Dinner with Davina!

Last week I wrote about going to a charity summar ball in aid of the Touching Tiny Lives campaign - what I hadn't realised was, I was supporting another event for the same thing!

On Friday, Wendy and I had booked to go along to the Dinner with Davina in Southampton and apart from the problem with parking, as a result of the Boat Show (plan to get there next year!), we had a brilliant time!

We were on a table of about 10 other ladies, and we got chatting to them all. One of the ladies on our table, had her daughter with her and she had been chosen to present a bouguet to Davina after the lunch and auctions (more about that soon!) her mum was telling us that she had been born at 26 weeks in Spain, and through the work of action medical research, she had survived and grown into this beautiful, healthy young woman!

The lunch was fab (well done the De Vere!), and once that was over, the auctions and raffle took place. After my experience last week, I decided that I would still keep a budget for my auctioning, but this time I had increased it a bit, as I bid for the opportunity to go out on a power speed boat experience! I nearly got it at £300, however, just as the auctioneer was going to say 'gone to the lady over here', someone upped it!! Fortunately, it was still within my budget and so I kept going - however, once again it went above what I had set myself.....b*gger!

Still, they raised lots of money for the charity, which is the main thing.

As we got up to leave, we were lucky enough to get a picture with Davina who was absolutely fab!

Oh and just as a footnote, we had an advert in the programme, which as a result, we have asked to become involved next year - you bet!!

Touching Tiny Lives Charity Ball

I went along to a charity ball in aid of the Touching Tiny Lives last Saturday night at Heythrop Park.

It was the first event of many planned that will be dedicated to a charity the first on being the Touching tiny Lives, part of Action International.

It was very well organised, and the food was great. Along with the usual raffles and dancing, there was a charity auction and I am getting a taste for them! If you read my blog about about the Sparks charity event earlier this year, you will know that I got a little carried away last time.

However, this time I had gone with a budget in mind and when the 2 tickets to Goodwood Festival of Speed next year came up (an event I have been meaning to go to for sometime), I decided to bid for them! As I got to my limit, I hesitated a moment too long and they went for £50 more than my budget! Clearly the best thing for my pocket!

What was the lesson in this for me?

That being aware of and setting boundaries for yourself is good way to manage yourself. Knowing what you will and won't put up with; how far you will or won't go; what you will or won't tolerate.

For me, boundaries around money is something I need to work on. I tend to spend it whilst I have it, and then 'reign in' when I notice it disappearing rather rapidly! I have a faily easy relationship with money, sharing it easily with those closest to me, or to those causes that I have decided to support - what I need to learn, is that I have a limited amount of resources and I need to be sensible about how I use them!

Besides that? I am already looking forward to it already!