Morning
The sun has her hat on here so we started the day with a family dance to "Il Mondo che bello che e'!" (What a wonderful world) . Nothing like a bit of bilingual Louis Armstrong to start the day.
Cakey Miss P's birthday looks great. Lovely family you have.
Vino someone once said to me that once you've made the big personal decision about a relationship "all the rest is admin". It made it a lot easier for me to get my head around in a way.
Roma glad you're enjoying work even though it sounds pretty stressful. Hope something more rewarding comes along soon so you can have the best of every world.
Tracey it's my birthday this month.
Hells Topshop have some cords in for £40 similar to those you linked to though quality doesn't look so good. they were in Grazia I think.
Took delivery of a few Ebay things already today - two pairs of sandals for me and some Pedipeds for dd. Dd's are super lovely and exactly the kind of thing I always imagined my LO wearing; cream, classic. They'll be filthy in a few hours but hey. The kickers we bought her last week have broken already. It makes me really angry.
Looking forward to my asos order arriving in an hour. I have ordered those wedge boots and want to see what they look like with the trousers from the other day before I decide to keep them.
Tidied my wardrobe again yesterday afternoon and found 4 things I'd meant to return ages ago. A dress from River Island, and 3 dresses from Next (why oh why do I torture myself with Next - I hate it and should just get over it) I am going to try and send them back and see if they notice I am a month late.
Got loads of things to put on eBay myself including these which just don't fit my thin feet properly. It takes ages though doesn't it, writing all the things up, uploading photos, then the Post Office queues. Last time I had a black bin bag full of eBay stuff and ended up taking it to the charity shop. Need to try and replenish my PayPal account now though as it's taken a battering recently.
I see my mum a lot and dp's parents but it doesn't feel like help really. The pil expect a constant supply of tea, lunch, dinner etc and the issues between my family and dp mean I am not allowed not supposed to leave dd with my family. Still, I see my mum for fun not childcare. Being so "attached" makes leaving dd hard anyway. Lots of people round here seem to have hired help though. I have been really surprised by how many kids are privately educated too. It's only twenty minutes from where I grew up but worlds apart. Ultimately I think it's whatever works for each family isn't it. Like everything else, it's no one else's business how each family copes.
Did I mention that I was approached about some work a few weeks ago? I was very flattered as I've not worked for 2.5 years now and they'd gone to the effort of seeking me out. I had a long think about it but emailed them last night to decline their very generous offer. We are going to start ttc soonish and I am not keen on going back into that world anyway. I'd have needed to start in the next week or two and with my mum on holiday, sister lame and not having prepared dd for me suddenly being away a few days a week I felt it was too much. An ego boost though.
I seem very able to kind of embarrass myself recently. The mouse and baby screaming all night book club incident, then at sis in law's bbq I had forgotten to pack any nappies so we had to go out and buy some (which pleased her no end), and I fell over very publicly at the end of my road last week. Then yesterday took dd to the park with some neighbours and their LOs and didn't realise dd had trod in dog poo and had it all over her shoes and trousers. Gets worse as I then realise her pull up has got stuck in her bum and she's pooed all down her legs and as I've picked her up we are both covered in poo. As we walked out of the park I was shaking my head at what all my lovely neighbours must think of me.
Hoping to get some time in the sun today as my tan's starting to fade. Will report back on my wedges later. Really hoping dp is organised enough for my birthday to order that leather jacket. I love it.
Have a happy day everyone. Excuse the mammoth post .