Operation Renovation - The Christmas Countdown (part 2)

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Our new home

Quick update....

I reached the bottom of my repairs pile!!! (it'll not last) ...including my handbag. was much easier to hand stitch the leather with a proper leather needle but I'm not guaranteeing my work on the bag....I couldn't see it very well even sat under the big light to stitch it & had to secure the ends of the zip with thread so am half expecting it to come apart Test run on the school run to pick dd1 up from gardening in the rain club shortly.

Mini pamper night here tonight and then probably early night I think. In a very meh mood even though I've been busy all day - I blame dp....something's up & he'll not talk to me, just gets all defensive

Hello! I have been reading, but memory is shot from work day from hell so can't remember a darn thing

Currently procrastinating. I need to shred. I need to shower. I need to spend time on my hair. I really cba to do any of these things. Oh bugger, and I've just remembered I need to log on to work's system to finish off a job

Please someone give me a proverbial boot!

Control Geek consider yourself booted!

Alhough I'm a fine one to talk. I saw a couple of jobs today but didn't actually apply as it seemed like too much effort. I will need to do it tomorrow though.

Think I'll have a pamper session tonight too. Have shellac on fingers and toes so don't need to bother about them but will have bath (with bubbles), exfoliate, put a conditioning mask on my hair etc. Then an early night for me.

Thanks INeed I've just finished the work I needed to complete, so will go upstairs and change for my shred before my body cottons on to what I'm doing (if that makes any sense at all). Silly question, but what's shellac? I thought it was a lacquer that you put onto wood Good luck with your job applications, they are so mentally draining.

Shellac is just another form of gel nail polish that gets cured under a uv light so it lasts 2-3 weeks without chipping.
It's perfect for me because I always chip normal nail polish within minutes of putting it on.

Ooh sounds like something I need, INeed! I normally catch mine while it's still in the tacky stage too. Trouble is I like to change colours very frequently.

Right, just waiting for Jillian to finish her waffling so I can get on with my workout

Well on your fingers it probably lasts two weeks and then you would want them done again because of regrowth. On your toes you can get a good 3 weeks out of them.
I have rock star toes just now which is when they cover the wet polish with glitter and then seal it with a top coat. The glitter I got is called salmon (not a great name) and it looks peachy some ways and then it glints green in other lights.
If you get a nail person who knows what they're doing you can get really amazing nail art and add crystals,
pearls, glitter in all different combinations.

I have achieved nothing this evening apart from moisturising, and drying my hair . Has been a very draining afternoon & I'm pretty ready for bed.....dp has sat on his bum in a mood, occasionally saying something grumpy or closely related to a grunt, while I've done everything except the mountain of pots that need to be washed.

(did manage some hidden house princessing though - I cleared out the cupboard under the sink of all the half used bottles I've not touched in ages, cleared out the little drawers that hide down the side of the fishtank and cleared out all the junk that hides under the fish tank. So not an entirely unproductive day.)

Ok, shred over. About to eat, then go pass out in the shower.

Only two more days left of level 2

lucysmam meant to say, sorry, I hope DP gets over his mood soon, and that it's all something over nothing. These fellas of ours are useless at talking

Enjoy your shower Control Good going sticking at the shred! Think I should have got it on dvd, that way I'd feel guilty about not using it

Yep, he's bloody useless at talking...gets all moody and defensive. Thankfully he's not gone upstairs for a sulk like last time ..he barely spoke to me for days.

What do you think, ladies? potential ebay purchase Is it worth nigh on £20?

Ok, ok, I'm going for my shower now

Funny shower that is Control ....I really like the shape of it & neck. I'd pay nearly twenty quid for it (in fact, I have a short sleeved jacket that's quite similar but a bit denimey if that makes sense?)

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Morning all

I was going to go into town today to get my eyebrows threaded but it's pouring and I don't think I can face getting there on the bus withy the pram in the rain. I'm in London for a work meeting tomorrow so like nip in somewhere to get them done there.

Feeling a bit guilty, Atterley Road have a 70% off sale now and I spent lots of money I don't have on there yesterday. Eek. But I genuinely have no clothes for going back to work so I needed to get something! Oh well.

lucysmam I know I had one in the end, but cba faffing with my hair so had to get up 15 minutes early this morning to dampen it and get it straightened. Thanks for the jacket comments, I'll 'buy it now' when I get in from work tonight (if it's still there).

aww bigkids I've been in that situation too. It can't be helped, and your first payday will soon come round. At least you were able to get good bargains - 70% off!!! I had to make do with charity shop clobber until my first third payday.

Well today is turning into the day from hell, workwise. But my hair looks and smells nice, I am wearing my favourite perfume, and the black dress with sparkly spotty flowers on that I got the other day from TK Maxx. I forgot my earrings, but I'll put them in when I get home as I'm being taken out for my birthday tea to a lovely hotel near where I live, and I have a bottle of bubbly on ice ready for when I get home. DP gave me the box of heated rollers that I had asked for which actually arrived a couple of days after being ordered, so how come I am still waiting for the two dresses I ordered three days earlier?!

Hello all!

I am still alive, just snowed under with a really busy week at work plus all the DC's activities. Had my interview on Monday, but have to wait until next week for the verdict. It is like Chinese water torture .

Anyway, since making a big effort with my appearance for the interview things have gone rather downhill. I am resolving to give myself a kick up the bum and get back to it tomorrow!

So, tomorrow I am going to wear this knitted dress over black leggings and a black long sleeved t-shirt, with this scarf and these boots. I need to re-paint my nails, and as I am going to be on a course tomorrow rather than in the classroom I am going to go for a colour rather than my normal nude shade. I can't decide between NYC Park Avenue and No7 Totally Teal.

Hope you are all well, will catch up with the thread now.

Afternoon all

bigkids I am of your sale spending...most of this weeks wages will be going on getting us back on track with the bills dp is meant to be in charge of and one of the kids' birthday presents so my new jeans will have to wait.

Jemima I like the teal nail polish rather than the NYC one

Control did your day get any better?

I've had a productive, but not very glam day defrosted the freezer, proper scrubbed the bathroom even though it's being replaced soon, and washed the big chair covers. along with two normal loads of washing and making a mince and onion pie to go with mash for tea....dp took the remains of a gammon joint and some salad to work so fancies something else though...he'll be feeding himself tonight and getting sarnies for lunch tomorrow!

I plan to aspirin face mask, pumice my feet, defuzz and apply nose strip tonight since I didn't get far last night. Once I get sat I think I might massage some cuticle oil into my nails and file my toenails. I might even not straighten my hair again ...it tends to behave well for a few days off from it, if I do it regularly. (did that make any sense at all!?)

I talked to DH about it and we agreed I should spend a bit, I have a responsible job and can't go in looking scruffy in my old yoga trousers like I'm wearing now! So I did go into town today and got my eyebrows threaded then went k h and m. Their layering vests are the best I think and only 3.99 each, so I got black, grey, cream, white, navy and sage green. I wear one almost every day and now I can replace my whole tattered drawer full :)

Next month I need ankle boots, indigo jeans and a haircut!

Love those boots jemima, they're going on my Christmas list!

Hello!
My, you've all been really productive!
I had my eyebrows threaded today too!
Look, I'm not quite Frieda Kahlo, but I could pass as her sister at a push. Hence my eyebrows have known the tweezers since I was a teen. But NEVER ever in my life, not even the first time ever, did I feel as much pain as I felt today.

Went to my regular dept store, new indian lady threading, very nice eyebrows herself, very smiley, calm, genteel (I think Indian ladies have and do the most amazing eyebrows in the whole entire universe). I sit down and within 2 seconds I had tears down my face. She was threading sloooowly, so I could feel every 0.00001 mm being pulled out. Pair that with SHED load of eyebrow, I felt like she scalped me. Oooh, but it gets better! She brings me the mirror. Nicely shaped eyebrows, can't deny it, but I looked RAW. Bright blotchy red.

Anyway, I went for my contacts check up straight after. Another nice indian lady. She does a double take. I explain it's nothing to do with contacts, just had my eyebrows done. She shakes her head: my god she left loads behind. Noo, don't tell me! She was looking at me and stifling a giggle every so often. Cheers, you, at least you think it's funny. She was from ooop nooorth, her accent makes me giggle, so we had a giggly session.
There.
Oh, and bought a frame for a drawing I meant to put in the hallway for ages. £3. Been dragging this job for, hmmmm, 6-7 years?
It's up now.
I'm off to the royal kitchen to cook some dinner :)
If I'm still up for it, I'll start changing the hangers fir the new ones :)

Laughing at your eyebrow tale Dilidali Have they calmed down now?

I started some wardrobe princessing today. I've been on a mad ebay spree and bought two Modalu Pippa bags, a nice Modalu purse and some nice clothes for me. Its extravagant but I'm fed up with walking around with cheap tatty bags and putting off buying nice things until I lose some weight. All of the stuff I bought only came upto £140 which much cheaper than the £225 that one Modalu bag costs new.

I'm going to pop to the shops later after work and get some more bits and pieces. I'm really loving dresses at the moment so I'm crossing my fingers that there are some smart ones. I need accessories too. one day I will be put together!

Oh can I have some advice? Ladies that shellac, does it really last two whole weeks? I'm tempted to get mine done but not convinced on the staying power.

PANIC!!!!

I may have an interview in 2 weeks! I got a call from a job I applied for a while back, kind of a pre-interview call, and he said after we talked that mine would be one of the names he'd be putting forward to the hiring manager!

I haven't worn any of my suits in over 2 & a half years, I'm not even sure how many of them made the move with us, my hair is a disaster, I've forgotten how to put on makeup and I still have 3 assignments to get done in the next week!!

I say again.... PANIC!!

Morning all

Dilidali that post read like you were going 100mph! Have your brows calmed down now? Mine don't seem to take too long to look normal again.

Missssss Shellac is meant to be very good, as are Minx nails (the wraps with funky designs). If I had the cash, I'd have mine done. Your shopping trip sounds fab!

vvv, don't panic!! you have two weeks....do the basics this next week while you complete assignments then go in for full on beautifying. & up your water intake, I've found I feel and look better for drinking more of the stuff

Late start here today, dd1 was sick in the night so both are home (dd2 doesn't go to nursery on Fridays anyway). they're scrapping and moaning at each other already so I think it was just a one off sick rather than her being ill, we'll see.

I didn't straighten my hair again last night, might pop a pic on fb in a bit if I remember to take my phone up when I go to get dressed

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