Getting Them Bargains In!

It took me 15 years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous
 - Robert Benchley

Welcome to my Boxing Day!

It is the Sixth anniversary of me being Tea-Total 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

I had a little lie-in....

Followed by tea and cuddles in bed!

 &

 I forgot to open a present from my dad↓

 Nice↓

 We all get up, dressed and to pick up my Dunelm order↓

 Nice coffee with mince pie↓

 The view from my chair↓

 Then we looked around..

That would look nice in my bedroom if I had room↓

 

 Then off to town to get more bargains.

The view from Car Park 4↓

 I gave 5 plastic empty items into Bodyshop.

They don't do the £5 voucher no more :( :(

Got some items from there in their sale.

 I went into Debenhams and got another bargain↓

I saw a long queue to get into Pandora shop.

Then off to get some bits from Wilkinsons↓

While I was paying for my items in HMV,

I noticed a Manfred Mann boxset for £45↓

 Oh I was so tempted....

(I resisted)

Back home to unpack my bargains from HMV↓

Now onto my Dunelm order↓

 I enjoyed a Picnic↓

  Now off to work I go...

 I gets back to have a Lemsip...

As all the males of the households have coughs, and feeling shit!

Hubby tried to do tea without the Turkey that was left!

(Nice try!)

Back on the turkey we go...

A lovely turkey salad....

Yum Yum!

The 13 year old boiler is now playing up again..

It is only letting us have heat and no hot water!!!! 

We watch↓

  Then onto..

 Breaks open the new dvd of:

Leslie Dwyer, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), died at 80 in 1986.↓

 Sir Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II) died aged 72 in 2001

 Fontella Bass, American R&B and soul singer and songwriter (Rescue Me), dies from a heart attack at 72 years old in 2012.

 Now to rub that Vapor rub into hubby.....

 

 

At Least It's Not All Off!

"Conversation" is when three women stand on the corner talking.
 "Gossip" is when one of them leaves - Herb Shriner

Welcome to my Sunday.

Going to feel like a million dollars and lose two stone in half an hour....later.

 But first a nice cuddles and a cup of tea in bed.

Once up and dressed.

We were out for a little ride....

 It's chop chop time.

 Far too cold for a shaved head.

So I chose the coconut style instead, called a Pixie cut.

Once all done,I felt like I had lost 2 stone & felt like Princess!

We decided to visit the Co-Op store that had a million pound make-over.

There were so many reduced items,

We needed a bigger trolley.

I bumped into two ex-customers I used to deliver their mail too.

Had a quick catch-up.

Once we paid for the shopping.

(We saved ourselves £36.33,because the items were reduced)

I bumped into another customer in the car park.I told him when I am starting my Lollipop 🍭job next month.

(He is on the Warwickshire Country Council) 

The coffee was nice from the Costa Coffee machine↓

 I popped into see my dad.

I told him the reason why I haven't been round to see him, (His lady friend was shit-stirring)

I ripped off my hat to show him my cool hairstyle

"At least it's not all off!" He said.

Back home to unload shopping.

We had a light lunch,

Before we hit town.

The view from Car Park 4 

 We bumped into an old friend of my hubby's for a quick chat.

Then I bumped into an old friend too for hugs and chats as well.

We nipped into Debenhams for a look around.

 Nice lamp, nice price!

Then off to get some bits from Lidl↓

 I picked up a nice throw from Dunelm for £4.20 in their sale.

Looks nice on the bed↓

 We used the new cooker to cook a roast chicken dinner for tea.

My homemade rice pudding turned out even better than I thought it would do!

 My kids wanted more!

We caught up with more 

Back on that Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow..

Now to try out that new blanket on the bed! 

 

  

Beg, Steal or Borrow

“Saturday is what gives us a weekend of enjoyment.” -  Anthony T. Hincks 

We had a little lie-in...🛏

We just caught the last half an hour of "Sounds of the 60s" 

 We had a little trip to town...

 Our view from the top of car park 4↓

 

 Going down↓

 We got what we needed the most..

I bumped into a ex-postie who said a fellow postie has passed away, and was trying to find out when the funeral details was.

I said I will try and find out...

Coffee time↓

 I got some new school shoes for my youngest son.

Big feet at size 11!

I bought some new shiny nail polish, as we needed the change to get out the car park.

 

 Those dark clouds are coming over head↓

We gets home to have lunch.

Then we went back out.

 

 Nice car in the car park↑

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I'm growing one of these in my garden↑

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The new play area↓

 We got 3 of them↓

 Really funny card↓

 We got so many bargains↓

 Popped into see a friend for chat and coffee on the way home.

When I did finally get home, and tried to repot some of the plants,

The dark clouds came over!

 I had to leave some plants outside as the light was fading....

 We had a late evening meal.

I looked at the Birthdays for today.

 "Perry" Como: was an American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing with the label in 1943. "Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world. In the official RCA Records Billboard magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all."

He would have been 107 years old.

He died aged 88 in 2001.

 James Donald :was a Scottish actor. Tall and thin, he specialised in playing authority figures.He appeared in Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings, In Which We Serve, Way Ahead.

He would have been 102 years old

He died aged 76 years in 1993.

Albert  Hammond OBE : is a Gibraltarian singer, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific songwriter, he collaborated most notably with the songwriters Mike Hazlewood, John Bettis, Diane Warren as well as Holly Knight, Carole Bayer Sager.He is a solo singer in his own right. His biggest (and only Top 20) Billboard hit was "It Never Rains in Southern California", #5 US 1972. Other songs of his include "Down by the River", "The Free Electric Band", "I'm a Train", and "When I'm Gone". For a time he was part of the vocal group The Family Dogg, with whom he had the hit "A Way of Life". He has also produced for a number of artists.

He is 75 years old.

Marta Marrero: known as Martika: is an American singer-songwriter and actress, who released two internationally successful albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s, selling over four million copies worldwide. Her biggest hit was "Toy Soldiers" which peaked at number 1 for two weeks in the American charts in mid-1989. She also played Gloria for the first three seasons of the children musical show Kids Incorporated from 1984–1986 and performed its theme song. 

She is 50 years old.

  Jill  Ireland: was an English actress and singer, best known for her collaborations (totalling fifteen films) with her second husband, Charles Bronson.

She died aged 54 years old in 1990.

"One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3 in 1985.  

I wasn't too feeling very well at ten pm.

So after a lemsip,

I left the men of the family watchingThe Eurovision Song Contest.

I went to enjoy a king size bed on my own!

(I really hoped the UK wasn't going to end up bottom of the table)

We should Beg,Steal or Borrow some points!