Dd is very pleased with the peels etc of the M&S calendar, as I knew she would be. They would all just trigger my rosacea, which is why I didn't get one for myself. I got dh a cheap chocs advent calendar, as he has never had any sort of advent calendar in his life. He was like this -> 
Waf, sorry you've had no positive responses so far. I'm hoping no. 10 will be the one to come good.
Rudy, I hope dh is feeling better soon. My dh had shingles when the dcs got chickenpox when ds was still a baby. I remember all three of them being extremely crabby and whiny, and I struggled to deliver appropriate levels of sympathy to all after about day 3.
Hope your ds2 has had a good term, despite the homesickness. And I hope ds's scan goes OK.
Well done on your baking sales triumph, Crem! How's the kitty search coming along? Are you looking for one or two?
I am having a late-afternoon oloroso, and contemplating getting some Christmas tat out of the loft cupboards. Am also contemplating cleaning out the hamster's sleeping quarters, as this job has not been done for weeks and it is now possible that the neighbours can smell him when we open the windows. In my defence, he does not like me cleaning his house and sulks for about a week afterwards. When you only live 2 years, a week is quite a long time to be in a massive grump.
Dd is buying my little car off me, and I am getting a nearly-new automatic. This has meant plundering the small amount of savings we have, and much belt-tightening, but I hope it will enable me to avoid back surgery for the next while at least. Dd is happy, as she has a bargain, and she is attached to the little car because she took her test in it.
Dd rang today to ask for present hints for ds and dh. Dh v chuffed that she is even thinking about him. He has sent me all sorts of links about car insurance to forward on to her, and she appears to have actually read them. She and her prospective housemates for next year are viewing a house with a garage next week. 
To give heart to those whose teens are currently struggling with MH issues: when I look back and remember how things were with dd this time last year... She had told her HoY she was leaving school; things at home were so unpleasant that ds was developing signs of clinical anxiety, and I was extremely fearful for dd's safety and welfare. Most of this year has been a painful and dreadful battle. I am sure there are further challenges around the corner, but I think she has managed to prove to herself this term that she can stand on her own two feet. And has also perhaps proved that she doesn't need medicating, but very much did need to leave school/home.