Progress not Perfection

ladyholly

I bought a christmas tree a few years back and bless it every year when I have to heave it back into the attic as I can just grab the top from half way up the ladder and almost throw through the hatch and then stand it up (it is in a pot). The box was much harder to get up there and as the years go on it gets harder.

Seasidegal58

All I have is a very small tree that sits on one of the living room side tables at Christmas. It slips back easily into a bin bag and then lives in my friend's lock up till next Christmas!😀 It would be nice though to have a bigger tree but as @ladyholly says, the larger trees get harder to manoeuvre and store as one gets older. 

Sun_Addict

That's Wednesday almost done. Back to the office this morning and stayed until just after lunch, finishing up at home. I was quite looking forward to going into the office today and had a fair spring in my step as I was walking in the pitch black at 6.30am but I'm sure that feeling will go way pretty sharpish. It was nice to have a break from Mr SA if anything. The office was pretty quiet as a lot are still on leave. 

Bought a few reduced to clear Christmas decorations I had been looking at when they were full price so have spent £5 on next Christmas already 😆 Also stopped off at Lid! on the way home to use a couple of money off coupons on their last day. Their takings must've been down the past couple of weeks without me popping in on my way home from work. 

Exercise today is walking to/from work 18,000 steps plus Zumba at 6pm so will be on well over 20,000 by the time I flop on the sofa tonight. 

Tonight's dinner is a smoked haddock fishcake from freezer stocks and steamed veg. 

Already getting fed up of all these new year new me things in the media. It's that time of year when Michael Buble goes back in his box until next Christmas and they get Michael Mosley out of his dust bag!

Makingabobor2

Love the MB/MM  reference. Never thought of it like that. Very true though. I'm fed up with WW & SW ads on TV all the time and all the reference to buying vitamins, booking holidays, buying an exercise bike etc.  I don't need a new year to decide to start a new challenge. Although having said that, I am intending to sign up to the Walk 1000 miles challenge again.  And have to say I do actually like Michael Mosely, find his series on radio Just One Thing, quite interesting. 
Enjoy your fish cakes

EssexHebridean

Michael Moseley should be taken with a pinch of salt the size of the spoonfuls of sugar he insists on reducing everything down to! I agree though - way too much truly unhelpful stuff being thrust at everyone at the moment. For avoidance of doubt, the old you is perfectly adequate, new year or not! 

Not surprised you felt that the change of scene of going back to the office was a bit welcome to be honest SA -  you put up with such a lot at home! 

ladyholly

Sorry my last post should have read Christmas tree bag.

Sun_Addict

I’m just going to carry on being just as fabulous this year as I was last year 🤣🤣

Cherryfudge

Sun_Addict said:

Already getting fed up of all these new year new me things in the media. It's that time of year when Michael Buble goes back in his box until next Christmas and they get Michael Mosley out of his dust bag!

 

Sun_Addict said:

I’m just going to carry on being just as fabulous this year as I was last year 🤣🤣

   Absolutely!

amber03

Ha, love that SA, I get fed up with the latest saying “ want to be in the present”. Feel like telling them just to put their phones down and talk to people. Why do people think they have to wait till the 1st January. Anyway rant over, I popped into town today, bought some Xmas wrapping paper that was 75% off. Ran out of it when wrapping the latest presents, so thought I needed to stock up. Xx

Onebrokelady

Just caught up with your dairy and your Michael Mosley comment made me lol 😂😂