Please can you hold my hand for a bit. I’ve just had to make an incredibly sad decision.

[Saddecision]

I’ve just had to make the hardest and saddest choice of my life. I’m feeling sad and I have absolutely no one to talk to, and could really do with some chit chat to take my mind off things. Does anyone want a chat about anything other than my hard decision?

Best taskmaster task, Rhod Gilbert in Greg's wardrobe..... I nearly damaged myself on that one..... Rosalind is a fucking nightmare is a fairly close second 🤣

I had to hoover, yes HOOVER, my dark blue jeans pocket which had a rogue tissue in it. They are the reason why I used kitchen roll usually. This was a few days after I hung up my dressing gown on the washing line and one pocket had a washed tissue in it too. That was left to its own devises on the line and thankfully shed it all outside. As for my jeans, I didn't realise for ages why I had lumps of washed tissue on my bedroom and bathroom floor🙄

My favourite taskmaster bit ever is either 1) romesh ranganathan punting a watermelon off the floor with all his might or 2) Rhod Gilbert hiding in a cupboard.

Regarding cakes - coffee cake feels autumnal to me but really appropriate at any time. Chocolate Guinness and red velvet are also definitely autumn/winter cakes.

It sounds delicious. Would probably eat on Christmas Day if you put it in front of me. Your daughter is very lucky!

I am here too for a bit of Taskmaster chat! Not necessarily my favourite task but the one that always springs to mind when someone mentions it is Chris Ramsey shouting NO WAY during the shoe task 🤣

I also have a bit of an unhealthy crush on Greg Davies 😳

Great post OP 💕
Have you watched Bad Sisters, it’s on Apple TV?
Also, all this talk of Neighbours, does anyone else watch Home and Away or is it just me? I love it!
I’ve just realised I’ve gone to bed with my bra on, now trying to muster up the energy to wrestle it off from under my pjs!

This sounds amazing. Have you tried apple cake with maple syrup and cream cheese icing?

This is my favourite shower gel ever! You're a woman of excellent taste! In fact, you've made me want to pick a bottle tomorrow...

I'm stuffed on the sofa too from finding a bargain bunch of 10 bananas @20p in our local coop tonight so made an indulgent pudding including oats, golden syrup biscotti spread coupled with creme frais that could have fed 5 but hubbie and I polished off between us. Ooh love the reduced trolly!

That one was so good!

Would you be my soul mate @Johnnyfartpants ?

I rewatched an old Poirot yesterday. I wish I lived next door to Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot was my Uncle who I had dinner with every week.

Have you seen Rhod Gilbert's work experience programmes they are fun. He's a model in one of them!

Can I join?
I’ll eat lemon cake any time of year. I’m not fussed about chocolate cake, I wouldn’t turn a slice down though but it wouldn’t be my first - or second - choice.

You’d have to accept A LOT of your friends being murdered if you got your wish. Short of moving to Badger’s Drift in Midsomer you could hardly court danger more.

Mark Heap was also hilarious as the therapist in a couple of episodes of Miranda. Incidentally, would heartily recommend a couple of episodes of that (any) to take your mind if your sad decision, OP. Love and handholds.

Yes!!! I love Poirot too and wish I could waft around beautiful art deco apartment buildings in very waisted dresses and have Hercules kiss my gloved hand whenever he saw me. And Jane Marple would be my auntie and we would sit on her lawn and people watch in St Mary Mead.

#overinvested

For someone who is both greedy and wide, I am fussy about cake.

Pref a victoria sponge but with fresh whipped cream not gammy buttercream. Yak.

Or banana bread but with chocolate chips.. Yum.

Oh I absolutely love Poirot. I also recently read David Suchet's book about playing him. It was so comforting; like a hug in a book!

I love lemon cake. And lemon cheesecake. And lemon meringue pie. And lemon tart. And lemon curd straight out of the jar with a spoon....
If given an option with cake it will always be lemon..

Though what I could absolutely do right now is eat an entire french stick dripping with baked camembert.

Here with you OP x

I’ll add it to my Christmas list! People (DH) always want to know what I want and I can never think!

Me a d my friend spent all night debating when is a dish a dish and not a bowl

You're welcome

Loved those!

Can I just say, apropos of absolutely nothing, I have just rediscovered the joy of a buttered toasted teacake. I'm not usually a fan of dried fruit but you really can't beat a hot teacake and a cup of tea on a day like today.

Well thank you for posting it on the wrong thread cos I've now just saved the recipe!!

I am sat at a new desk at work, I am a great source of disappointment as they slowly find out that I like very little food, especially of the cakes and pudding variety.

On a better note, I have almost finished my The Snowman and The Snowdog jigsaw.