Part IA, Part UP

UP: DH is home for Christmas and it has white snow outside and it looks like Christmas

IA: I am missing the "normal" things like gatherings with friends and going home for Xmas and I am BORED

IA: DS had a terrible day at work yesterday serving a crabby old lady who even made him model a too small shirt so she could see what it would look like on her grandson!

UP: He managed not to lose his rag even though he had to kowtow to this woman for over an hour 

UP: I found a place to live!!!!!! It's not ideal, but ideal basically means adding a dishwasher (which is rare, so not a big deal) and being walking distance to work (also rare, and the commute won't be too bad).

IA: Need to tell my evil landlord, who will throw a shitfit, I'm sure. Also need to book a cleaning service to clean once I'm all moved out. Already pre-paid for one through a voucher, but they're booked through January 31, so that's really not helpful.

UP: I found a place to live!!!!!! It's not ideal, but ideal basically means adding a dishwasher (which is rare, so not a big deal) and being walking distance to work (also rare, and the commute won't be too bad).

IA: Need to tell my evil landlord, who will throw a shitfit, I'm sure. Also need to book a cleaning service to clean once I'm all moved out. Already pre-paid for one through a voucher, but they're booked through January 31, so that's really not helpful.

WooHoo!!!!

Eh don't worry about your landlord - you're out of there! how long do you have left?

UP: I found a place to live!!!!!! It's not ideal, but ideal basically means adding a dishwasher (which is rare, so not a big deal) and being walking distance to work (also rare, and the commute won't be too bad).

IA: Need to tell my evil landlord, who will throw a shitfit, I'm sure. Also need to book a cleaning service to clean once I'm all moved out. Already pre-paid for one through a voucher, but they're booked through January 31, so that's really not helpful.

Ooh, well done! Good luck with the cleaning service!

WooHoo!!!!

Eh don't worry about your landlord - you're out of there! how long do you have left?

I have to give 30 days' notice. And the minute I do, she's going to want to show the place to people, which means she's going to freak out about the "state of the flat" some more. Which I might actually care about if walking across the living room didn't tire me out.

I'm planning on moving the weekend of Jan 8-9, I hope. So here's hoping everything will be settled by then and my life can be angst-free once again.

UP: I found a place to live!!!!!! It's not ideal, but ideal basically means adding a dishwasher (which is rare, so not a big deal) and being walking distance to work (also rare, and the commute won't be too bad).

IA: Need to tell my evil landlord, who will throw a shitfit, I'm sure. Also need to book a cleaning service to clean once I'm all moved out. Already pre-paid for one through a voucher, but they're booked through January 31, so that's really not helpful.

Yay! I've been following the crazy landlord story and I am SO pleased for you! One of the best Christmas gifts you can have! Also hope you feel better soon.

Thank goodness E!!!! Merry Christmas and Karma will rock this out for you!!
Feel better and congrats!

IA: Having to buy a gift for a vp I work for and can’t stand because I can’t accept something without giving something in return.

UP: He spelled Christmas wrong on the card he gave me!  I always knew I was smarter than him!

Yay! I've been following the crazy landlord story and I am SO pleased for you! One of the best Christmas gifts you can have! Also hope you feel better soon.

Thank goodness E!!!! Merry Christmas and Karma will rock this out for you!!
Feel better and congrats!

Thanks, guys! This is definitely a relief. It'll be nice to live in a quiet, calm place, with a (hopefully) sane person. She mentioned both of my boys' names in her e-mail (and she only met the dog in person, heard the cat's name maybe twice), so here's hoping that's a good sign.

What a great Christmas gift E!!!  I'm glad you are getting out of there.  You sounded really unhappy. 

That's awesome, equestrianerd!  Congrats!

IA: Went to the shops to get a rotisserie chicken ...No Chickens today as they're closing early and don't want to clean the rotisserie  .

UP: I was able to get a fresh chicken at 1/2 off because everything was reduced to get rid of it and ended up spending less than I would have getting the Rotisserie chicken Plus it's a BIG one, so I see Chicken Pie for Boxing Day!!!f


IA: Had to get wrapping paper at Wilko's because we don't have enough to do everything, and DD kept trying to pull all the toys off the shelves.

UP: Wrapping paper 1/2 off and I got a few more bits for DD's stocking at 75% off.

IA: I just rang all of my close family members and I got a lot of voice mail! 

IA: It's going to be very hard for me to call them tomorrow for Christmas, since I will have a ton of things to do and have company over. I'm feeling sad and depressed now that I didn't get to talk to all of them and I know they wont call me!

UP: I was able to speak to my granpa though! 

IA: I am feeling very sad now. He was telling me how he is missing granny (She passed away last January  ) and how his health is getting worse.

IA My new job is a little dressier than the old pairs of jeans and game t-shirts that I wore at my last place which is kinda difficult as I'm rapidly dropping sizes and my wardrobe is a bit all over the place.
Nothing from my really old job at the bank fits anymore (too huge and I got rid of most of it) and I don't have much suitable from the intervening years.

UP Lots of cheap clothes in the sale at the moment which will do as a stop gap.

IA Bought a great pair of grey wool trousers from ASOS which were delivered today in a smaller size but they need to be returned...

UP because they're totally huge! They literally fell off me so I need to return them for an even smaller size (maybe two!)