What's your minor inconvenience this Christmas?

[LittleMosIron]

We've ran out of celebrations. Tragic.

We’ve eaten all of the big carrots and I forgot to put one aside for DS to leave out for Rudolph. Since 3:30pm he has been urgently deciding whether a few out of the bag of chanteney carrots (mixed colours) will suffice. He’s still thinking about it.

I got one bottle yesterday and they were running low then.

I've converted to Buddhism since starting yoga last month. And become a vegan.

Even the cat looks bored with our Christmas.

It's my house😂

Anyhow, he's upstairs wrapping my presents at the moment, so I won't interrupt him just yet.

More of a minor irritation, but I've lost 3 tesco bath bombs, 2 boxes of toffiffee and 2 boxes of Cadbury snowballs I was going to give my dds. I will have bought them the same shopping trip. It's not a problem as I've got them other stuff and they're 17 and 20 so won't mind. It's just puzzling me as I've never lost presents before.

This is worrying me, now. Please update when he reaches his decision.

I sliced through my finger with a vegetable grater. Makes preparing the rest of the food much more of a hassle.

The lemonade is flat

I don't know whether this is an inconvenience but it certainly is a happening.

I often see a rather eccentric elderly lady sitting with her shopping outside the supermarket, waiting for the minibus that goes up into the mountain villages. She likes to flag me down for a bit of a chat, usually about the wellbeing of the Pope and Cardinal Bustillo. She may branch out into other theosophical topics or the state of the world today in general. I like her and I think she likes me.

Of course, today she wanted to wish me a Happy Christmas and we exchanged the kiss kiss (I live in Corsica) then she came out with this:

"You're a very kind person. I think you're the kindest person I know. This world isn't made for good people, it is made for the wicked. That's why your life is so awful and catastrophic."

"Ah well, I must hurry! Bonnes Fêtes!" I replied.

I'm not upset. A few weeks ago she pulled down her trousers to show me an operation scar on her hip in broad daylight...so...

But really!

Why can't they make those new wrapping paper rolls that have stickers to hold them together instead of cellophane not impossible to open?!?! It just ends up ripping the paper.

Arrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!

And a book I ordered from Amazon for ds has arrived with stickiness on its cover!

Mine came with a rip strip, pull it and a small bit of wrapping paper comes off to leave the full roll underneath. I ripped loads of paper on the first roll finding this out 🤦‍♀️

Putting my 2YO to bed and realising she's coughing quite a lot and looks kind of peaky ...

I got some from Waitrose @delphinedupont. 4/5 of the sticker things along the length came off a treat but the biggest top one was stuck to the paper and wrecked it.

I found some at WH Smith that were in cellophane old styley. But I felt slightly guilty about buying it and very dubious about mentioning this on Mumsnet for fear of the judgement

nail varnish remover will clean sticker glue off …. HTH!

I forgot to buy choc chip brioche with the groceries yesterday and cba to make another trip at this exact time of year (toddler and newborn to bring with me!), so until the shops open again I will have to do without my morning coffee snack. Will also have to find an additional item to have for breakfast next to my cereal so I don't eat my hand before lunch.

Contemplating making french toast for Christmas breakfast to make up for the inconvenience of it all.

On a funny note. Bought ds1 and ds2 their new xmas eve pjs. Got them out of packaging - which came last month. Ds1s fit great. Bought the size up for ds2 and they're really tight lol He looks funny. It's supposed to be a t shirt and shorts. The shorts look more like cycling shorts and it's in an athletic material. He looks like he's about to do Tour de France 🤣🤣 Everyone has been in hysterics including him. Serves me right buying online. Will get then from the shop next year lol 😆

Our dog got into the spare room that I’d put all the presents in last night for the very reason of the dog not opening them and opened all of his (no one else’s luckily!). I’d used the last bit of wrapping paper in his last present. DH went out today to get a few bits and there was no wrapping paper in Aldi or Sainsburys so he went to Booths… just to buy wrapping paper… for the dog 😂.

That i decided to cook, and not only that but I had the tenacity to go fancy. It was rubbish! I cannot cook!

We were due to eat Christmas meal on Christmas day but it got pushed forward a day. The house stinks a little, but we're all good natured and in good spirits!

The goats cheese that we have is a bit too small and all the Maltesers in the Celebrations tin are gone.
Things are desperate as we're reduced to the Snickers.

Pork Pie Drama (needed for Boxing Day family gathering).

Told DP at the weekend that:
the turkey is ordered at the butchers to collect on Xmas Eve and there's pigs in blankets.
No need to collect the stuff from the grocers because I've sorted it, but please collect the pork pie from the bakery next door which I ordered.

Late this afternoon sat in hospital waiting room and I asked how much was the turkey and pigs in blankets.
He said the price then added that includes the cost of the pork pie but I was wrong, I hadn't ordered a pork pie, but lucky for forgetful.me they had spare.

He didn't go to bakery for their gorgeous pies that I ordered. He insists I said butchers for pork pie.

My pie is locked in a shop. I'll have to go and explain next week and will have to pay for it

We have a pork pie from the butchers and they aren't nice.

I hurt my finger while busy clearing up and it's a bit sore.
Our conservatory is full of clutter that was supposed to have been taken to the dump.
Earlier today I couldn't find the chocolate coins for the stockings which I had moved to a new 'safe place' the other day, but luckily a quick, concerted hunt revealed their hiding place. Phew!
Also, we have an unexpected guest so our crackers won't match tomorrow.

@KnopkaPixie I like the sound of your elderly lady.

I'm actually horrified. Your pie is locked up. That really hit me.

Fuck knows why.

Yodel have lost the football I ordered for DS. Apparently I have to take it up with the seller. Why can't Yodel bloody find it??

Dinner for one, by any chance?