Panic!

I have a small dilema and I am in a panic!! We are off to a Christening on Sunday ~ Daniel has a new shirt and tie and some smart trousers to wear. Lauren has a new tunic top and trousers ~ so she will look lovely too!!

Me, I was intending to wear a pair of black trousers (I have 3 pairs ~ in 3 different sizes) ~ and a shirt ~ so I WAS sorted!!

Tonight (luckily) ~ I decided that I should try on my outfit, just to check that it all looks ok and more importantly that it fits. I knew that one pair of the trousers would be too big ~ and I was right, they were huge, I wore them once, last year ~ to a wedding ~ you could now fit one of the children into them with me ha ha !! I then tried on the second pair ~ which immediately fell down ~ no panic ~ on went the third pair ~ they seemed ok ~ but as I walked to the mirror to have a closer look ~ they fell down too!! I now have to go and find a pair of trousers to wear ~ not a huge problem ~ but I am working the next two days ~ so trouser shopping is not really an option with 2 small children in my care ~ Friday is a Teacher training day at the childrens school ~ so they are off ~ meaning I have 4 children in tow on Friday ~ no trouser shopping likely then either!!
Saturday is packed full with dancing, parties and other stuff ~ but hopefully I can get to town and get the trousers!! Otherwise I will be going to this christening on Sunday looking like a clown ~ with a huge big pair of braces keeping my trousers from falling down tee hee!!!

Lucky Girl!!!

Anyone who read my post from yesterday (hopefully someone read it!! ha ha !)
would have read that I bought Lauren her dress for her birthday ~ which she wanted to wear for her party in November!!
The dress is a replica of one that is worn by Gabriella in High School Musical 3 and is really lovely. We just walked into the supermarket yesterday, picked it off the rail, paid and went ~ nothing strange there ~ until I saw this in the British press today ~ apparently it has also been all over the radio and TV (although I haven't seen or heard that!!)

High School Musical: Replica dress forces Asda to introduce waiting list
A replica of a dress worn by Vanessa Hudgens in High School Musical 3 is proving so popular that fans will have to join a waiting list to get hold of one.

By Chris Irvine Last Updated: 8:08AM BST 20 Oct 2008


The floral dress, which costs £16, goes on sale at Asda's George stores today, but the chain said the first 20,000 have all been pre-ordered.
Asda have said the waiting list, a first for their store, is reminiscent of those signed by adults waiting to get hold of designers' latest collections.
The dress is worn by Hudgens' character Gabriella Montez in the latest instalment of Disney's hit musical which is set around the children's senior year.
Available for girls aged four to 12, the dress has been replicated "stitch for stitch" to the design worn in the film.
Fiona Lambert, design director for George, said: "Every young girl will want this replica dress in their party wardrobe and because of the quality and the fact it's not purely for 'dressing up', it will be worn way into Christmas and beyond."
The High School Musical franchise, which also stars Zac Efron, has been hailed as the Grease for the younger generation.

WOW ~ how lucky were we to get one!! I still can't quite believe that Lauren has one hanging in her bedroom ~ which we bought a day earlier than the release date ~ and it was sooooo easy!!

I also cannot believe that I almost told Lauren to wait until nearer her birthday to get one, but she (somehow) managed to talk me into it (as usual!!) ~ I am so glad that I got it for her now, she had her heart set on it and would have been very disappointed if we went back and they were all gone ~ also ~ I don't like waiting at the best of times ~ so being on a waiting list for a dress would not be for me (tee hee!!).

Hopefully the dress won't prove SO popular that every girl at Laurens party will be wearing one!! I am not quite sure how she would take it (tee hee!!) XXXXX

Whoever stole my weekend.......please give it back!!

OK ~ so here I am again!! Sunday night ~ the weekend is almost over ~ and I think that someone has sneaked in and stolen another weekend from me!!! Time is flying by and I have absolutely NO control over it!!

We have been busy (as usual!) ~ another round of dance classes and Judo!! The weekly shop ~ which I am sure gets that little bit more expensive every week! Even though I seem to get less for my money ~ exactly how does that work?

I managed to pull a muscle in my back on Thursday ~ getting the little boy I look after out of the carseat!! I cannot even start to tell you how painful it was (not as painful as childbirth ~ but a close second ha ha !!) ~ I couldn't sleep on Thursday night as it was awful and no matter what position I tried to sleep in ~ it made no difference ~ I spent almost the whole night proped up with a big pillow ~ which only helped a bit!! Friday was not a whole lot better ~ so I hauled my butt to the Doctor ~ who prescribed some painkillers ~ and told me not to lift any heavy objects etc (a bit hard when I have to lift children all day ha ha !!). Anyway ~ yesterday was not much better and I had to go to bed for an hour in the afternoon (I know ~ I can hear you all saying ahhhhhhh!!). Thankfully ~ when I woke up this morning ~ I was relieved that it seems alot better!! I feel like a new woman (ha ha !!).

This morning I took Lauren shopping with me ~ and she spotted a dress that she fell in love with ~ and wanted it for her Birthday party dress ~ it is a copy of the dress that Gabriella is wearing below ~ from High School Musical 3!! She looks really sweet in it and I cannot wait to see her wearing it at her party!!

I also bought her a few HSM items that she liked ~ which I managed to sneak in the trolley and have hidden for her birthday!! I had better not tell you what they are ~ as the sneaky little monkey may read this at some stage between now and her birthday!!!

Dan and Lauren also chose their pumpkins today, we usually carve them on 31st ~ during the day and then have them on display outside when we have the Halloween party in the evening!

The children will not be going out trick or treating this year ~ as we are having the party actually on Halloween ~ they are a bit disappointed (although we only knock on a few friends and neighbours!!) ~ I for one am not that sad (I know I am mean!!) ~ last year we got totally soaked and cold and Laurens pumpkins basket split and all her sweets went everywhere ~ so I will be glad to avoid that drama this year.

I have just watched the season 4 finale of Desperate housewives, which was fantastic ~ I was quite sad that it had come to an end, BUT ~ much to my total delight ~ they have put season 5 on straight after ~ the first episode is on at the moment and it is set 5 years in the future!! I love it already!!!

The children are only at school 4 days next week, they have a day off on friday and then the week after is half term ~ so we have some time to do a few fun things!!!

I just hope that the weather holds out ~ I can't be doing with rain all week!

XXX

BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE!!

Photo Challenge time again!!
This time the hostess is my dear friend Donna over at Made in heaven. Donna decided on the theme of 'OLD', which was alot harder than I thought it would be!!

I decided that I would chose some 'OLD' photos that were in my collection!!

Here are some 'OLD' leaves ~ Autumn is well and truly here!!
Another photo that I took a while ago ~ the church in the village where I live ~ which is very very very OLD!!!!!
Another photo from the village ~ this time it is of an OLD phone box!! You don't see many of these about anymore ~ let alone one that actually works!!

I am looking forward to seeing how everyone else interpreted 'OLD'!!
See you all again next time XXX
(PS ~ Sorry I am so late posting these pictures ~ had a bit of a hectic day!!!!!!)

60

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