Mrs Thrifty At Home Says Hello !

Hello !

What a week it's been. I've managed to pack in the buying of Xmas pressies, the purchase of a ritzy all singing, all dancing ironing board (Whoopy Doo !), Drs appts for the boy, sewed hearts for Xmas gifts, haircut and highlights (Go Girl!), read India Knight's fab Thrift Book (V.funny - loved the arm pit hair macrame bit - will start growing for next years Xmas gifts), bulk cooked spagbol only to realise not enough space in the freezer, bulk ate spagbol, baked a honey cake for school bazaar (so that hubbie could buy it back), made masses of 'phone calls to fix various things including radiators, broken oven doors, tv aerials, saw 'The Family' and collected the mother of all headcolds. Phew...

I have also managed to lock myself into the house, only to realise this as I was about to do the school run dash. I had left the keys in the front of the front door and locked it. Left said keys there for approx 4 hours before realising, so had to make my escape through the front window. Thank God for strong seams on those jeans ! How Bridget Jones (only now married with kids).

Dispite my hectic home life, I am, dare I say it, fairly, almost totally, organized for Xmas. Okay, I still need to make some more cards (well, it is now expected) and plan the menu and write the shopping list. So not too bad going. I have approx 3 weeks before the school holidays start to get 'totally' sorted, including (and i have made myself a promise) that I will do some more character building stuff towards the people I am going to throw together in my first novel. It's been a work in progress in my head for a few years now, so I must push myself to actually, physically write some of it down. Just writing generally will be a bonus, so here I am, blogging away for the first time, no longer a blog virgin and thrusting my thoughts into the public domaine. Look out world, here's another motha blogga !

Best wishes to ya all this Chrimbo (I may be back before then, but I'm covering my rear incase I'm not)

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