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How to feel like you're on holiday when you're not?

161 replies

qualityjaisket · 24/03/2017 15:11

I'm really craving a week (or several) in the sun but have no plans for holidays this year. How can I recreate that holiday feeling at home?

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Cleebope · 24/03/2017 23:50

Haha Shatners that reminds me of so many holidays. Also, turn off your wifi and refuse to answer calls from DM or Mil and also have lots of afternoon shags.

WishIhadaGEG · 24/03/2017 23:47

Buy some live cockroaches from a pet shop (live animal food for lizards etc), release them in your home. Run around screaming and trying to squash them with a flip flop.

Bibs2014 · 24/03/2017 23:17

😂
These are great!

MrsMoastyToasty · 24/03/2017 23:10

Pin a notice (which you do not read) on the back of your bedroom door detailing the procedures in the event of a fire.

asparagusnextleft · 24/03/2017 22:59

pop into your local tanning salon to make sure you have a nice red peeling face for when you go back to work, even better if you can get some bra strap burn lines while you're there.

cakesonatrain · 24/03/2017 22:53

Go for a walk with small children who want to go home/to the swimming pool/get an ice-cream.
Go to your nearest foreign food shop, laugh at the funny brand names, and buy a random selection of stuff. Make sure to pay with an inappropriately large denomination of bank note because you haven't got any change yet.

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qualityjaisket · 24/03/2017 22:47

cliffdiver I pour half a glass, top it up with lemonade and call it a tinto de verano. Smile

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RebelandaStunner · 24/03/2017 20:00

Put some single beds either side of your bed and get your neighbours to drive up and down in their cars honking their horns, run around shouting and playing loud music all night.

JamesDelaneysHat · 24/03/2017 19:53

Drive from your local airport to somewhere at the arse end of nowhere having a vicious argument with your dh about which turning to take. Make sure it's the middle of the night due to awkward cheapskate flight times.

cliffdiver · 24/03/2017 19:46

Pour half a glass of wine and top up with water Grin

Turn the heating up to 25 degrees, put on a bikini, tip the kid's sandpit onto the lounge floor and sunbathe.

BarbaraofSeville · 24/03/2017 19:30

Weather is going to be lovely this weekend in most of the UK. Go out to the coast or countryside for walks etc. Might need a few more clothes than abroad but you'll still get some sun and have a drink outside somewhere too.

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qualityjaisket · 24/03/2017 18:55

I own two hats like that Smile

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ShatnersBassoon · 24/03/2017 18:03

Whatever you choose to do, wear a hat that you wouldn't ordinarily be seen dead in.

BellyBean · 24/03/2017 17:38

Just done this all week. Dropping DD at nursery so we can actually get a break! Went to the Cotswolds for the day one day, cinema, lunch. Bacon bagels most mornings, and lazy lie ins with the paper.

May not have felt like a week in the sun, but lovely none the less.

Ineedmorelemonpledge · 24/03/2017 17:06

Just spend the week wearing two pairs of knickers, wash them in the bathroom sink each night, preferably with a tiny bar of over perfumed soap then drape to dry on the back of a white plastic patio chair in the garden.

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qualityjaisket · 24/03/2017 17:02

I love all of these Grin

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RebelandaStunner · 24/03/2017 16:14

Paint half of you arms and face bright red.

yoohooitsme · 24/03/2017 16:14

Cram all you favourite clothes in a suitcase with a leaky bottle of shampoo and then wear at random.

MrsMoastyToasty · 24/03/2017 16:11

Go round your home town taking photos and carrying a phrase book

Abitcomplex · 24/03/2017 16:09

Also, download an app with ocean sounds on, I have one with big waves crashing, birds etc. And close your eyes listening to it.
Buy some mojito in.

tessiebear4 · 24/03/2017 16:07

Get food poisoning

Bluntness100 · 24/03/2017 16:06

I may be over invested in this idea.😂😂😂

Bluntness100 · 24/03/2017 16:06

Oh I was thinking the afternoon drinking was more run a bath,pretend it's a pool, then lie down next to it with either a beer or a cocktail, at 11 am though (so maybe it's not "afternoon" drinking...Hmm )

You could even bribe a child if you have one to swoosh the water round and make wave noises if you fancied a more seaside scene. Wear your bikini and put sun tan lotion on too, before lying on your beach towel to drink your beer/cocktail.

Dementedswan · 24/03/2017 16:01

Think I want to be on holiday now. Afternoon drinking? Fab idea. Would it be frowned upon if I took kids to pub on my own?

Abitcomplex · 24/03/2017 15:59

Have a pedicure and manicure, paint your toenails/fingernails a bright pink colour and wear sandals. With clothes obviously...