I'm off for 24 hrs and 5 pages! 
Evening in shed with13 was great in the end .... V chilled and I bought an amazing butterflied shoulder of lamb which was delicious on the BBQ .....also taught DS to make crème pâtissière for little fruit tartlets....yum! 16 in two weeks time......
Shop new Mac Book is v exciting.....I'm sure DH will forget about the old one 
Grumpy I'm in awe of anyone who drives a horse box...impossible!
Novice impressive decluttering I love a big trip to the tip and was hyperventilating when we had a skip does your house seem huge now? Bit like the book by Gruffalo author "A Squash and a Squeeze". Sorry to hear about CP holiday.
Foxy there's nothing wrong with enthusiasm about purchases remember I sleep with new shoes/bags next to my bed so I can gaze at them!
Marsha I enjoyed the live shopping. Photos and live shopping.....this thread gets better and better.
Mom happy birthday!
Well, I'm getting London overdose....after booking my ticket for MU and realising that I really don't live at the end of the earth, I've booked to do some hard core shopping with a friend in November too!
.... Can't wait, do need a fix from time to time and now my kids are teens I'm getting a lot more freedom which is great.
Finally my dream house is a barn conversion.....love the big spaces,wood, big windows....don't love the countryside so it would have to be an urban barn
... That or a Jane Austen style Georgian red brick house with sash windows and Colin sitting in the parlour