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Teetime Sun 11-Jan-15 12:18:19

- cleans the bathroom and all the white paintwork with a bleach spray while wearing a black dress.

Charleygirl Mon 12-Jan-15 22:20:27

Do you think that there is a home large enough to accommodate all of us?!!!!

loopylou Mon 12-Jan-15 20:02:45

The same one who's just spent an hour and s half looking forward to supper only to realise the oven's on but the casserole is still in the fridge, so cheese on toast now ......
I was so well organised when I left the house this morning!

glammanana Mon 12-Jan-15 13:24:10

nina I've got one of those but can't remember what colour it was to start with its so old and speckled with different coloured splashes. grin

janerowena Mon 12-Jan-15 13:19:03

Or walks across a cream carpet carrying a dripping red candle.

It hurts my hate of waste, but I think the candle (very large, melted as left it near the woodburner) is going to have to go in the bin in case I forget and do it again next year. Once the tree lights go off, I light candles near the woodburner until it's time to light the fire. The red one I forgot to blow out and the heat made it tip sideways all over the brickwork. I picked it up and raced it to the kitchen, not realising that I had red wax dripping all down my jeans (can't get that out either) all over the carpets and the kitchen tiles. Only the kitchen has recovered so far.

ninathenana Mon 12-Jan-15 12:07:43

I have a hair dying, bathroom bleaching old T-shirt type nightie that I ware with just undies. Trouble is if someone comes to the door I have to hide grin

Nelliemoser Mon 12-Jan-15 09:24:00

Oh damn! It should read "I found the right car park by chance!"

shysal Mon 12-Jan-15 09:15:59

A friend removed her Christmas turkey from the freezer in the garage, putting it on the drive while she re-arranged the freezer contents, prior to taking it inside for de-frosting. The next morning it was still there minus all the flesh, presumably eaten by foxes!

Nelliemoser Mon 12-Jan-15 09:13:03

This kind! Last time I went abroad I had problems finding the park and ride at the airport. I had noted down the wrong postcode.

I went miles out of my way by getting channelled on to a dual carriageway which took me away from the airport. the right car park by chance. By then I was in total panic, I grabbed my stuff and ran for the car park bus.

I came back a week later to find I had left the drivers window open for the whole week in February. Surprisingly the car was not soaking wet inside. blush blush blush

In Feb I am going to the meet and greet parking at the terminal itself. trouble is check in is at 6am. yawn

Charleygirl Mon 12-Jan-15 08:57:08

Ages ago I accidently left the car door open slightly and unsurprisingly the battery ran down because the light inside was on. I swore blind that was not the cause.

feetlebaum Mon 12-Jan-15 08:47:10

My dear mother once prepared the joint, surrounded it with potatoes - and took it upstairs and placed it neatly on her bed, where it stayed for some hours... on another occasion she filled the kettle and took it outside and left it on the dustbin.

Nelliemoser Mon 12-Jan-15 08:40:50

The sort of idiot man who starts soldering electrical things on the kitchen table with its heavy vinyl cloth, but does not think to put something over the cloth or protect it from being melted with dripping solder.

The Formica table got burnt by the drips as well. .

vampirequeen Mon 12-Jan-15 08:08:10

Forgets to switch the slow cooker on then comes home to find expected lovely casserole is still raw.

As for bleach...accidents have their uses. My ex bought the most horrendous red shorts. I mean really horrendous. I dropped a few hints which of course he ignored ...well he generally ignored me lol. In a moment of madness I accidentally splashed bleach on them then put them in the washing machine and swore blind I had no idea what had happened. He blamed the soap powder fortunately.

Lapwing Sun 11-Jan-15 21:00:03

Forgets to put the roast in the oven - so a scratch dinner tonight.

FlicketyB Sun 11-Jan-15 20:58:14

or believes that if they are just touching up some paintwork they do not need to put a paint overall on because they are not doing enough to get it on their clothes.

celebgran Sun 11-Jan-15 19:13:18

Bleach omg ruined quite few. Pairs trousers with it, keep old pair for if going blitz bathrooms but of course don't always wear them. I have also ruined quite few pedestal mats, also, maybe just slapdash worst was when I quickly threw bleach Down cloakroom loo with my fave boots on suede you can guess what happened!, still wore them for ages think they still lurk in cupboard.

Lilygran Sun 11-Jan-15 16:44:15

I've done the mould cleaner on the feet, tanith and the splashes of bleach on various items. Also often put on poshest black top before cleaning teeth.

Mishap Sun 11-Jan-15 16:43:23

Footprints on the bath mat sound like a design statement - I should just go with it!

Anya Sun 11-Jan-15 16:40:19

Teetime I have a pair of black knickers with those unmistakable orange spots that result from close contact with bleach. I can't imagine that I'd ever clean the house while wearing only my underwear so cannot even imagine how it's happened confused

Teetime Sun 11-Jan-15 16:19:00

Thank heaven I'm in good company.smile

POGS Sun 11-Jan-15 15:08:47

kittylester

Of course Dunelm was founded in Leicester!

I used to have a stall at Leicester Market nearby to the lad who went on to form the Dunelm Chain. It was really good value in it's infancy and great fun to shop in. Like all things he sold the business a while ago and became a millionaire, from humble beginnings, good luck to him. Whilst I still like Dunelm it has got a tad more expensive.

I am always getting bleach on clothes, never learn confused

At least we use it have you ever watched the t.v progs. where they don't even use a polish and duster. I once joked on here I was Miss Haversham in the house cleaning lark but some of those people turn my tummy.

Charleygirl Sun 11-Jan-15 14:20:13

Thanks tanith I had no idea that there was one there. The one over the fence from me suits my needs and I have learned to walk out of there with nothing if necessary.

ninathenana Sun 11-Jan-15 14:07:27

grin impossible to come out empty handed kitty

tanith Sun 11-Jan-15 13:15:51

kittylester you are so right , I've put off my visit till tomorrow when OH will be back at work so I can have a good old browse..grin

kittylester Sun 11-Jan-15 13:06:27

Thing is, once in Dunelm it's pretty difficult to get out again quickly!

tanith Sun 11-Jan-15 12:49:21

Charleygirl we have a Dunelm even closer than the one near you in the old Aladdin building on the A40 I can be there and back in a flash grin OH won't even notice I'm gone as he's playing 'puter'. thanks for the tip.