Yes. Jamaica last year.
Can't think of anything worse either. I am not a fan of this kind of heat anyway. 23 degrees in Jun to Aug is enough for me and that's it! I would never go to a warm country for Christmas. I love the cold and dark and then having the Christmas lights brighten the place up and the food that I can't imagine eating on a day like today! I have to say I would never want to be anywhere but Ireland at Christmas. I know I would get all maudlin and before you know it I'd be like one of these people singing folk songs yearning for beautiful ireland even if I was only gone few days and had my return ticket :-P
That Quality Street tin is the business. That's what I'd like to see these days and the design is so much better too.
Just sitting out the back having a beer and thinking my god imagine people in Australia having this weather on Christmas day..I think it would be horrific!!!
Has anyone experienced a Christmas day in proper heat?
I hope none of ye are snowman!
My Xmas jumper this year will be worn too **** 😄
Between 'international taxes' and a nice 'customs' bill dis morning they almost cost me more than the item itself
Found this earlier in the house.
When Quality Street were the real deal. Over 2Kg 😮
I know, so many young people and so many devastated families.
There seems to have been an awful lot of tragedy lately, with the terrible accidents in Tipperary, and the death of this little girl has only come only a couple of weeks after that young boy drowned in Cork harbour. ☹️
Yeah, absolutely heartbreaking. The local community have really rallied around the family in fairness but nothing could ease their pain. I don't know the family personally but would recognise them from just being at that beach so much. These stories alway hurt more the closer you are to a situation.
Oh, i wasn't aware of that, sorry!
They don't deliver to Ireland anymore though do they? 😔
Never thought of Hallowe'en! Although I'm not sure they get much Hallowe'en food items in, the aisle that is cleared is a food aisle, rather than a 'middle aisle'! I'll report back when it has been stocked.
Or Halloween stock? Haven't seen anything of it in our local Lidl so far anyway. Though their Christmas stuff does usually start to appear in September to be fair.
Oh @Cork Lass that story was truly heart breaking and the more details that emerged, the sadder it seemed to get, if that's even possible. My heart goes out to her poor family.
I was in Lidl this morning and the shelves where they always have the seasonal items were completely cleared out. I suspect it will be filled with all the Christmas stock in the next few days.
that happened to us years ago with sofas we had ordered - when they arrived into the shop they were red leather instead of cream leather. We had gotten rid of ours so had nothing to sit on in our living room. They sent us out a horrible suite which we had for a few weeks. I had completely forgotten that 😂.
It never arrived and after over an hour of trying to get through to them on Tuesday they said a truck must have broken down so they would deliver it on SUNDAY!!!!! Appalling customer service, the lady on the phone said she'd send me an email with details of the new delivery and I could respond to that to make a complaint - when the email arrived it said "do not reply to this email". I was furious at this stage but later in the day there was a heartbreaking tragedy at the beach where I go swimming so it put it in perspective for me. I might contact them today but it honestly doesn't seem important at all now.
Oh and 'Great!' Christmas movie channel launches today also! I know its on the Sky platform anyway, not sure about VM though.
John Lewis online christmas store is open.
This looks brilliant!!
Once we were having a sofa delivered.
I had the old armchairs thrown out in the garden and was about to start breaking them out.
Thankfully I didn't because the sofa didn't arrive.
Apparently they ran out of time.
I also feel this way. I more often lurk than post, but I can vividly remember posts about 300 and 200 days left. This year has gone by so fast!
Did you get sorted with your IKEA delivery in the end? There is nothing like the annoyance of waiting all day for a delivery (or person) that doesn't show up!
This has been a Red Bull year - it's got wiiiings 🤣
Sunday week is day the rollercoaster hits its apex and we start hurtling towards the big day. Like you I remember 300 and 200 and the associated 299 and 199 days and they seem to have come around Incredibly quickly. We've had a tough and busy year though so I can see how the time has flown.
Feeling very unprepared for the coming madness mind!!
Don't forget to post some photos of the cake 😀.
My friends child was born on Christmas day two years ago. What a way to spend Christmas day ha.
My youngest brother is getting married later this month and I've been tasked with doing the wedding cake. My supplies order arrived earlier, and a few Christmas treat bags may have been added last minute.... Once this wedding is done and my BodySlims programme is underway it'll be a quick downward slide to Christmas. Hard to grasp how close it all is when you're sitting out in 25 degrees.
Same here! Must visit this year.
Had the Can't wait for Christmas August episode on in the car today and the little fella's (he's actually in 6th class, but still MY little fella) eyes nearly popped out when they said "only 3 months left".
