*The Holly and the Ivy* and the You Know What 2013 Chatter Thread.

Morgy9

pixtotts wrote: »

Morgy9 Thanks for the info on the Tesco craft stuff.. Guess where I'm off to tomorrow
Ooh actually super excited now I just realised I'm going to a pub by a big Tesco's, been stuck going to a "medium" T of late... I miss looking at the clothes, even if I don't buy anything I like window shopping therapy lol
x

Thanks - I live a 30mile round trip from most major shops - so feel I need to make the most of my visits when I can to cover petrol costs.. Hope all you guys manage to find some.........

I was pleased to find a new and quite large BMs at Killingbeck, Leeds (for those who live near by its in the old Curry's premises near Asda). so will be keeping my eye on that too.....

DN been in hospital in York with appendicitis this weekend so I've been visiting her, and her Mum is busy visiting my dad in hospital in North Manchester. So haven't done much this week - but good to see all the progress everyone making. Hoping to find my mojo soon ...

Thanks for making me welcome everyone ..

loubylou1982_2

boiler_man wrote: »

Hi Cherry24 - i came across these

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/16675/Gingerbread-House-Cutter-Set?src=gfeed&gclid=CLGE_Z_zo7oCFXDItAod6CwAIg

http://www.wilko.com/baking-utensils+gadgets/wilko-gingerbread-house-and-christmas-cutter-set-stainless-steel-11-piece/invt/0318196?VBMST=Gingerbread

I've been eyeing up tgi one from Lakeland
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/16789/Fairy-Tale-Cottage-Mould
Apparently you can use for chocolate or gingerbread. So I was going to attempt a gingerbread house with a chocolate roof maybe??

princesskitty29

Ruth_honey thanks for the list of Halloween films, will save those for future years! I think DH thinks i'm mad... What a cute picture of your cat, glad to hear she's in the Christmas spirit too!

mrsinvisible I am very jealous of your trip to Scotland - I love it there!

OMO you've got a great line up of things coming up, I need to start organising some things like that to do! I haven't let myself listen to any Christmas music yet but I did play your link and enjoyed it. I have made a note to avoid that film - it should be against the law for any Christmas film to end badly!! Ordinarily i'm not always a fan of cheesy happy endings but they are a must in Christmas films!

choccymoose sorry to hear of your water leak and car break in, how frustrating. I hope you manage to get the leak sorted soon. We had our cars broken into in the last place we lived, very frustrating and there wasn't even anything in them to nick! I get upset when I think of how hard working we are and then these people just steal off of others to get money - so very wrong.

Nanamia good luck with the wallpaper and yay for getting to this point! When you've finished we've got a couple of walls to be papered if you don't mind - me and DH don't have a clue! :rotfl:

Hello Bambisbelle and welcome :santa2:

princesskitty29

Feisty I am so sorry to hear of yourloss, DH an I have lost a couple of Grandparents in the last coupleof years and it is a difficult thing to go through as there are always so manymemories, it must be even more difficult when it's unexpected. I'm also sorry tohear about DH's condition and how difficult that news must be for you. Lifethrows very unfair things at us sometimes that are upsetting and frustratingand leaves us wondering why it has happened to us, and even though there is norhyme or reason to it the old saying that it makes you stronger really istrue. You don't feel stronger at the time, you feel battered, but they way ittests our emotions does eventually make it easier for ourselves to deal withthings in the future. I do hope that this isn't completely the end of the linewith your hopes of having a family and that there may be other options outthere for you. I really hope your re-launch was successful for you, you reallydo deserve it after all of the hard work you have put in. xx

princesskitty29

Well I haven't managed anything Christmassy yet this weekend (there's still time!) but DH and I had a lovely time in London yesterday. We went to Madame Tussauds and couldn't believe that an adult ticket cost £30!!! :eek: But never fear my MSE friends, we bought our tickets with Tesco clubcard vouchers beforehand! It was enjoyable going around all of the wax works (when people moved out of the way so you could actually see them!) but I wouldn't have paid £30 to go in. We then went to the Museum of London which was fantastic. The exhibitions were great and there was so much interesting stuff about the history of London, and best of all it is free admission! I would thoroughly recommend it, we spent hours in there. It's amazing really because Madame Tussauds was enjoyable, but the Museum of London was so much better and yet it was free compared to £30 per person!

We then went to Gordon Ramsey's Foxtrot Oscar for dinner as we'd bought a special offer on Time Out offers.

Sorry, I know as we're this close to Christmas non-Christmassy posts aren't always that interesting!

Own_My_Own

:xmastree: WEEK 9 TASKS:xmastree:

Week 10 tasks on page 366

OMO
Finish last weeks tasks (in my defence I wasn't well) so
Buy 2 gifts from Argos ( 2 for £30)
Wrap 3 presents (2 from last week)
Buy 1 Winter Box item ( I did do this last week):)

Crowdpleaser
Clean fridge
Sort and shred paperwork
Buy Candy-canes
Buy 2 gifts with Amazon vouchers

pinklady1985
Write Christmas cards
Finish buying gifts for youngest 2
Write a food list for Christmas/Boxing Day

Own_My_Own

Nanamia just for you :rotfl:

Note the barricade of foot stools in front of cupboard doors.




Nice collection of ornaments all up high



New cushions up out of reach



Do you feel better now ? :rotfl:

ETA we now have no cushions on the sofa. Robbie is asleep on them on the floor.

Crowdpleaser

Argh. I bought the schloer last week and thats ut lol.

This week

Clean fridge
Sort n shred paperwork
Buy candycanes
Buy 2 gifts with amazon voucher.

pixtotts

Morgy9 wrote: »

Thanks - I live a 30mile round trip from most major shops - so feel I need to make the most of my visits when I can to cover petrol costs.. Hope all you guys manage to find some.........

I was pleased to find a new and quite large BMs at Killingbeck, Leeds (for those who live near by its in the old Curry's premises near Asda). so will be keeping my eye on that too.....

DN been in hospital in York with appendicitis this weekend so I've been visiting her, and her Mum is busy visiting my dad in hospital in North Manchester. So haven't done much this week - but good to see all the progress everyone making. Hoping to find my mojo soon ...

Thanks for making me welcome everyone ..

Snap! Well ish its 30mins to anywhere for me too so hour round trip. Means my shopping has to be joined on to some other venture usually collecting or taking little sis to college. I used to live in leeds I was one of the millions of students lol.
Hope all your family are on the mend soon.

Ill catch up with everything else later pub till midnight lat night early start to get dad to airport this morning just having a read while waiting for friends at trainstation 1 of em is doing Birmingham half marathon today so we're here as cheer leaders might have to do a spot of shopping too x

pinklady1985

This week I will

write xmas cards
finish buying for my youngest 2 (only a couple of bits left to get)
and write a shopping list for what I need to get for xmas day dinner and boxing day buffet