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ifonlyitwaseasier

GreyQueen wrote: »

Have decided that after I'm back from my wee break in September I shall knuckle down and complete the Xmas preps so that I can lay on my sofa reading vampire novels and eating bon-bons whilst the less-foresightful are thrashing around the city centre in the cold and the rain.:rotfl: Gawd, anything not to be pummelled around in crowds.

jediteacher wrote: »

Another vampire book fan. :j The crowds and expense is why by December I will have finished all my shopping for the C word and that includes food which I have delivered!

yay more vampire book fans

i have most of AR's and of course the more recent fad..... , my fave is of course the original and best


FYI on the "C" word, i start getting things in the sales, mainly aftershave and the like but for my dad i have to get the most obscure kitchenalia i can find, that he doesn't have! i'm really struggling for more things for him as i think i've gotten almost everything odd and extreme, from a fish descaler to mini blowtorch, corn on the cob holders to tomato knives, you name it we've got it!!

kidcat

Jedi - I think you are doing the right thing, I have always had a party for my kids (barring illness) and I would never expect my guests to spend more than just a card and present, if I was taking them out I would expect that I would have to pay for all of them (so wouldnt even consider a day out), for my eldest who is 17 this yr I am considering paying for her and three friends to go to Alton Towers and I will drive them, I was thinking I was being cheeky by asking them to bring a packed lunch!! But to ask them to pay to go is ridiculous IMHO.

castleton

obscure kitchenalia Have you seen the honey dribblers and honey hive shaped hoey pots. Husband loves honey and daughter bought him one for christmas. Also quite retro pote for celery,mint sauce etc. These are all cute but I still use them.

GreyQueen

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

yay more vampire book fans

i have most of AR's and of course the more recent fad..... , my fave is of course the original and best !!

I'm quite partial to werewolves as well.:o

This has to be a secret just between us, OK, as I am a member of a book group. The have some seriously clever peeps in my book group and I am sort-of the Class Clown, as you might have suspected. But I have my pride and hide the trashy stuff when they come around to Shoebox Towers.

_pale_ They made us read Kafka once.:(:p:rotfl:I've almost made a full recovery.

jediteacher

GreyQueen wrote: »

I'm quite partial to werewolves as well.:o

This has to be a secret just between us, OK, as I am a member of a book group. The have some seriously clever peeps in my book group and I am sort-of the Class Clown, as you might have suspected. But I have my pride and hide the trashy stuff when they come around to Shoebox Towers.

_pale_ They made us read Kafka once.:(:p:rotfl:I've almost made a full recovery.

I'm definately team werewolf with the new books and now films.;)

bonnie_bumpkins

GreyQueen wrote: »

_pale_ They made us read Kafka once.:(:p:rotfl:I've almost made a full recovery.

:rotfl::rotfl:

Molly41

I love Christmas :snow_laug:snow_laug:snow_laug

elona

Don't tell anyone but I read Kafka.:o Had to do it for A level English years ago - read the Metamorphisis then read some of his others. Ploughed through the stories but they left me feeling a bit disorientated .

I love the vampire, werewolwes etc books as well especially Keri Arthur, Christine Feehan, Charlaine Harris and Kelley Armstrong. Read Bram Stoker when I was about 14 (not saying how many years ago) and got a taste for fantasy.

Have not even thought about Christmas yet but am going to do as much as I can online on amazon deals, halfcost, halfpriceperfumes and thebookpeople. I get out of breath and still tire easily so do not want to risk city centre shopping crowds if I can avoid it.

GreyQueen

You are seriously clever, just not pretentious

ifonlyitwaseasier

elona wrote: »

Don't tell anyone but I read Kafka.:o Had to do it for A level English years ago - read the Metamorphisis then read some of his others. Ploughed through the stories but they left me feeling a bit disorientated .

I love the vampire, werewolwes etc books as well especially Keri Arthur, Christine Feehan, Charlaine Harris and Kelley Armstrong. Read Bram Stoker when I was about 14 (not saying how many years ago) and got a taste for fantasy.

Have not even thought about Christmas yet but am going to do as much as I can online on amazon deals, halfcost, halfpriceperfumes and thebookpeople. I get out of breath and still tire easily so do not want to risk city centre shopping crowds if I can avoid it.

GreyQueen

You are seriously clever, just not pretentious

GreyQueen wrote: »

I'm quite partial to werewolves as well.:o

lol i'm team Vampire :P and thats purely from the books,

i think hubby despairs of my book collection, he isn't a big reader whereas i can devour a fat book (think last HP) in about 4-5 hours

i was very into terry brooks and bought a copy of i think the last of the second set of the shannara trilogies which was HB and signed, when i got about halfway through i realised about 100 pages had been repeated and then a section missed entirely, i sent it to the publishers and was sent back an unsigned one, i politely wrote back explaining i had no use for a HB that wasn't signed as i normally wait for PB and if they liked i'd send the book back to get it signed, they then sent me about £100 worth of books plus another copy signed and apologised for the misunderstanding!! they mad a lot of money off me in the following year tho (this was about 17 yesars ago eeek!!)

i'm far too into fantasy/sci-fi/crime/a little romcom and definitely some adventure

and i do try to be os and charity shop them but ours are not the best supplied so i wait for them to be on 3 for 2 and collect my points on them too at W

short_bird

Can crafty people mention the :xmassmile word as they'll need support from us when making all their stock?

Then again, they've probably already done it over the summer:D

PS. Team Bill till season 4, now it's Team Eric.