Re: How Excited By Christmas are you?

by cosmictanya Mon Dec 13, 2021 6:21 pm

I have been informed that even more people are coming here. My mothers second cousin has just moved back to the UK, and their house is evidently a construction site - so she's invited herself with her husband, their child, and a dog - I didn't know she had any of those three things. Apparently he's Canadian, so that'll be us all bored by generic niceness. Her grandparents already guilt tripped an invite. I have to have a special toilet seat installed for one of them, for the day.

I'm not sure these people quite believed me when I said I don't cook. We are having cold deli style chicken, with pesto and pasta pine nut salad. Fresh raspberries, champagne, weed, and a bowl of marzipan fruits will be the only other things on offer. If they are expecting some kind of winter wonderland, they're going to be sorely let down. The only roses allowed in this flat are the kind that go in a vase - I'm absolutely dreading the prospect of cheap chocolate being brought over.

Peoples taste goes out the window at Christmas - you can't even walk through an office without being offered some skin wrecking trash by Cadburys Kraft. 'Bring nothing' is often taken to mean the opposite.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:20 pm

On the bus, this afternoon, the driver was dressed as Santa and gave me a free bag of sweets. happy

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:21 pm

They were Haribo sweets.

I'm not that keen on Haribo. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:21 pm

I would've expected Santa to know that. bawl

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:06 pm

They are described on the packet as, "Giant Strawbs." Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:06 pm

To be honest, they could be bigger.

by Butterfield Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:09 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:They are described on the packet as, "Giant Strawbs."

I've got some of those currently in stock. yes

I'm not that keen on them though. sad yes

by cosmictanya Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:08 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:On the bus, this afternoon, the driver was dressed as Santa and gave me a free bag of sweets.

That sounds very overfamiliar. I'm not sure I'd like that. They could be poisoned or anything.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:57 pm

https://twitter.com/SaraFrazetta/status/1471527494859821058

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:58 pm

You have to click on the image to see all of it. Colbert

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:05 pm

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by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:49 pm

OMG it's only a week to go!

I shall get my nuts out onto the dining room table tomorrow!

I love my walnuts as xmas, drool

by Fangirl Three Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:37 am

I've gone into 'avoiding the Christmas shoppers' mode. Leaving the storage unit early before the traffic congeals, that sort of thing.

It's a terrible time of year for those who actually need to buy something practical.

by cosmictanya Mon Dec 20, 2021 2:40 am

Right. Liberty's have what I want but don't have a 24/7 number that works - and that's where I get my discount and points. Le Labo itself isn't working. Harrods is down, as is Harvey Nichols. Selfridges is sold out. Fortnums doesn't have. Neither does Les Senteurs - and I object to that place anyway due to the b*tch that barely served me on one of my birthdays. Amazon doesn't seem to know what I'm talking about. Even the New York number for Le Labo is going straight to a concierge answer machine.

by cosmictanya Mon Dec 20, 2021 2:45 pm

Weirdly, the recorded voice on the Liberty number sounds exactly like my father. I was expecting something a bit more upmarket. It's the strangest experience.

by cosmictanya Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:40 pm

After all that effort and finally getting through, Liberty's are out. That's my gift giving ruined for the year.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:53 am

Less than three days to go. Excited

by Fangirl Three Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:46 am

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve Eve, the best day of the year.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:44 am

Less than a day to go before Christmas Eve. Excited

by Fangirl Three Fri Dec 24, 2021 8:49 am

I'm wildly excited now, cos it's Christmas Eve.

Which apart from its innocent festive attributes, is one of the 5 days a year where daytime drinking is allowed.

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