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I have amade astart on my xmas shopping and got my cards and even wrapping paper well chuffed...lol

Well done Hayley. I myself am in denial about Christmas...I have spent a pleasant afternoon watching Rugby and painting big gold stars on a wall:-)) BCXX

ps what did you buy me darling?

some nice fleecy PJ's and matching slippers...:-)))))

Well done Hayley !!! I've been buying bits for months though I haven't tackled cards and wrapping paper yet

We've got the girls main pressies and about 12 stocking fillers each....so if the axe swings next week they're pretty much done and dusted.

Everyone else will have to go without lol.xx

Theaxe shall not swing dear Muffy...I have had a word with himself:-))

Fleecy? pahhhhh!!!

You're an angel BC so you are :0)

whats wrong with fleecy? I agree Muffy no axe will swing..

Ta Hayley......keep that eye twitching lol

Nowt wrong with Fleecy.

I am even wearing furry grannie slipper boots......I like to be warm and cosy at my age :0)

Well I have to admit I have sent away for one of those cotton flannel grandad nightshirt thingies....*sobs...my red satin days are over......

Oh goodie................whatcha got me............................go on tell me please please please............................................jumps up and down.

Good for you Hayley, what a good girl you are.LOL

As some of you know,or may not, I spend frequent times in hospital. No cure as yet, but no cause found either. So as I came out from the latest of my many visits, on Friday, and felt good today, I thought I too would make a start while I can. In anticipation, if you like.
Got my cards and wrapping paper this morning, and wrapped up pressies this afternoon. I also made a start on some of the Christmas food, and already the freezer is heaving. Christmas dinner out was booked in August, but I like to have plenty in, and can't bear going to the shops between Christmas and the New Year. My last shopping day this year will be the Wednesday before Christmas Day, for 'fresh' stuff.
The drinks department is down to OH, and if he looks after that as he did bringing in clean undies etc, well, it hardly bears thinking about.
Stock cupboard is also getting full, to make things during the festive period, because once we have had the BIG dinner on Christmas Day, we do not bother about another big dinner for a few days. So long as I have plenty of cook in sauces and pkts of rice, it suits us.
I can say all this, but I do not have anyone else to cater for except OH and myself, so we can please ourselves.
I can also say this truthfully and honestly. But GAWD, how I miss it all. All those children and grandchildren, and three sittings for dinner. All the jellies and trifles, Black Forest Gateaus (sp)Profitteroles (before they were invented), all home made. The cured meats, done by moi, and pickles and preserves. All that stuffing baking and boiling, done for months in advance.
The Christmas Cake, Mince Meat, and then the pies, and the Pudding.
OH even had his own Brussel patch, for the tons we got through.
The decorations, all home made, and the crackers, hand tied.
Agggh I could go on, but I am worn out at the thought of all the work I got through, despite the loving of it all.
Even the grandchildren have homes and families of their own.
Off now to have a lowely lamb chop and a few veggies, and to dream of yesteryear.
Good Luck to all of you going through it All, but at the end, you wouldn't have it any other way.
Good Night
Julia in Derbyshire

Granny I have got you a wooly jumper from the £ shop with 2 spotty puppies on it.....**smiles proudly **

Juia I am not even thinking about dinner yet as not sure what day we having our xmas day..

i wrote me cards in september there on the kicthen top, ready to post first week in dec

baby s, is sota done, he has enough but there is still somthings if money permits id like to get him also

i still need to buy other people, which ths yr wont be much but im defo getting there, i just need to curb the wanting to go out vibe lolol and use me oney for gifts lol

Oh gee fanks..........your all heart.................THE POUND SHOP!.................how dare you..............shifts boosoms and trots off muttering..............bleeding cheek pound shop........................chunt chunt chunt

Oh Hayley I've bought wrapped and labled.(so I dont forget whos whos) but know the tots ones.

BC I saw a lovely pair of black fishnet seamed stocking with little glinty stone up the heel...so just you babe.:}}}}and fleecy is so not you at all,,,,,,

I haven't got far with Christmas preperations but I have made the cake and I've bought a few cards .
I've also started hoarding bags of chocolate coins ( and I've only eaten one bag full as of yet........lol ).

I suppose I ought to bend my mind to presents before much longer .