Happy Birthday to Me

Yes. As of Saturday I was another year older. Another year of superannuation accumulating.

The wife was kind enough to get me Season 3 of McLeod's Daughters as a present. A great season - someone gets married, someone gets killed, someone goes missing and a long lost sister / cousin turns up to stay.

Unfortunately the wife got me the DVD set and we only have a video player (Beta!).

I will have to visit an acquaintance with a DVD player and watch the whole season in one night. Should be a great time.

Mother's Day

Unfortunately the wife wasn't too happy with her Mother's Day present. Although the kids gave her the present, I was the one who had to pay for it. And I really did buy a present this time.

It was a can of Mr Sheen and a duster. And to make things easier for her, I sketched out a floor plan of the house showing which areas needed particular attention.

As it was Mother's Day I wasn't expecting her to start dusting straight away - not until the afternoon anyway.

So far she hasn't started.

Dry cleaning

Unfortunately the wife has a bit of a fondness for getting clothes dry cleaned. I can't see the value in it myself. Way too expensive and isn't that much better that wetting a paper towel and rubbing it in, then drying the clothes under the hand dryer in the toilets at work. My work suit is still looking great after this treatment for the past 10 years.

A sad waste of money that could be better put in my superannuation.

Happy birthday to the wife

Mrs Whitey,

Happy birthday today to my dear wife.

I am sure you will understand that we need to save money so I haven't wasted any getting you an expensive card or present. It will just stay in my superannuation.

As a special treat tonight we can turn on the electricity, fire up the cassette player and listen to John Farnham - Farewell from Belgrade. Very romantic, but still frugal. After that, we can walk hand in hand around the block and check out what people have put out in their recycle bins.

Your loving husband.

Whitey