"It must be thrilling to own that many newts."

[usuallyhats]

Things I have been doing this weekend:

- Baking! I've made white chocolate and cranberry cookies and slightly misshapen mince pies. That recipe made far too much mincemeat; does anyone know if I can freeze it?

- Rhiannon and Simon came round and we played Articulate!, lots of fun and good practice for the vast amount of games I am planning to play over Christmas.

- Listening to seasonal audios; the BBC productions of The Dark Is Rising, The Snow Queen and A Child's Christmas in Wales, plus the Big Finish Christmas podcast, which I love for its slight amateurishness. Every now and then you can hear a bingly bong noise as one of them gets an email, and at one point they stop to answer the phone.

- Watching Jeeves and Wooster. One of the many things I love about it is the fact that amongst the Drones Bertie is considered to be a Great Brain, and by their standards... he kind of it.

- Also watching the Strictly Come Dancing finale. I thought Tom was the weakest of the three most of the way through but his show dance was fab and had me giggling by the end so well done him.

- Completely forgetting that I'd volunteered to do yesterday's soniclipstick, oops. But luckily I volunteered for today's as well so I can just do a bumper edition and pretend it was on purpose.

- Being annoyed that nowhere sells tinsel! This is quite ridiculous. I tried Woolies, the Christmas pound shop that has replaced the post office (cue wailing, gnashing of teeth and huge queues at the other post office), WH Smiths and Sainsbury's; no luck. Boo!

- And now I am watching Lark Rise to Candleford, oh, Christmas TV, how I love you. ETA Sheridan Smith is in it! Hiiiiii Lucie!

Comments

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I feel slightly ashamed to admit I've neither seen nor heard The Snow Queen. But I had a deprived childhood with regard to Xmas telly (I still haven't seen Mary Poppins, and that's probably still shown every year around Xmas!) - I was always too busy reading my new books!! :D

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I've never seen The Snow Queen either, though I am fond of the audio version (if you're interested in listening to it, I suggest this post...).

I was always too busy reading my new books!! :D

Hee! Very reasonable, me too, a lot of the time, anyway. I have seen Mary Poppins but mostly that's because my sister loved it so much she kept watching it even after the tape had worn out in places.

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I've never seen The Snow Queen either, though I am fond of the audio version (if you're interested in listening to it, I suggest this post...).

Ooh thanks! I was going to wander over to the BBC shop to see if they had it!

Hee! Very reasonable, me too, a lot of the time, anyway. I have seen Mary Poppins but mostly that's because my sister loved it so much she kept watching it even after the tape had worn out in places.

LOL, that's devotion! I keep saying I'll sit down and watch MP one day, but so far I've not managed it!

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It is definitely worth watching - once I get over my immediate "no not again!" reaction. :)

You're welcome! I don't think it's available to buy anywhere - it's from a few years ago now.

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It is definitely worth watching - once I get over my immediate "no not again!" reaction. :)

LOL!

You're welcome! I don't think it's available to buy anywhere - it's from a few years ago now.

So I saw from your other post...