Countdown to Christmas 2022: The January sales edition (AKA, 'Where the bloody hell have I put that?' come next Christmas!) Thread 1

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Here we go, roll up, roll up!

I can barely move; I'm full of cheese and Bailey's. 🐷

Here's our new thread for the new countdown! 🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻

Hi all, been M.I.A all week as the house has been struck with a bug 🐛 ☹

Have to go into the office tomorrow, so I need to prepare myself. No working in my cosy joggers...

Ooh, I hate leaving the house on a work day, HeyUp! Good luck.

Are you all better now? Bugs are rife at this time of year!

I've cleaned the kitchen (etc) and done the ironing. I'm finally sitting down now!

Puss, our slabs get really grim, but where they are (side return / entry) doesn't get much sunshine. It annoys me!

Fluffy, the worst bits are in front of the shed and under NDNs tree at the bottom side of the patio remember the bit I fell off and nearly put my arse through his fence? so DH is dealing with that this year. 😂

That's a sensible plan, Puss! 🤣

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Morning!

I ache today. Apparently low level weeding is really bad for you! 🙈🤣

We went into the Lego shop on Saturday and DS pointed out sets he would like for his birthday / Christmas. I just discovered that one is rare / retiring, so bought it from Smyths (amazingly with £9 off RRP). My parents can pay me back for it (or some, it's over their max budget, but I don't mind topping up!) nearer the time!

Busy day today as I'm off tomorrow. Always good fun. Not.

Oh that's good fluffy!

I had an awful nights sleep. My hip is really painful and I was having awful heart palpitations/anxiety not sure why. Almost changed my alarm to a non gym time but left it in the end.

Two weeks then I have some annual leave. Phew.

Wreck are you sure it's not long covid?
fluffy well done with the lego.

I am on a day off and have a cup of tea on the go whilst slumped in bed, it is cold so I have my dressing gown on and my warm Christmas blanket.

I really need to dye my hair but I will be amazed if I bother.

It's below 16° in our lounge. Clearly not heard the weather forecast as it's allegedly 'mild' if you don't take wind chill into account.

Morning. Back to work today and my brain is being very slow to engage.

How is the office HeyUp?

puss in the old house we had flagstones in a garden where the sun literally never touched the floor 🙄
It was a death trap and I fell over a lot so I don't blame you for leaving the slabs to your DH at all!

What set did you get Fluffy?
I'm so sad that so far none of my nieces or nephews are / have been into Lego. I would have loved to be able to join in and help with it.

Any idea what you've done to your hip Wreck?
Sorry you didn't sleep well.

Why a well earned day of doing very little is completely underrated these days but sounds like exactly what you need.

I have bad hips anyway crazy the don't usually hurt unless I do lots of walking (which I haven't) but do sometimes.

Don't think so puss just a bit stressed with work/life etc as it's so busy right now.

It's this one, Crazy.

Lego is DS' obsession. He loves it! DD also does, but not to the same extent.

I'm off tomorrow for DS' autism assessment. It can take up to two hours to get there...I think that will be a whole day trip!

It won't be a day of leisure, that's for sure!

fluffy Lego has come one a bit, and it floats just wait until he graduates to the technic version with motors. 😹 2 hrs is a bit of a trek, is it just the initial one and then you're more local for follow-ups?

No, I think this is it. Potentially! I'm not sure. It's in Chester and Google Maps said anywhere between 1hr 20 to 2 hours for the trip. So we have to plan for the worst!

That's crazy. Even we have a child development centre closer than that! The whole thing is a complete minefield though I honestly don't know how anyone manages to navigate the system. And I work in it

Yeah, it's just over 50 miles. I hadn't realised Chester was so far away really, as I've only ever been by train. 🤣

pm'd you fluffy

Hey everyone. Hope it's ok if I join. I just love Christmas! Sooo excited to get to know you all and share our love of the best time of year!!!

Welcome @OrangeCinnamonCroissant and @nerosnewfiddle

Hope your appointment tomorrow goes well Fluffy and the journey isn't to horrendous. I made a mad dash into JL on Saturday for some posh chocs for MIL - I did look for you!
I was out for late lunch/early dinner with the in-laws celebrating a milestone birthday. The whole day was a mad dash tbh - up and back in one day.

321 hope today goes well fluffy

I'm about to leave for my first full day on campus. Was much easier doing it online. 😴

We got to the Lego shop and no further, Woolly, so we were near to JL, just not quite there!

We're up, as is DS. I'm curious as to what this will be like. They've had my questionnaire, but I've no clue what happens today. Just that it could take 2-3 hours.

I've promised a new Lego set afterwards, as well as McDonald's fries!

We have an autism diagnosis for DS. The lovely psychologist is going to pass my contact detail to an organisation which provides training courses for parents to do so they can help their autistic children. All we wanted was to be able to access help for him!

That's fantastic news Fluffy

How do you feel about that fluffy? I hope you have access to the extra support he needs. Someone asked me if ds is 'a bit autistic' the other day. I don't think so but I guess he has some tendencies.

Kind of relieved. It's taken us 3 years to get to this point! And hopeful that we can get help for him / us now. Just to help prevent meltdowns / help him come out of a meltdown.

If you met DS, you likely wouldn't guess as he masks out of the house. It's only those he's close to who see the traits and meltdowns.