Crepeyistmas Time, Camel Toe and Whine...

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Pandering to the uncouth...

Hail Crepeys from back home in Norf London for a few days. I am inordinately tired from not doing enough and eating too darn much. Was at the grid lock caused by nutters trying to get to the sales at my fave north west London mall as we sailed ( geddit) by in the fast lane when nearly home. Is there any such thing as a 'real' bargain? And is it worth getting trampled to death in the mob for?

Am also wondering about NU and if she's better. And stropps DD. The reason I thought of shingles is that I had it shortly after the birth of DS1 and it presented as pressure headaches, sore eyes and a stiff neck for two weeks. There was a sore scaly patch of skin on my left side but the spots didn't really look defined til I was nearly better.

Solidarity with tilly over Art, even though DDs isn't textiles. We are having to work on it every day...damn blasted annotations and stuff. I hate the guillotine/ trimmer thing the way you hate the sewing machine. I am on the verge of throwing it out of a very high window.

Never been arrested but did march against the Corrie Bill and occupied the admin corridor at Uni....a lot of very irate students couldn't get their grants as a result.....

How about 2015 Annus Crepeybilis.....?

Sadly, Molly, she hasn't inherited my love of knitting. She cannot knit at all!

She is, however, hoovering her bedroom This has not happened since 2010 I reckon

I have never been arrested. I have never been caught been very law abiding. Oh yes. When you are well behaved, no-one thinks it might be your cannabis left in the girls' loo in the sixth form block when the police are called...

OK, I guess QQ for my Secret Satan.

Is no-one else entering into this guessing game?

I am 99.99% certain mine was Stropps, given the give-away on the present I am trying to pace myself!

MrsS - I know who my SSatan was due to the postmark being neither in England or N. Ireland... but would be intrigued to hear who the rest were from.

My guess is postmark based: Molly of Wilbur...

I have no idea about my SS. I suspect someone boozy or gin-loving, so perhaps Mrs S or MI?

We are returned to London, and I'm planning to never leave the couch again. Thoroughly exhausted. Xmas eve eve - too much fizz and dancing to Irish music at our neighbours. Xmas eve - mad rush to pack up car and get to Bracknell. Pick up MiL, take her to DP's best friend in Farnham to see baby. Eat canapés. Drive back to Bracknell to MiL's house. Eat Chinese take-away.

Xmas day - try not to kill new boyfriend of DP's sister. Opinionated, boorish, with abusive tendencies and - after reading many MN relationship threads - enough red flags to decorate Red Square on Lenin's birthday. Visit FiL's grave. Everyone cries at least three times during the day. I dispense hugs in the kitchen. No telly. Oddly, as most of the time it's on 24.7.

Boxing day - to Sis's house near Esher. Aged Ps there, after aforementioned email row about them 'never wanting to spend time with the grandchildren'. Said grandchildren totally ignore their presence, in favour of iPads and new presents. Convene jolly family game of Uno - middle nephew gets sent to his room by nasty BiL for being too loud explaining the rules. General undercurrents all round. I find myself trying to make everything OK, and failing, then realise it's not my responsibility. Difficult Brother continues to be difficult.

BUT they had two nine-week-old kittens, which were just gorgeous and a great distraction. Every family should have them at Christmas.

Today - back home, and to neighbours, on other side, for party. Now - sofa, paper, quiz, possible jigsaw and hopefully film like Sideways.

Mine had no postmark!

I too am planning on doing very little for the rest of my leave. No new year guests this year. No party, no open house on New Year's Day. Nothing, nichts, nada, rien, nimic, nic.

I am relaxing with another Faileys

The DC have been Internet shopping for 2 hours!

I have been arrested once at a protest. In crepey contrast, I rounded off my most recent marching experience by queuing to get a posh coffee while the more politically committed rushed to hear Ed M and then boo'd (sp?) him.

We seem to have decided Christmas is Over, and everyone is sitting doing what they want on their own laptops - after an outing. I am going to order some trousers from East as I am still wearing a pair I bought about 10 years ago and am assuming they will be the same quality and sizing....what could go wrong?

Crem, I too hope you get a really good break soon. And Herbs, stay on that sofa after all that. And BTM, ds has revision for mocks the day he goes back (in fact they considerately open school a day early for mock takers), so he is getting control of the TV remote the rest of the time......

Had a good day then MI ?

No idea who my SS was from but I really really liked both. One will go nicely with my hobby!

BTM, we watched the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special from way back when last night - is mint Baileys real?

Herbs, love that phrase about enough red flags to decorate Red Square on Lenin's birthday. Haha. And so you were tempted to take on The Placator mantle, as we discussed before Xmas. I wonder if I can persuade myself not to don that mantle in future. Hmm. I will make it a NY resolution. Along with many others.

So what other New Year Resolutions are people making? One of mine has to be to lose weight. And also to Do Something with my hair.

I must lose weight, too, MrsS. I must get that bike out of the garage more often.

Have we had 'creped crusaders' as a thread title yet?

It wasn't me Mrs S...

Been out for birthday dinner of very good friend at local pub. Far too much red wine followed by raucous playing of new board games - anyone for 'Linkee'?

Planning to lie in bed in the morning and listen to the Archers. Internet sales shopping also sounding quite appealing...

Sounds good, QQ. The only board game we play here is Monopoly. And occasionally Scrabble. DH refuses to play Monopoly with me because I always win. He calls me Rachman. I used to play Trivial Pursuit with my parents years ago and it used to take for ever because my Dad couldn't hear and my Mum didn't listen.

The DDs have been asked to clear the table, empty and reload the dishwasher, take their clothes out of the tumble drier and put the load that is in the washing machine in the drier. They have done none of it. AIBU just to go to bed and leave the place looking like the Marie Celeste? Given that I have done nothing but cook, clean up, put away and fill people's glasses for the past few days, I think I am.

Told DH I wanted to go to Miami for my 50th. He laughed. I gave him a Paddington Hard Stare.

Hmm. I had thought it might have been Herbs, as my fellow Queen Lush, who was my Secret Satan, but it wasn't her. Nor you, nor BD. Addle?

I am having to keep DD2 away from the strawberry milkshake flavour vodka...

Strawberry milkshake flavoured vodka?!?

I had the foresight to make damson vodka in the summer... may break it open tomorrow...

I haven't a scooby doo who sent my Secret Satan. Someone with dubious taste in socks and a love of retro candy.

We're just back from our lovely BF's, having spent a nice evening chilling on their sofa, eating their Christmas leftovers and stifling the feelings of extreme house-envy we always get when we go round (£££ converted stables, massive vaulted living room etc etc). [e

A day of "home admin" tomorrow. Bills to pay, letters to write.....

Just checking in briefly before the dreaded lurgy gets me in its grip again. In the Nu house hold there has been no or little food for almost a week, definitely no alcohol and no party spirit. We spent a brief couple of hours at DD's on Christmas Day but apart from that I haven't been out. (DH has spent a lot of time with family as there was no point in him missing out, too).

Forthcoming activities which will probably be cancelled are football match (definitely off), theatre trip tomorrow, afternoon tea on Wednesday. Sorry I sound so down, though at least I can be bothered to look at MN today which is an improvement. I opened presents from DH yesterday and haven't opened my SS yet.

Waves pathetically from bed in Northumberland.....

Oh NU :( hope you feel better soon.

We have had a quiet Christmas - herbs I recognise yours and am glad I didn't have that this year! We have generally pleased ourselves (for a change). Today having brief open house for the neighbours and then Ds is having mates round tomorrow.
After that I might brave the shops for dp's birthday present - I mean who has a birthday on 3rd Jan - bad timing...

No idea re my SS - but for some reason I think Beachy......

Oh dear, poor you, NU

BD, it's quite handy timing for the sales!

We are off to Bristol hotel at lunchtime (which is, of course, teen getting up time) - yippee!

DS went off like a rocket last night when he finally decided on his internet shopping and I said that 2 pairs of white trainers and a pair of black trainers was a bad idea all in one go - he has a pair of either already, albeit all in different styles/brands. I eventually gave in and got one white and one black pair - his Christmas money - but WTAF.

Not sure if there is mint Baileys (that doesn't appeal at all, yuck!) - I have a bottle of the Lidl stuff which is just as nice as the real thing

Not I, BD......

Poor you, NU, that's so rough. I do hope you are properly on the mend soon though. It's miserable being ill and missing so much, but in a way it's good that dh had things to do and people to see to let you get on and get better, IYKWIM.

We have all dh's family coming this afternoon for 24 hours, so for the first time in about two weeks, the fridge is full. The last time mil was here was with pil about six weeks before he died. I'm not sure whether or not to put her in the spare room where they were last time or to make up dd2's room for her? I don't want her to feel she's been 'downgraded' to a single room, but it would free up the spare for dsil and dbil. What's for the best? Or shall I show sail the rooms and let her sort it out?

oh, erm... A london based crepey
Wilbur perhaps?