Natural, glad you found something for your work do; clothes shopping can be hard sometimes, I tend to find things look nice on the hanger but not necessarily on me!
Thank you again for your kind responses to my question about low carbing and mood. Stuntnun, I think I just realised how addicted I was to sugar after I started low carbing, though I felt my metabolism was off whack. Really interesting about the lack of joint pains (and good). I have had arthritis like pain on and off since I was a child; don't remember the last time I did but will be keeping an eye out for its absence now, if that makes sense.
Really useful thoughts on Christmas. Eating a little bit of what you especially want seems a good plan. I am not overly worried about Christmas as it will just be me and DC; DD has planned the menu and it looks pretty good. The only excursion will be gluten-free chocolate cake which we are doing instead of Christmas cake. I do like Christmas cake, but it would just be me eating one slide= waste. New Year will be a bit more difficult as with family, but I have said I am low carbing; now I will say it helps with depression too, so very important to stick with it!
Speaking of waste, I guiltily chucked a lot of old bread into the food bin this evening. I clearly need to rethink what I buy in terms of bread. A good side effect of this way of eating is that there are less sugary things in the house for DC to eat; but clearly fewer carbs are being consumed overall.