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Crepeys say Bah Humbug, (it's not Christmas yet)

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beachyhead · 16/11/2014 21:38

Here we go Wine

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MrsSchadenfreude · 30/11/2014 18:15

Crem - suggest it to them when you ask for feedback - what the child successful candidate brought to the role that you didn't. And watch them squirm. We recently needed to have a couple of people work for us at short notice, so I asked for the list from the redeployment pool (people who are between jobs, or who haven't been able to pick one up). There was not one person on that list under forty. And most were over fifty.

bigTillyMint · 30/11/2014 18:27

Hatty, surely that is what a book club is for - drinks and gossip? Well it certainly seems to be round these partsGrin

MrsS, that is a good line - must remember it for the next feedback DH gets - I have no intention of changing jobs!

I have just helped DD fill in an online sixthform application and look online for a dress for her club awards night next Sat (let's pray she orders it tonight and it arrives in time) Feeling like a very early night!

hattymattie · 30/11/2014 18:36

Exactly BTM Grin - it's meant to be fun - I'm beginning to feel I'm back at school (apart from the wine that is).

MrsSchadenfreude · 30/11/2014 20:05

Your book club sounds a nightmare, Hatty. I would go for the frivolous one.

I have spent too much money this weekend and DD2 still has no shoes or boots. She has some filthy Converse, a pair of snow boots (they are apres ski boots and cost a fortune in Paris, as they were the only pair left in her size, but she has lived in them, so I guess cost per wear is pretty good) and some brown boots that she has had for three years and which she insists still fit her. I don't think they do.

CointreauVersial · 30/11/2014 21:55

Well, I braved Kingston today with the DDs. Blimey, it was busy. But we managed to find a couple of sweatshirts for DD2 (who hates clothes), bought a pair of longed-for Nike Air Max for DD1 (who fortunately fitted into a Junior size which were £40 less than the adult ones), and, best of all, I picked up a Longchamp Le Pliage for DH to give me for Christmas (a lovely berry purple ). I also managed a quick whizz around Tiger for the obligatory stocking fillers.

Day off tomorrow, whoop whoop. DD2 has an orthodontist appointment at 2pm, and I needed no further encouragement to slack off for the day.

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MollyAir · 01/12/2014 02:27

Is the info about Friday on here somewhere? Could you PM me, too, pretty please, MrsS? Can we choose our food when we arrive or do we need to say in advance? Sorry to be so incompetent.

CV, next time you're shopping in Kingston we could meet for coffee! I'm often there. Not so much at Xmas though - too busy.

hattymattie · 01/12/2014 06:14

Hope you enjoyed Paddington Herbs - Camilla Long has given it 4 stars in the Sunday TimesSmile. I'm relieved I no longer have to go and see children's films.

My sore shoulder has disappeared but my neck is worse - not good for reversing the car.

MontserratCaballe · 01/12/2014 06:57

I am going to do Paddington with my lot next weekend I think. DH will be away so I reckon a trip to the cinema will be just the ticket. I know what you mean about a snooze. I have managed many a zzzz in the Ritzy in Brixton whilst the children watch some rubbish.

Herbs, I was in hangover hell with you yesterday. I was at a party with too much cava on Saturday and didn't get to bed til 3. Far, far too late. DD1 was in a concert yesterday afternoon which I tried and failed to get out of, so had to endure that feeling rather shabby. Why do I do this to myself? Eurgh. A gentle week beckons.

BD, hope you are feeling better and that you get a chance to take some time off this week Flowers

It's DS's 6th birthday today. He has been in and out on the hour to inquire if he might open his presents. I am shattered. Got to make the cake today in between a ladyjog, work, a trip to the ortho (DD1) and a trip to the osteo (me) so I'd better get a wriggle on.

bigTillyMint · 01/12/2014 07:18

Hatty, I had something like that a couple of months ago. It went after a week or so. No idea what caused it - obviously something crepey!

I don't know how I avoided hangover hell yesterday. It bodes well for FridaySmile

NUFC69 · 01/12/2014 07:27

Well I am having a housework morning and lunch out with friends - I don't envy folk who are working today, or those with DC at home (sometimes I do). Oh, the horrors of taking them shopping as invariably we couldn't get what they wanted. Happy birthday to your DC, Monty. I hope the hangovers have disappeared: and you enjoyed Paddington, Herbs.

DGS1 enjoyed staying over and was a delight to have around - until his DPs and DS came for lunch and then his behaviour deteriorated dramatically. Hmm They had spent the morning at the local children's hospital with DGD2 who was having problems with her bowels, bless her.

Have a better week, BD, and be kind to yourself.

Hatty, I hope your neck and shoulder are both ok today; I have had similar problems in the past - they do go, but they also come back every so often.

motherinferior · 01/12/2014 08:20

I have conducted a Ladyjog for the first time in 3 weeks.ShockIt was bearable.

I have been dreading today as it means I am properly back at work and must also confront Christmas. Which is absurd really, as I was working pretty damn hard on Thursday and Friday and have cracked a lot of CDiff stuff along with a feature which was supposed to be set up for me and wasn't.AngryAngryI had to spend a lot of Friday finding interviewees - after I'd been assured that the organisation would track them all down for me, arrange times etc, while I was away.

Rosebag · 01/12/2014 08:48

I don't really envy Crepey boozers their hangovers. I just envy the fun you have getting there. I feel like shit very quickly after I drink. So I don't, not much anyway. There is just this feeling of missing out on the party somehow….
I must also 'fess up to never having gone to a book club…loads of my friends started doing it in the 90's, and they were so quasi- intellectual, I decided I didn't want to go. The trashy novel one sounds a lot more fun, Hatty.
Really glad the ball was great, CV Which dress sis you wear in the end?
And good luck to all of you on Xmas Shopping missions. When are you sending off the SS presents, now it's December?
Happy Birthday to your little DS Monty and hope you feel less hungover as the day wears on. You've certainly got a lot to do!
I have really had quite a horrible weekend, with a lot of shouting, mostly me, and hateful, hateful homework. We went out for breakfast on Sun am, which was a nice oasis, but once home the shite just kept on coming. DH was at the rugby all day Saturday and had to leave for Sheffield yesterday afternoon. Today though, I have some of my rare paid work and then lunch at the theatre with the musical director, who is also a friend and we haven't had a chance to catch up for ages. Happy Monday, everyone.

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beachyhead · 01/12/2014 08:52

Happy Monday, agreed... Just heard big boss and even bigger boss are not gracing London with their presence this week. Yahoo Smile

I'm being taken up the Shard tomorrow. Phnar, phnar!

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hattymattie · 01/12/2014 09:43

Rose - quasi-intellectual just about sums it up. I mean who are we to criticise DickensHmm.

Much sympathy over the shouty weekend. Sometimes it is so difficult when we are trying to help them and they are totally bloody minded. It takes all my patience to stay the course.

Meanwhile, a lovely photo has come up on my FB of DD1 and Clare Balding, who gave a talk at the uni last night. I'm eagerly awaiting to hear her pearls of wisdom - especially about AA Gill.

V jealous of The ShardEnvy.

motherinferior · 01/12/2014 09:54

We have far, far too many of those weekends.

cremolafoam · 01/12/2014 10:19

MI well done on the lady jog
Beachy have fun up the pointy building- I went up one if those Heritage days and it freaked me out.Grin
Strength and composure to all those with stressy Mondays
Hatty that's lovely to get a pic of dd with Balders! I lover her.

I have woken up with the sore throat of death. No voice but plenty of phlegm. Sad If course illness always coincides with the busiest week of the year innit.Biscuit

NUFC69 · 01/12/2014 10:20

I, too, am jealous of the Shard.
And I have never been to a book club - I think my penchant for scifi and fantasy aren't usually covered. When I started high school many moons ago we had to read a Dickens' book every half term (not over half term). I loathed them and it was not helped that in the back of each book there was at least ten questions we had to answer to show we understood the wretched thing. I did not learn to love them.

cremolafoam · 01/12/2014 10:21

Oh btw Hatty Dutch that book club.
IMO the booze is the point of the thing, not the literature.
At my sisters one they all stay over because of the amount if Prosecco they neckGrin

cremolafoam · 01/12/2014 10:22

Dutch= ditch
Autocorrect now being a dickGrin

MontserratCaballe · 01/12/2014 10:41

The earnest book club sounds too much like A level English. We had one round here which set up a blog for people to post their reviews if they didn't get to the meeting. One person sent a list of questions to be considered at the meeting round in email in advance. Strangely I was busy on all those evenings.....

Sorry your weekend was tough, Rose, but nice to be taken out for lunch today. Hope your day goes well.

I realise I am often popping on here with a hangover. This is not good. I am becoming the thread lush.

I have also conducted a ladyjog and am in one piece. Back is a bit stiff but OK so I have cancelled follow up osteo. I can't go really as I have a Dennis the Menace cake to craft before pick up.....

bigTillyMint · 01/12/2014 11:01

My reasons were more to do with not having enough time to read - I wouldn't mind joining one now, but don't want to muscle in on existing ones which friends go to.

Beachy, is it right to the top? The views are spectacularSmile

I managed to avoid being shouty this weekend, but that was mainly because I wasn't at home! However, I nearly exploded this morning when DS failed to get up when he shouldAngry

hattymattie · 01/12/2014 11:22

Dennis the Menace cake? Impressed.

I am feeling pathetically happy as have just found some of yesterday's left over crumble in the fridge which I shall have for lunch!

Rosebag · 01/12/2014 12:32

My DS overslept too Tilly What horrible DC's Grin

Gosh, Monty that sounds a real production of a cake…. I don't do stuff like that any more but my DM and me once made Annabel Karmel's Fairy Tale Castle Cake. It took us about three days, with much hysteria but it looked bloody amazing.

Crem On no, not another lurgy. You are not taking care of yourself, woman. Hot drinks and TLC…

Wow, the Shard…Beachy, amazing!

Hatty make sure you have it with custard… I want some Envy…still low carbing. Slightly less bloated I suppose. Unbelievably constipated. (Sorry TMI)

I am feeling less shouty after teaching a lovely class of women, and doing something that makes a difference. I am now going to lunch Smile

bigTillyMint · 01/12/2014 13:30

Rose, he didn't oversleep - we wake him up. He just wouldn't get up fast enough to leave on timeAngry My colleague saw him pedalling furiously!

Dennis the Menace cake does sound impressive - photo's please! I have made a fairytale castle too, amongst various other things. Thankfully, those days are over for my DC!