Basically as the title reads. Im so tired of this now.
Started with Kevin the carrot toys really, I remember battling queues just to get one toy.
What has made me angry today is seeing Asda christmas shelves empty of all the Home Alone items and disney ornaments. Just wanted 1 item and people buying ten of each. Checked vinted and yes I was right. A 4 quid decoration double the price.
Its really unfair for those of us who just want one thing and to find people bulk buying them.
Grrrrr. Im just miffed.

Twas the night before the US Midterms...

Continuation of the AIBU to think my friend is overdoing emergency stockpiling thread for discussion about the government advice to stockpile for an imminent emergency and what the heck that emergency might actually be.

Spoiler: it's more of a perfect storm of lots of factors coming together to potentially form one great clusterfuck from economic woes, global energy shortages (mainly diesel), potential food shortages, war and madmen to crazy weather patterns rather than a clear identifiable singular thread.
This is a practical thread and a bit of a handhold thread to make sense of events and how they may affect you. This is not an end of the world thread.

Remember an emergency can range from a temporary unexpected event to a much longer crisis but the underlying principles generally stay the same.

This is the official government information and advice, if you want further details on what the actual recommendation are, here is the newest campaign blurb
https://beready.campaign.gov.uk/

Not going to do a status report this time, mainly because it's all about What Trump Does Next right now.

Previous threads
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5576816-aibu-to-think-my-friend-is-overdoing-emergency-stockpiling?page=1

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5585259-crisis-what-crisis-is-my-friend-over-doing-the-stockpiling-and-am-i-too-continuation-thread-2?page=1

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5591677-crisis-what-crisis-the-one-you-start-to-wish-youd-stockpiled-like-your-crazy-friend-continuation-thread-3?page=1

Got my dancing shoes polished and ready but will we be Dancing In The Streets or Dancing In The Dark?

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5583840-panda-monium-trump-thread-170

Trump’s Final Term Ends in: - Countdown Timer

I need to sort out the frizz I get from my commute (walking, trains, tubes). No matter how put together I am when I leave the house, I look completely disheveled at the office. I’m not allowed to plug in and do my hair at my desk and no plugs in the toilet cubicles. So I need a cordless solution to just get my hair back in order
looking at some cordless straighteners but then noticed cordless brush exists.
anyone tried either and can offer thoughts. Don’t mind the cost.

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So I met my friend 25 years ago at work but it's only been the last 5 years ago we've been regularly in each company. We've been on holiday together in addition to all the coffees and lunches: she's a caring, kind, loyal friend. Here comes the 'but'. Over the past few months I've not been enjoying her company, in fact she is really started to irritate me, and my heart sinks when her name pops up on my phone screen. Now I'm avoiding her and I have no idea how to go forward, I can hardly say 'sorry I've gone off you'. I feel like a right cow........... Should I do the slow fade or should I just suck it up?

The style chat continues....😊

I'm travelling to a wedding on Friday. I've been hiding my head in the sand about it for various reasons and had decided to wear something I wore to a wedding last year. However, DH thinks the jacket looks cheap and I think I agree with him. Also the shoes are suede and it's likely to rain on the day of the wedding.

So I decided to wear a dark blue dress and boots I have already and buy a coat to go over.

I ordered 3 and the only one I like is too short. DH likes all three.

Shoes are really difficult for me as I'm awaiting foot surgery so I'm stuck with what I have.

I'm attaching pictures of the teal maxi dress and jacket I wore last year and the new coat with the hem of the blue dress showing.

The links are to the other two new coats. I also have a maxi black Superdry puffer like the one in the screenshot but with a detachable fir collar. This is longer than the blue dress but DH says it's not weddingy.

Wedding is in a London town hall in the morning. Bride is fine with me wearing black.

Please be gentle with me. I don't feel good about any of it.

Buy Burgundy Red Detachable Fur Collar Double Breasted Maxi Formal Revere Coat from the Next UK online shop share.google/SnbLLXyZd4ULSBSV2

Buy Joe Browns Black Boutique Printed Velvet Coat from the Next UK online shop share.google/bcFKhowlkMtJVeLdQ

Hi - looking for winter coat recommendations.

I’m looking for all of these combined, if it exists!

• Petite
• Hood
• Trendy
• Good quality
• Dressy
• Navy, tan, green or black

Thank you!

DD is two and I also have a 4 month old baby. I am keen to potty train because she seems ready and also has wee and poo leaks no matter what size or brand of nappy we try now.

I gave it a shot last week and I didn't last half a day. Wee everywhere, her jumping in "puddles" (thanks Peppa), baby crying because I'm busy cleaning up accidents and taking toddler to the toilet constantly.

She really likes sitting on the toilet or the potty, but she'll sit on there for half an hour and not do anything, but start crying if I suggest that we take a break and try again in a bit

Just so much stress and I'm also worried about wrecking our sofa and the carpets.

Do I just leave it and try again in a few months? I just really wanted to get it done. If I'm completely honest, a major factor is her poos are absolutely foul and gag-worthy.

Hi everyone,

My daughter is a June baby and I’m getting increasingly worried about her going to school next year. She is a very high energy child and has always been challenging even since she was a baby (but she also has some brilliant qualities and is a lovely hilarious little girl)

My main number one concern is potty training. We have been potty training since she was just turned two. We’ve tried every method, but she is still having multiple accidents a day (6 today since getting back from pre school!!) these are only wee accidents as she hasn’t had a poo accident in a year, she took to that immediately! She doesn’t seem to have any embarrassment over it although recently she has started lying and saying she just got wet while playing etc. We took a break earlier this year for a couple of months as everyone advised me to, and when we tried again she had no accidents for a full week, then just went back to the way she was before when she got bored of the sticker chart etc. Which leads me to believe it’s probably not a medical issue although I’m not ruling it out especially given how frequent the accidents can be sometimes.

She also isn’t brilliant at listening, often zones out and ignores people, runs off mid sentence, starts singing or doing her own thing. Maybe this is normal, I have no idea.

Her speech is pretty good and she talks a lot, but she doesn’t understand certain questions sometimes and just repeats what you say, a common one is ‘why did you do that’ she will just repeat the phrase.

She can count to 10 (and makes up nonsense ‘teen’ numbers after 10), knows all her shapes, colours and can draw a face but gripping a pencil properly is hit or miss. She also can’t do her ABCs she just sings the tune but it’s mostly nonsense lol.

She’s really good at playing with other children and very kind, loves making friends and has a brilliant imagination.

In general her behaviour is 0-100, she can be very lovely and does as she told but she just gets very easily bored, will suddenly try and run off, often does naughty things on purpose and giggles and finds it funny, she does not respond at all to punishment. She says ‘I’m very sorry!’ easily but there is no part of her that means it or regrets it at all. She doesn’t seem to link the action to the consequence. For example if you have an accident we will need to leave the park to clean you up, if you throw your food it will be taken off you, etc. She just has an absolute crying meltdown then does it again! I think that’s why we struggle so much with potty training and what makes me believe she’s developmentally a bit delayed but I’m not sure and I really don’t know what to do, I feel like I’m just failing whilst also struggling sooo much 😫

Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush……..

Other than the elusive Needoh, my DS really wants Pokemon cards for Christmas but I can't find them anywhere and a lot of online retailers seemed to have bumped the price up somewhat.

I have tried requesting to purchase through Amazon many times and never get selected, despite my Amazon account being over 25 years old! Not sure how you get approved for that.

Anybody got any good sources?

I beg the forum’s indulgence, since I know that the U.S. election is not directly of huge importance here, but, still, Trump’s contamination oozes into the broader world.

I don’t know if other Americans feel similarly, but for me this is like being suspended in limbo, waiting to see if the Democratic party will triumph over Trump’s Republican party. I’ve done the protests, I’ve done the volunteering, I’ve done the donations. And now it’s just a matter of waiting. I watch the statistics (Republicans have a tendency to denigrate polls if they’re not in their favor, but now even the prediction markets are forecasting a Democrat sweep). I read about the daily outrages, including his efforts to block votes. But, really, just waiting.

The main amusement is watching the vicious mockery. He’s being heckled at his own rallies. He’s sounding more and more unhinged, and it doesn’t help him that he’s backing some bad candidates. Lately he’s talking about scrutinizing men’s asses.

I’m finally daring to feel hopeful. But we’ll all be glad when this if over (even though we’ll just leap ahead to 2028).What an awful way to live.

I’m considering a recipe book for a reasonably capable home cook, but can’t be overly complicated else they’ll lose patience. .
Not too many ingredients or a steps in the recipe ( but more than the ‘things you can make with 5 ingredients in 5 minutes’ type of thing. )
More interesting than everyday classics such as chilli, lasagne etc
Not Indian, Chinese or Italian.
Ideally a book you would make lots of recipes from, rather than the book taking up space and you’ve only ever used once or twice

I was thinking Ottolenghi Simple but would like to have a look at some others.

My hair is long. Passed my bra strap and very thick.

For work I have to have it off my collar, so either a bun (which is now uncomfortable and heavy) or a low plait, which flops over my shoulder when leaning over and is annoying. I used to love French braids but the weight of them are uncomfortable now too. I rarely wear it down as I don't think it suits me.

I did have my hair cut into a chin length bob with undercut just before covid. I think I loved it but It was never maintained and it just grew out again.

Has anyone had a big cut and found it liberating? Hated it?

I know it will grow back if I don't like it so I don't know why I am dithering!

This is surely far better than the JL one. I think Roisins going to lose her job in the Tesco one…. Try this one instead! Buy it for under £1 a support a good cause.

We’re looking to buy a new mattress (and bed frame) but a bit lost with all the choice. Pocket sprung, memory foam (is it hot?), different materials … It’s overwhelming!

I’d really like to avoid plastic and stick to natural fibres.

I’d definitely like to try them out before buying. Do you recommend any shops (London)?

Anyone love theirs?!

I’d love to know when everyone puts their tree/christmas decs up. I love, LOVE Christmas and I’m thinking to put my tree up around the 21st November.

I’d also love to know what your family traditions are that differ from the ‘norm’ my children are 2 and 4, so any suggestions for simple traditions they may enjoy would be great. We have a couple already, such as a Christmas Eve walk, 1st of December box which I put their advents, Christmas jumpers and some crafts in.

What’s everyone’s festive plans? X

And it’s lovely - I think anyway.

https://www.johnlewis.com/content/christmas-advert

Well it's here....

https://www.johnlewis.com/content/christmas-advert

And I hate those bratty kids already LOL 😂😂😂

Hi, I’m 10 years divorced, in my early 50s. My ex husband regularly cheated on me. Been happily single for 10 years. I started a relationship with my partner 9 months ago. He’s 11 years younger than me and I’ve really broken down emotional barriers and he’s a lovely man. However yesterday I got a notification that he had commented on a facebook post. He never comments on anything on fb, he’s hardly ever on there. The profile that he had commented on was a twenty something women, clearly posting for likes from men, quite provocative, skimpy clothing, beer drinking. Kind of, look at me, aren’t I the perfect girlfriend type stuff. Her ‘thing’ is that she loves drinking beer and sport. It was full of comments like, marry me, cracking figure etc etc. He posted a fairly innocuous comment, not sexual, but a ‘come to England’as she was complaining about the USA being anti drinking. It’s made me feel a bit weird that for someone who never posts, he’s actively engaged with this type of profile and feelings of mistrust have been brought to the surface. I feel silly but also a little demeaned and I’m surprised that he posted this publicly but I don’t doubt he didn’t realise I’d see it. I feel if I interacted on a similar type male profile in a flirtatious way he wouldn’t like that. AIBU. I’m usually pretty laid back but I’ve shocked myself at how this is making me feel. Am I being stupid?

I do love them but my god I have made my life miserable.

They are rude to me, constantly do things to make life hard for me (throwing clean folded laundry everywhere; constantly opening toilet doors when I’m trying to use the toilet) I get she won’t be thinking consciously about it like that but it’s so draining. Attempts to correct her and she just screams NO at me.

I have obviously assumed it’s my parenting and maybe it is but the strategies I’ve read about don’t work.

I wish I’d just stuck with one, I really do.

This is an old Hobbs skirt. With pencil skirt and smarter workwear coming back, I kind of like it but I also wonder if this will become “what was I thinking” item… https://ebay.io/m/gfSofJ

Sorry I know this topic has probably been discussed before but I can’t get over how expensive uk holidays are compared to abroad, the problem is we have a 2 year old and school age children so long drives wouldn’t be fun and I don’t like flying, I don’t want to stay at some dirty mouldy super cheap resort/accommodation. However looking at holidays for the Easter/May break the prices are extortionate. How do ordinary people like us on decent salaries but mortgage etc afford these prices? Where do you go on holiday in the UK with children during the school holidays?