Hush Christmas - its a slipper-y slope and a ding dong meryl-y on high :)!

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Welcome everyone one!!!

Thanks melen hope you’re on the mend too after your nasty cold.
cherries I meant to say I have like you been missing from the thread...re-reading my previous post I didn’t make much sense.

Well I’ve gone and placed an order on Hush offers to try the bell sleeved dress that never had been tempted by as if it looks good it would be such a versatile dress for smart casual dinners/dos, and a chiffon star shirt, leopard Devore scarf and bargain green bracelet to add to my collection (I already have the Hush one in navy blue and others from Swarovski and I love them all).
I’ll probably end up returning the clothes but could do with some cheering up as not feeling remotely Christmassy or jolly at the mo

@SoyYo I have just been looking at the devore leopard scarf! Very tempting but I have soooo many scarves! It does look lovely though and a good price.

@DavetheCat2001 your hair looks amazing! Love it. Is it balyage? I love the colour and the waves.

@ilovecherries sorry to hear you've had a rough time. Hope you're doing a bit better today and glad you're back on here.

@neveradullmoment99 I love all your items, the red dress very nice. Not plain at all, elegantly classy. Really suits you. Also love the yellow skirt and the fair isle jumper.

@ellapaella my hair is balyage’d, I just had my roots tinted and decided to try a semi perm pink colour on the ends.

Looks really good..

DH came home early and jollied me out to the Metro Centre. Was busy enough to feel festive, but not rammed and in two hours we more or less cracked Xmas. Might try and get a tree up over the weekend - feels a bit early but will brighten the house up.

My tree is up :)

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Sorry posted twice ha ha...

Hope your feeling better @cherries x

Oh never that looks amazing! Love it. Cherries we were planning on metro centre first thing tomorrow to do Build a Bear with my youngest ds who is 4 tomorrow but I think we're going to head into town instead and do build a bear in Fenwick's instead and see the Christmas window - it's The Snowman this year and I can't wait to see it!
Definitely putting our tree up this weekend. Feeling festive 🎅🏻🌲

This year I put it up. Dh sorted the lights. Dd and youngest dd did all the decorating.

That is a big tree, never! Yes, I’m starting to feel a bit better, thanks. Still a bit worked up and tearful but we had a nice few hours.

We’d been planning to go into Newcastle to see the window tonight, but there was a huge tailback on the A1 so we decided metro centre was probably a better bet. I may pop up on the train during the week though, I’m a sucker for a Xmas window display.

Am not impressed with Me+Em returns. Parcel arrived back with them last Thursday, had an email on Monday to say they had it and it might take 10 working days from that point to process. I just don’t think there’s an excuse for that. If you are going to sell online, you need to sort the systems out. Humph.

cherries so glad to you had a nice time shopping with Dh, hope you are feeling a little better💐
Never the tree is lovely.
Ella hope Ds has a lovely birthday, window display sounds very festive.
Soy sorry that you are not feeling particularly festive at the moment hope you are ok💐
Thinking I need to start making an effort with decorations, sending Dh into the loft tomorrow so will do door wreath/bannister/ mantles tomorrow & get the tree middle of next week, dgd was most upset that nana had no pretty lights or decorations😳

Going to get a little outside tree from tescos at some point. My sitting room is at the back of my house so no one sees the tree. I like a little bit of sparkle out the front but nothing OTT.

Its lashing outside. Woke up early and now pondering my recent purchases :)

So thinking I could return the felix [ as it is expensive] and get the Emilia bell sleeve dress instead? Its half the price. Its a bit boring in black but I could do with an LBD.

Also thinking, it would upset me when they reduce it to about £69 in the sale as they did previous years.

..and then again, its soft, warm, a gorgeous Christmas red....

You're not doing a very good job of talking yourself out of it Never! why not have both? I did love the black dress but the red is also lovely and very Christmassy.

I just can't keep up! The irony is I've been on annual leave this week and yet I have been nonstop (and annoyingly no Christmas shopping done!)

It's DS3's birthday tomorrow and I have been preoccupied with party (thankfully out of the way now!) , present buying for the birthday, went to London to meet a very old (as in from a long time ago) close friend who I don't get to see often- we had a good look at some gorgeous Christmas windows!

It's sounds like a few of you have been having a rubbish tike one way or the other and so I'm hoping things improve
never I totally love the eggy yellow skirt and black combo !

meryl arrived on Thursday and I don't think she's very impressed as she's still sitting in her bag waiting to be tried on. I just haven't had the time or energy to do it which is really mad I know! I might get a chance this morning but if not it will be Monday as we're going away overnight (much to DS3's disgust as he's spending part of his birthday not at home)

I am feeling particularly fat and frumpy at the moment I feel I've let myself go a bit in the last couple of months and I need the motivation to claw it back before the Christmas season- any tips anyone ?? (I cook healthy meals from scratch and then ruin it with grazing on rubbish ). I'm so annoyed with myself!!

Have a good weekend everyone x

I think the Felix looks lovely never, and it is much more Christmassy than a lbd. But as it is so classic ( not plain at all!) could be accessorised differently to give different looks. So you could wear after Christmas for work or going out too. I reckon keep - but I know what you mean, as they will probably reduce it after Christmas. I suppose you need to think if you would be willing to spend the difference to get to wear it on Christmas day! The yellow skirt is sooooo pretty too, especially with the charcoal. I also like it with the pale jumper, but wonder if that would work better with darker jeans or something, as they are two lovely pieces and would really both be the stand-out piece in an outfit, if you see what I mean.

Dave your hair is amazing. I have total hair envy.

Hope you are both feeling better cherries and soy. And hope everyone has happy christmassy days preparing/ shopping etc! And happy birthday miniElla!

Awful weather here today. Want to stay in but need to go out to take ds swimming. Bah.