June 08- the shoes, the food, the glamour!

[pureeandpearls]

Struggling to load pages these days and saw we were over the 900 so took the liberty of starting a new thread.

my problem isn't boden - it's howies, although I'm having no trouble resisting the jeans for £210 that are marked down to 130. !!! I got the pair on sale for £50 though which is still gulp-inducing but they're lovely and I never thought I'd go for slim fit jeans. I have no idea why I'm spending money like mad.... Actually everything I buy is going straight in the closet for Christmas! We tend to get money from relatives overseas so hopefully in the end I wont have overspent and I'll still have lots of lovely new things on Christmas day.

Oh that bath caddy brings back memories! I used to sit one side, my brother the other, and we would play 'shops' with the bubbles . Definitely getting one for new house!!

Waiting in at home for removals men for quotes. The ones supposed to be here between 2 and 3 are 'running late' and still not here. Hmm, anyone think I am likely to employ these guys to make my most stressful upcoming day run smoothly?

Good tip on the pre-spending of Christmas money AH! I can never spend my own money again (well not till kids are out of nursery) it is all going into the mortgage now, so I need to work out ways to actually afford clothes, especially now that I have to come to terms with never getting into my pre-mat wardrobe again ... I am STILL wearing maternity tops as they are the only thing I have that I can get in to, I look a very odd shape, Trinny and Susannah would be appalled!!

Having a bit of a skive off from revision to start a thread on S's table habits here.

We had one of those bath things (a plastic one) when I was wee Deb. I used to love pouring water through it.

My pre-pg wardrobe is still under the bed systems. I haven't given up hope yet (although not actually taking any steps to do anything about it). Can you drop hints about vouchers for your favourite shops to your nearest and dearest for Christmas and get some bargains in the Christmas sales?

Oh, quick question - does anyone post anything to Australia? Have a wee one to buy for and wondering how extortianate the postage would be for say a small orchard toy puzzle or a board book? I don't really want to send the mum money but don't want to pay as much for the delivery as I do the present!

BDQ sending mail to Canada it would cost more than the gift so I expect Australia would be the same. What about shopping from an Australian company? A quick google search turned up www.bookworm.com.au/.

Great idea abdn thanks! Have found an Australian toy store online. Perhaps if I work really hard tonight I can treat myself to some online shopping later

Quick skim-deb so sorry about your offer. Essie think it's really sensible to keep your case on the agenda ESP as your jobs are not likely to come up frequently.
bdqgood luck on studying and should definrely treat yourself.
ktpieare you ok after your turn- must have been
scary.

sponge remember vividly thinking many times how will I ever get out the house again when I had e so think you are Doing fab.

Hi to neenz pp purée spider(has your dh given up on hertfordshire job).

Good and bad news here- Edie now walking a lot (ok it's mixed with crawling but lots of unassisted steps so we are on the way.

Bad news- she gets thoroughly overtired and won't settle at night - is this part of usual hyper phase they get when do something new?

Also dh obsessed with taking motorbike lessons - I half suggested it and now he is dead keen and I am very regretful as it's dangerous. Any tips on dealin with this mid life crisis or am I being hyper sensitive? He has said he won't do it if it really upsets me.

Poppy here's how you deal: tell him about me. My friend was killed in a motorbike accident 20 years ago. I'm already crying (20 years - still not over it). He wasn't silly or a racer; hell, his bike didn't really do much more than 40mph! He was hit. Married, 2 children; he was my 'second father', we used to joke. He was killed just after his 40th birthday (and the anniversary is coming up next month).
I will go to my grave hearing his six-year-old son crying.

His parents had passed away; his older brother was close to suicide after he lost his brother.

Sorry guys!

We talked about the Hertfordshire job a bit last night, and I don't think he is going to go for it. With the insecurity of the merger it just wouldn't be a good idea for us. Neenz we are at about 7 o'clock on M25 and the job would be at about midnight. In mileage terms it isn't that far (40 miles maybe), but it goes past Heathrow and it would just be a hideous commute to attempt daily.

P didn't wake me up early this morning, but DH did! He had to get up at 5 to drive to the airport and he wont be home till 9. See, he needs a change. Anyway, P made it through till 6.50am, so a miracle. Fingers crossed for tonight.

LOL at Allnew having her own personal thread. Do you know the person suggesting the skirt in RL? Or do you just do alot of S&B chat? I am impressed that a complete stranger may know what clothes you are hankering after.

Poppy that is tricky about the motorbike lessons. If it was me I would refuse, but I think that might be unreasonable of me. Great news about the walking. Not sure whether P was more hyper when he started walking. In fact we were at my parents in France for a week and he slept amazingly well despite being in a travel cot. Sorry, that isn't any help. However, every few months P will stop settling easily at bedtime for a week or two. Then it passes and he goes back to normal. I have never managed to pin it to anything.

BDQ I post things to Canada and Australia, and tend to just think "sod it" I love the people the presents are going to. Unless you are posting a dictionary though it wont be hideously expensive. I am going to be posting theseshoes to my goddaughter in Canada. I saw them and couldn't resist.

poppy, I'd be upset - but then DH and I have had lots of discussions about risk due to his job and the added risk there. He agrees that because of that he can't take on any other risks (except cycling, that gets a pass since it pre-dates our relationship and I've always accepted it as part of him). (His job's not that risky, but it did come up as an enhanced risk on the insurance tables so we're trying to keep it in perspective).

spider for Canada you can buy stuff online at Amazon.ca with a UK credit card - very handy! Otherwise Canada is lightyears behind here for online shopping (no idea why - it's ridiculous!).

Essie - I am so sorry about your friend but that is exacly what I fear(and Spider glad you agree) - am welling up in sympathy.

Spider that sounds a nightmare commute so on top of uncertainty sound no deal. And we have had these non sleep spells before so better go as think she
at finally be tiring of doing a few steps and clapping herself.

Oh Essie, how sad . Sorry about your friend, hope the anniversary is not oo hard for you. Definitely think it's a good idea to keep your past work troubles at the forefront of the bosses' minds!

Poppy I would say definite no to the motorbike - you are not over-reacting, they are dangerous even if the rider himself is careful. My sister's DH drives a motorbike and it scares me to death . We had a 19yo killed recently in my town, a van just pulled out in front of him .

Hi guys, poppy, the motorbike thing is so hard - my brother is an A&E nurse and has seen some horrific motorbike accidents including one that was so bad my bro' spent some time in counselling dealing with PTSD because of it . This year he moved to London and bought . . . . yes, you've guessed it, a motorbike .

Couldn't believe it.

Having said that, I personally wouldn't want dh to get one. But then I'm the biker in our house - if children hadn't come along then a motorbike would have been my child replacement . Your dh has three children to think about so he needs to be a bit more responsible and put his need for speed to one side methinks.

on another note - allnew your S&B thread is cracking me up - she's a massive Boden fan...

Sorry about your friend Essie. Some things in life are so bloody unfair.

Anti motorbike here too.

Essie we x posted earlier. So sorry about your friend. Reading our posts in sequence makes me sound flippant so hope no offence taken.

spider meant to say that the Aussie present more of a duty present. They left a present for S before flying out so feel obliged to send something for their DS. It's a family member I'm not too close to. God, does that make me sound a bit tight? I was planning on saying to the mum next year instead of us both sending something around the world that we both just got our own DS something from the other . They're the same age and bdays close together.

Fingers crossed for a productive day's revision!

SA - when are you moving?

Poppy - I'm fine now thanks.

Essie - how awful about your friend.

Nothing exciting going on here, we are going out for lunch and to a toddler activity thing this afternoon with a friend so that should be fun.

Moving around the end of November, so at least we have time to get it organized. Got first quote through this morning - less than £500 all in, including packing, VAT, insurance - why on earth didn't we use removals last time?? Feel a lot less stressed about it now!

Systems, £500 sounds great, I would have expected at least £1k.

BDQ, I think buying your LOs presents from each other is a great idea - then you don't need to buy one at all . We did this last year when my sister was in Australia for Christmas.

I had a good morning at playgroup, I feel I am getting to know people a lot better and one particular group in particular (two of them have twins and the other is the sister of one of the ones with twins) . I have swapped numbers with both the twin mums .

There is a controlled crying thread going on that I really should not rise to here but I feel so sorry for the OP, his wife refuses to use any sleep training and he is exhausted!

BDQ Can you tell me the name of the toy shop you found in Oz. Mt newphews live there and I alsways object to the postage fees! Just bought them some half price presents from Sainsbury's but would like to have it for future reference.

Shouldn't really be on here as we are having a Halloween party tommorow. DP took today off but DD1 is working so he has taken her so I have no help, she is also working tommorow but I hope I have made it clear she needs to be back in time for her own party! On the plus side I did buy some Miley Cyrus tickets for December which we wouldn't be able to afford without dd working and it's alot for us but only half of what she is being paid today!

Peedeetoys is the Aussie website. Need to have a good look at to make sure I can order from here, but it came up on a website recommending online stores for gifts for Aussies.

Have been reading the thread for trinityrhino on chat and am very moved by the generosity of MNers!

Essie - so sorry to hear about your friend , what a tragedy

Poppy - I wouldn't want Nigel to be on a motorbike either.

Nigel is on the mend at last, but now it's Ethan's turn, it was musical beds here last night and Ethan was sick on and off between 11pm and 2am.I spent quite a bit of time sitting on the bathroom floor with him, he was so green, he looked terrible. Today though he's OK just tired and clingy, and only wants to eat the good stuff bun that Grandma made and the butter off the bread!If mil wasn't here I'd have lost the plot this week I think!

Sorry I can't reply to everyone personally, but I do think about you.

neenz that poor Dad has been torn to shreds - when it sounds like he's exhausted and needs comforting! Wonder if there's a bit of sexism going on there in the replies - he was trashed right from the get go and looks like he's disappeared. Glad to hear you're meeting more mums too.

I'm in - just found out that two more of the mums of kids in DS1's class are pregnant. That's a 50% pregnancy rate and family sizes of 5! 4! and 3!. (The other three of us are all two kid families). I feel a bit left behind .

Aaarggghhhh! Our oven isn't working! Have no idea if it can be fixed or if it's easy to replace a fitted oven. DH is currently looking at double ovens in the Argos catalogue, I think he's secretly hoping it needs to be replaced!

BDQ, oh no - you only realise how much you use these things when they break! Do you have a microwave you can get by with?

Debs, thank goodness for your MIL -you can use this to convince Nigel about moving back to the UK... that at times like these you need your family close by. Hope you all have a better night tonight.

Abdn, do you want another baby? Has your DH been 'done'? Vaguely remember you having a scare before you had the vasectomy results... don't feel left behind, you have a gorgeous family and you're very happy. I hope the sleep-deprived dad is still reading and tries some sleep training... a lot of people were saying 'night waking is normal, get on with it!' btu I really don't think it is normal, common maybe, but not normal ie not something you just have to put up with.