Mmm... stollen...

Veggie - the website has been my chocolate porn website of choice for a while now...

Peacock - I still remember the time my parents tried to introduce their Spanish diving instructor to mince pies. 4 years later and he's still not entirely convinced!

I'm all schoolgirled up now, I bunked off work early (getting into character ;) ) and I'm nearly ready to head back into town.

Beyond freezing here, I just got out of the shower and have to get motivated to go to my work party. Hard when it is this cold and the couch looks so inviting.

My cat just threw up, not fun, I think she is eating too fast, she is also on a diet.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

That was fun :D :D :D

There were a decent number of people in fancy dress, although not many people from my part of the firm. They were all impressed by what I was wearing though.

You want photos? I give you photos...

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I should point out that I never dressed like that when I was actually at school...

The food was a bit rubbish - there were veggie options but not on the tables and I had to go wandering round to find it, but on the plus side there was a "tuck shop" with free chocolate and sweets, I spent more time there than the bar! Not perfect, as it would be nice to have resisted both, but at least I'll only have a sugar hangover not an alcohol one in the morning. I had a couple of small glasses of wine with the meal, and a smirnoff ice later on, otherwise I stuck to soft drinks (I think - there was one thing I was drinking which tasted like vimto and which I don't think had any alcohol added, but I'm not sure because it was from a table of "surprise" drinks - the milkshakes were definitely alcoholic but I don't think the vimto was. Or if it was, it wasn't very strong as I drank quite a few of them and don't seem to be feeling it...)

Anyway, I have a run in the morning so I'd better get to sleep!

WHOA Helen. sexy school girl outfit! You look great luvey, glad you had a wonderful time...a tuck shop eh? I remember at our promary school tuck shop when a packet of Golden Wonder crisps wer two pence and you got four black jacks for one penny :)

It is pigging cold here RSG. Hope you cleaned up the cat sick and headed to your do. Hope you're enjoying. I've been tucked up in front of the fire all evening with The Polar Express on and I'm writing Christmas cards. There's still snow on the ground, but it's supposed to be 40 tomorrow, so should all disappear.

I hate my car :( It's frosty out so I decided to go to the supermarket before running so at least I can do my shopping when it's a bit quieter, but the car wouldn't start. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't only 150 miles since the last time it wouldn't start - when I picked it up from the garage where it had had its MOT and a full service! Admittedly that was 2 months ago and it would probably prefer to be driven a bit more, but still :( :( Fingers crossed a jump start will get it going and a long drive over to Blackpool tomorrow to see my grandparents will sort it out, but I really didn't want to be spending the morning waiting for the breakdown people to come.

still, at least I'm not hungover ;)

off to cats protection today... to have a look for a um.. cat

and jen still has to get my xmas pressies.. i however have been ready since september lol.... just a few bits or wrapping to do...

will prob put up teh decorations today as there has been no more meeces

got a call yesterday from personell... and because the job is a grade above the one i am now. i cantbe re-deployed so have to wait unti the 15th for closing date.. but they can get me in for interview quick if im sort listed.. and as i dont have any reserach experiance... I migtbe payed at teh same grade i am now.. and then have certain things to achieve to get the proper grade...

i dont care on that front as at least we will have money coming in....

so just waiting.. again ..... grrrr

Great outfit Helen - I bet that got a few male pulses racing!! Hope you get the car sorted and have a nice time at your grandparents tomorrow.

RSG - I hope your cat feels better and I hope you managed to resist the sofa and had a good time last night.

Lou - Good luck on finding a nice cat and I've got my :crossed: about that research job for you.

Hi Chris :wave: did everything go okay with your DH and his travelling??

I've bought (and wrapped) several chocolate fountains as gifts for people and on my master list I've got a note to buy the chocolate to go with them - has anyone got a chocolate fountain and can let me know how much chocolate does each fountain need to get it started? And can it be any kind of chocolate or does it have to be something special - like chocolate buttons or something????

Well - I walked the dogs separately this morning. First I walked Fred and Ellie together and then I walked George. We still aren't allowed on the nearest part of the Moor so I'm having to walk them on leads until we get almost to the next village and then get on the Moor there. The ground was very slippery after a hard frost so I knew that if George and Ellie pulled together I didn't stand a chance of staying on my feet - and it turned out to be a much more enjoyable walk than has been normal since Ellie arrived. Fred and Ellie raced around playing tag and roll-Fred-over-in-the-mud together far more than they normally do and came back exhausted, then George had a good sniffy walk which he doesn't normally get the time for because the other two disturb him - so it worked out better all round, except for me. I walked for over 3 hours and I'm :dizzy:

Morning all,

Helen, hope you got the car started. And do have a lovely time visiting your Grandparents tomorrow... I miss my Nan.... she's been gone a long time, but I still miss her.

Lou, good luck with the new job. I'm sure you'll do fine and get it if you're applying from the inside, it's supposed to work better that way isn't it? Enjoy hanging your deccies, have you got some Christmas music on?

Sarah :wave: hi, hubs and J are in NM. They drove for about eight hours yesterday from AZ, they have a trailer attatched so can only go about 60mph, and getting to north AZ is very mountainous, so Dave said it was rather fun, getting up some of the hills and down the other side. There's a particuarly nasty down slope on the way to Flagstaff, it has runaway brake lanes...basically long tracks dug into the side of the mountain, that if your brakes aren't slowing you down enough, you turn a bit to go into one and going up steeply should stop you...I've seen a few trucks up them when passing through, and it's scary to see... so my nerves were a bbit frazzled waiting on them to call. They have a long drive today, attempting to head to Tennesee for the night....they should be back here by Tuesday :)

My new coat came :) I'm very pleaed with it, although it's very snug fitting. I thought ab out sending it back and getting a larger one, but that would defeat the purpose of my losing weight, so I've kept it. I walked the dogs wearing it yesterday and didn't feel cold at all, although the wind chill had it at about 18 degrees and I suffered with waterey eyes for about an hour after getting back inside. It's a very dark choc brown colour and that faux sheepskin...and is really warm... even Hannah tried it on and liked it!!! Yes, she did :)

Well I'm up to K in the address book with Christmas cards... will have to go to the PO and get some more stamps later...and hopefully finish writing them all and getting them out.

Ok, must finish coffee and get to curves....although I don't want to gt out in the cold car....oooooooo, I could start Dave's up from in here and drive his.... :rofl:

Later all.........

Good morning all, party was OK, sort of boring, not something I will attend next year.

I'm feeling the need for a day off of the gym today so I think I'm going to take one, may go for a little walk but just don't want to be strenuous.

Chris I think it's supposed to be in the 50's tomorrow?????? This weather is crazy.

Sarah be careful on those moors please.

Lou hope you get a fun cat, my cat and I have an understanding, she ignores me a lot, then comes over for me to pat her, then usually bites me when she doesn't want to be patted anymore. If I try and leave the house and she doesnt want me to she attacks my legs from behind. If she gets hungry at 4 am she knocks things off of my dresser or bangs on the blinds to wake me up. She's a witch and I love her. She is all black with green eyes.

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Hi all!
Found this site last night and it made me smile so much!
Thanks for your reply Sarah Ann and thank you BritinNJ for directing me here! I'm on day 4 of the Lighter Life diet-struggling a wee bit -it's so cold here in Scotland you just want to curl up in a blanket in front of the TV with lots of stodgey food!!-but NO NO NO!
Anyway it's been so great reading all your posts, would be great if I could get in on the action!
Jx

Welcome J, glad you joined us here. Day 4 hey? Keep it up, well done. Just pop in anytime you need a kick up the bum or a :hug: We're all very friendly here and we all have adventures to talk about.

As for sitting on the couch with a blanket and stodgy food, I don't think anyone would say no to that...but you'll get over that struggle, it all happens one day at a time :) Where abouts in Scotland are you?

I haven't got to curves yet, talking to my Mummy....she'll be here Weds evening... I'm getting very excited.

Have a rubbish run to do today and am going out shopping for more Christmas shopping as well...have a good one everyone.

Morning all.

Welcome Jo where are you in Scotland?

New coat Chris sounds nice. Shoud be a nice drive through Tennessee for the boys. Lovely state reminds me of home.

Schoolgirl pics very Britney Spears ;)

Christmas cards haven't started yet. When is the latest posting date for the UK Chris? I must try and get them done this weekend.

We're off to the mall. My youngest wants to do her Christmas shopping, should be fun.

Enjoy the day.

Hello J, nice to see you. It gets easier.

The car is "fixed". Or at least it's running. The battery's on its last legs and if it sits for too long it won't start (or during winter at least). The problem is that I barely use it during winter (I put petrol in it today for the first time since early October), so it tends to sit on the drive then when I need it the battery is dead. It just needs a jump start, but I have to wait for the breakdown people to come and do it because I don't know anyone round here with jump leads. anyway, I'm taking it on a longish run (or at least further than it's done in total in the last 2 months) tomorrow, so hopefully that will recharge it a bit.

I'm very proud of myself. I so nearly didn't run, with frost and a bit of tiredness this morning from a late night, then the car, then by the time I got back from the supermarket it was nearly lunch time, then I had to digest my lunch, then I was worried that I wouldn't have enough time to run before it got dark. Excuses excuses excuses - I was just trying to skive because it's cold outside! Anyway, I dragged myself out and told myself I could just do about 6 miles if it was really horrible, but ended up doing 9.7 which was actually a bit further than I intended. It wasn't too bad once I got going, and at least I feel like I've burned some of the chocolate and sweets off from the tuck shop last night! I just got in as it went dark, so I'm glad I didn't leave it any longer before dragging myself out of the door.

I wrapped most of my presents earlier, I had some christmas music playing and almost felt vaguely festive. I'm going to have a nice snuggly evening in tonight (might even get the wood burning stove thing going) and an early night I think. Oh, and the box of chocolates I got yesterday might be involved somewhere ;)

clydegirl - someone said that last night, I should point out that unlike Britney I was wearing pants though ;)

Oooh I didn't realise Britney didn't have any knickers on!

Hi Jo - glad you made your way here. :hug: Hmmmm I'm having something fairly stodgy for dinner - I've de-fatted Nigella's Italian Lamb Stew (its got macaroni in it) and it smells delicious. Just hope it tastes the same!

Helen - hope the car goes okay tomorrow.

RSG - I'm okay on the Moor - when its a bit worrying I usually just stick to bits I know well and I always carry a mobile (cell) phone. :)

Do you remember me mentioning a week or so ago that our nice neighbours had split up? Well... he didn't waste much time - the new girlfriend moved in today!!!!!! She's about 6 foot tall with masses of waist length blonde hair and a chest like Jordan's! Every man in the road has been out washing their cars just to get a glimpse of her and all the women have been having a ***** about how quickly she's moved in. :rofl: He brought her round to meet me and she seems nice enough.

The ***** is that female dog word again! :rolleyes: