12 euro?! A rip off! 😂 I'll wait till they go down to 10e.....or they were even 8e one year in Supervalu - it was a great offer and was only for 2 days or something.
It begins!!
Look what's at Tesco!
Only ever put the tree up at the end of November twice and that was during the Covid years to "brighten up the place" and both times the wife wanted to take the decorations down early in January because she was tired of them and wanted to give the sitting room a good clean.
So from now on the decorations go up around the first Saturday in December and stay up till Jan 6th.
That did indeed used to be the case but it seems that they've seemingly settled on the last Friday in November now. If we do put our tree & decorations up that day it'll have been the earliest we'll have ever put them up.
I actually thought the LL Toyshow would be the 1st of December this year but it's the week before, which is a little early - the 24th of November?! I remember in previous years when it go to that point, they'd have it on the 1st/2nd December instead. I usually put up the tree on toyshow day but not sure now....might leave it till the 1st...
It's September Eve!
One of my sisters friends puts hers up on November 1st every year, even for a Christmas nut like me thats a tad early though. I'd be too used to the sight of it by the time Christmas actually came around.
This year for us will be the last Friday in November, which should be the day of the LLTS. Though with the kids growing out of that particular tradition I wonder how long we'll stick to that?
Nobody. Now I live at home and it is my mother who does it, but I count that as me 🤣
As a fellow Elf I even think that is early 😊, do you know anyone else who puts them up as early as you?
We ours up at the start of November, so two months away😉. Which is both exciting and terrifying.
I'm looking forward to the neighbours saying its too early 😅🙃😉
Tuesday week, 12th September it starts on channel 4.
Well some of say it Autumn now others say it's on Friday.
I didn't get any trip to the seaside/beach this Summer. Between work and just the weather. I might get one in September but working a lot of it.
Another thing about this Summer was we didn't have much of those endless Summer days. I love going out later in the evenings for walks/etc.
Just saw an ad saying The Great British Bake Off is coming soon.
Condensation on the windows of the house this morning. It's coming 😄
Wife had two bags of Summer clothes that she wanted put up in the attic about an hour ago. When I was up there I looked across at the Christmas decorations and thought to myself, won't be long now. 😄
Yep definitely feeling a chill on the air. Still in flip flops and shorts when I'm working at home but my feet have been decidedly chilly the last two night. 😅
Soaking up the last couple of minutes with the kids before they go to bed ahead of their first day back in school tomorrow. On the 30th in June we were on the ferry to France at this time. Seemed to go by in the blink of an eye ðŸ˜
Had a great time in London even with the Flight cancellations, got home eventually last night and will hopefully get something back from Ryanair. AEW was amazing and is returning next summer
Waterford Winterval have updated all there social media platforms 😛
Had the heating on in the car this morning, was nippy enough.
I can remember having to turn on the heating in July just to take the chill out of the place to be honest.
On a more positive note, August has flown by about 3 times quicker than July did.
I'm happy with the weather getting colder. I can finally sleep well again. I've struggled all summer.
And how quickly it is getting darker in the evenings. I went for a walk just after 8pm last night & when I was crossing our road at 8.40pm, I was conscious of how dusky it was...was very glad to have my hi-vis on!
Same up here definitely much colder at night and in the mornings.
Working from home this morning and it's the first time in a long time I've thought about putting on the heating! You can really feel the change the last week or so where I am in the South East.
Will do!
We're going with Sunway, but a lot of people go DIY. And now Ryanair fly direct to Rovaniemi.
My daughter and her friend were due to fly back to Cork yesterday and they got a message saying that flight was cancelled and they were rebooked for tomorrow evening. They contacted Aer Lingus customer service and were told that they would cover their hotel for the 2 nights and meals (within reason). She's not back to college until next week so it's a bonus few days in London.
Sunday fortnight is DDD (99 days to go) and we all know what happens then...
Convinced it was only last week we went into the 130's!!
Last 20 days flew by!
Honestly looks like a murder waiting to happen haha.
I think it cleared quite quickly once the issue got resolved, the biggest problem they had early afternoon was they weren't sure of the issue so flights had 3-4 hours delays, I got way with just under a hour delay.
Back to work after having a week off & this forum has well and truly come to life - 109 unread posts for me in this thread alone!
@Cork Lass many warm wishes on your retirement!
@Sunrise_Sunset we need a full trip report on Lapland, it's something that me and Mr. CL actually agree on; we'd love to do bring the kids.
Last day of the summer holidays here, our gang are back to reality tomorrow. Listening to them playing here while I'm working and know I'll miss the sound of them in the house tomorrow in spite of me being glad to have them back to normal!
