to be really annoyed by these ten things:

[Glendaisgrumpy]

1. Complaints abou Christmas shopping in August - it's FINE to do this. Yes I know it's August. I have a number of children and a full time job - I start early, deal with it!
   
   
2. E-bay sniping thing - NO. If you want to win an item watch it and make your best bet, don't use the CHEAT sniper thing to win by 10p with two seconds to go!
   
   
3. Petrol prices - WTF? that's all
   
   
4. Outing mumsnetters to their friends. Yes I'm talking to you - years ago we worked out that we had a mutual friend. When you saw them last month you talked to them about mumnset - fair enough, they have a young dc now too. What is not fair is that you told them MY name not yours. So now I am namechanging right left and centre - thanks a lot. WHY did you do that?
   
   
5. Bras - why so expensive?
   
   
6. Woodburners - they smell and get too hot. Other than that they're fine.
   
   
7. People who update facebook with every tiny litte detail of their life or worse their child's life. Rolling press release of numpty's life is not a riveting read.
   
   
8. Sand on beaches - why does it look so nice and then feel so horrid?
   
   
9. People who don't indicate to change lane on motorways. Why not?
   
   
10. Coffee. It's everywhere and it's horrible. How can people even sniff it let alone drink it?
    
    
    Ok that feels better........
    
    
    oh and 11) People who say 'Is that all you've got to worry about'?' No it isn't. The above list is not exhaustive nor life and death. I hope that is some comfort to you.

[lubeybooby]

YANBU on all of those apart from number 1

I can't BEAR any mention of that word before December. It's bad enough everything starting to go C word nuts from october... but august? No!

Fine, do your shopping and get organised just don't start threads about it unless it's december 24th at least.

[ChumleeIsMyHomeboy]

1. Complaints abou Christmas shopping in August - it's FINE to do this. Yes I know it's August. I have a number of children and a full time job - I start early, deal with it! I couldn't care less if you start it on Jan 2nd
   
   
2. E-bay sniping thing - NO. If you want to win an item watch it and make your best bet, don't use the CHEAT sniper thing to win by 10p with two seconds to go!Bullshit. You place a bid at the price you are prepared to pay. If you lose out by an hour or a second you didn't bid high enough
   
   
3. Petrol prices - WTF? that's all Drive less, walk more
   
   
4. Outing mumsnetters to their friends. Yes I'm talking to you - years ago we worked out that we had a mutual friend. When you saw them last month you talked to them about mumnset - fair enough, they have a young dc now too. What is not fair is that you told them MY name not yours. So now I am namechanging right left and centre - thanks a lot. WHY did you do that? never trust anyone you meet online
   
   
5. Bras - why so expensive? £4 at Asda
   
   
6. Woodburners - they smell and get too hot. Other than that they're fine. Now who exactly gives a mouse sized shit about wood burners?
   
   
7. People who update facebook with every tiny litte detail of their life or worse their child's life. Rolling press release of numpty's life is not a riveting read. Dump or block them. Simple.
   
   
8. Sand on beaches - why does it look so nice and then feel so horrid?Avoid the beach and improve your life at a stroke
   
   
9. People who don't indicate to change lane on motorways. Why not? twats
   
   
10. Coffee. It's everywhere and it's horrible. How can people even sniff it let alone drink it? I can't live without it and who's to say you don't smell funny?

[SoftKittyWarmKitty]

Agree with most of those except the sand. I love sand. Especially in hot countries.

Mostly I agree with you about coffee, that stuff is vile.

[ChumleeIsMyHomeboy]

half the time my bold doesn't work - and you think YOU have irritations?

[NeedaCostume]

Wow, you had a lot to get of your chest! have a .

[SoftKittyWarmKitty]

Oh, except the wood burners thing. I don't even know what one is.

[babeinthewood]

YANBU!

1 - I do mine too, dont understand how people cant, especially when you have children. In the sadll commercial world we live in, it makes financial sense to do it now, and if people dont want to read threads on it, then do, well frankly thats their problem!

2 - Agree!
3 - Tell me about it!
4 - WTF! the whole point is were anonymous isnt it????
5 - I know! and you are supposed to change them every six months! I think not!
6 - lol!
7 - a pet hate of mine too!
8 - lol!
9 - well they know where theyre going! :-P
10 - and the price of the revolting stuff!

Glad you feel better OP :-D

[Glendaisgrumpy]

I do NOT smeel funny. Not coffee funny anyway.

Woodburners are everywhere - haven't you noticed?

You go anywhere and meet anyone and they will tell you in mind numbing detail that they are hoping to get/have got/are admiring woodburning stoves.

Where does all the wood come from?

[JessKM]

1. No
   
   
2. No
   
   
3. No
   
   4)No
   
   
4. No
   
   
5. No
   
   
6. No
   
   
7. Yes
   
   
8. No!
   
   
9. Yes!
   
   
10. No
    
    I think we would get along!

[susiedaisy]

Decent bras are expensive the cheap ones are shite!

[Glendaisgrumpy]

The bras I buy are £26-£27 each. They fit and they last and they come in pretty colours - but still. It's a big chunk of cash to pay for elastic and a few wires.

[A1980]

If you that's all you've got to be annoyed about YABU.

Christmas shopping in August. AUGUST! How do you know in August that your DC's wont have changed their minds about what they want?!

[TartyMcFarty]

What's the eBay sniper thing? As far as I was aware you just put your highest bid in as late as possible and the price increases incrementally depending on others' bids and then wait for some ill-fitting piece of crap to plop through the letter box Is that wrong?

[Glendaisgrumpy]

a1980 - you didn't read 11) did you


I don't ask my dcs what they want for Christmas - hence no problem starting early.

The sniper thing - yes you can do that but you can get software to do it too. That's cheating in my view

[ButWhyIsTheGinGone]

Ugh - totally with you on the bra one. It's why I only ever have 2 fitting bras at an one time :-( As a 40GG bra shopping can be the most depressing thing in the world!

[milkyways]

I'm guilty of no.2. I always do it on every bid! Sorry!

[Glendaisgrumpy]

Oh it was you milkyways was it? Tsk!

[knittynoodle]

I get up really early to snipe on ebay and I quite enjoy it But for everything else, YANBU!

[knittynoodle]

and £4 bras at Asda could not hold my breasts up past my knees unfortunately. Dont go down that road!

[babeinthewood]

Same here knitty noodle, its M&S or nowt for me :-(

I start my xmas shopping by just picking things up in the summer sales that I know they would like. The simple choice I have is, I do it now, or I wait and ask them, and by then cant afford what they want anyway lose-lose

[Glendaisgrumpy]

Bravissimo for me - they are good.

[hiddenhome]

I'm an ebay sniper and proud of it. I also have a woodburner and you don't need to indicate when you're moving back into the left hand lane on motorways. Sand is great and why get to het up about coffee? You need to relax

[izzywhizzyletsgetbusy]

1. The bulk of my Christmas present shopping is done by 31 Jan.
   
2. Sniping is the most fun you can have when watching the paint of an internet auction dry.
   
3. Petrol prices - definitely WTF'; with what I've spent in my lifetime I could have bought my own oil well.
   
4. Don't know anyone behind the mask of their m/net name; wouldn't out them if I did - I'm not a snitch.
   
5. I rarely wear bras hence I can easily justify buying one expertly fited £50+ number per annum.
   
6. IMO woodburners and agas are essential for country living.
   
7. I don't do FB and I don't twitter.
   
8. One of the great pleasures in life is lying on a sandy beach, but it never ceases to amaze me how many sandy beaches there are given the amount of sand I take with me when I leave the beach.
   
9. When I drive on a freeway I regard every other driver as a potential twat and I haven't been wrong yet.
   

10. One sip of Movenpick coffee makes even the finest teas lose their appeal.
11. It sure ain't life and death but it's often the case that the simplest things in life can give us the most pleasure.

[EricNorthmansMistressOfPotions]

you don't need to indicate when you're moving back into the left hand lane on motorways.

That cannot be true! Show me bit of highway code that says so!

[Changing2011]

Oh, I want to play.

Christmas shopping competitiveness... Oh do fuck off. Yes, you may have all your shopping done but I pride myself on being a stingy twat careful shopper and really limit the amount of people I buy for, so my shopping will only take one afternoon, with the exception of DP's presents, which I am always scrabbling around for on Christmas eve as we usually say we won't bother and then i watch Love ACtually or ITs A Wonderful Life and get all sentimental about him.

eBay.. Bothered? If I want something I usually like to go to a shop and buy it, I leave the ebaying to DP.

Petrol...yep.

Bra prices, I only have wee tits, apart from at the moment as pregnant, so I usually make do with primark, or there is a cracking marks and Spencer seconds shop round here. Never paid more than a tenner and wouldn't.

We have an open fire and I am jealous of people with wood burners, the amount of rugs we have ruined is unreal, and fireguards are flimsy and unreliable. Also we had a pidgeon down the chimney recently, would have been so much better and quicker for him if he had fallen into a mini crematorium rather than death by Staffordshire bull terrier!

Facebook is ghastly I only stay on it to keep up with my teenage brothers.

Love beaches, hate sand.

I have been known to drive fifty miles out of my way to avoid motorways.

Coffee... I'm no coffee snob, gold blend is fine.

I love moaning it's cathartic. Moan away.