Shopaholic? Me?

Every night that the twins wake for night feeds, I am grateful for my heated blanket because at least when I get back to bed it is still nice and cosy. If I could fix anything, I would change it for a fitted blanket as it keeps bunching up during the night. However I won’t complain about. Perhaps I will get round to buying a new one next year or if I find one on sale. The one thing I will insist on is the dual control as hubby and I like different heat settings!

I have been meaning to get our bell changed since we moved in er 4 years ago. Our bell actually works and I don’t want to change  our doorbell button as it works well with our house both interior and exterior, but I can never actually hear it unless in the hall. Needless to say I keep missing the postman and it means I have to drive out to the post office to get my internet orders. Now if I need to get out of the house, then doesn’t half lose the point of internet shopping?

And today I missed Clare Florist! Argh! Happy Valentine’s Day!

My hubby asked me today, “do we have a small off cut of carpet?”. Well no, you threw it away saying we don’t need it. So I asked why. I mean seriously? He said he needed an area rug to put in the under stairs cupboard and could I buy a rug for the area. I laughed. I mean seriously. I love to shop and would buy as many things as we need but a rug for a storage cupboard. Mind you, I guess I could always use our hall rug and replace it with a new one!

Having read yesterday’s post, I realised I know exactly what I want for Christmas. All I want for Christmas is a good night’s sleep – perhaps in a hotel while the kids are being babysat at home. It does not have to be hotel las vegas or anywhere special just one without babies and sound proof rooms. I particularly like those hotels that guarentee a good night sleep or your money back… a guarenteed good night sleep. BLISS!

My mum has recently had a quadruple bypass operation and has found that even the most basic things have become a nearly impossible task. Even something as simple as washing is proving hard as she has a cut and stitches in her leg, arm and obviously her chest. Things like walk in tubs and grip bars would make her life so much easier. Unfortunately they are not really feasible for her as this is a temporary situation. However I can only imagine how helpful these aids are to people who need them. In fact I feel that aids like this should be available to people who need them at cost price or at least heavily subsidised by the health system.

I have just been given a tip for cleaning in the kitchen. Apparently if you have stainless steel tiles or fridge or other stainless steel appliance, the way to keep them shiny and free of finger print smudges is to wipe them down with ollive oil. I must say that I find it a bit off putting as the feeling of cleaning up oil is quite disgusting to me but then again, this is cleaning and not cleaning up!!! I guess I will stick to CIF stainless steel cleaning spray!

Aggie… what is your opinion??

I really need to get organized and get myself some lighting fixtures. it is one thing when you need one light fixture, but when you have a list… it is almost embarrassing. I need a light for:-

• Our under stairs cupboard
• Under our kitchen cabinets
• Under my son’s cabin bed – he has a hidden play area
• A nightlight for our son that he can turn on and off
• Our new cloakroom

Admittedly not the most fun when it comes to shopping but needs must and so I must just get round to shop!! Who would have imagined me grumble at shopping.

I need a new tumble dryer and buying one is proving to be ridiculously hard. Okay, admittedly I am being a bit finicky but only because I had what I wanted till it developed a fault and no-one would fix it for me. You would think people would be pleased to fix an appliance especially with global warming etc etc. I cannot understand why people are hesitant to fix things, I mean it is not like it will hike up their business insurance or costs.

Anyway, back to my tumble dryer requirements. I previously owned a White Knight that was A rated and reasonably priced. It had a sensing level and two heat settings and some easy iron setting. Clothes came out soft and practically did not need any ironing. Which in my books is fantastic.

My problem. White Knight no longer make their A rated version, only a B rated. This could be acceptable except living in the IOM means nearly no-one delivers here. I was actually asked for a surplus of £50.00 to have it delivered.

So I tried to order a different dryer from other places, except their sites don’t exclude the IOM in their T&C’s and results in my order getting cancelled, or getting to the end of the order and being told they won’t deliver to my house. Very frustrating.

So now I need to decide… pay that £50.00 surcharge or settle for something else! Argh! Who would have thought buying a dryer would be this horrific?

I am in the process of decorating the cloakroom. So far I have added the basics like a toilet paper holder, towel rail, hand soap and a plant. I need to get some carpeting and perhaps a new towel (rather than my bog standard ones). I also need some smell fighting device. I was perhaps thinking of getting some candles rather than an air freshner. I thought the Village Candles  looked pretty and would do the trick. I would probably only light it when we have guests. I mean honestly speaking you don’t really care if you know no-one is entering your cloakroom after you, and if you do… well you could light them more regularly!

While we were abroad we had a new cloakroom fitted. I have to say that I do recommend that any house renovations that needs to be done, should be done when you are on holiday (unless you are a very stressy and finicky person). I mean it was so nice to come back and find that we had a new cloak room. No mess. No noise. No trouble. All done without any effort on my part!! Yeah!!

The only issue I did have with having it done while I was abroad, was constantly receiving texts asking me silly questions like do I want Grohe faucets? Black & White tiles or Gray? This last question worried me… I thought terracotta was an obvious choice… but I would have settled for white. But Gray!! Argh!! So the only advice I have .. is state what you want properly in advance, and then you can a nice relaxing holiday. 

I must say… I love my new cloakroom… and yes my floor tiles are as I wanted… terracotta!

If I remember… I will add a picture of it!!!