* Rocking around the Christmas Tree * - It's the 2018 Christmas Chatter Thread

Morning

Still feeling lousy, doctor has put me on duloxotine for the pain with a casual 'try and get through the first 5 days as you might feel nauseous' Took one last night before bed, woke up all through the night in so much pain and then wide awake 6am thinking 'I don't feel good'. Really really feel washed out and the nausea comes and goes. I do NOT like these tablets at all but will try and stick it through the 5 days until the nausea is supposed to wear off (Lying DH who was also prescribed them said 'oh yeah, you only suffer with about 20 mins of nausea on them' lies I tell you! lies!!!)

Vulpix your jam sounds lovely, I would love to try something like that, unfortunately I did not inherit my fathers green thumb in any way shape or form! I even managed to nearly kill a cactus and had to donate it too my parents to bring it back from the brink :rotfl:

Worst and best present:

Worst was actually a birthday present but was so bad I think it qualifies. A so called 'friend' took a photo of me and put it in a cheap silver frame that had a picture of a dog and the word woof underneath for my 18th. I gave it back to her and walked away.

best present was from my DH, he was never the best at presents and did tend to buy me things that he wanted that he knew i'd say no too, like a DVD player when they first came out (I had never wanted one and had said no numerous times to the rediculous price tag so I got one for my birthday because he thought 'I would like it' *rolls Eyes*). Anyway, I have a huge love of crafting and about 6 years ago (15 years we had been together so I was used to the fake prezzies lol) he gives me a big square gift, I open it up and its a four tier storage box for all my craft things, each drawer comes out and has a lid so you can use them seperately. No word of a lie, I cried. Best present ever.

Second best, DS follows his dad in the present department if he can actually be bothered to get one :rotfl:, last christmas he nicked one of my photos off FB of me, him and his sister, printed it off at boots and put it in a frame. That was really special as 1) I have very few pictures of me with the kids as I normally hold the camera, and 2) it was the first time he'd thought about and gone out to get a present for me, normally he sticks his name on the gift his sister buys.

Belated Happy Birthday 0462, so sorry I missed it. I blame FREE for not being on here as she normally does the birthday posts first Hope you enjoy the family meal at the weekend. :bdaycake:_party_

Very quiet here, all must be enjoying the weather

House of Fraser has Baylis & Harding little gift set for £1, reduced from £6, beware the delivery charge though. I bought a few as tokens & a few other bits as gifts for the Egyptian mob

Have written a shopping list as going to make the first cake tomorrow, hopefully once that is done, will get the motivation to start on the rest of them.

First Christmas present has been purchased! An artist I follow on Twitter was having a sale in her shop and I spotted a nice jug reduced to £8 from £20 with one of her images on it. Purchased that for Mum, although her birthday is 2 and a half weeks before Christmas so if I'm struggling for ideas I might need to swap it to a birthday gift XD

Either way, first purchase done! Youngest sister is hopefully going to university in September, once she gets her results I'll be making her a box of things to take like a USB stick, Neurofen, hair elastics, tissues and some other bits and bobs. Made one for our other sister when she started so just a case of tweaking some of the things I bought last time.