Eating a Vegetarian Elephant

Chiglepig

@Cheery_Daff probably too early in the year for academic in-jokes and angst!

Chiglepig

Indoors Christmas will be coming down today (outdoor lights can stay for longer), I've bought some new containers for storage, and replaced the baubles the puppy ate - proper MSE, they were 50% off, but also had the 'buy two get one free' applied at the original price

South_coast

Cheery_Daff said:

Tut tut at you not properly citing your sources... but I shall forgive you, because while I did say on someone's thread I was planning to explore the local area more, it was in response to a post of theirs, and it didn't make it onto my own goals list on my thread 🙄😂😂

But who was the originator? I confess I can't remember either, oh dear! Bad Cheery 😂😂

It was me 😀!!!

Chiglepig

@South_coast - so we may pass each other and never know! - we should have a secret sign

(I pressume you're also somewhere between Dorset and east Sussex, Incl. - I don't know why I've excluded counties to the east and west!?)

(edited for reasons of rubbish proof reading)

South_coast

Ahh, you should not have excluded counties to the east and west - as you're wrong 🤣! I'm a bit further west x

Cheery_Daff

Aha, an excellent inspiring goal SC, thank you!

Karmacat

Ooh, I'm a bit further east - and I visited the Sir Harold Hillier Arboretum when I went to Hampshire this summer with my sister, it was fantastic!

Chiglepig

Any  further east or west ? Surely "Here be Dragons"! I have to admit the only time I've been further east on the coast than Brighton, it's been to cross/go under the channel! Devon and Cornwall on the other hand - every single one of my childhood holidays. It's a long coast and I really ought to explore more of it.

So, expensive start to the year. I spent £110  on new christmas baubles (in my defense, the price two weeks ago would have been £260), which has now pretty much completed my collection, and replaced the ones the puppy ate.

Then, my Clarins BB lotion fell off a shelf and into the toilet   , another £32 several months earlier than it should be.

And it looks like our kitchen window needs replacing - broken opening mechanism and internal condensation

But, Doggos and I have been out and about - Farley Mount Country Park on New Years Day was a highlight - I was complemented on my well-trained dogs several times - yes, when you just see the one time they respond to the whistle first time (and there is left-over turkey in the treat pouch )

Anyway, I'll be doing my deep delve into the finances as soon as the CC bill arrives (all of our day-to-day spending is on there) and up-date you all on the horror!

themadvix

Wow, they are some expensive baubles Chiglepig! 😮

Chiglepig

themadvix said:

Wow, they are some expensive baubles Chiglepig! 😮

@themadvix , they are compared to the ones the dog ate! But they are all hand blown glass - and there was a lot of them. Most Chistmases I do two 6ft trees and about 12 metres of garland around the house, - for the rest of the year the house is relatively minimal (apart from books, plants, and Mr C's bloody drawers, boxes, cupboards, full of wires ).

By the end of the year, puppy was well trained, big dog doesn't care, and the cat is now too lazy to climb the trees, so next year they can all come out safely, and I will probably never buy another bauble.