We're rocking around the Christmas tree, waiting for Santa to come to town. It's countdown to Christmas thread 4!!

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99 days to go

disclaimer. This thread is up early because I am old and tired and need to go to bed. It's actually 99 from midnight

There was a Spode Christmas Tree table cover in HomeSEnse today

I bought a haribo advent calendar we don't need, candy canes in two flavours, choc tree decorations and biscuits in B&M, no reeses advent calendars. Sad sad sad.

The B&M Candy canes are Proper Red&White not flabby pinky red that others are (Christmas is not the time to worry about E -numbers. )

They're strawberry aren't they?

Yes! I don't like mint so nice to have an option and they are going to make an awesome elf toboggan.

I didn’t get anything Christmassy today! I was on birthday cake detail for FiL and bits and bobs for school (bread and spread for a toast cafe and bits for DD to give for the harvest assembly for the food bank).

I have decided I want the cheese advent calendar though, once it’s in Asda!

There was a gin Advent Calender is Costco

I can’t drink gin in any quantity! 🤢🤢🤢

I managed to get a couple of the Reece's advent calendar a few weeks ago from B&M, I know from past experience to buy things when you see them in there.
Fridge what's the elf toboggan?

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Brilliant, thanks 👌

Hope you have a great result from the MRI Muddling, your son is very brave I don't think I could bring myself to go in one of those MRI scanners they give me the heebie jeebies he is very brave bless him.
3 hrs in the oven for the mincemeat Fluffy phew!
Hope your ds2 is ok Fridge there is a lot of upset tums about
Can't believe it is only 79 days yipeee!

Ooh love those EotS links.

I am so putting googly eyes on everything in the fridge (I'll try it at Hallowe'en first) Mwah haha

This is my list, not in order. Bedding means that he is putting christmas bedding on all the beds. I have lots of left over helium in the garage so I am hoping that will mean he can have a hot air balloon.

1.	Bedding
2.	Drawing minions on bananas
3.	Hot air balloon
4.	Snow angels
5.	Pants on the tree
6.	Rolled down the stairs in a loo roll
7.	Made snowflakes
8.	Melted snow man
9.	Mini golf with marshmallows and candy canes
10.	Riding candy kane sledge
11.	Walking the animals using pipe cleaners
12.	Cookie making kit
13.	Christmas card making stuff
14.	Gingerbread making stuff
15.	Pinecone decorating stuff
16.	Wrapping paper roll swing
17.	Coloured in the colouring book
18.	Drumkit
19.	Riding toilet roll rudolph
20.	Hot chocolate
21.	Movie night
22.	Reading to the toys
23.	Space man
24.	breakfast

A gin advent calendar (heads to Costco.).
I picked up the M&S food catalogue today and DH asked "why do you need that - it's October??".
I have a calendar for DD, one for me (but may get M&S as well) and am planning cereal for DS. I may buy the Matalan drawer one as I have an old cardboard one that I refill with nice chocolate each year.

It was a really autumnal day today with mist and beautiful leaf colours !

I would LOVE a gin advent calendar but don't know anyone who is part of Costco very sad right now

Might have to drown myself in tonight to make up for it

What about these instead?

Oooooh fluffy I like your thinking! Though they would NEVER get near the tree though (could I then ponce those baubles into something else???)

Coloured liquid maybe instead?!

Definitely!

Minster You can order from Costco website and have an online only membership without being in a certain trade?

78

Morning! What does everyone have planned for today?

It's a lovely autumn day here today, a nice walk in the woods planned, then to sit and look through presents I have brought already, as I've probably forgotten half of them!

70,I love that range I spent ages last year umming and ahhing over that table cloth. In the end I got a Ralph's Lauren's one with gorgeous berries, but have that set of Xmas r
Trees plates and last year they had amazing toy theme plates
.

Is homesense good for christmas tabeware?

I’ve made some mince pies to use up the small amount of mincemeat that was left yesterday because it didn’t fill a full jar.

I’ve also made some buttercream and filled my FiL’s birthday cake as we are going round after lunch.

Otherwise it’s a fairly lazy day!