Impulse Buying

So i'm sure we all impulse buy from time to time and I am certainly no exception. Infact i find it hard to not impulse buy. I am not a good saver and figure if I have money then i should spend it. Normally my impulse buying is the usual pair of shoes or a top etc. Nothing too expensive, but it does happen fairly often. Matt on the other hand is not so impulsive with his buying and rethinks buying something until in most cases he usually talks himself out.

The other Day however Matt had lunch with Drew and I get a call to say he is buying a new TV and when he told me the price my jaw nearly dropped! Now dont get me wrong we did need a new tv. As you can see from the pictures that our old TV was small, and it was starting to crackle. I dont know how old it was but we got it second hand from Nan Docking when she died and that was about 6 1/2 years ago. who knows how long she had owned it for.

Matt really seems to go all out when impulse buying! But at least it was something that the whole family can enjoy.

Happy 5th Birthday Daniel

Yesterday was Daniel's 5th birthday. he has been eagerly counting down the months, weeks and days until this day arrived. all we have heard for months is "how long till my birthday". According to Daniel the age of 4 is "little" and 5 is "big". He has constantly told me that when he is 5 he will be able to do the things he couldnt do as a 4 year old...the main this being that he would always say " I cant stop pooing my pants because I am only 4. I will when I turn 5". So sure enough i put this to the test yesterday and yes he happily went to the toilet and we had no "accidents" yesterday. So hopefully we will continue to have no pooed pants because i am so over cleaning pants on a daily basis.

Anyway Daniel had a lovely day. the kids at kinder sung happy birthday to him and he got some cool lego stuff that he had been asking for for months. And for me the best thing was that he didnt want a fancy cake he just wanted a mud cake from woolworths with kinder suprises on top and smarties...EASY!!!

I've been tagged ( thanks Melissa)

10 YEARS AGO - I was 18 and working at My goodness Health foods for the Ross's. When I wasnt working i was getting up to all sorts of no good with Melissa.

5 YEARS AGO - Five years ago today i was living in Canberra and was preparing to go to the hospital to have Daniel ( his birthday is tomorrow!) I was feeling very nervous (about the c-section) and SO exhausted.

5 MONTHS AGO - I sent my baby off to school :(. But apart from that 5 months on not much has changed busy living life, working, kids being a wife etc.

5 THINGS ON MY LIST TO DO TOMORROW

1) Make Daniel's birthday cake.
2) Clean up the house for Daniel's party
3) cook a bunch of food
4) post letters to Brett , Scott and Melissa as they have been sitting here for ages!
5) washing, washing and more washing

5 BAD HABITS

1) putting off doing things
2) impulse buying
3) daily chocolate fix
4) not getting enough sleep due to very late nights!
5) using my lack of sleep as an excuse not to clean up!

5 PLACES I HAVE LIVED

1) Hobart
2) Elizabeth Town ( or somewhere up that way!)
3) Canberra
4) Melbourne
5) havent live anywhere else!

5 THINGS PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME

1) I have kicked my coke addiction ( that is the drink not the drug!!!!!)
2) The CD I listen to the most is The Osmonds
3) My first ever concert was Young Talent Time when I was 9
4) I HATE sausages
5) my biggest pet peeve (literally) is cats pooping in my garden, on my lawn , on my deck. If i wanted that i would buy a cat.

5 people i tag

-Nikki
-Hannah
-Ashlee
-Claire
-Erin

Welcome Home Aunty Erin

I stole these pics from Erin of her awesome trip. Top one of one the gorgeous beaches she went to in Hawaii and below St George Temple. Have to say a little jealous of the trip she has just taken and cant wait to do it myself one day!!!!! to see more pics of Erin's trip check out her blog .

Well Erin ( and Leah) finally came home yesterday after her big trip to America. They boys were very excited to see her as it had been so long and for them seemed even longer then it actually had been. Daniel actually though Erin had moved to DisneyLand!!!! They were even more excited to see aunty Erin when they saw all the cool gifts she had brought back for them. They were very spoilt. Infact we all were very spoilt. It was like christmas! But we are glad Erin is back ( especially as she is our chief babysitter!).