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

springdreams

:bdaycake:Happy birthday Bloomingtasty and Nicki :bdaycake:

freespirit66

Evening everyone,

PRINCESSKITTY its you that inspired me to use my Pinterest rather than just pinning I made Coconut Crispy Chicken and Twice Baked Potatoes then No Bake Hazelnut Cheesecake from Good Food, i started cooking a recipe a week from my ripped out GF recipes last year and it has stuck, i love cooking new recipes. My kids were hysterical about the address book as well so dont worry heehee :rotfl:Oh what a shame about the Tricia Ashley book i have it on my kindle but havent read it yet!

CHRISSY glad DDs hospital appointment went well, its like a breath of fresh air when someone does their job properly and seems to care. Good for you buying local fruit and veg, i would love to but down sarrrfffff we are ripped off with high prices if we buy from farm shops or delivery services :mad:

MSGIGGLEWICK oh i can never get to these sales in the week, glad you got some fab bargains

NIC oh blooming eck i would have got as much as i could carry as well at those prices glad you had a great time at rollerderby, we all need time to be ourselves and do something we really enjoy so go for it Nic and ignore the huffs, keep that chin up girl we are only here once

PEPPAPIG oh how annoying that the car parking causes so much distress, we have 2 aldi stores near us and one of them shares a car park with The Range and Mothercare so you can imagine what that one is like (hideous to park) and the other one is further out of town but you always have to wait to park, its so small

NEWTHRIFT oh your dress and veil sound beautiful, i cant wait to see the piccies

SPRINGDREAMS oh what a lovely offer i would have but i have read both of them, thankyou though

JJ oh you poor thing, i feel mad for you :mad: why dont they do their flipping jobs properly, its not just the expense but the time and the stress of it all as well grrrrr hope you had a lazy day when you got home to de stress

princesskitty29

CHRISSYG so glad you had a good experience with your DD at the hospital, I hope you can get some good help. I love the idea of buying local produce, but I agree with freespirit, where I live the farm shops are extortionate!

msgigglewick and nic2075 sounds like great bargains! It's too difficult for me to get to Wilko's but love hearing about your bargains.

nic2075 roller derby sounds like loads of fun, I didn't realise they did it for adults. You just ignore your OH, you have to put yourself first sometimes for your own well being.

newthrift your dress sounds gorgeous, can't wait to see the pics!

Junior that is so insensitive! How hard is it to let someone know their appointment was cancelled?! Sorry you had such a wasted day.

freespirit i'm glad we can inspire each other on here. The recipes sound yummy! The Trisha Ashley book is good, it's just not very Christmassy despite the name.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY bloomingtasty and nicki! _party_

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freespirit66 wrote: »

CHRISSY glad DDs hospital appointment went well, its like a breath of fresh air when someone does their job properly and seems to care. Good for you buying local fruit and veg, i would love to but down sarrrfffff we are ripped off with high prices if we buy from farm shops or delivery services :mad:


I bought these contents were slightly different
+6 eggs, satsumas, apples and 2 Cornish pasties for £20 delivered.

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just had a message from Parsnips and Pears they plan to cover more areas in 2015.[Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk]

junior_j

Hello all! I have calmed down after yesterdays wasted day - I went to home bargains and my friend came round! I also had a long nap! Home bargains had some good items in - if there are any pug fans they have lovely fabric pug bags , nice mugs and other bits from 49p.

I am going to write a list of stocking items for mum and bro I need this year. Usually we do like £1 stuff but its so last minute its a bit rushed. I want to include stuff like nice novelty items , some nice bath stuff ect.

Also a stab in the dark. .does anyone have experience with diabetes and can suggest items for a hamper for a diabetic person - mums diabetic and she basically doesn't eat carbs or sugar now and luckily controlled her condition (she has lost a bunch of weight too)

I was thinking maybe a couple of diabetic cook books and some items or ingredients to add to them.

rubiesr4eva

Junior J - my dad's diabetic, and his favourite treat is Black's chocolate, they sell it at Mr T's

FeistyFidget

Junior, so sorry your appt was cancelled lovely xxx

lazysheep

JJ - sorry to hear about the appointment being cancelled. I know what traffic you're talking about I think (I live in the city) and it truly stinks sometimes. Can't believe it's taking me 30 mins to do 3 miles in the morning to work

Haven't done any more shopping recently as have been pretty busy at work with various things but have my sister and mum's birthdays coming up next month so will need to ask them whether there's anything they would like and remember to buy the cards!

No sign of snow down sarf but it was proper ice on on my car this morning and not just frost. The scraper wasn't cutting it so out came the de-icer for the first time this winter The water in my pond hasn't defrosted all day either lol

freespirit66

Evening everyone, i had a surprise today, i checked my emails and there was one saying i had won 3 large yankee candles as i was looking after little man i didnt really take much notice and tbh thought it was a scam, but later i rechecked the details and i have, woo hoo :T:T:T i am so chuffed it has made my week!!

CHRISSY ooh those veggies look lovely and fresh

JJ glad you have had a better day today, funnily enough i bought my DD2 the pug mug on saturday and for christmas my DD1 bought her the pug make up bag, pug (arggh i cant remember the name of the things you put on your eyes in bed at night to keep the light out???) and the most wicked pug onesie complete with a tail :rotfl:from HB, sorry i cant help with your mums diabetic hamper, but cookbooks sound fab, im glad your mum is doing so well

LAZYSHEEP my kids have had bad ice on the windscreens this week also, it takes so much time getting the blooming cars de-iced