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

junior_j

Hello nanmia hope your well , how is your Xmas prep going? I am looking forward to taking photos in Edinburgh! They have some lovely Xmas lights I saw when I was travelling through !
Hope you other "son" gets on and best as he can and gets some positive news I'm glad he has some one as lovely and supportive as you in his life!


gtq glad the pest of a visitor has gone:)

Hello everyone else ! My morning will be spent eating bacon rolls and watching films with 3yo goddaughter and Bessie! Before we go shopping and do last bits for DGDd birthday party!

pigpen

Nana... my bedroom looks like a warehouse with a bed in it! And my landing is also the same.. it is driving me crazy!!

Nanamia

JJ bless you. You really are inspirational. Your day sounds perfect xxx

Well I now am crying happy tears. The most kindest thing has just happened. I've just had a pm from a lurking Christmas lover, who will remain nameless. I have never had any contact with this lovely and yet she's just offered to send me her copy of the Gavin And Stacey Christmas Special. This truly is a wonderful place to be xxx

Nanamia

Haha well Pigpen I was partly blaming you yesterday. The box idea sounded so good I borrowed it ha. Argh hoping to crack it over the weekend xxx

nic2075

Morning, I am still swamped under orders, just about to put the Polar express on for my DD and try and get some done. I feel bad plonking her infront of the telly so I can work, but it will soon be over and we can do lots of festive things in Dec together.

I sat last night and did most of my shopping on Littlewoods. I really wish I don't have to, but I am well into the red each week, so nothing spare for anything. I still need a few more bits for my 8year old, but I don't think anything was full price. Mind you, I opted for the 12 months interest free option, and they add the interest on to show you what you will need to pay if you don't pay it all off, it pretty much doubles the cost of everything :-( I'm usually very good at Paying things off and adding extra to get it down quickly, but my heart is in my mouth all the same.


Sounds like you are having a lovely time Junior J, enjoy the rest of your holiday x

wuvvies

morning all.
ive just done a food shop online. i went yesterday to asda and i struggled so much and i only bought 5 things. so thank god for online.
ive asked my boy to walk to my car after school as i struggled to get up there. it seems to sillly for me to worry but its a big thing for me as he is 9 but there are no roads to cross and he only has to walk striaght for about 2 mins. i will then meet him there. its our first time of doing this and lots of other people do it. the good thing is its a small village school and he will be walking with lots of people he knows even if there not next to him if you know what i mean. he was more than happy to do it so its probably a good thing. i mean.... next year he will be in the last year so i need to give him a bit more freedom.
ive got my tea ready to cook already so that if my back/leg gets worse than it is i can chill out later. told my employer that i will need more time off work. they were ok about it. its a pain as i dont get full pay. but with there just being the three of us i am spending less. my daughter asked for very little but you still spend it dont you.
my daughter is coming to visit us for an hour tomorrow. she wont stay long as she doesnt want to face my husband. he - quite rightly- wants answers to why she felt it ok to just go to school and not come back.
i did a bad things yesterday...i was supposed to go to slimming world and i didnt...ive left for good. ive not done it for 7 weeks and im just paying for nothing at all. im still going to try to be good if i can. my husband thinks i wont try now and i should have kept going. never mind. i feel like i want to live and enjoy my food.so what if im a bit bigger than i should be. we will prob rejoin after christmas. it only costs 10 to rejoin so ive not lost anything.
have a lovely day everyone
xxxxxxx

FeistyFidget

Nana, thinking of your other son today x

freespirit66

Morning (just) everyone (it was 11.55 when i started)
I am determined to get my mince pies baked today, i made the mincemeat ages ago but i have just had a mental block about actually making them i keep making everything else, i dont even know why its not like i dont enjoy making them, but my mind has just done everything it can to avoid it, but its all out on worktop now so i cant ignore it.

NANAMIA so glad you are back on, see everyone loves you and your posts, we all miss you when you dont get on here what a lovely thing to do (the christmas thread lurker) for you, us xmas nuts are a lovely lot. I have been thinking of your son from another mum i really hope its not more bad news from the consultant its so sad. Would love to see a pic of your xmas tree decal when its up and i need to google driftwood christmas tree as well, i havent heard of it either x

FEISTY how you doing my lovely, im so glad you have someone reliable looking after the shop, that must be such a weight off your shoulders, a christmas display sounds fab, fingers crossed for you that DH does get home tomorrow x

BLUEEYEDGIRL you cant do everything my lovely, you must be shattered with all that running around, the little things will still be there tomorrow so dont be so hard on yourself x

RUTHHONEY oh your day sounded lovely x

JJ glad you got there ok after your long journey, you sound like you are having a lot of fun with your bessie and god daughters, your mum will love her pandora bracelet x

PEPPAPIG oh that grinder with cinnamon and sugar sounds lovely i am going to look out for that thankyou x

QUIDSY oh what a horrible few years you and DH have had hope this last one went well x

GETTINGTHEREQUICKLY uggh that made me shudder, lets hope thats it now x

NIC oh sending you hugs my lovely, i can only just see light at the end of the tunnel now DS has a job, it will still take a while to get straight, xmas just happens to be at the wrong time this year :rotfl:like you i hate using cards, credit and my heart is in my mouth, but its just temporary. I now have to buy a TD which just adds to the mountain!!! Roll on next year, im sure the right job will come along for you x

WUVVIES im not surprised you couldnt manage the shop my lovely, DS will be fine, he probably feels very grown up being able to walk down to you on his own, please dont feel guilty. I cant believe on top of all this you have to cope with you have been dieting as well, give yourself a break get yourself well and go back in the new year, you will get there. I hope it goes well tomorrow with DD it may just be an hour but its a start, sending you lots of hugs x

PoppyGirl

Just on quickly again to say thank you - I'd nipped to B&M on the way back from work yesterday and they indeed had packs of bells, perfect for what I need! The silver ones came with black bells too which I won't really use, but still good value considering It worked out at 6 for 1.49. (plus the black to spare!)

xx

his_missus

Oh peppapig - a taste of Christmas hamper, I like that idea! Would be perfect for my bessie n her Hubby who can never really quite get into the festive spirit (unhappy memories for both of them of events that have occured around Xmas time ) But I've started a snowed in hamper for them as my bessie is convinced it'll happen. Maybe next year though...

First part of Hubby's pressie came today - a double egg cup. Anyone know of anywhere selling chocolate eggs? Creme eggs? Ex-Halloween eggs? Any egg sized choccie eggs would do to go in it really. I thought you could get Creme eggs all year round now ?

Tried making some of the decs from the paper set I bought at the range...whoever drew/designed the illustrative pics needs to go to Specsavers as I couldn't follow them!