I just ate my dinner from start to finish with an angry Piglet sitting in his chair kicking his legs around and shouting at the TV, which I had turned him around to face to try and take his mind off the fact that Mummy was eating and not playing with him. I am a…
Category: mo money mo problem
Sadly, contrary to what Jeff Brazier and that fat one from TOWIE might say, I will not be walking away with £30,000 in cash and a holiday to the Caribbean
Desolate. I had decided I was going to enter every single one of those competitions you get before the ad breaks of programmes on ITV-you know, Lorraine, This Morning, X Factor….the ones that promise untold riches beyond one’s wildest dreams: £30,000 in cash; a brand new car; a Chanel handbag; a holiday to the…
Insomnia: I CAN’T GET NO SLEEP
Yes, in the words of Faithless, those great sages of 1996, I need to sleep I can’t get no sleep. The baby, meanwhile, is sleeping like, er, a baby. I’m not sure why people use that phrase, as “sleeping like a baby” clearly doesn’t mean lying in a crib suspended between two trees in a…
The Desperate State of Shopping with No Money
So today I was so desperate to get out of the house that I sat in Starbucks for an hour sipping a latte. A LATTE. This is very bad on the money-saving front. That £2.25 would have bought three days worth of food in the halal shop. At least I didn’t buy any cake. This…
The Single Mother’s Guide to Saving Money
Today Piglet and I decided to brave a trip to Westfield. Well, I decided to brave it. Piglet didn’t have much choice. I’m sure that had he been given a choice, he would have chosen not to be whizzed around in the pram looking for the family room (where there were apparently some fabled pods…
Sudden Panic at Actual Realisation that I am about to become Really, Really Poor
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! This pretty much sums up how I felt when I saw how much (read: *little*) I am going to get in maternity pay. Seriously, it’s so bad I almost considered having Little One adopted. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? I am literally terrified. Why am I not married? WHY WHY WHY? OK, need…
Musings on my Impending Poverty
What a lovely relaxing day this has been. In fact, what a lovely relaxing two weeks this has been. It’s such a shame I have to go back to work on Monday and ruin it all. Still, nine weeks folks. NINE WEEKS. Well, nine working weeks left anyway. Nine weeks until I plunge into poverty…
Treatment Over. Complete with Simulated Walk of Shame for Authenticity
So the IUI is over, and I am going crazy all over these internets. The current fear is that the IUI was done too soon, given that it took place less than 24 hours after I had taken the so-called “trigger” shot (I confess I had absolutely no idea how this would work, and lay…
Physical Illnesses: 0 (v.g.): Mental illnesses: Innumerable
Well I picked up my test results from the GP today and it appears that I do not have any of the following: HIVChlamydiaHepatitis BHepatitis C Result. I felt so smug at the fact that I am officially STD-free that I actually toyed with the idea of taking a vow of chastity to preserve this…