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[DirtyGertiefromno30]

It's that time again 🤗
@FridaynighFeeling
@Thebookofcarolagain
@bookbook

Sitting watching you tube here @DirtyGertiefromno30
Watching a lady doing gift crafts, gift baskets, gift edibles. Lovely ideas if you wonder what to give to people for Xmas with everything. No use to me really but relaxing to watch.
Was actually thinking about a hot choc basket for Ds2 and a 'hot ' saucey/noodly type basket for Ds1. Any suggestions?

Good morning everyone 😊
Not doing much today so l think it's packing Christmas presents day for me 🙄. Cold but dry out, l am not attempting to put my washing out l think it's reached the realms of not drying now tbh . Not heard anything from the home so Mum must be ok .
My sister visiting Mum today.
Love your ideas for hampers for your boys @Thebookofcarolagain.A hot choc basket for Ds2 sounds lovely, and a spicy noodly one for Ds1 is a brilliant idea too. You could have so much fun putting those together, little bits and bobs they wouldn't necessarily buy themselves. Going from what my Dds like , my Dd1 loves spicy noodles and she has a Ramen bowl with a hole in the side to put your chopsticks , l bought her a set of stainless steel chopsticks to go with it , she loves the Nongshim Ramen Spicy Gourmet pkts of noodles from Home Bargains and l buy her pkts of different noodles for her to try from the different supermarkets , there are loads to pick from . Also l buy her the Dragon chilli sauce and the Nandis sauces too . Dd2 loves hot choc and l buy the tubs of hot choc when they are on offer , Costa was down to £2.50 in Tesco and l bought loads of them, they had long dates on them , because they charge £6 in Costa for the same tub.
Marshmallows , chocolate stirrers , choc bombs and a new mug , some nice biscuits and they do sets of different flavoured hot chocolate in B&M and Home Bargains too.
Sounds like a great idea to me 😊

Thats the kind of things I was thinking about @DirtyGertiefromno30 . (Apart from the chopsticks he doesn't really like using them.) He has a fave spicey noodle from HB too.😄 Will look for a ramen bowl for him.
Was thinking about looking for wooden teaspoons and dipping them in choc, might get twice the amount rather than buying the prepackaged ones (the woman I was watching last night did that)
First morning of condensation on the damm windows, here we go. Gonna get ds2 to help put the bubble wrap on later after his shift. What a pia.
Cloudy here but bright ish between clouds.
I want to empty my pots and plant bulbs but back is saying no chance yet. 😡
Xmas wrapping! Oh you are way ahead of me😄
Have a good day all.

I love the idea of the chocolate dipped spoons, much cheaper than buying them ready made too @Thebookofcarolagain . Tbh with you l buy the little chocolate Santa lollipops that come in a pack of 12 from Aldi's and we dip them in 😂. Oh no, the condensation, it's that time of year again isn't it! Does the bubble wrap actually help with it? I've never tried that! Don't be rushing with those pots either bless you. I'm up to my neck in wrapping here, it's a huge mess at the moment 🙄😂

Oh thanks @DirtyGertiefromno30 will look out for those santas.
Gonna stick the bubble wrap down as tight as poss to window then over the frame. I had bubble wrap on bathroom window last year and had no condensation so fingers crossed.
Get Love Actually on it helps the wrapping go better😄 used to do that when I had a load of pressies to wrap.

Afternoon everyone 🤗
Oh that's a good idea with the bubble wrap, fingers crossed it works as well as it did on the bathroom window @Thebookofcarolagain. Love Actually is perfect wrapping background isn't it, makes it much more enjoyable 😁! I'm up to my neck in wrapping here, absolute tip at the moment 🙄🤣.

Here they are they @Thebookofcarolagainthey have them in Aldi and Lidl.

I am packing up now , had enough 😂.
So glad l did my tea yesterday 😋

Good for you @DirtyGertiefromno30 do nowt for rest of the night.😄
Thanks I will look out for them.
Made choc chip biccies and ginger/spicey biccies. Think the ginger dough could have used more milk i have half left as I was making tea at same time. Will try adding milk to it. They are edible just a bit drier than they should be.

Had baked pot, cheese that ds2 got from work as they are getting rid of all the perishable, ham, toms and peas. Yummy. Cuppa and one each of ny biccies for pud.

Ooh you've been busy @Thebookofcarolagain! 😁 Bet the biccies are lovely 😋 Tea sounds lovely too, especially with a freebie cheese haul! 🤣 Nothing better than a cuppa and a couple of homemade biccies.
Tidied up and got tea down me it was yummy too 😁. Cold here tonight, got the blankets out 🥶

Good morning everyone 🤗
Off to see Mum this morning, hope she is ok 🤞🙏. Weather cold but dry here thankfully. 7 weeks today Christmas eve 😱 .Hope your back is better today so you can do your pots @Thebookofcarolagain. Have a lovely day everyone 🤗

Morning all.
Off to get bloods done, go to chemist etc soon.
Cold and cloudy here, lovely. 🫤
Back still bloody sore sick to death of it .
Shhhhhhhh! @DirtyGertiefromno30 its ages away😄
Hope you all have a good day.

Done all my errands, washing hanging up, got dishes to do but in no hurry😄
Ds1 bought me a pkt of the new dark choc/orange almonds hope they are as nice as thier plain ones @DirtyGertiefromno30
Cold and damp feeling here, bleurgh.

Ooh they are milk choc and pretty nice😄

Afternoon everyone 😊
Just back from seeing Mum, she was ok there thankfully 🙏🤞.
Had 2 cheese and tomato gf wraps and they were very nice ,l can't see a difference between the normal wraps and the gf ones tbh so that is brilliant 😁😋. Having a cuppa now and trying to get warm 🥶.
Well you've got all your errands out of the way and the washing done! So you can put your feet up and take your time with the dishes @Thebookofcarolagain😁. Hope your bloods are all OK too. Sorry your back is still giving you such a hard time, it's miserable when something just won't settle down. Cold and damp here too, definitely a day for staying cosy. Those dark choc orange almonds sound lovely, hope they're as good as the plain ones! 😋

They sound absolutely delicious @Thebookofcarolagain 😋
Well done Ds1 👏😁

Decided that the spice/ginger biccies were a bit bland so have done half of thrm with a half covering of choc.
Dishes done too.
Coffee time.
Watching Mandy in the making, havent watched her in ages. Both her and Steven have lost a lot of weight! She is making 'USA casseroles' and i am getting some great ideas. Why dont USAmurikans not use the whole of a spring onion? Why throw the white bit away?
Arghhh this stupid site is still not letting me edit. Have to post then edit!

Arghh.
Glad you found good gf wraps. You are getting a nice list of good things. Hope you can find loads more.

Ooh the chocolate will have made all the difference to the biccies@Thebookofcarolagain😋 . At least the dishes are done and you can sit down with a nice coffee now 😁. I haven't watched Mandy in the making l must give it a go . It's nice picking up new ideas for dinners too 😁. The editing is caput here , l expect you have noticed a deterioration in my typos 😂.

Full of mac and cheese and bacon😋
Ds2 came down just in time to help finish it off before it went in oven for topping to brown/melt.
He brought some bacon back from work and some 'parm' style cheese. They shared out what was left that they wont use for owners party and because they have been frugal, using stuff up and not reordering the last month there wasnt much. All the rest of the perishable stuff wasn't gonna last another day so was binned. But bacon and cheese is great.😄 Need to portion it all up for freezer.

I just laugh if I see typos cos I am driven nuts by mine @DirtyGertiefromno30
Flipping freezing here all afternoon.

Mandy and her dh are lovely. He is really funny and such a sweetie to her.

Ooh that sounds delicious @Thebookofcarolagain! Mac and cheese with bacon, you can't go wrong with that 😋. Lovely of your DS2 to bring it home too bless him 🤗. You'll have a nice little stash for the freezer now. Such a shame the other stuff had to be binned though. It's always a waste when food can't be used in time. It's absolutely freezing here too 🥶. As for typos, I just hope people can work out what I'm trying to say! 😂.
Just had Mushroom soup and toasted gf rolls very nice 😋.

Just flying in to check on you two... we always have bacon in our macaroni cheese and tomato on top

Mine all like Nissen Demae Ramen noodles - Tesco/Ocado/Amazon possibly other supermarkets too.

Feeling rather wintery here and of course dark in the evenings!

I'll have to look out for those noodles for my Dd1 @FridayNighFeeling, they sound very popular . Definitely feeling wintery now isn't it, and these dark mornings/evenings are miserable!

Thanks @FridayNighFeeling i see they have those in Iceland, will check out food warehouse next time. He does like his HBs ones, they are very spicey!
I usually put ham in mac cheese but decided on bacon for a change today.
Definately darker now, had light on by half five today.

Morning all.
Doesn't seem as cold here ...
Had a rubbish night. Tried an amytriptyline last night to see if it would relax my muscles. Got a sharp reminder that for some reason it now sparks of my restless legs. Gave up after half an hour and came downstairs. Had a couple of cups of coffee wandering about, hot water bottle under my knees etc etc. Eventually it started to calm down and I went back to bed at 4. Not happy! Oh well Had a new Skyrim compilation to listen to, it kept me sane 😄
Been watching too many Tawra you tubes, (dimple easy recipies) I gave the urge yo make fudge😄😄😄 (i should know better it will prob be a disaster even the cheats way)
Have a good day all.