With Valentine's Day Approaching If You Had A Spare £2000 To Spend Wisely How Would You Go About It?
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I would treat someone plus family to a holiday break! Now it is your turn!
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It would have to be romantic and also a real suprise!
So, on 13th Feb, just say "Pack a few things for a 2 day stay" to your lover, and off we go!!
But you said 'something sensible'... Facebook shares?
Stuff valentine's day, can be cancelled due to lack of interest as far as I'm concerned.......£2k? Probably replace some doubleglazing, how boring is that??
LOL, Sis, tell it how it is!
I have to agree that we'd have better things to do with £2k than spend it on Valentine's day.
Sabre has the right idea, nice bottle of wine and a relaxing evening, and that's available to all of us married or single!
Yes you are right Feline we did when we were courting exactly the same and always enjoyed a lovely evening. You don't need a lot of fuss and etc.
For many years, Sabre, Mr F used to send me red roses.
Lovely, of course, but they attract such a price premium on Valentine's Day, and they don't even smell like roses nowadays, so we agreed to knock the expensive stuff on the head.
I'm very glad to report that we are no less happy without the roses...
Up until recently my friend had a florist shop and you would not believe how many red roses she sold and at what cost. I used to get red roses but like you and Mr F we knocked it on the head and usually I get a surprise or something lovely for my garden which I can see year after year,
Rather have a rose bush than roses, at least it lasts. Not that I'll be getting either......
Hey, I didn't get it when I was married, so definitely not expecting any now!
Aw Jazzj!! I'll be having a meal for one this valentine I nearly had a client until she remembered it was valentine's day!! :( no doubt there will be a tear jerker on! Oh the joys!
We'll be chatting on here!
Before I met my husband I was seeing this rather sex on wheels man and he was full on with every possible promise for the future. On Valentines day massive bouquet of red roses and a card that stood about five foot high arrived. I dashed into town and bought a fabulous outfit (I was skinny then). He took me to a wonderful romantic dinner dance at a posh restaurant and all was going really well and lovey dovey (you know what I mean) then we came out to find his car had been pinched. A week later he dumped me the miserable bugger so all is not what it seems on Valentines night and don't expect too much or you will be disappointed.
Sorry Sabre, shouldn't laugh but.....maybe you had a lucky escape!
There is no way we would be spending £2000 on valentines day. Why would you want to spend that kind of money and how would it be wise. There will be a beautiful card with lovely words and my husband will prepare and cook a lovely meal with all the trimmings and enjoy a good bottle of wine, some nice music and a very relaxing evening. What more could I want.
Aah Sbre, it sounds lovely
You both are so in love!! I thought it was just in the films!!
Just to make a comment. It is quite possible it will be last year's card but I didn't want to spoil the illusion ha ha. There again I might get a surprise, whose to know. I shall make him one myself on the computer, very individual and he loves them.
There's something quite romantic about having an old card that comes out each year, don't you think?
Listen, everyone knows that Valentines Day is a commercial enterprise and nothing more ... it has more to do with spending to keep the crump happy rather than to truly express undying love and commitment. Okay harsh view perhaps but my spend would be capped at a cheesy card, a romantic meal out followed by a romantic breakfast in appreciation of ... well, in appreciation.
Anyway, I'm off the hook this year .. phew!
Snoopy, you're not paying attention.....
Are you not going to comment on Greydo having his finger in a dyke, or Jazzj wanting a bush for Valentine's Day?
Feline!! I take it you're feeling a little better...............?
Apologies for not maintaining my high standards Feline but I have actually been out most of the day .... Well a finger in a leaking dyke sounds a great way to relax, but I do wonder what she's leaking with? And as for Jazz'z rosy bush, I wouldn't want to stray where I may meet a few pricks .... ouch!
Ouch indeed!!!
Ouch!!! Can assure you my rose bush is prick free :)
Thank goodness it's too early for wine, Jazzj! All I've wasted reading that post is a mouthful of coffee...
Disssscusssstinnnng!
Oh Snoops what do you mean???? Smooth buttercup thornless..yellow roses. Much prefer yellow roses to red
The last time I stared at a rose, Jazz, I could have sworn it winked at me! Might have been the extra large brandy and coke I had just had ..
Oh Snoops, didn't your mum ever tell you its rude to stare..??
Actually Jazz she never did but she did tell me never to touch a woman with red hair ...
That's me fruitcake and my daughters safe then..phew :)
Course I never did listen to me old mam!
Got the impression you were more into blondes?
He's into any thing that is sultry, willing and able Jazzj.
It would be Jazzj meeting the prick not you Snoops. hee hee
Actually ladies ( I use the term lightly ), I am quite into woman with freckles ... trouble is that brings me back to red heads! But then every red head is a 'blonde designate'!
Oh Snoops, I've been sticking up for you and defending your good (?) character and now you insult me but saying I'm not a lady...huh! How could you??
Just my little joke, Jazz .... said in complete jest of course.I mean, would I? How much more can I say in apology ... shall I get on my knees? lol!
Been many a year since a man's been on his knees in front of me Snoops!!
A spare £2000 is much needed at the moment and would be spent on replacing the water pipes in our apartment. February 14th could be a memorably loving day spent together plumbing ..... sounds wise to me, though maybe not quite everyones idea of a romantic pastime - but we could celebrate our achievement of a job well done afterwards!
Very good wendiew! My plumbing skills WERE excellent, I thought, until I nailed a central heating pipe instead of a flooboard, and could do nothing about it, as like the Dutch boy who stopped a leaking dyke, my fingertip sealed the fractured pipe, and there I stayed until a proper plumber arrived!
Well done to you greydo must have taken some doing sealing the fractured pipe with your fingertip. I bet you won't do that again in a hurry !!!!!
Can't get a good reasonable price plumber here for love nor money!
We've just got the estimate today for replacing our leaky hot water tank,so no romantic weekends fir us!
There's always something isn't there feline??
I rather not think about it as these days who has £2000 spare if you did think about it, it would only depress you as you can't do it. I only think about it if i had it... I'm just a realist, i suppose!!! Never ever thought about what i would do if i win the lottery either but wait i have to put it on, right??? Lol
Hi Serena 1! You must be close to the heater right now as the freezing weather and snow hits Scotland before we get it down here on the South Coast. Whilst you are conserving heat and try these things:
1) Close your eyes and meditate under the background of soft music.
2)Imagine in your mind that the £2000 is already in your bank.
3) Continue to think pensively on how it would make you feel better to spend that sum knwoing it was not a loan.
Can you not hear my teeth chattering!!! Lol!
It is freezing here it's been below freezing during the days here yesterday lunchtime was -4.5 so you can only imagine the temperature at night! I've had my central heating on 24/7 what's a girl to do? (Marylin Monroe comes to mind)!
Well for consolation at least the forthcoming snow due will bring the brave heart in you to go out and just forget the cold as it always brings a picturesque scene outside one's home!
I hear snow is arriving this weekend and I have a party I've to go to tomo evening, which is a 20mile drive but with the combination of snow and a rear wheel car not a good combo! Otherwise yes very picturesque from the inside of one's home :)
Yes, Serena, my car's rear wheel drive too, traction's a nightmare in the snow! They're supposed to be better in snow, but mine's rear engined too, and it slides.
I just wonder why they don't make these nice cars we drive fit for our weather too? I love my car just not in the snow I have the winter tyres fitted so fingers crossed they do get me to the party! Lol if not I'll be gutted!
We used to put a bag of cement or 2 in the boot of our 3 litre Capri in the winter. These days I dont know if that will work, my Combo van is useless in snow even whether empy or full.Maybe proper snow tyres are the answer I hear from several who have tried them.
Hope your right! My boot is full of products and there is a good weight so that doesn't help I've had this car for 5years now and it's only the last few winters it's been a nightmare being a rear wheel drive in the snow they don't work!! I've prepared myself and got my winter tyres on in oct so it will be interesting to see if they do work I'll be over the moon!!!
Yea, tell us how you get on with those tyres. If we have more than an inch of snow I expect to be abandoning my van about 1/2 mile from home (neighbour looks after it) and walking up the 200m high hill. Did that 2 years ago while it was snowing and when I rang the doorbell the wife said I looked like a snowman,completely covered,all white ! Good excercise tho' !(Wife's car is a 4x4 so she's OK with snow).
I will i.h.a (hope that's ok to abbreviate)...
Sounds like your wife is switched on having the 4x4! Winters have only got worse the past few years so didn't ever yo expect snow like recently otherwise would have considered a 4x4!
Got up this morning to find water dripping through the kitchen ceiling.
Mr F went into the loft and found the central heating overflow pipe was frozen solid. Having been outside to have a look, it's got a six-foot-long icicle hanging off it.
So, could be worse, at least we don't have to send for an emergency plumber to mend a burst pipe.
Oh no Feline!!!
Geez, Feline, water dripping through a ceiling is scary! Glad it didn't need a plumber. I had water dripping through the ceiling in the airing cupboard last winter, can't remember what the cause was, but it cost an arm and a leg for the plumber to fix it.
Its a small fortune for them to come out, let alone fix the leak!
Thanks girls.
No harm done, just a damp patch on the ceiling, buy you're quite right, fruits, it was a bit scary.
A damp patch is never pleasant feline....
Quite so, Jazz. I've had to sleep in a few in my time!
Glad you got your "damp patch" sorted Feline. It's very worrying when water is dripping through the ceiling.
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I think my choice would be a luxury holiday somewhere hot! Given how cold it is at the moment that idea is very appealing!
id give some to cancer research as my husband and i have lost loved ones due to cancer.
id open bank accounts for my 5 young children,i know i should have done that b4 but im on benefit so moneys tight.
and with whats left id take my husband and kids on a weekend break to uk holiday park as we havent had a family break,
Hmm.
To paraphrase Bender from Futurama...
One two thousand quid hooker, or two thousand one quid hookers?
Another wasted glass of wine, G-Man....
Lol, G-Man!
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Jeez, they'd have to be good for that amount!!
Wow G-Man its a bit high is it not? Would you not like some change back to have as a souvenir perhaps? Lol!
Spending wisely and Valentines day dont seem to go together to me.
Though maybe keeping your "other half" happy is indeed a very wise thing to do.
If I had 2K spare to spend on my wife I think she will be going to Ragdale for a week with one of her daughters.(I will be going elsewhere !).
You might be carrying the bags...
That's no way to refer to my...oh you meant the "luggage" !! Well she keeps saying I would like it there, and there are other blokes, but personally I just cant see the appeal. Anyway I think loads of the residents "cheat" on the dietary regime by smuggling things in and/or nipping out for the Melton Mowbray pork pies. So what is the point of that then ?
I have to say a health spa would be my worst nightmare... :-)
Lol I.h.a !
Best to stay at home and have the place to your self and she'll think your the best!!!
I'm with you fruitcake, friends tried to drag me to a spa but it's just not me!
Yes I think you would be far better doing your own thing and let your wife go with one of her daughters. It's no pleasure if you don't enjoy the same holiday. Tell her you will be going with one of your male friends and maybe she will change her mind.
Seeing all those young women parading around would make my confidence nil so I'd sooner stay at home, have a jacuzzi and let my husband massage my feet all for nothing.
He's a nice man your husband Sabre..and I wouldn't be so worried about the body beautifuls parading around as I would be the fact that I'd be bored rigid!!
And there I was thinking that being 'rigidly bored' was good for the soul ...
Been so long I can't remember
Me too Jazzj. Join the club.
Yes, girls, my memory isn't quite that good....!
Must be someone out there enjoying themselves and getting our share!!
Oh you're right Sabre he is, so's G-Man........
2K is both a little AND a lot of cash these days; too little to make a huge difference but big enough to make a meaningful blip in the daily grind. Hard to say how to spend wisely as that implies squirreling it away for a rainy day or putting it somewhere such as an ISA.
But Id be sooo tempted to trot off to Disneyland Paris with the WHOLE family, yes all 9 of us, and simply have a week of fun and precious memories in Paris. Not so sensible but a wonderful treat!
Why is taking all your family away not sensible? You only get one family (normally) so taking them away could be a great investment in love,thoughtfulness, time with the ones you want to be with. I hope you win,madmumof5!
As a mum of 4 I'd love to take them all on holiday, but there's always something waiting to swallow up money,isn't there?
That sounds wonderful madmumof5 and what memories you would have to last you a last time. Perhaps put a bit away for a rainy day too.
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Facebook shares.... Oh you do make me laugh, greydo!
Lol, greydo, I love your wicked SOH! :-)
And, incidentally, your suggestion of the surprise 'getaway' would win me over!
There's an offer you can't refuse fruity. Where would you go if a Knight on Shining Armour galloped to your door ? Or a nice shiny motor bike arrived to take you anywhere.
Greydo...surprise me! ;-)
Wouldn't that be lovely? Never had that happen, and don't suppose it ever will, but a lovely idea!
It happened to me a few years ago, Jazzj...a whole week's surprise holiday...lovely!
Sabre, I don't think I'd mind where it was, I like surprises!
Have you been reading Mills & Boon greyo ?
Lol Sabre, I've never read one, just don't appeal
Mr F took me for a surprise weekend once for my birthday. He just told me to pack a bag and then whisked me off to Heathrow from where we flew to Dublin for two days.
It rained pretty much non-stop but it didn't seem to matter!
Aah..why didn't I marry someone like that??
There's still time, Jazzj!
Can't see it myself :)