What's your minor inconvenience this Christmas?

[LittleMosIron]

We've ran out of celebrations. Tragic.

My husband

I'm concerned the custard on my trifle isn't going to set

That's awful. Sorry that happened

It wasn’t minor yesterday but feels like it today!

We’re in Prague for Christmas. Arrived yesterday… and our bag with the presents in didn’t arrive. We were exhausted and it was really upsetting yesterday. Luckily British Airways managed to track it down and get it on the next flight so it arrived yesterday evening. Our five year old wouldn’t have had any clothes or presents 🤦🏻‍♀️ We can laugh about it now it’s here haha.

I also couldn’t find a bottle of Baileys! It’s my traditional Christmas Eve tipple. I was kicking myself for not getting a bottle at the airport. When getting back to our Airbnb earlier, I spotted a bottle in the tiny shop right next door to the apartment. It’s now chilling in the fridge and I’m happy 😁

Merrily reading this thread, feeling mightily smug about being 100% sorted. I've forgotten table crackers entirely! I've been reminding myself for weeks to get them! Ffs!

Not quite so smug now 🤣

Well now I want a silvery fluffy jumper.

I've actually just realised I completely forgot to plan / buy anything for tomorrow. Didn't give it a thought.

I would just chuck on a Christmas jumper but I've been so lazy this year they are still sitting unwashed in a suitcase in the spare room since DH brought them down from the attic weeks ago.

Ah well.

Having to wait till our Christmas Day on Boxing Day to watch Gavin and Stacey!

I used a work perk to buy a gift voucher for a gift for DDs £££ present from Currys so it's spread over the year 0%. Its something she vaguely mentioned a while ago but hasn't mentioned since so I thought she wasn't fussed but then overheard her talking to my parents very animatedly about it and obviously she had wanted it. She's autistic and never really asks for anything so generally it's guess work and I wasn't particularly thrilled at anything I'd got her really apart from tickets for a show in April.

Only Currys didn't have it so I had to go to Argos next door instead not a huge issue as I also need a new tumble dryer so will spend on that instead but there was a moment when I didn't think I'd get it.

Whilst washing up by hand earlier as my dishwasher is faulty, I accidentally poked a bloody great hole in the rubber gloved index finger of my dominant hand. I have a new shellac manicure and bought the gloves specifically for washing up so I didn't ruin my nails. I shall either have to dash to Waitrose before it closes or wear the other glove backwards on my dominant hand to compensate.

FFS I have also forgotten crackers!

Our DVD player just died and the tradional Christmas movie is not available on any on demand or screening as it's a German one.

Luckily there is a YouTube version so DD's afternoon is saved.

It was just a mistake wasn’t it not an insult?
I loved the pork pie hunt, hope he has now tracked and cornered a correctly proportioned pie!

DS friends mum dropped a fairly substantial looking Christmas present off for DS. We don’t usually buy presents for each others kids!

I’m now in a pit of uncertainty about buying a present back (I may have opened a corner to try and establish much much she spent)

Yes

My poor guest has a heavy cold, coughs a lot and its only a matter of time before I catch it.

Taking DS (19) to pick up a friend, go to the supermarket for booze then drop him at a friends family Christmas Eve party (only 20 mins messing around, not as long as it sounds). However, when he went into the supermarket I jokingly shouted my taxi fee is a bottle of Prosecco and he actually bought me one! Result! So my minor inconvenience has worked out nicely in my favour.

Be thankful the lid didn't come off

I decided to buy 2 pots of turkey gravy for the meat eaters, instead of making it, but only 1 arrived, not enough, so now I am going to make gravy anyway as well as heating the 1 that I have, and making some bisto for the vegetarian. Very minor!

No eggs in the only supermarket we were willing to visit today. I wanted 18.

That means
no egg in our Christmas ham egg and chips tonight
no homemade mayonnaise
no tiramisu
no cakes
no quiche
no breakfast eggs.

There’s more than enough food to see us through till the shops open again, but I’m not best pleased.

Couldnt get any alcohol free fizz, and none in my local shop either. I do like a virgin mimosa at Christmas so feeling a bit disgruntled, lol.

Smashed a bowl whilst trying to get a baking dish out this morning. And that was shortly after the Christmas tree lights stopped working. I turned them on first thing, went to make a cuppa, came back into the living room and they had gone out.

@SoNiceToComeHomeTo

I'm fuming that they didn't have our order ready. H isn't because the owner is a friend from school.

He cornered a pie (and several pints) - but it's not the right shape. It is huge though. The long ones fit in the fridge better.

Forgot to buy a really stinky Brie

Yes! You are quite right. 😂😂😂😂

My autistic daughter only wears certain clothes they've all been worn and I have started my period.