With a whizz and a bang, here comes Bonfire Night to herald your 50 day warning! Countdown to Christmas, thread 8

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Here goes!

Thread 8 already; wonder how many we will get to before Christmas?!

For the first time in well over a year, I have a working cooker woohoo
My shopping is being delivered soon too then I’m going to cook my grandad and brother something special 😁

Acey Very cute baby countdown :) Glad to hear your cooker is working, but don't cook your grandad and brother!

biddy yay to getting a seat on the train! I hate standing on public transport.

hairspray that's a very cute skirt :)

where did my gif go? try that again...

Thanks Sea!

Did you get you hands on an advent calendar? This thread moves so fast that I miss stuff!

Seafood - if they don’t stop calling me where’s wally, then I may well cook them 😂

Maverick is using Addie as a pillow

He'll get kicked again Acey! 😂

Yep he got kicked straight in the head Philomena 😂

Jesus I look fat in that photo 😂

😂 he might learn.

You're not fat, you're pregnant. 😀 XH really upset me when he called me fat when I was pregnant with DS1. In his defence, he was 23 and probably didn't think I'd react like that.

I feel fat but at least I’m keeping Addie safe and sound 😁 what a clown, that’s not a very nice thing to say!
The grocery delivery man just said to me “Jesus you look like you’re about to pop” aye cheers for that 😂

Just waiting for my amazon delivery now; feels like a non stop cycle of deliveries today 😂

Reminds me of when the fire brigade cane round to fit smoke alarms when I was 37-ish weeks' pregnant and I managed to let the front door slam behind me when I was letting him in! Thankfully the chimney sweep booked for the same day, but later, came early and used his ladders to climb through the nursery window. Fail. And I was HUMONGOUS! 😂😂 The fire fighter was worried that I would go into labour!

How come your house over here had no cooker, Acey? That's a bit unusual.

Boiler is thereabouts done and the new rad is on in the front room. Almost sorted!

Interview is next Friday (Fridays are easiest as I'm already off!)

My ex used to say I was 'tubby' as a joke, ha ha. 😡 I wasn't pregnant. Or fat. There's a reason he's an ex!

Biddy, I often don't know what day it is. Having a long weekend makes it tricky!

Hooray! No work until Monday. I'm completely frazzled.

I locked myself and both dc out of the house twice. One time I had to sit in the shed and wait for dh as it was cold and wet. Luckily I was bf ds otherwise he'd have been hungry!

Whoops I seem to have missed a page!

Mrs - I love the scarves, so beautiful! Aye I love my Maverick very much, even when he’s making me question my own sanity gas man has been and gone, and I am going to make dinner soon, eeee so exciting I can’t even explain what I love about flamingoes, they are just wondeful

Fluffy - good look for the interview, you’re clearly amazing at what you do! My one in Ireland broke, and I never got round to replacing it. The house I rented in the UK was unfurnished so didn’t come with one. Glad to hear the boiler is in yay! Your ex sounds like a muppet, what a clown! I’m laughing at your fire brigade story

Sea - my every expanding stomach made it very hard to gauge what size to order

Hairspray - love the skirt!

I don’t know what Addie is doing, but I’m so uncomfortable 😂
I wish this amazon man would hurry up, I want to put my maternity pjs on 😂

There's a nerf gun ds wants for Christmas and I found it in the amazon warehouse deals. It says 'used like new in original packaging. Packaging will be damaged' have attached screenshot to show you. Do you think this would be ok to buy? If it was awful amazon would let me return it wouldn't they?

I won't be able to reply to everyone! Y'all really are chatty today haha

acey that hot chocolate looks delicious! And there have been times me and my kids are outside and we've SEEN the neighbors peeking their eyes out the blinds lol

Maverick is a sweet kitty

Good luck on your journey Frange I hope you guys love the cottage!

biddy YES it's finally Friday! lol

fluffy Ex sounds like a jerk. Glad he's an ex. Also LOL about the firefighter.

I'm on the hunt for an advent calendar in stores but it doesn't seem as popular here. So I'll probably have to order one online. I'm so so glad it's Friday but tomorrow instead of going in at 5 pm my husband goes to work at 3 pm and that has me a little sad but maybe he'll make some good money lol

Yay wreck For a weekend off! I'm not sure about Amazon returns. I've had some really sketchy ones before :(

BTW at what number do we get a new thread? How does that work?

1000 posts is the max.

I’ve been banned from my own living room because my grandad is doing something to do with my birthday and Christmas 😂
Enchilada time soon 😍😍

hairspray I'm planning on getting it this weekend :D

Acey it's fair game! if you annoy a pregnant lady you deserve all you get! how exciting I wonder what your surprise will be! beautiful bump, you're not fat! maternity clothes are supposed to allow for your bump to get huge. I hope your amazon stuff has arrived now! When I was pregnant with my first I actually got told off by a weird lady in the shop, she got really angry and insisted I was lying about my dates because I was massive, she asked if it was twins or more too . I make it a rule now that I never tell strangers anything!

wreck Go for it! any saving is a good saving in my book.

I used to lock myself out all the time, thankfully I always forgot the garden door open but it would mean walking through bug infested overgrown weeds in the pathway so I often just waited for DH!

Guess who waited way over an hour for the bus home today :( one of them was cancelled, another broke down apparently and the third one massively delayed. Kids all well and truly fed and freezing!

wheels no advent calendars that's a crime! there are thousands here, especially online, there's an advent for everything now from gin, even a diy one with screws and nails I saw the other day??? I'm tempted by the b&m jam one!

Wheelie - the hot chocolate is hella nice! Yep the old one next door to me stands in her window behind the curtains glaring at me 😂
Thank you, he’s very precious

Seafood - yep it’s definitely fair game, everyone knows you should never cross a pregnant woman! It’s like an unwritten rule 😂 aww thank you, I went from no bump to what seems like huge very quickly. I love it though and feeling Addie kick Jesus wept, that woman sounds unhinged! Why would you lie 😂 Jesus you haven’t had much luck with buses today bless you

Today’s bath bomb 😁

Poor you, Seafood. How on earth do you cope doing that 4 times a day?! Where - vaguely - in the country are you?

I had VERY bad preggo rage. Nobody crossed me without regretting it!

Hmmm I’ve somwhow managed to misplace a giant sellotape dispenser 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

OH dear Acey- did you put it up that jumper?!😂

Just waiting for DDs pizza to be ready to collect, had to call ito Boots whole out as she’s just so hormonal it’s only a matter of time before she needs supplies. Dh and I are due out for 7.30, and I wa supposed to shower/wash hair - I’ll just be slapping on makeup and clean clothes at this stage and possibly getting a bus down unless dh orgnaises taxi while we’re out...

Dd back - smells goood (I’m starving!!)

Ok, so I've tried to catch up!

MrsMad your scarves are lovely. Wish I'd seen them before I bought my friend a Sainsbury's one for Christmas!

Wheelie how is your chair? It looks so comfy!
I'm so sorry you can't get an advent calendar. We have loads over here, I've seen everything except a really nice picture only one which is the only one I'm looking for!
Is your Christmas tree up? Please please post a pic if it is 🎄

Wreck when was your trip rearranged for? I still have my fingers crossed for snow when you get there.

Acey it's so lovely that your grandad is with you. I'm still annoyed on your behalf with the rest of your family though. Have you heard from them?

Frangelico have you made it to the cottage? I hope everyone is feeling better.

Hairspray I love the skirt! I've never seen that website before, it looks right up my street.

Biddy I've never been so excited to be able to say its Friday!
Glad your scarves are going well. Would love to see a pic - I wish my crochet was going as well. I have no energy to work on them at the moment.

PSB My BIL made a 'fat' joke about DSis. My auntie, cousin, mum and me all told him off while DSIS was completely unbothered He didn't do it again though!

Seafood that absolutely sucks about your bus!

I enjoyed my early finish immensely. I missed the traffic so got home in 20 mins. DH is out so I have tidied a little, lit a spiced berries candle, had a bath with this cute snowman bath bomb and watched Greys Anatomy.
My mum has just sent me a pic of a present she picked up for me today (which I've posted become only you will understand how happy it makes me)

Plan for the rest of the evening is Christmas movie channel and crochet, with a takeaway curry for tea. I am exhausted.

I also watched the JL, Sainsbury's and Boots Christmas ads. Didn't like the JL one at all. Boots was sweet but I love the Sainsbury's one. It actually made me laugh out loud

Are you out for tea, Biddy.

I'm glad it's Friday. My boss spent ages tutting and sighing and rewriting a letter I brought him. Didn't have the heart to point out he wrote it originally a couple of weeks ago (been awaiting instructions from the client to send it)

I couldn't cope with all those buses, seafood. You deserve a sainthood! I had to take 2 buses to uni, because there was no direct bus from my house. After waiting for 2 hours!! in the snow one day, I started cycling instead.