Merry Christmas

This little cutie on the left is my baby (7 days old) and on Christmas Day she will be 23 years old!! And I still have Mickey & Minnie (though Mickey's hand had a small accident with a mouse a couple of years ago). Happy Birthday Gorgeous Daughter xx











I've been preparing for Christmas - a little bit like your bronze Turkey - in so much as I'm getting plumper and tanned! Christmas is a bad time for a dieter (strike) healthy eater like me. All the butchers/florists/hairdressers have tins of Roses for customers on their counters. 'Help yourself to a chocolate', so I do! 'Go on, take another for later', so I do - generally a fist full that I stuff into my pocket! That's lunch sorted. Don't be silly... they'll all be gone within 10 seconds of me being back in the car. And then of course are the specialist Festive coffees at Costa and Starbucks etc. Gingerbread latte (or 25 teaspoons of sugar latte as some like to call it) and my favourite, this year, Honeycomb Hot Chocolate!! Why have a boring 200 calorie latte when you can have a 500 calorie hot chocolate with all the trimmings? That's what I say - and yes, I know you don't agree! (mentioning no names but you know who you are big sis). 

I've been proper poorly this week, since last Wednesday to be accurate. Man flu - and boy have I not behaved well... In fact worse than a man! When the nose bleeds started I freaked! I got hubby and drag him into the bathroom with me in case I passed out through blood loss! I was a right baby lol. I sent one friend pictures of my bloody tissues, I thought she'd be impressed, but unbeknownst to me she suffers from haemophobia (yes a real phobia) and took one look at my picture, fainted, banged her head on the table, and yes... Had a nose bleed! Tee hee - just kidding! Though I'm not sure how impressed she was anyway lol. I've been very grumpy and demanding (I know!!? Not like me at all). I was so fed up and miserable on Tuesday night that I went to bed and just cried. Have you ever tried that? Really crying when your nose is completely blocked? It's really not very easy. And sobbing also does wonders for your sore head, sore face and sore throat.... Not! The only saving grace is the eating chocolate at night. Now I know what you're all thinking here, that I'm having you on, 'Gilly's-any-excuse-to-eat-chocolate', but I swear, if you have a sore throat that makes you cough at night take some chocolate, (I've done extensive research and Cadburys Giant Buttons are best) let one melt in your mouth, slowly swallow and bingo! the melted chocolate coats your throat and stops the cough. Honest it's magic (disclaimer - very bad for teeth). It might take 2 or 3 buttons but it works. Eases your throat just enough to get to sleep. You can thank me later :-) PS please don't put chocolate or any other confectionery into your mouth and just fall asleep, as you may choke. (I thought I'd better add that in case someone decided to sue).

I've learnt this week that nose bleeds don't kill you.

Happy Christmas to you all. Eat, drink and be merry - and don't count a single calorie, after all, it is only one day (um, well maybe one week..... And a bit) xx