What's your minor inconvenience this Christmas?

[LittleMosIron]

We've ran out of celebrations. Tragic.

Everyone is looking at me for suggestions as what to do now . No I don't want to to go to a pub on Xmas Eve , I am not in my 20s. I have a headache and feel rough. Plus I do not enjoy spending any time with you whatsoever. Not my problem you have no friends or family nearby .

OH has been out and looks as though both dogs have been locked in the bedroom. We've rang environmental health. They're big dogs, 1 labradorite and one spaniel cross. Never get walked either. It's ridiculous

You've called environmental health because your neighbour has left their dog, which they never otherwise leave, in a room for an hour or two while they go out? How is that anything to do with environmental health?

No dill to go with our smoked salmon starter.
And ds2 walked into our bedroom and saw a 'father christmas' present for ds1. So a) can he keep a secret? Probably not and b) means it now has to be from us not father christmas which will make piles between dc uneven (they will def notice).

It will be easier when they stop believing- too old to be unaware of details, but too young just to tell!

No what I'm saying is that when he does leave the dogs, he locks them upstairs. They've not stopped barking all afternoon. They're clearly upset. He never takes them for a walk, they're both overweight. Enforcement cane out and seen and heard for themselves and they've rang environmental health.

He may have to drive to Melton Mowbray!

The house isn't quite as tidy as I'd like it to be, and we're not even hosting tomorrow, we're going to the in-laws.

I’ve lost my favourite fluffy sock, one has come out of the tumble drier. Can’t find the other 😆

My glass bag wasn't collected again this morning. I give up at this point and will just tip it all into the general waste bin along with sending a strongly worded tweet to the local council. We only get a glass collection once a month and they've missed ours every time since AUGUST! I'm sick of it.

My daughter's gift to me hasn't arrived in the post. Shes 11 and first time she done her Xmas shopping independently so she's a bit upset.

The fact that if we can't get a taxi home fron our friends' house tomorrow, we'll have to walk up a sodding great hill to get home.

Ran out of tin foil. Luckily dh got some at the corner shop and saved my veg prep.

I have basically fallen into a pit over the last month. Ordered all the presents and food, worked long days and then eaten and slept. I didn't finish work until after 6 last night.
It's after 3 on Christmas Eve and my grown children are doing my wrapping while I have a minor meltdown. Tomorrow 9 guests are coming so 7 people for brunch and 11 for late dinner plus the extra (soft) dinner I need to take over to ILs at noon.
It's the same every year: what is causing my minor meltdown this time? Labels: they aren't matching the paper. Seriously, this ridiculous thing has just had a grown woman weeping in the loo. Writing it down makes it even more pathetic!

Just found a security tag on a present I was about to wrap.

I don't have a house elf.
Darn inconvenient.

That's just ridiculous. Absolutely don't do it. Everyone realises sooner or later that driving around all day on Christmas day with little ones is a sure fire way to ruin your own Christmas.

I'd strongly suggest realising this asap.

Can’t you just take it to a glass bin at the supermarket?

The exh.
But not as inconvenient as him still being in the house like last year.

I have the flu. DH has been spectacularly useless when I needed him to do stuff today because I feel so rotten. All he's done since 7am this morning is go to the chemist for me and buy some medicine, and put lights on our tree outside the front door, something he said he would do a fortnight ago. Oh yes, and he made his own lunch, but not mine, and didn't notice that the jar of mayo was almost completely empty.

He decided to do a couple of hours work this morning instead of going to the bloody supermarket like I asked him to, so I had to cough my way round there and get the milk, bread and salad while he was at work, and I've also made two different sorts of stuffing for tomorrow and cooked the gammon. I've had to go out again this afternoon to buy more sodding mayonnaise. He's now having a snooze on the sofa. Meanwhile, the house is a complete tip and loads of things need tidying away. I simply feel too ill to do it, and don't have the wherewithal, but apparently he was up early this morning so he needs a nap.

I'm a bit pissed off to be honest.

Have you got a can of WD40 you could go and spray it liberally with?!

@Mrsttcno1 I wouldn't be driving my 8-month around on Christmas morning like that! Bonkers. Tell them she's been up all night teething, you're leaving her to sleep
And you'll see them soon...

My sister decided to make mini Christmas cakes for relatives and ordered some cooking rings to make them. Amazon were supposed to deliver yesterday but they didn't come
They are expected today but not till its too late. She is making Christmas cake muffins instead but is miffed they wont look like the ones she planned

I would hate this, I wouldn’t be able to focus on anything apart from simple things e.g browsing online, deleting rubbish emails or putting towels and bedding in a nice stack.

My minor inconvenience- I just realised that I forgot to prepare Christmas quiz for tonight.
It’s usually my task and I’ve promised DD before any one asks.

Argh, I'm in the same boat! Had a Christmas party last week - 30 of us for dinner and dancing. Our rubbish bin is now only collected every two weeks, so it's overflowing. The food waste bin is also overflowing with cooking scraps and the recycling is overflowing just because! I haven't had time to do a dump run because I've been working, and the bins aren't being collected until Saturday.

Also, I need boxes to put gifts in. Like the fool I am, I got my daughter to squish them all down last week to put in the overflowing recycling bin...

I can't find primula cheese and can't face going to the big Asda