*Stop The Cavalry* It's The 2014 Christmas Chatter Thread

BloomingTasty

pigpen wrote: »

if anyone can get hold of the black and white panda (reduced to £4.99... they are oos here ) can they grab me 2 and I will pay postage to get them here.. they are my grandsons favourite and we need a couple of spares for washing and nursery in case one gets lost.... pleeeeeeease!!!!!!

Have checked my local stores at Chelmsford and Rayleigh, no joy x

mrs-moneypenny

Omo, hope you feel better soon. ouch to the cost of the car battery but enjoy you book or whateverto take to pass the time.

mrsinvisible

JJ hope you are feeling a lot better today, and will soon be home.
OMO sock it to them eh? loved todays quote. Cars are a bloomin oncost, hope the new battery fixes the situation.
Freespirit, aren't you doing great? bet DS is soooooooo proud of you, we all are.
Nanamania, DD and I had a lovely time out, Spoons coffee is lovely, but DD had hot chocolate, also delish.
On the Deccys front, nothing to report,they got put away and have not been added to ....... yet.
I have been doing well on the decluttering, but succumbed yesterday to the blandishments of a pair of shoes, they were begging me to take them home with me, honest, they were. Need to find a home for them, when I'm not wearing them, that is.
I have spent the morning cleaning and tidying the conservatory, it looks lovely, but it is too cold t sit in it.
Fave cous is coming for lunch today, she is on SW too, so I have constructed a chicken 'thingy' with veg and a small jacket tatey. I hope it will fit the plan.
Then this afternoon I hope to make a start on the greenhouse.
Have a lvely day everyone, hugs in a basket, help yourselves. xx

msgigglewick

hope you're home soon jj


Waves to all. i've only read back a couple of pages so forgive me if i've missed anything important. Having a challenging time with the teens atm. Don't really want to go into it as it made me very sad but hopefully we're coming out the other side now

I've done lots more pressie shopping but haven't put it in my book naughty me! when i get chance i'll have to go do that. Was going to wrap as i went along this year but realised that my dd4 will be in full time school in sept :O how that happen, so i can spend a day or two enjoying doing that

Back on the diet to lose the last stone

his_missus

It is my crazy bessie friend no.1's 40th in April and I really don't have a clue what to get for her as she keeps scuppering my ideas! I was going to get her a voucher for a stay in a castle as she's always wanted to do that then she told me last night she's got one off travel zoo to treat herself:mad: I was going to book a trip for when she's on holiday in Italy for her birthday then she tells me she's found a great trip (yes the same trip!) herself and booked it :mad::mad:

Despite us having been friends for 15yrs, I barely have any photos of us (apart from my hen do and wedding) so a photo book/scrap book is out of the question. I buy her jewellery nearly every birthday/Christmas anyway, she doesn't collect anything (hates having nick nacks around her house) she's forever buying discounted vouchers online so she's probably already bought it if she wants it:mad::mad::mad:

For my 40th, she bought me loads of bits with 40 on (keyring, photo frame, mug etc) so I can't do that really either:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Any ideas? I'd really like it to be some sort of keepsake I think.

FeistyFidget

Hanley25 wrote: »

Hi all.

JJ I hope you feel better soon.

Sorry mini rant time. I have been stitching every night working on SILs invitations and as well as that trying to think of a hen do idea for her. She hates nights out drinking and went to a spa once and sat in the corner with a dressing gown on refusing to join in as she is very body concious (sp). I wish I had her body she's a size 10 at most but that's another story.

Anyway she loves baking so I found a place in Chester where we can all go for afternoon tea and then have a cupcake decorating class. Spoke to MIL and she said it's perfect. Saw SIL yesterday and said I needed a list of who she wants to invite. I hadn't even told her what it was and she had the biggest most childish tantrum you have ever seen about not wanting a hen do and that her fiance is not allowed a stag do! DH didn't help as he started calling her names it was like being back in time when they were kids! Lol.

I took her to one side and explained it's not a traditional hen do it's more of an afternoon out with friends and family. She calmed down slightly but I can't help feeling that I'm going to a lot of effort for her and she is being very ungrateful and a little spoilt!

To top it all off before I left she mentioned that she's like me to stich thank yous for all the bridesmaids to be framed like I did for my wedding!

Ok rant over. Ha ha. Hope everyone else is well, hugs to those who aren't.

Oh my goodness, you have the patience of a saint! I would have either had cross words or told her I can't cope and insist she helps - once she sees how long they take, maybe she wouldn't be so demanding?

his_missus wrote: »

It is my crazy bessie friend no.1's 40th in April and I really don't have a clue what to get for her as she keeps scuppering my ideas! I was going to get her a voucher for a stay in a castle as she's always wanted to do that then she told me last night she's got one off travel zoo to treat herself:mad: I was going to book a trip for when she's on holiday in Italy for her birthday then she tells me she's found a great trip (yes the same trip!) herself and booked it :mad::mad:

Despite us having been friends for 15yrs, I barely have any photos of us (apart from my hen do and wedding) so a photo book/scrap book is out of the question. I buy her jewellery nearly every birthday/Christmas anyway, she doesn't collect anything (hates having nick nacks around her house) she's forever buying discounted vouchers online so she's probably already bought it if she wants it:mad::mad::mad:

For my 40th, she bought me loads of bits with 40 on (keyring, photo frame, mug etc) so I can't do that really either:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Any ideas? I'd really like it to be some sort of keepsake I think.

Well, how about a photo shoot for the two of you? You said there are no photos, make some?

Nana your spies really are everywhere I didn't really do any work at the weekend you'll be glad to know

Jj you are such a superstar! I can't believe how positive you are

My smile today has come from winning audience tickets to deal or no deal in March.

his_missus

Feisty, she's done loads of photo shoots with her daughter. I'm really not into all that posing about :rotfl:

Arthien

How about an experience for the two of you together? A spa morning followed by tea and cake at a fancy tearooms? If she's not into 'stuff', then making memories is a good way to go

My smile moment today came this afternoon: the garage doing my car service told me I need new brake disks, pads and fluid at a grand cost of £212 (cue a sad moment), but then I took it to a local independent place for a second opinion and they told me it was all BS and nothing needed doing at all! :j

Do you think this means I can now justify going out to the 2-4-£10 place for tea?

Peppapig

Arthien wrote: »

Do you think this means I can now justify going out to the 2-4-£10 place for tea?

Yup - I think it's a definite omen that you should :rotfl:

freespirit66

pigpen wrote: »

if anyone can get hold of the black and white panda (reduced to £4.99... they are oos here ) can they grab me 2 and I will pay postage to get them here.. they are my grandsons favourite and we need a couple of spares for washing and nursery in case one gets lost.... pleeeeeeease!!!!!!

All OOS here too, glad our AMEY has found some for you

Nanamia wrote: »

Well done Freespirit for resisting your homemade goodies I did wake to a lovely text from next door lovely to say that her girls had made me cookies to have with my coffee this morning Lovely neighbour of course knew it was treat day. Bless her, that was my first smile Mrs M xxx

Oh NANAMIA how lovely of them, especially knowing you could eat them that day, hope you did well this week. Hope you have a fab fab time in London, we want to hear all about it x

junior_j wrote: »

Hello all!
Thanks for the comments hugs And well wishes! They make me smile!
nan your update was correct! I am all connected to the monitors done around 19 hours with potentially another 12-30 hours to go! Still being very sick and struggling with the fun of dehydration but that's another story!
Thanks again guys! Mwah xxx

Sending you lots of love JJ keep strong xx

AMEY that was a lovely thing for you to do for PIGPEN
BEG good luck with the condensation, hope you sort it once and for all
MRSINVISIBLE oh your poor friend, trouble is when you are having a carp time its the little things that break us isnt it, thankyou yes DS keeps saying it, he makes me laugh, hope you had a lovely lunch today, glad you got the conservatory fixed
OMO hope you feel better soon x oh god blooming cars
MSGIGGLEWICK oh sorry you have had a carp time, glad to see you back on x
HISMISSUS what about a nice champagne afternoon tea somewhere really nice?
FEISTY ooh well done that should be really good, how is DH atm?
ARTHIEN how do they get away with it, they are such con artists, i had that once they told me i needed a new tyre, ex went down next day with same car and they said oh no its just a puncture we can fix it, when he said why yesterday was it a different case with my wife they didnt know what to say :mad: