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

Simo429

First Christmas market tomorrow at Chatsworth one of my very favourite ones

DanielleNic87

jemb wrote: »

Danielle that looks fab. Do you know a shop near us was trying to sell those puds for £14! :eek:

Wow that's steep. They cost about £4 to make.

lulu_92 wrote: »

Incredible! I'm assuming the one on the left is hot chocolate mix?

where are the packets from?

The cellaphane bags were from ebay.

starlet1990 wrote: »

Hello everyone still enjoying my week saw kingston xmas lights turned on last night which has really got me in the mood! Im feelinh so christmassy now but as I work in retail I no im gonna be hard at work the next month.
Loving the sainsburys advert and I love the boots one I complain about working boxing day let alone the big day.
freespirit he is a cutey very handsome baby. Also loving the dream wish it was true :-D
tincan thats an amzing voucher for thorntons!!
nic well done on the pressies glad you got the frozen aa can see its very popular.
danielle those makes are gorgeous was the moltesers easy to make?
Right im going to enjoy my last few days of holiday got a sainsburys royal legion chocolate to keep me going x

Yes it was easy to make just a little time consuming sticking the malteasers on.

freespirit66

Evening everyone,

RUTHHONEY do you know i havent had 5 blooming minutes this week to pick my kindle up i am desperate to get on with the story, i do actually like the short chapters. We can compare how we liked it when ive finished then

DANIELLENIC wow they look fab i do love the christmas pudding one especially

GETTINGTHEREQUICKLY i hope that is good news that the bolt is coming out today and JJ may be going home, i hope they find what they are looking for, send her my love please

AMEYTURTLE you sound very organised

KIWI ahh thankyou i have had lots of cuddles today and DD2 seemed a lot better today in herself as well, ah the potato dream that will be me then haha :rotfl:

STARLET haha thankyou, you sound as if you are having a lovely week off, doing fab christmassy things

MRSMONEYPENNY oh im so sorry about MILs results, have they recommended any more treatment? Your family must be going through a very hard time, especially your DH, at least she is still going out and enjoying herself, i cant believe she has hurt her back so badly too i know you are running around after her and looking after your family but please take care of yourself

PEPPAPIG oh i might do that, find out their email address, they are asking for Toilet Roll and Shower Gel also atm and christmassy bits, oh so you will miss coke truck as well i have been meaning to go the last couple of years but it has been heaving which put me off, this year when i think i can brave it, its not coming haha. Oh i think that is a lovely tribute to Lynda Bellingham bringing those ads back even if it is for one day

CHRISSYG haha that is so apt THE GREAT FLUFFENATOR seen as i have a husky who sheds for england all year round :eek::eek:

SIMO ooh have a great day tomorrow

Ruth_honey

Gettingtherequickly wrote: »

JJ may be kicked out today:j They are removing the bolt today so, I suppose depending on time, she goes home either today or tomorrow. I was planning to see her tomorrow afternoon, but as I said to her, in the nicest possible way, I hope I don't:D

I've sent her a text but not heard back. If she's still in London on Sunday, I can go and visit then, but tomorrow is hubby's birthday. Regent street lights get turned on 5pm Sunday. Shall I spring her from hospital to see that?

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

thank you, im so excited for her about babe and will be knitting more baby things after christmas. mil is not doing brilliantly if im honest but is coping well and still getting about. the 2 week radiotherapy finished (it was offered as palliative care) then we found out shed fractured two vertebra so has back pain as well now. she still manages to get to get to the cinemas senior screen and out for a meal each week with her friends and i do all her cleaning and shopping so between us we are muddling through

havent seen the sains ad yet but will look out for it

danielle the photos of your makes look fab, thank you for sharing.

ruth, i didnt reaslise how much i loved trisha ashleys books, id forgotten 12 days was by her till i started reading another and saw it written on the cover. i fancy reading chocolate shoes and wedding blues so will look out for that, at the mo im stuck into the magic of christmas and my housework is really suffering for it. has she got any more christmassy ones in the pipeline and will there be another set in sticklepond?
edit. ive just become a fan of hers on goodreads, so i should find out via that now when she writes anything new

hugs to all

She's on twitter (and probably Facebook), so just ask her. She's very nice and usually replies.
I'm reading her short story collection at the moment. It's 99p on kindle. Footsteps in the snow-although it's not all Christmas stories.

CHRISSYG wrote: »

Not Christmas related but i'm mum to Captain wigglebutt.

I'm Fantastic Snuggles' human!

Freespirit-I will admit that I preferred Calling Mrs Christmas. I clicked with the characters better. Hope you'll get some reading time over the weekend.

mrsinvisible

Wow, a 2-day catch-up marathon! Have had domestic chaos this week, I found a big wet mouldy euch ceiling in one of the spare bedrooms on Sunday afternoon, called big bro round, on investigation there was daylight through the roof and a lot of wet 'stuff' in the loft. Builder friend said he would do it on Monday. He came Sunday evening and said 'l'll just make a hole in this so it doesn't fall down' and proceeded to make a hole in the ceiling, a whole load of it fell in and l was covered in it! looked like Dido in the ruins of Carthage. Next morning l ran away to York with fave cos, for our annual Christmas getaway/shop/indulge/break, and when l got back the roof was repaired, the ceiling sports 2 new plasterboards and the plasterer is coming today to skim it. With luck it will be repapered next week. Then l can get everything put back.
JJ hope it went well and you have been discharged.
Baby aaaaaawwwwww looks soooooooo mmmmmmy. want a cuddle.
I seem to have overdone the Christmas shopping as l can't resist a good bargain, so its either a good start for 2015 or extra parcels this year! decisions decisions.
Now l'd best get moving as plasterer is arriving at 9am.

System

Rakuten UK have another discount £5 off a £10 spend code is SPEND10.

MrsGuyMartin

Enjoying smooth xmas radio! Gonna make my pickles today with the radio on

Gettingtherequickly

JJ didn't have bolt removed they were monitoring her sleep pattern night, but with her mega sense of humour she has decided they are trying to steal her DNA! Told her they will use it to create a being on another planet!

I sent her a text earlier, but not heard anything yet, but I do hope bolt is removed and she goes home thus morning.

mrs-moneypenny

everything crossed that things are going well for JJ

freespirit no more treatment has been offered for mil, they said they will just monitor and control her symptoms and pain now

ruth, im not on fb or twitter but now im a 'fan' on good reads i should find out there thank you. snuck a couple of chapters in while before shopping this morning DH was reading the papers and the book held more appeal than newspapers for me.
did notice channel 5 have got loads of christmas films on again on sunday
im listening to smooth here as well mrsGM,

hope all are well

graduate2012

Finally joining the thread having read for a while!
Does anyone know anywhere that sells mini candy canes? Have only seen the standard size in the shops

Many thanks