It made me think of my student days - I did a variety of part time jobs (supermarket shelf stacker, sweetie barrow salesgirl, contract dry stone walling, child minding, barmaid...) and when I got paid, I would put a £5 note in a random pocket of my clothing. I cannot tell you the you how much joy I generated for myself by coming across one unexpectedly during a lean week. Unexpected pleasures - they're the best.
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Happy birthday! And yay for found £5!
Happy Birthday! You're birthday is three days before mine. I am turning thirty three. I remember thinking my mum was so old when she was that age.Ha!
You're not the only one who has done the 'random money' thing - I used to do it all the time, and still do sometimes! I recently put on a jacket I hadn't worn since last winter, only to find a £10 note in the pocket! It's such a lovely feeling - like getting a special gift.
Happy Birthday :-) x
happy birthday for yesterday!, my husband did that last year. his birthday is on christmas eve so as we'd moved to a new area, we decided to have a christmas/house warming/birthday party, and on christmas eve morning he was going on about being 38, until i reminded him he was actually turning 37, and not 38. i think he even rang his mum to double check : )
Happy birthday!
It is always fun to have surprises!
I also do it with candies;) But you have to wear your clothes often!!! You don't want a bad candy.
My son keeps better track of my age than I do.
Hope you had a great day!
Happy Birthday, Ali! That's funny, I am the same way, I have to think twice, "Am I 41 or 42?" I also do the money thing. Hope you had a special day and blessings to you for your year to come!
Happy Birthday!! I wish I could lose a year!
Finding a forgotten fiver has to be one of the best feelings and it doesn't happen nearly often enough!
Happy Birthday! I like the Random Money idea. Whenever my husband goes on a trip, I hide little love notes in his pockets for him to find whenever he finally wears them and get an unexpected surprise.
A very happy birthday to you! I'm sorry I'm late in sending you birthday greetings. How wonderful to "find" an extra year in your life.
Hi Ali!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ya!
Did the miscounting on my age too 2 years ago... thought I was going to be 38 when I was actually going to be 39... LOL... my MUM reminded me of my CORRECT AGE...
Hope your day was wonderful!
Lala
Happy Birthday - I hope that your boys spoilt you all day.
happy happy happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday! I love surprise five pound notes too, and how sweet that you hid one for yourself to find.
Happy 36th! I love leaving myself pound notes to find it's such a thrill coming across them in bags and pockets!
Happy happy birthday!!
And I love this multiplication table photo!
Wishing you the happiest of happinesses.
Happy Birthday Ali! Enjoy your 'do-over'!
Happy Birthday!
The last time I did the random money thing I only found out after I'd washed the outfit - it's amazing how well five pound notes got through the spin cycle!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Dry stone walling huh? I always wanted to have a go at that....
Ali~
I've been 36 for six months now. It's been a good year so far. And if 40 is the new 30... well, woohoo!
Many happy returns.
Share your latest life-plan-list with us, will you?
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy birthday! Hope you had a lovely day. I'm always forgetting how old I am and have to work forward from the year I was born. Who knows what I'll be like when I'm 70 something!
Cathy XX
happy day, ali! hope it's a good one.
Happy birthday, Ali! I'm 36 too, and keep thinking I'm 35...
Have a wonderful year, I hope it brings even more than you wish for.
Happy Birthday Ali!! I hope they all spoilt you rotten! Gosh everyone is so much younger than me it seems! And yes 40 is the new 30 - I LOVE being in my 40's but then I really don't have a choice do I?!
Happy Birthday! I turn 30 in about 10 days, but with a five-week old, alas, I doubt we'll do much to celebrate. So I'm declaring next year my 30th birthday. Does that mean this has to pretend to be my 31st? Anyway, hope you got to do something fun!
Belated Birthday Greetings! Hope you were spoilt all weekend by the three chaps and enjoy a year full of happiness xx
Happy Birthday Ali. It is funny how you start to loose track of how old you are once you hit 30! Hope you had a great day x
How are you going to calculate your 37th Birthday with that gismo?
A very happy birthday nevertheless!
happy birthday ! hope it was lovely, did you get cake?????
happy birthday
happy birthday!
(and woo hoo! an extra year!)
Happy Birthday!! I love the idea of the found £5! Even now earning lots more money than in student days finding £5 is still a treat!!
Happy Birthday! Hope it was a great day! x
Happy Birthday. I have trouble remembering my age too. I usually have to reference what year it is. I'm lucky that 1970 is pretty easy to do the math... Hope you had some special treats today.
happy happy birthday! having been thirty six for 6 months, I can say it's a good year! I'll raise my ice cream spoon in your honor tonight!
Happy belated birthday luvvy!
Z x
Very happy (belated) greetings to you and I did chuckle because I have done the very same thing with my age, twice! I love the £5 thing, I sort of still do that in fact and the thrill is just the same!
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