Archive for May 22nd, 2009

New Curtains!

May 22nd, 2009

We are going to get our new curtains tomorrow, we ordered them sometime last week — I think it was Wednesday, they told us they would take at least a week so we are pleased they’ve got them done quicker. I love good service, who doesn’t?

If there’s one thing that is going to make someone return to a retailer it is getting great service.

We got them from TheCurtainShop.com and they sell loads of great items that we need for the new house, including some bedding comforter sets that I have my eye on.

I have been kinda splurging a bit recently, which is unlike me as I am usually so sensible with my money, but I want my house to look lovely so when I see something that I think would be perfect for it I find it very difficult to walk away or settle for something cheaper – as my husband always tries to encourage me to do.

I don’t think there’s any thing wrong with wanting a nice house and for things to be exactly as you want them, having pride in ones home is a good thing not a bad one.

But I am going to have to curb the spending at least some what for a while.

Make them more exciting!

May 22nd, 2009

I run several websites other than Lodowisko.net and one of them involves posting press releases, or modified press releases on a regular basis.

Let me tell you, they should really use a press release distribution service and pay the professionals to make sure they are sending out something that is not only usable but also informative and interesting — they have to give us something we can work with.

You’d think that the majority would be good any way, right? This is the information about their product (in my case, TV shows) that they want to get out there into the public domain — bu you’d be surprised how many come with typos, contradictory information or in a lot of cases hardly any information at all. It’s a good job I have become quite skilled in rewriting them to make them seem more interesting or exciting than they really are.

Like I say they should pay someone to write them for them, it really will pay off in the long run. You can get help writing compelling press releases from sites like pressreleasesolutions.com — they are professional, fast and actually really affordable so there is really no excuse for these people not to use them!

Ding Dong…

May 22nd, 2009

…the bells are gonna chime!

When I got married it came as a big shock to every one we know, because we didn’t tell them until a few weeks beforehand!

I feel like the oddest girl in the world, but I actually didn’t want a huge fuss on the big day and if I couldn’t get the organza table overlay I wanted I wasn’t going to cry about it. We didn’t partake in most of the traditions. I just don’t get excited about the things most other women seem to when it comes to weddings. I wanted it to be a quality wedding, the things we did have needed to be the best — but it had more of a relaxed party feel to it than a big formal do :)

I was watching some of the Bridezillas on The Celebrity Apprentice a few weeks ago where they had to sell wedding dresses and wondering quite why they get so stressed, it’s meant to be a happy day, if it’s that much drama preparing for it and the world will end if the table cloth is the wrong colour then you can keep the big wedding!

Or, if some how I did decide that’s what I wanted I would 100% hire a wedding planner to take care of all those details for me — let them worry about getting the banquet chair covers and table cloths from some where like RazaTrade.com.

Fun in the tub!

May 22nd, 2009

I have decided that the husband and I deserve a nice treat, we both work hard and are very careful with money so I think it is OK to splurge now and then!

We decided that with the summer fast approaching and the fact we actually have a nice bigish garden since moving to the new house we should get something we can enjoy in the great outdoors in the good weather.

We considered upgrading out BBQ or getting a nice Gazebo, but ultimately decided on a hot tub! I am so excited I can’t even tell you, I don’t think I have ever even used a hot tub before never mind owned one. It’ll be a great way to relax together and enjoy each others company in the evenings :)

Of course we still need to be on the look out for a cheap hot tub, although we are having a treat we still need to be savvy about it – there’s no point in throwing money away! We’d only need a small one, although it would be nice to have a bigger one so people can use it when they come over a 2 person hot tub is really the most sensible option.

I will let you know when we get it :)