've dropped your DS off at nursery and 10 mins down the motorway you're still singing 'the wheels on the bus' to the tape in the player.

...you realise that every piece of clothing you own is over 2 years old and/or covered in food/baby sick/stains

... you find yourself on the couch watching the Teletubbies and even enjoying it, although dd is at nursery...

... you come home after a day at the office and realise you've been humming the Tweenies'tune all day.

... you and dh keep calling each other 'mummy' and 'daddy' even though the kids are already in bed.

I think it's universal. Great thread.

......you check Mumsnet for messages more than five times a day....

When you stand in the queue at Tesco's gently rocking the trolly to and fro, and the woman in the queue behind you says, 'there is no child in the trolly, dear.'.

NQWW, only five times a day?!!

Sorry, NQWWW. missed a W!

Also pointing out tractors and fire engines, sheep and horses when you are on your own in the car, or when I do it to my own kids and they are 15 and 16!

...you enjoy buying clothes for dd more than for yourself...
...your handbag is full of fluffy sweets/breadsticks..
...you can't remember where your make up is, let alone the last time you wore it..

When DP and I have a night off from ds, have a few drinks and discuss who our favourite Tweenie is...... to make matters worse.... we've actually argued about it!!!

My favourite is Jake.

sigh

And when you do find your makeup all the lipsticks are squashed into the lids and the powder compact is full of dust - proving you didn't "use" it last.

You lecture your DH on the gender of the teletubbies.

Bozza I wonder who did use it

...you look up websites just to remember the lyrics from Portland Bill...
(here's a website with lots of tv theme tunes' lyrics, if you're interested too

I have a DS Bundle who is quite fascinated by what make-up I have - but unfortunately his Dad is not impressed by this behaviour. But since the last incident occurred when DH was supposedly watching DS but actually napping on the bed he has to bite his tongue.

fabulous, Bozza
a friend of ours rang NHS direct when her ds smashed a bottle of nail polish on their bathroom floor, then dipped his fingers into it! (their tip: don't use nail polish remover, it'll just wear off in time). dd loves 'lipstick' but I've managed so far to fob her off with cheap, colourless lip balm...what were ds's results like? did you take a picture????

DD would look like Bozo the Clown every day of the week if I didn't keep my make-up bag on the highest shelf in the bathroom... And she's v. proud of her skills...

You check out Bundles link and sit here reminiscing and singing themetunes to yourself - thanks Bundle!!

I was walking through ASDA's today, when I realised I was singing along at the top of my voice to the piped music. Strangely, it was the theme tune to 'White Horses', a programme I used to love as a child, and mega-sadly I still remembered all the words!!

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