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Ruined weekend

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CassieRole · 30/09/2023 18:57

Treated myself to a bottle of Prosecco last night, it turned out to be so sweet it was undrinkable. DH bought me a replacement today, clearly marked extra dry.

Its not only too sweet it has the flavour of cardboard.

😭

Has anyone else had a similarity terrible weekend yet?

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Rabbitcar · 30/09/2023 21:09

It’s not Haagen dazs strawberry cheesecake flavour is it @Zanatdy ? I’m
finding it increasingly difficult to locate. Sad

Chocolatepeanutbuttercupsandicecream · 30/09/2023 21:05

I have a cold and my sinuses hurt.. I really needed a good sleep, but I accidentally drunk caffeinated coffee before bed last night and was wide awake at 2am.

Riverlee · 30/09/2023 21:05

Haven’t anything to add, but loving this thread.

HeyMicky · 30/09/2023 21:01

EyesOnThePies · 30/09/2023 19:36

Prosecco is horrible anyway.

But Cava, or go another couple of £ for Cremant.

100%

SmellsLikeTeenSpirits · 30/09/2023 20:58

I was meant to be going round to my bestie’s for afternoon tea - but I ‘sat down for 5 mins’ and woke up 4 hours later 😭

Clafoutie · 30/09/2023 20:56

5128gap · 30/09/2023 19:05

The nail polish I ordered clashes with my top. Thinking of cancelling the night out. Wouldn't enjoy it.

😂

Howmanysleepsnow · 30/09/2023 20:54

Lidl has champagne for £14. Could that rescue your weekend?

MyCircumference · 30/09/2023 20:54

tesco doesnt have my choice of cider

MyCircumference · 30/09/2023 20:52

my fried egg broke

LakieLady · 30/09/2023 20:52

OnAFrolicOfMyOwn · 30/09/2023 19:35

Get some Cava instead, that's always much dryer.

I prefer Cava, too.

Freixenet Cordon Negro is really nice.

TruJay · 30/09/2023 20:50

@Picklemeyellow

Happy 18th to your son for tomorrow 🥳

Our son is 1 tomorrow! His dad and I feel like absolute crap though and he doesn’t seem right in himself either so think we may have to cancel our day out plans and just laze about at home 😔

I know he won’t know but it’s a tradition to visit the place we’re planning for 1st birthdays in our family. May have to delay til next weekend.
hipe you can have some great, albeit delayed, 18th birthday celebrations yourselves 🎂

muddyford · 30/09/2023 20:44

theduchessofspork · 30/09/2023 20:12

Good Prosecco is delicious

A lot of it stays in Italy though

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Except for the amazing bottle a friend sends me from Italy every year in time for Christmas. I can't drink Champagne but this is so delicious.

FieldInWhichFucksAreGrownIsBarren · 30/09/2023 20:41

Sorry but did someone actually ask why she was drinking prosecco 2 nights in a row and was it a special occasion??? Wtf 🤣🤣
Anyway, my shit night is that ordered £110 of pizzas took an age to arrive, was lukewarm and NO freebies!!!

TheWeeDonkeyFella · 30/09/2023 20:34

Ah now where's a time machine when you need one. You could have sent it back to my much much younger self who's tipple of choice back then was sweet white wine and lemonade, no such thing as too sweet in her book! 😳😆

clary · 30/09/2023 20:34

on a side note, I drink Prosecco - but I clearly need to stop. Gonna try some of these reccs this week :)

DahliaMacNamara · 30/09/2023 20:33

Pushkinini · 30/09/2023 19:53

It's our wedding anniversary today. Decided we'd get an Indian takeaway delivered. I picked out a chicken pathia. DH duly ordered online. Takeaway turned up and he'd ordered a me a chicken phall. I tried to be nice about his mistake, but I was really looking forward to my curry but there's no way I can eat a fucking phall!

This is the worst disaster on the thread. OP could have choked back the Prosecco until the point where she didn't care any more. But an unwanted phall on your anniversary is a travesty of a Saturday night.

IrritatingNotHelpful · 30/09/2023 20:33

I bought hot dogs as I really fancied a hot dog and onions bun, which I hadn't had since 2020 (was a lockdown staple Grin)

I lovingly fried the onions, slowly boiled the hot dogs, put the ketchup on the bun and assembled. Took one bite and though - that doesn't taste right. Took a few more bites though and realised my mouth was actually burning. Turns out I bought perri perri hot dogs. I was absolutely gutted!

clary · 30/09/2023 20:31

@Pushkinini that is the WORST. Looking forward to curry - curry comes - can't eat it. Noooo

I once ordered salt and pepper king prawn from the Chinese thinking it would be crunchy and tasty - noooo it was sooooo salty that even I (= Mrs Salt Pot) couldn;t eat it.

RainyDuvetDay · 30/09/2023 20:27

I've been busy redecorating all day and decided to treat myself to a takeaway because I was too tired to cook. I called up to order and they're closed until next week 😩

Picklemeyellow · 30/09/2023 20:24

Crap weekend here - DS is 18 tomorrow and we had a meal booked for tonight but he’s come down with the most awful, stinking cold (did a Covid test luckily it’s negative) but he feels so rough we’ve had to cancel the meal. Have ordered a chinese take away in which he’s eating in bed.
Looks like all the family celebrating is off tomorrow.
Bloody Sod’s law, of all the weekends 🙁

HarridanHarvestingHeldaBeans · 30/09/2023 20:24

DunderMifflinInc · 30/09/2023 19:57

@HarpieDuJour homemade ginger beer sounds divine. Is it hard to make?

Not at all, will post the eecipe later.

FelicityFlops · 30/09/2023 20:23

Prosecco in the UK is about as vulgar as you can get.
Sorry that even that did not live up to your expectations.

JANEY205 · 30/09/2023 20:23

Im in America so can’t get a decent Chinese or Indian and I’m devastated as have cravings for both 😭 No I don’t want the chicken wings my husband keeps suggesting!

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 30/09/2023 20:20

Have to agree though. Prosecco is yak (IMO!)

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 30/09/2023 20:18

My weekend has been fookin' fab so far! Sorry about your prosecco @CassieRole Flowers