Morning girls - how did we all sleep? Simone, hope little Decca is feeling better today - I think it is expected to cool down soon.
Bath, I love the Cape Patterson area! And glad your shelves made you happy - I had a similar reaction when I bought plastic containers and organised my built-in robe. As you said, "anything to make my daily grind a little easier" LOL!!!
Mel, I love Marley too - but I reckon you should tell people she is named after Bob Marley just for a laugh. Tell them you are a Rastafarian (sp?) and see what their reaction is (PML!!)
Jess, hope you are feeling better soon - we are all thinking of you
Nickel, glad you are feeling loved :wink: Where were you working? Gosh is has been so long since we first did our introductions I have forgotten what we all did in our "past lives" (pre baby!!) Maybe like Mel said it will be a blessing in disguise? On the finance thing - I have started to realise that I really need to pull our belts in - there has been more money going out than coming in for a few months and I am about to pick up another day of work this month, but I keep lamenting how much $$$ I have wasted over the past few years. Still, it is amazing how you live up to your income - when DH and I were both working I bought stuff without a thought, but now I find myself getting really frugal.
Still, I wonder whether being a cheapskate can actually be a fun challenge rather than a complete PITA? Have you guys heard of the San Franciso Compact? A group of mates in SanFran, USA decided to not buy anything for one year - they only were allowed to buy food and esentials (socks and jocks, toothpaste, etc), but everything else (clothes, car parts, mobile phones, books) has to be borrwed, made, repaired, bought second hand or traded. Sounds like an interesting challenge, hey? There is a blogspot site where they keep a journal. I think I am going to give it a try (only bummer is I just broke my stapler and being a cheapie it is not repairable) but I might make an exception for birthday presents (maybe one way to release my inner hunter-gatherer?). The people who started it didn't make any exceptions, though, and after a year of telling their friends about their "no-buy policy" were given Christmas pressies like donations in their name or "a day of culture" (one woman's sister gave her this - and spent the day going to galleries with her).
So maybe it is all a matter of persepctive? Kind of like weight loss - I have got real gung-ho on getting fit rather than losing weight, and it has made all the difference (but the scales will tell in time, no doubt!)
Better get going girls - gotta de-junk some more stuff (I am loving this decluttering - hope DH doesn't sit still at his desk too long or I might throw him out too!!!) and have brekky.
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