Anyone have FWPs?

[Deleted]

My Mom got B a piano and he frantically loves it...but it's not the Melissa and Doug one that matches my decor. 

[spanikopita]

I dislike the ratio of sweet to salty in the trail mix I bought. I'm annoyed.

[Deleted]

It's my birthday week, and my family and my H's family both insisted on having dinners for me, on top of the one that H made for me. So I have had 3 birthday dinners in 7 days, and they all had cake. Not helping my health eating. It's just terrible to have people that care, I know. lol

[laurenh]

I want to order DD the Hemnes bedroom set from IKEA but the bed is only available in white stain and the dresser in glossy white.

[6fsn]

I have a refrigerator full of food, but none of it sounds good.

[mpc]

My girlfriends and I are having a night out this weekend and have booked a hotel room. I'm bummed that it doesn't include free breakfast.

[waterchurch]

My top pick for my next car purchase doesn't come with a backup camera option. And you have to buy the most expensive model for auto on/off headlights.

[redheadk]

Jul 31, 2014 14:52:33 GMT -5 waterchurch said:

My top pick for my next car purchase doesn't come with a backup camera option. And you have to buy the most expensive model for auto on/off headlights.

That would be a deal breaker for me.

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Hmmm I need to organize the crap load of diapers I bought from Target tonight because the housekeeper is coming tomorrow.

[waterchurch]

Jul 31, 2014 15:16:19 GMT -5 redheadk said:

Jul 31, 2014 14:52:33 GMT -5 waterchurch said:

My top pick for my next car purchase doesn't come with a backup camera option. And you have to buy the most expensive model for auto on/off headlights.

That would be a deal breaker for me.

We'll see. Even the most expensive trim package for this car is cheaper than used other cars. (Mazda 5 vs. Honda Odyssey or the like.)
I don't have a backup camera on my current minivan, so I can't miss what I've never had?

[caramia17]

We have to pack up our house and move into our new house in 2 weeks because our vacation schedule does not allow moving another weekend before we close on our old house. We are having our floors in the new house redone and I am already anticipating all the dust that will need to be cleaned. I am too cheap to pay someone to pack and clean, but I really just want it magically done!

I also want to buy all.the.things to have the house done right now.

Finally, I am in a little dispute with my H about whether or not a built-in drawer microwave is a must for the new kitchen. I say yes as the spot for the microwave is under the island. He says it is a waste of $$. It is (clearly) more $$, but I really want it! Waaaah!

Once we move in, we need work done on the outside (painting trim and cedar shake siding) and replacing a soffit (early Fall) and then a basement remodel that probably has to wait until Spring. I am so Veruca Salt about the whole thing it is ridiculous.

[212]

My flight was late landing in LA, and now I'm sitting in traffic. I would just like girls weekend to start already, please and thank you. Real lyfe starts again on Monday morning, these hours are precious!

True FWP, our new car isn't being delivered until October, and we turn in our lease next week. So for the next 6 weeks I have to live like a normal person and take public transit to get out of the city. Waaaaah, yo.

[karinothing]

Jul 31, 2014 15:27:08 GMT -5 waterchurch said:

Jul 31, 2014 15:16:19 GMT -5 redheadk said:

That would be a deal breaker for me.

We'll see. Even the most expensive trim package for this car is cheaper than used other cars. (Mazda 5 vs. Honda Odyssey or the like.)
I don't have a backup camera on my current minivan, so I can't miss what I've never had?

When do you want to buy? Backup cameras are required to be standard by 2018. I assume most manufactures will comply earlier than that. But I have no clue how much ealier.

[SallySparrow]

I'm on a self imposed spending freeze because I just bought A's whole winter/spring wardrobe from a friend who has a daughter exactly a year older than A. And I got a great deal, but A does not need anymore clothes, so I need to stop looking at the Tea Collection resell group I'm in on Facebook. Especially since someone just posted a romper I really wanted to get her.

Spending freeze. Spending freeze.

[niq]

The tread on my new bike shoes is too thick to clip into my hybrid commuter/SPD pedals, I have to either get new pedals or new shoes.

[irish]

I'm going to a wedding on Saturday and I'm still not 100% sure of what I'm going to wear. Not much time to do anything about that either! It's now 11.30pm here, I'm in work all day tomorrow, have to pack tomorrow evening and do some grocery shopping (SIL is minding the girls). Saturday, I've a blow dry booked for 9am and we need to leave shortly after 11am to get there on time (90min drive to 1pm ceremony)...

Hoping I'll get a chance to at least get some pantyhose!!

[sent]

We should have these threads more often. FWPs are my lyfe.

We are at the IL's this weekend because they are hosting a baby meeting party with 100 of their closest friends. Which means DD will get a whole bunch of frilly puffy dresses without gift receipts. And she just had one of these parties 3 weeks ago with 125 of my parents' closest friends. My closet is already full of frilly puffy dresses given without gift receipts from that event.

Back in our day, my parents hosted these same parties for us with like 20 people tops in our home. My mom cooked entire gourmet 5 course dinners, with us underfoot, omg how?

[Brie]

Our cleaning service turned the air conditioner down to freaking 50 degrees. Our house is an icebox now. I'm annoyed.

[scribellesam]

I followed the recipe exactly for a quinoa salad we like but it turned out all soupy and oily, not at all like I remember. Of course I made it to impress friends coming over for dinner tonight. And I cut up the veggies for grilling all wrong, so they won't go on the skewer and now I'll have to sauté them.

[formerlyllizzyb]

Jul 31, 2014 17:11:18 GMT -5 incogneato said:

My husband makes too much money at his job for us to even consider having him look for a new one, but these #*$&#($&(@)@)*$@# weeks and weeks of overtime are about to drive me out.of.my.mind. I did not sign up to parent solo!!!

This is me, too.

[Blue Moon]

My unborn child has so many clothes purchased by loving family and friends, she literally doesn't need a single thing. I'm sad because I wanted to buy her all the cute baby clothes, and now it's completely unnecessary.

[UnderProtest]

I'm out of wine.

[turtlegirl]

Jul 31, 2014 18:01:13 GMT -5 Brie said:

Our cleaning service turned the air conditioner down to freaking 50 degrees. Our house is an icebox now. I'm annoyed.

Holy crap! That's cold! I'd be annoyed too!

[sent]

Jul 31, 2014 18:16:15 GMT -5 Blue Moon said:

My unborn child has so many clothes purchased by loving family and friends, she literally doesn't need a single thing. I'm sad because I wanted to buy her all the cute baby clothes, and now it's completely unnecessary.

This is my baby too (see above frilly dress FWP). That hasn't stopped me from buying some stuff I like and complain to my husband. He doesn't understand and is like "but you have many years of buying clothes for her ahead." But they're not itty bitty baby clothes! It's not the same! 

[swimmette]

Jul 31, 2014 15:16:19 GMT -5 redheadk said:

Jul 31, 2014 14:52:33 GMT -5 waterchurch said:

My top pick for my next car purchase doesn't come with a backup camera option. And you have to buy the most expensive model for auto on/off headlights.

That would be a deal breaker for me.

Most definitely. I had to have a rental for a week and it didn't have a back up camera or key fob. You would have thought the world was ending by my bitching. Carrying a toddler while trying to find a key in a purse was brutal.

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Jul 31, 2014 18:04:34 GMT -5 @hannymaren said:

Jul 31, 2014 15:26:31 GMT -5 @missy1 said:

Hmmm I need to organize the crap load of diapers I bought from Target tonight because the housekeeper is coming tomorrow.

Was this the $10misprint?

No, the $10 off with store pick up and $20 gc with 2 boxes.

[maebyfunke]

I can't lose the last of my baby weight because I keep eating too many peanut M&Ms.

[Deleted]

Well I'm wedding planning, which is basically one big clusterfuck of FWPs. But the FWP upsetting me most right now is that the guy I paid to come make the pool look pretty for the wedding gave me a higher estimate than I thought due to my own negligence in learning how to manage a pool properly, so now I won't be able to pay a house cleaner to do a whole-house deep clean. That's right ladies, I will have to clean my own house before my own party! Even though I'm a BRIDE. Sob.

[holly116]

We have a wedding or birthday party every weekend for the entire month of August, two requiring travel and one that we're hosting. This is weekend two of six in a row. We're still jet lagged from the international wedding last weekend.

Too. Many. Parties.

[Deleted]

We have plans to go to a Polo match tomorrow and it's supposed to rain :-(