What’s with the bad karma??!
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Topic: What’s with the bad karma??!
Posted By: ginger
Subject: What’s with the bad karma??!
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 3:58pm
Haven't I been a good Ginger? Always cheerful and patient and every other blimming thing? Well ...sometimes anyway 
Do I or do I not dance around in circles when someone announces their pg and try to celebrate their happiness with them? It doesn't matter whether it's hysteria induced dancing, what matters is the dancing!
Do I torture small children? (In case you're wondering, no, I don't!) Do I not try my absolute hardest to recycle, reuse and re-everything else that's good for the environment? (Yes) So why the hell, when I'm trying so hard to save for IVF, does everything keep going wrong? The car broke, then yesterday something went horribly wrong with the toilet (apart from DH    ) and today he phones me to say that our letterbox has broken (broken as in we need a new one ...apparently it's all rusted out and fallen apart in several directions or something)! Our letterbox!! I mean, honestly!
That's on top of the letter I got from IRD the other day saying I owe money on my student loan (it beats me how, since I pay money every month on my salary in compulsary deductions aside from anything else), and of course DH's merino t-shirt which he wears every night to work over his usual t-shirt to keep him warm (he only has one merino tee too!) shrinking in the wash (goodness knows how!), and all the usual annual insurance etc letters coming in to say that all our payments are going up. Why is it that these things always happen when you are trying to make sure that every last cent goes in the bank?  Wouldn't it be nice if money grew on trees? 
Still, I've been good with shopping! There is a dress that I really want for my brother's wedding next year, and have been lusting after. I saw it in person, and I've been stalking the online store as well - I loooved it, but they didn't have my size. There were only 15 made, and the only size left is a size 8! But, I went in to try it on anyway so that we could put me on a waiting list in case they remake it in a different fabric (unlikely apparently), and get an idea what size I'd need if they did remake it (the fabric it's in at the moment is a really heavy fabric, not much good for a summer wedding). So, I skeptically went in and tried on the dress ...............and it fit like a dream. I couldn't believe it. It looked like it'd been tailored to me, it was such a perfect fit. Plus, it made me look slim! Very much an illusion, becuase I'm a pear, but still. But oh! How I love that dress. I didn't want to take it off. But, you know what I did? I did take it off, and I handed it back  
Very well behaved Ginger. Plus, I stuck to my grocery budget last week, and I've cut back on my coffees too, AND we'll be moving to Papakura soon so I'll be able to save money on petrol as well. So I suppose it's not all bad. I'm just being a grouch  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 4:03pm
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Fair enough to be a grouch, too! I hate it when money stuff all happens at once. And you're right - you are always kind to others about celebrating their successes... well, on here anyway! Hope things only get better! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 4:26pm
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Man that really sucks Ginger but I love how you can make something funny out of anything! At least you make us laugh -------------  |
Posted By: Lulu
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 4:30pm
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Poor Ginger, it doesn't rain... it pours! Still maybe this is the prelim for winning lotto or something! ------------- Lou http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 4:33pm
Yep....it always happens at once and right when you don't need it too.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Phat_Cat
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 5:50pm
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AWWW thats sucky chick & you have every right to be grouchy i would too (and not just cause of the preggy hormones) but at least youve had your 3 (or maybe more) things so it should get better from here. Maybe the jist with the dress is that you will be pregnant by the time it comes to your brothers wedding???? Do you not qualify for the two rounds (i think dont quote me) of free IVF? ------------- Tristen - 24/06/07 Rylan - 11/12/08 Angel Babies -14/08/05 & 21/01/2010 Curtis - 26/02/12 |
Posted By: Phat_Cat
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 5:51pm
and maybe you need to get your ladle out again??? the legandry thing it is LOL ------------- Tristen - 24/06/07 Rylan - 11/12/08 Angel Babies -14/08/05 & 21/01/2010 Curtis - 26/02/12 |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 6:33pm
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awww ginger butt you have been so good ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 7:42pm
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I had to share ... I got home from work this afternoon to find that DH had built me a new wooden letterbox
The best thing? He built quite a big one, which will easily fit say a box, or a large package ...the type of package that a Ginger gets delivered a lot by courier when she's been shopping online ... ahem ...
He even measured it up off one of the last boxes that I had delivered, so he knew it'd be about the right size! And, he fixed the loo. Apparently what went wrong was that something broke in the somethingorother and it was spraying water somewhere else which was affecting some other bit, and so it wasn't working. Makes perfect sense to me!
I think the stuff all going wrong is a bit like when your skin care runs out ...it's not just your face wash, but your toner, moisturiser and foundation, all in one go! 
Perhaps it's just training for when the IVF works and we have a baby ...lots and lots of unexpected expenses will come then too I bet! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 10:23pm
| OMG with so much going right maybe you should go see if the dress is on sale now.... |