Hey guys. Thanks so much for your replies. I've calmed down a lot. It just all felt like too much
I don't blame Mum at all, she just looks zoned out all the time and I know she's in a lot of pain with her illnesses, which all the bloody stress isn't helping.
We were having a lovely day today, quite exciting! We got up early to go shopping, but while I was getting ready Mum literally burst in to my room and said we should go look at the car I liked. So we did
The car was a rust bucket with side mirrors held on with tape
It was at a really nice garage/showroom and, good on the sales guy, he left us to it for a while and then came back shaking his head with an "I know" smile. He said it really wasn't a good car for me and would only be a good idea to go to a new driver who was mechanically minded who wanted a bit of a project. He said he wouldn't be happy selling it to me, so he didn't lol. We talked about a lovely Nissan, even though it was automatic, and he made me go on his computer and get an insurance quote! It was very high, so we scrapped that.
Then I mentioned another Peugeot I'd seen on the site and he said it'd be perfect for me. Much newer, nothing wrong with it, low mileage, only had 2 women owners etc.... So I went and drove it. Sales guy as the passenger, Mum in the back, and I loved it! It's beautiful to drive! I was so nervous coz I hadn't driven a car in over 2 months but it was brilliant. So yeah, I bought a car.... I had to get it on finance, but it's very low (8%) and even though I set it as 3 years, to keep the payments below £100pm, I can pay it off whenever I want. So I could save or come in to some money and pay it off
I paid for an extended AA Warranty too, just for piece of mind really. So yeah, I should have it on Thurs or Fri next week
The insurance is pretty low, for me, so even though I'm absolutely freaking out and panicking and being 'special' about it all. I think I made a few pretty smart, sensible decisions today. Well, hopefully..... Will post a pic in a bit.
BUT we got half way home and my Mum got a call from her Sister to say she was on her way to get her coz Grandad was being rushed in to hospital. We later get a call from Mum saying he wasn't even at hospital yet, it wasn't technically an emergency, and they'd talked Mum in to staying at my Nan's house for 'as long as it takes'. I'm SO p*ssed off for Mum and my Sister is even more angry than me. There was no need to 'rush' and get Mum and scare the life out of her. She hadn't eaten or taken her meds coz we were on our way to get lunch. My Sister and her boyf had to drive to my Nan's with a bunch of Mum's stuff to last her at least 2 days, then had to drive home with a shopping list for us to go do the Xmas food shopping coz Mum wouldn't be able to. Mum LOVES doing the Christmas food shopping and we always do it together. Obv we're more than happy to support Mum and help her out as much as possible. But the whole situation is a joke! I feel so awful for Mum. She's only been back in touch with them 2 months and they're working her in to the ground. And she's not well herself and I can see how much pain she's in.
Me & my Sis are so angry and feel so helpless. Mum's even thinking of cancelling seeing her friends on Christmas Eve, they're doing lunch & going to see It's A Wondeful Life. I've told her she cannot cancel and she HAS to go! She needs a day to herself. ARGH!!!
Ahem, anyway.... coz I'd be on my lonesome my Sister invited me to crash her date night. Her Mr bought us McDonald's for tea. Normally i would have turned it down but I'd had porridge at 9:30am, we got to McDonald's at 8:30pm, my Sis hadn't eaten either and been working all day, and we needed to eat before we went in to the cinema. We both had the veggie burger with large chips and pretty much inhaled it. Then we went to see The Hobbit
Only had coffee in there.
I was hungry by the time we got in so had wholemeal toast with big blobs of Peanut butter and chocolate spread- This is always one of my Christmas treats and I couldn't resist cracking them open.
I've had such a mental up and down day. I was close to a panic attack over the car stuff and I'm so tense and painful. I'm sure the excitement will kick in eventually!!
Thanks for sticking with this if you have.xx