that seems fair, i have promised Adrian after we are married that he can have access to a credit card but i will be checking the statement each month

I wish I had never heard of a credit card. I seem to be working for the credit card company now rather than for myself

Don't forget clothes, that ends up being a major expense

Moo, I'm glad it worked out. He'll notice eventually though, then what? Do you have a story planned?

Barbara, i do have a plan! i have 3 cats so if he does notice then i can just say that one of the cats did it, he wont mind then cos you expect it with cats and birds he can be gullible at times!

Good plan. Must protect the dogs dirty secrets lol

My husbands sheperd mix kills anything wild outside that he can get his teeth on. In the fall I was finding one squirrel a week He's gotten birds too. At first I thought we would have to have him put to sleep, that there was something inherently wrong with him, but I've seen that lots of other dog owners dogs were doing the same and nobody seemed to think it was a big deal. Not comfortable with it though

no its not nice but then again its in their nature, i hate it when the cats bring me 'presents' of birds mice voles etc makes my stomach churn, i just hope Mia doesnt do it again, i might not be as lucky next time

I could probably paint the entire house without Ian realising

Blame it all on the bird.

Aw bless her!

She reminds me of Fred, "the baker". He was a rescue rottie with very bad separation anxiety and if you left him, for some strange reason he would pull out all the baking stuff - flour, sugar, cocoa and even the cake tins! Don't think he thought much of Delia Smith though because he mangled her Winter Collection book.

Don't mention credit cards ops: . I fly up to Glasgow quite a lot and got stopped the other week going through security and had to turf out my bab - the guy laughed at my visa bill - how embarrassing is that ops:

Alison,

on your avatar is that a boy or a girl, cos in my avatar Mia looks like a boy (well i think so!)