Hello all lets pretend this is a gingerbread latte [tea] . felt a bit christmasy today, took dc to park then made hot choclate and watched home alone (3 yo was a bit scared so hid against me most of the time aww, 6 and 8 yo loved it)
mama those reindeer sacks are brill .
No wrapping here yet chesty, decos need to be up first! Debating whether to start christmas cards this week, I usually do them when the tree is up and it feels christmasy.
Planning to get gold sparkly paper for our presents too seven, have seen some in clintons. I am thinking glittery paper for presents from santa is not a good idea as I might leave glitter round the house when I wrap them, also I usually sprinkle glitter around the stockings on christmas eve.
Need to buy the santa paper before little dd finishes playschool; I am very fussy about hiding the santa paper as that is how I realised the truth when I was a child 
. Last year I got printed labels so the children wouldn't figure out it was my handwriting santa labels. Better get on and order some labels actually. I might try embroidering some for adults like this as my sewing machine can sew letters tags
How's the new dishwasher farrow? Mine has a tester so you can figure out what level of salt you need. I'm in london so I set the salt level to 4 if using plain dishwasher powder but back down to 1 if using 3 in 1 or 5 in 1 tablets with salt added (I think most of them have). Cleaning the filter a couple of times a week with a scrubbing brush would be my top tip 
bit sad how obsessed I am with my new dishwasher.