well he does do dog whisperer uk now! find out how to apply! or just sit and watch loads of the show! we always watch it at work even though none of have dogs (sadly!)
Thank you! I plan on having a good week because I am positive thinking and just being very cheery! It's amazing how much you can lift your own mood by telling yourself to! It's my time of the month so i'm feeling a bit crampy and sore but I won't let it get me down. I helped a work mate today apply for the assistant manager position. I'll help the other tomorrow if he needs me to.
Then to a bookstore where I picked up a few goodies and had a fun chat. But that did me in and my husband's car A/C is not working well, so our house is amazingly comfortable right now! And I wore 6 bangles and got some compliments! At this point I should really stop caring what others think and be happy with myself! Movies tonight and hopefully to bed early for a bit of reading and good sleep as the house is now more comfortable than it was a few days ago. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend (ours was a long one). Must check out your new blog, Lou! xo
Busy day of bopping around to a few places in this awful heat. It is hot, humid and oppressive out. I can't wait for snow. lol Seriously, I am never a summer person and today is proof of that. I plan to spend my hot summer days inside my a/c house reading, watching movies and on the treadmill downstairs! First to the local nursery which was crammed with people buying plants and trees since we can now officially plant without worry of a frost. Around here this is the official weekend that people start serious gardening, which shows how short a growing season New England has. Frosts come as early as September. Then to Staples where I bought 2 more of those containers that hold my nailpolish as I want to order more from Zoya!
I completely know what you are saying! I just took the last 3 batches of decks off the market as they didn't sell at all, not even when I lowered the price and they were not expensive batches. 2 for 75.00 each, one bunch for only 50.00. For some reason, in spite of the forum being filled with literally hundreds of active people, only a handful of about 10 bought my decks and kept buying and buying. None of the new people starting out collected and I was very surprised. I thought they would be the ones swarming for these things. That is the way is used to be. Now people want everything for free and that isn't going to happen! I won't lower prices to the point of foolishness! Oh well. I would have liked to have made that money and then sit back and re-evaluate what is left, but instead I will take a break from selling. Maybe summer is going to be slow. Less people buying and hoarding! I certainly don't need another Coach bag right now! I just started using my lavender one yesterday and still have not used the pink or the grey one or the new one for fall (obviously!). I have makeup coming out of my ears and just putting together another Sephora order, but I keep changing things out of it, making sure i am really only getting what I want or need and nothing else. So I will be saving my pennies for a bit, too! We all know what is coming in July! Eeek! lol I actually feel bad for one guy who planned to sell off his entire collection for financial reasons, started alphabetically and he can't get beyond letter's AB & C. No one is buying. The market just seems to have suddenly stopped and too many people are trying to sell at once.Sounds like you had a great day Debi! I wanted Nick to sort out our garden but it rained all day!
I'm trying to budget my money better today. I am getting paid less than what I used to (darn commission!) so I need to spend wisely. Plus there are a couple of things that I want to save for for I must make sure that I set money aside for those items. Fun yes?!
yes!! the same thing happened to Nick! he got a very small rise at the end of last year but taxes and such went up more than his rise (and he isn't paid highly anyway) i know so many people are on pay freezes which is very difficult. but i am earning much less than i used to. this month i was down about £300 from my average pay which to me is loads because i'm not rich to begin with! but then the flip side is that at least i have a job of course. things could be much much worse for me.^^ Have a good rest! I'm glad your house is much more comfortable now so you can have sweet dreams.
Lou - inflation is raging in my country now and I don't know how I can save as much as I used to while still buy the things I need and want. Our salary didn't increase as much as the inflation rate! I'll read your blog shortly!
ETA: I've read it. Beautiful story! I enjoy reading it very much, so thanks for sharing it! Perhaps we are of the same age, your story has some things that are parallel to mine. Things also started to happen in 2007 for me, when I also started on a new job (left my old one like you) and went through a major personal challenge. Very similar, but of course every story is unique and special.
oh in the uk places shut much earlier! stores close at 5.30 here unless it is a bigger retail park where you buy furniture where they shut at about 8pm. i loved that when i was in the states places shut much later each night so me and nick could swing by the shops at the end of the day!
i'm doing ok at work. although short staffed i won't moan too much because overall by not having my old ass manager things are so much nicer here. we're even moving around the whole store today for a fresh start so wish me luck because my muscles will ache by the end of the day from wall mounting tv sets!
oh no! why was your back hurting? i am pleased it's a bit better now but a sore back is always very upsetting and frustrating - unless you lie down you never feel comfortable. and i agree on the weird weather! it's been raining so heavily over the past few days yet still very hot. apparently where i live there could be a mini heat wave over the weekend! i mean wth?!
yup the weather has done a 360 in the uk and is super hot and sunny now and will be for the next week. which is good because i can dry my washing outside. i like that because it always smells nicer when it dries in the breeze!
but of course there are much bigger issues than my stupid face right now.
