Old Style Diary Archive - DEC 05

Bargain_Rzl

Awwww, Pooky, hugs to all of you :grouphug:

I kind of know how you feel because last year I came down with flu on Boxing Day and was sick and alone all through the break and New Year. I wasted 4 weekend days, 3 bank holidays and 3 days' annual leave in being ill - and only missed 2 days of work :mad:

Just keep logging on here - we'll make sure you have a cheerful Christmas.

Girlpower - I really admire what you've done. More power to you.

Anyway, there was a rumour we were getting let off work at 2, so I left at 1:30 for "lunch" and never went back Went to Borough Market for Christmas dinner veggies, plus they were selling big bowls of avocados for £1 so I got 8 avocados for £1! Treated myself to a lovely Thai chicken curry from one of my favourite lunchy places near the market. Went home via the garden centre and didn't have to lug my Christmas tree all the way home cos I happened to run into a neighbour with a van!

Since then I've got one load of washing washed and dried, with one more now in the WM and another in the TD. So I need to get the first lot put away. I just fell asleep for a couple of hours and woke up not knowing what day it was and have just been watching What Not to Wear. Anyway, must go, plenty to do...

Nelski

Wow its christmas eve already - just one sleep to christmas day and heres me still fighting with my chrimbly lights (maybe that sherry was a bad idea)

Luckily I have done all my wrapping already although i have to say im a bit worried cos one of my pressies seems to be moving - the night i was wrapping them all - Robbie Williams was round having a sherry(as usual at christmas) and then he disappearred so maybe thats it - aahh well if any of my friends get Robbie I hope they will send him back to his rightful home...........

well its not been very snowy in Warrrington so none of this


but its been nice to do this without a coat. I going to put my up later ready for his imminent arrival.



Brekky nothing
Lunch

(just joking!)

Lunch christmas cake and cheese

Dinner - a buffet down the local pub!

Anyway peeps best go and have a bit of house clean, sweep out the the old and all that

To all my old style friends and i hope you all get all you hope for this year

Lots of Love
Nelski

Penny-Pincher!!

Morning

What a great post Nelski! Hope you have a great Xmas too.

2 hrs kip last night :mad: Never mind!

1 washload in WM already and will be dried outside as only light cottons. DW emptied by OH last night and toilet cleaned. Cleaner did some extra jobs yesterday and the house looks lovely and sparkly

Chicken and lamb out of freezer ready to go tomorrow. Have to start making the trifle later-i luv trifle :j

Not doing much today apart from preparing everything for tomorrow. May get OH to venture to the shops nearer closing and grab some bargains

Breakie: bacon, egg/toast and beans
Lunch: jacket spud, cheese and coleslaw
Dinner: HM pie, mash and veg

Will catch up later. Have a great Xmas eve everyone!!

PP
xx

tru

Oooh I've slipped a bit. Actually I slipped at the top of a hill that's covered in ice and went head over heels over and over again til I reached the bottom :snow_laug


It's buffet day in my house for anyone who turns up. So did I put on my apron, open some wine and do a load of baking? No I did not. I headed straight for the party food freezer section in Asda and bought about half of it


Merry Christmas to you all :xmassmile


and I lied, I don't own an apron

Icemaiden

:xmastree: Morning all,

WM on for last time today I hope, then need to get stuck in making trifle etc.. I also luv trifle could eat it for every meal, always make two, one for kids with no sherry one for adults, oops the bottle slipped :snow_laug

The turkey will be cooked tonight so that I can dedicate tomorrow morning playing with kids and their new stuff.
Will be also going to church tonight as its carols by candle-light, really gets you in the christmas mood and gets rid of any built up stress.

The joint of beef I cooked yesturday was beautiful so will be having that in sarnies for lunch then its a takeaway tonight as a treat.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day tomorrow, :xmassign:
Don't eat & drink to much, Take care all,

Ice.

moonbeam682

good morning everyone :santa2:

hope you don't mind me popping in for the first time, I just wanted to wish everybody on oldstyle a very happy Christmas :xmassign: I wish I'd discovered OS earlier as thanks to all your fantastic tips I have saved so much money & eaten so much better & lost 1 1/2 stone in weight this year due to not eating so much junk! so thank you, thank you, thank you! :xmassmile

hope everyone who reads or contributes to OS has a lovely Christmas & a very happy new year :xmastree:

honey

Good morning all,

I don't often post but I'm ALWAYS reading so I just wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

We are planning to bake the sausage rolls, scotch eggs and bits and bobs today. This afternoon we are going to snuggle up together and watch elf.

OOooooo I'm excited now.

Enjoy yourselves everyone :xmastree:

thriftlady_2

:xmassign: Good morning everybody,

Loads to do today.I've got to make the stuffing,prepare the little sausage and bacon rolls,peel all the veg,make giblet stock for the gravy and start the syllabub(thats what we always have with the pud).

I've also got to surreptitiously move all presents from wardrobe down to garage for easy stocking filling later.

Nephew has 4th b'day today,so a visit to SIL's later.

Not doing any washing today so that I don't have a houseful of ironing and semi-dry laundry tomorrow.Still have ironing from yesterday.

I enjoyed Nelski's post,and welcome to moonbeam.I've only been posting here a couple of days and its addictive. :xmastree:

FRUGALPIE_2

Morning all and Merry Christmas to you all!

Today I have a mountain of washing and ironing to get through!!!

DH is driving to London to take my DNan to my DM's for Christmas, so it will be just DD and I...

This afternoon we are making mince pies and cookies...so I shan't be giving my kitchen a deep clean until after that!!!!

Breakfast: Possibly Scrambled Egg on Toast
Lunch: Sandwiches/Crisps
Dinner:Spaghetti Bolognese and Garlic Bread

Gotta go, as have to sort out the pressies that DM bought for DD off Ebay!

Catch you later...hope you all have a great christmas eve!!! :xmassign:

Faith_2

DD and I have been invited out to Christmas lunch... and it's late enough for DD to have a much needed lie-in tomorrow morning. We'll see if, at the ripe old age of 13, she is so cool about it all that she can sleep in as long as usual!!!

Tonight we're having a special meal, just the two of us. It's been a long week of celebrations for us, what with DD's birthday party last Saturday! We've had something on every evening!

Merry Christmas everybody!