A Very MSE Advent 2025

Wednesday2000

That sunrise is beautiful!

I have ordered a few things from Amazon. A daily (hourly) planner, I restocked my vitamins for next year and I bought myself another necklace. This one wasn't expensive, but quite pretty.

I really want to get organised next year and also lose the half stone I gained back. I want to stick to the healthy habits I picked up in 2025 like meditating daily, going to physio, gratitude journalling etc... 

I'm going to be wearing the red jumper I bought on sale yesterday from a local store and my new necklace today.

PennysIntoPounds

Shift got cancelled for today so was able to enjoy more work Christmas drinks yesterday 😁

Today's jewellery is costume jewellery gold and diamanté studs that I love and for reasons unknown to me never wear

Today's OAT is I will finish my listings

PennysIntoPounds

Not sure if I'll get time to watch this later as it's livestream only but if anyone fancies a free online lecture on Tudor Christmas here's the link, pre-register and it starts at 6pm, they're usually about one hour

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/tudor-christmas

PennysIntoPounds

Finished the listings, enjoyed walk and beer with Mr PIP who is using up some annual leave in the run up to Christmas, got back with two minutes to spare and we watched the Tudor Christmas lecture 😊

Tomorrow's job/festive thing to enjoy is progressing gift wrapping

Blackcats

Tea bag of the day was foraged fruits flavour.  A lovely rich purple colour and a warming flavour.

i came back from a chilly, mizzly walk and had a nice warm bath with fancy bubble bath, candles and a big mug of tea.  Bliss

Wednesday2000

My dog came back all spruced up and cute from the groomers and she had on her new xmas jumper.

beanielou

Have wrapped some of my DS's gifts earlier. Cards today from people I havent sent to.

KajiKita

@Wednesday2000, that is a very smart dog in a very smart jumper! 🤩❤️

KK

Cheery_Daff

I've had tea with a friend and exchanged presents 😊

Currently refreshing my blue shiny nail varnish,  and once it's dry I'm going to add a layer of glittery gold,  ready for my last day at work tomorrow 🥳

Cherryfudge

@Blackcats, Black Forest Gateau flavour for me, too, please. Our local C0stas don't seem to have it this year...  

@Cheery_Daff, thank you for sharing that gorgeous sky!

Two days of child care accomplished: we both need a rest! However, I had the four-year-old telling me with shining eyes that she was Mary in the Nativity. I hope she remembers it, she is so happy about it. Then we had dinner with our daughter and her family and she made a Christmas crumble with apples and a whole jar of the mincemeat that I'd made. Rich and sweet, and served with vanilla ice cream - very good. 

I'm back on the bandwagon of my Advent resolutions today, though in a small way and somehow I don't have confidence that a couple of portions of frozen fruit every day is going to create enough freezer space for all the cheap veg that go on sale tomorrow, not that I have time tomorrow to do anything culinary. Ah well, at least we have had some more space and used up a few things. The using-toiletries resolution means I've sprayed on some more Fenjal: I'm getting to like it quite a bit.