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Tonight I went and got weighed ~ another pound lost this week ~ the total now is 4 stone 4 pounds ~ which is 60 pounds!! I am quite pleased with that!! It seems to have slowed down quite a bit ~ but even at a pound a week ~ with 10 weeks until Christmas ~ that would mean hopefully almost another stone gone by then!! So that would be nice.

I have been a bit of a bad blogger the last few days ~for some reason life seems to have been so busy and I have basically collapsed into bed every evening exhausted ha ha !!

I have been and booked Laurens Birthday party ~ it is not her Birthday until November ~ but you have to get the parties booked early ~ or make the mistake that I have made several times and leave it too late!! This year I have booked Laurens party at the local leisure centre ~ she is having a disco party with a High School Musical theme. She is very excited already and has started trying to decide what she will wear ~ I usually treat her to a new outfit for her party!
Daniel is going to have a bowling party with some of his friends ~ his birthday is in December, so I don't have to worry about that just yet ~ it is certainly an expensive time of year for me!!

I have decided that I will not be giving out party bags this year ~ I thought that I would copy an idea from a party that Lauren went to a few weeks ago ~ I have bought some plastic cups and filled them with sweeties (very bad I know......but it is a party!!) ~ and then wrapped tissue paper round it and tied with gift ribbon.

I had a practise run today ~ here is the first attempt!!

It doesn't look bad ~ but I will have a few more tries and see if I can perfect it a bit more. I thought that it would be a nice treat for each party guest to take home ~ and will work out a bit cheaper than the party bags I did last year ~ which cost a fortune (silly me!!). With the way things are financially in this country at the moment ~ I am trying to save money where ever I can!!!

Tomorrow is the childrens Harvest festival at school and they have to take in some tins of food for the harvest collection ~ they have a day of fun activities planned and a harvest school dinner~ so they should have a fun day. Next week they are at school and the week after is half term.......a week of fun and we have a big Halloween party planned for the 31st Oct ~ I will make sure to post LOTS of photos from that day.

Have a nice evening ~ off to bed now .............I think it must be old age creeping up on me (ha ha )XXXX