* Walking in a Winter Wonderland * - It's the 2015 Christmas Chatter Thread

freespirit66

:bdaycake:HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANLEY :bdaycake:


Evening everyone, oh a lot of people arent having much luck with their health atm, hugs to the lovelies on here, i have had another weekend stuck in bed with my IBS so i am going to try and get a drs appt this week, i cant deal with this pain anymore!

MRSMONEYPENNY oh your weekend sounds wonderful

FEISTY glad you have an emergency appt this week, hope it all goes well, keep that chin up!

PIXTOTTS thankyou for that towel tip, i am putting them away at the moment until i have enough to completely replace all of them at once, but i will do that before i wash them

NIC glad you had a lovely holiday, i know i couldnt believe it when i saw about how many fridays there were to christmas

MRSINVISIBLE oh my lovely im so sorry you have had such a health scare and it may jeopardize your trip to china, please please slow down and take care of yourself, i hope you can go, because it is just the break you need!

Gettingtherequickly

Well, not really Christmassy, but something to look forward to! Just booked a flight to Madrid in March for a girly weekend, bargain £55 each from Gatwick. Just got to sort hotel, but had a look over weekend and looks as if we can get 4* for 4 nights for about £230 for a twin room, which should be good.

Also ordered my Madrid guide book. On the subject of guide books, if anyone is going someplace they have not been before, can I suggest you order guide books from abebooks.co.uk, (be careful to use the UK site) I buy them 2nd hand, try & get the most recent published as there are not really going to be that many changes & have bought a D&K one for £2.04. post free as against the roughly £15 to buy new. So at that price, it is still great for ideas, even if travel is cancelled

pixtotts

MRSI - Hope you make China! everything crossed for you x

Gettingtherequickly - Wow that is good! I'm looking at around£250 for 3 nights in Devon in October at the moment!! Holding off booking in hopes they bring the prices down and petrol there and back will be £50 odd... crazy isn't it !

Not a good day today..... dodged a car coming my side of the white line and smashed my mirror GGRR! x

freespirit66

Evening everyone, well i tried to make drs appt and they had no appts for 3 weeks!!! It really is getting worse, i know a lot of people have been complaining on social sites but now i know why and that is any doctor not me just wanting to see mine.

GETTINGTHEREQUICKLY oh that sounds lovely, i will have to tell DD1 about that site, she buys so many travel guides

PIXTOTTS oh no bad luck about the mirror, how blooming annoying :mad:

Gettingtherequickly

pixtotts wrote: »

MRSI - Hope you make China! everything crossed for you x

Was I wrong to read Mrs I incorrectly:o

mrs-moneypenny

Scorning all
Happy birthday Hanley
Massive hugs feisty so sorry to hear what you are going through at the mo, seems so unfair that the only safe option was that you had to pay rather than being offered something by the nhs that was more positive

mrsinvisible

gettingtherequickly, oh, ho, l hadn't seen that, you did make me chuckle!! Free, that is appalling! little known fact.. it is in your GPs contract that you can be seen by a doctor on the day of your choice! not necessarily your named doctor. Our GPs have got together with funding for one year, and if you want seen on that day you ring surgery and get appointment at the local hospital where they run a 12 hour surgery. Joined up thinking for once that works as all records are on computer and are accessible to the Dr you see. Each practice is responsible for organising a Dr and a nurse on their rota'd days IYSWIM.
I can get travel insurance when l have had this condition for a year and it is stable, but there are difficulties because it is 'brand new' and an unknown quantity.
Not Christmassy, but l got DGS 2 pairs of jeans and a pair of chinos in the marks and spensive sale, for £6 each, and a pack of 2 white school shirts for99p.
'Carried in carry out' tonight with DD treat time for us both .
coffee time now, xx

MoneyMission2015

Not good hearing some of you are poorly, I hope you are feeling better soon.

MrsI - I will check out the m&s sale for school uniform, thank you.

Christmas related, I've been checking out Pinterest & have a few ideas now for gifts & also for craft activities I can do with the kids, which can then double up as Christmas gifts for the grandparents. I also have to go to the post office today because my dotcomgiftshop order is there to be collected. I have forgotten what I've ordered so it will be nice to go through & remember what my plans were for everybody. I have made a list of all the presents I have so far, to make sure I don't buy too much for anybody & also to make sure I don't double up on something! So I will need to add the dotcomgiftshop stuff to the list & then put it all away.

fluffysox

Hello all,
Only 5 months to Christmas and I'm dying to start preparing. I bought cards and wrapping paper etc in the sales but have resisted shopping since then as we needed to be as clutter free as possible. We put our house on the market in the Autumn and had no problem selling it.... 3 times! We have had 6 different chains so far. Buyers at the bottom of the chain pulled out at the very last minute most recently. Our current buyers have just had the surveyors in and we're awaiting the report back. This was more thorough than previous valuations. Anyway, thats the reason I haven't been around. Hope you're all well xx
Happy 6 week hols

freespirit66

Evening everyone,

MRSMONEYPENNY did you buy anything in the christmas shop?

GETTINGTHEREQUICKLY hahaha i am giggling to myself, it has taken about 4 rereads and a lot of thinking to understand what you posted about MRSI honestly i am such a woolly head

MRSINVISIBLE oh what a fab idea so people can get seen quicker, i wouldnt mind but i live in a village fgs, and the **** receptionist is just so unhelpful, she never even said would you like to make one after Aug 9th, it was just a case of you are not seeing the doctor full stop! of course, i was all flustered and just said oh i will ring back, obviously the nice receptionist wasnt around typical!! DD1s doctor told her to ring this week to see her about whether she needed another sick certificate and she cant even get in :mad::mad: I see on social media today someone is making a complaint about this drs what about i dont know but im sure it is getting worse, it was never like this when we moved here 16 years ago. Im so sorry you are having trouble finding an insurance company who will insure you, still keeping my fingers crossed for you. Bargain on DGS clothes and glad you and DD treated yourselves

MONEYMISSION ooh isnt it exciting when you cant remember all what you ordered, when the parcel arrives

FLUFFYSOX oh no poor you, fingers crossed this one will sail through, a few of our lovelies have had nightmares buying and selling this year. Good Luck