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There have been lots of threads about people feeling demotivated at work with the recent economic circumstances. As an employer, I am really interested - what does motivate you? For me, it's: Feeling...

I need to pay my employers PAYE contributions, for the payments made on 30th Jan. Is that month 9 or 10? My head hurts [:'(]

Look what I found: https://www.photobox.co.uk/shop/photo-books/lovebook ?

I am sure the answer to this is 'yes' ? I'm not afraid of my phone, I just don't like speaking to people on it. It feels like an intrusion. I am very happy to respond to texts and emails, to phone...

So I finally admit to myself that I actually *do* need glasses. In a fit of pique I wanted it sorted there and then, no messing or repeat appointments, so I head off into town. I do the bit where you...

My new year's resolution / challenge is to "be more creative." It's deliberately vague so as not to be limiting, but it has 3 basic elements: to experiment with new things just for the sheer joy of...

Thankfully, I ask on behalf of my job, not my own business. The design company we have paid has gone bust. They haven't completed the contract and I guess they're not going to. They are saying that...

Http://www.axs.com/ Looks like the children have been put into care. I'm not surprised at all TBH.

Is it just me that thinks the lyrics are downright dangerous (apart from being shit ?)? Maybe I am getting old ? RedOne, Konvict GaGa, oh-oh, eh I've had a little bit too much, much All of the people...

I have been asked to set an hour long music and drama / dance / performance task. I am so not a specialist. Any ideas on what can be achieved in an hour? Year 9. ?

Argh, I feel like I have been intermittently punched in the eye / have toothache. I am really miserable. I have taken Sinutab, but any idea how long this will last? Is there anything else I can do? ?...

I need two new A5 notebooks. Something funky and delicious. I'm not overly inspired by Paperchase this time, have any of you spotted anything lovely recently? Is it sad that I really look forward to...

My financial knowledge is limited, so please bear with me. I understand about inflation - and hyper inflation (I think). Inflation is where the cost of living rises and, in extreme circumstances, the...

Every time I think of this I think of Hitched. Poor H ? As background, my H comes from a very small village where pretty much everyone is related / went to school together / slept together / used to...

I am a generally optimistic person and, I have to confess, I find depressing news hard to deal with. In the past week, we've had two friends lose their jobs, one have their car repossessed and another...

How long does it last? I feel like death warmed up ? However, I keep telling myself it's better than the Norovirus ?

Friends coming in two and a half hours ? Not take away ?

I randomly get a strange kicking / movement feeling like you get in early pregnancy. It's happened for years and I am not pregnant now. But it's very distinctive and different from wind (sorry ?). A...

Mum and Dad have been sorting out their loft and found the pile of love letters I was given over my teenage years. I haven't read them, and I am sure they will be cringingly embarrassing, but I am...

He's been wailing, shouting and slamming doors since he got it. He's even ignored the nice cup of tea I made him, and told me to go away. Any ideas? I feel a bit useless.

You are so not the right people to ask this question ? anyway, as title. No champagne blow jobs or carpet picnics ?

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My Mum wants a "wam nightie" for Christmas. Bless her, she's rather old fashioned. Something like this would be ideal: Budget is about £20. The one above is £69 ? I've looked in Debenhams, BHS,...

So we run competitions on our website and get hundreds of entries, mainly because they get posted on moneysavingexpert and some other competition websites. However, it makes me smile at what lengths...

Argh, I hate this sort of thing. We use an agency, but always have the same girl and she's lovely. We've even met her family and they're all lovely. I don't know her well enough to call her a friend,...

H and I are having a disagreement. I want to get some holly and winter twigs to decorate the house, but we don't have much of use in the garden.I live in the countryside - would pruning some from...

J has just started secondary school and along with it has come 'the attitude.' Everyone tells you that you should remain close to your kids so they can tell you what they're experiencing, but when...

OK - 11 year old boy into Liverpool and mobile phones. His Mum downloads music / games illegally for him (️?️) so iTunes vouchers wouldn't be good. Would phone credit be a crap present? I forgot his...

Christmas cards / emails from businesses that 'thank you for your business in 2008' (which is nice) and then try to flog you something (which isn't) ? Grr.....

G'ah, I don't know what I am trying to achieve by this mortifying confessional, but as I spend more time on here than I do with my mates, and I don't have to keep up the jolly Claire act, then I am...

Does anyone else have this? Today, to cheer myself up, I went to a fabbity fab haberdashery department in an uber-cheap local department store and spent half an hour lusting over buttons, sequins,...