My guest (an old friend) over the Christmas period will hopefully have arrived, and we are likely to be sipping champagne.

Church at 6 pm.

Then out to a restaurant for me and mine, my sis and hers, and my mum.

Then the big 'children' go out on the toot, the rest of us come back to our for coffee and pudding and quizzes and drinkies.

They leave about 11 pm. Littlest daughter goes to bed and pretends to sleep. We get the presents under the tree. The biggies arrive back from the pub. The household goes to bed.

But, I digress, expand on the 'mad carrying on'

 Midnight Mass.

That's lovely Brisket - I really hope you have a great time

I haven't got a bloody clue! I take each day as it comes 

I am going over to see my grandkids for a few hours.... then Mr Baz and I are going to  crack open a bottle of bubbly and ... it will be Christmas starts here

Rexi -that sounds so lovely and so xmassy


The mad carrying on will be us dancing round the sitting room to our music and laughing and just enjoying each other's company.

 Hubby and i are going out to a lovely little italian restaurant in Motherwell.  My daughter works there part time, and we have gone there for several family celebrations over the last couple of years.  It is small, intimate,  and the food is lovely.  

We went last year for Christmas Eve and it was so romantic and the food was wonderful ....it's one of the few things I feel genuinely excited about this Christmas - can't wait!

Thank you Issy.  ....and I hope your 'mad carrying on' is not too exhausting.  

Erin - I used to go to Midnight Mass but kept falling asleep
Sprout - best way really.


Baz- love your champagne ideal with your husband - enjoy

Hoochie - enjoy - you deserve it

*Pictures* 

looks good to me

New Year last year was the best ever
We had an impromptu disco at 2 am - luckily the neighbours were away

Drinks and 'fings Chez Cosi

I've only been to Midnight Mass once, about three years......I nearly set the place alight! I let my candle burn down too far and the paper holder caught fire. The bloke in the pew infront had to stamp it out.

*wants to know what sort of fings*

And to think this is a person in charge of shaping young minds.


*sobs*

OMG - that was always my fear when I used to take the children to the Christingle service. So many children ... so many lighted candles

Seems a pretty original way to meet a new man to me

During the day I will be cutting beef into very very very thin strips and then deep frying the bejesus out of them (ready for christmas dinner crispy shredded chilli beef)...   it takes hours!! 

Sending MrDitty out with the "OMG... panic... last minute dot com" shopping list (he is very good at crisis shopping!)

and then...  I have no doubt I will be waiting for the kids to get to bed... and I will be wrapping presents til 3am... like last year!

I really want to go to Midnight Mass but it depends on a few things so gonna see what happens.

Won't be overly upset if I don't though, I am already having the best Christmas I have had in years. Got good people around me, my burrr-yooootiful new Uggs arrived today and I also got a surprise Harrods cashmere scarf pressie in the post *happyhappyhappy*

Karma 

Mmm........ maybe it's time to try the Midnight Mass thing again

That made me smile

Woohoo!

I really want some pink UGGs 

Cheers Sprout xx Been a hell of a couple of years, just grateful for where I'm at right now and making the most of it

Yaaaay!


Did you attract a mysterious FB benefactor......or did you buy them for yourself?

YAY!!   Can't beat the Ugg Buzz!!

(I even love the box mine came in! )

I think we all want to know the details of your dinner...

NO!   not pink! 

Sorry .... I know but they are so lovely

I will take photos! 

are they the kids ones?

That is good!

Perhaps we all should

Fing fings. 


It's one of those go with the flow gatherings, Scarlett.  To save effort, I usually go to the fishmonger down on the seafront and buy a load of seafood: prawns, dressed crab, smoked salmon, etc  (including jellied eels ), stick a load of rolls in the oven and let everyone dive on in.

Ramp up the volume, put on some strappy heels, bit of a party dress and we're good to go.

 

No I saw some in the House of Fraser last year...

That sounds fabby Cosi ... if there's any seafood left over send some inland to me

I don't really get uggs

especially pink ones

sorry

Good..!  

Hope it's the same for everyone. x