The FastDay Forum

Oh, the hateful pitfalls of growing old. Here are mine, in no particular order:

You can't remember what presents you've bought during the year
When you do remember, you forget where you hid them.
You can't remember if you sent a card to Aunt Flo, so you send... another
You remember the tasty stuffing you made last year, but forget which recipe it was, so you can't make it again this year.
You forget you've already got sprouts, but when you see a stalk of red ones, you buy them, having forgotten it's only me that eats them.
You forget where you carefully placed the Christmas table cloth. You buy another, only to find the original. What do you do with 2 table cloths you only use one day out of 365?

I'm sure there are more examples of Christmas nesia, but heck, I've forgotten them.

LOL! Not yet, there is still time.

[carorees]

Mine (so far) was to buy some more Xmas cake decorations only to discover I'd already got some bought ages ago because I knew that they tend to run out of them nearer Xmas. Still they'll keep till next year! Similarly, I bought a big pack of streaky bacon last week for the pigs in blankets (or kilted sausages) and found another pack already in the freezer! Doh!

[carieoates]

I've got so much wrapping paper, bows, ribbon and Christmas cards up in my loft. One year I will not forget this and go out to buy more.

I had forgot that I'd thrown away the turkey roasting tin! Off to try and get a new one in a minute !

Ooops! Just remembered. I went hunting for my large Christmas tree to cut off branches to fit the lounge, to remember after 2 hours of yelling at the lads that they weren't looking properly, that I had given it away before last Christmas as it was too big.

@Julieathome, I'm in stitches

Can't find where I've put $45 worth of scratches ( instant lottery tickets) to put in 3 cards. Can't find nice shirt I bought for hubs.
Xxx

yes yes yes yes!!!

I always buy new sticky tape every year, thinking I may not have enough to wrap the pressies.

I now have about 2 unused rolls and two semi-full tape dispensers!

And I am still looking for my poinsettia table cloth, but I have now put the Red one on the table, and its already set ready for tomorrow.



cheers Maggie

Husband managed to find a turkey roasting tin! It involved him being one of those annoying people on the phone in the supermarket-but it worked .

OH @PennyForthem
I'm so glad I'm not the only one I've spent big chunks out of 3days looking for a carrier bag of some chocolate treats of some description I bought a month ago, so have given up and wrapped the presents without!!!!! Told both family members the truth and that they WILL have them probably in the new year because if they don't I just might get tempted to eat them and the OH would deffo!! that said I gave the gifts and low + behold forgot an item to go with one of them never again never never I can't settle coz I keep relooking in the same places over+over but no way am I buying again, no more shopping now until next weekend then only fresh bread etc.
Really frustrating this old age thingy Sue

Every Christmas Eve, and Strictly final night party, I light tea lights in lovely filigree brass holder thingies and place one on each step of my staircase, along with chocolate coins. Every year I curse these damned brass thingies as it is not easy to get the spent lights out and new ones in again, some are stuck hard with wax and some need the aid of a knife to extract them. Anyway, with a heavy heart I fetched them all out of the cupboard to start the annual gouging out ritual and do you know what? I must have had a brainstorm last year as every one had a new pristine little candle already inside, with the little wick propped up ready to be lit. How wonderful was that? How could I have forgotten that I'd done that? Little things really do make you happy, well, it made me happy, must try and remember to do that again this year.

Hope you all have a great one,

Ballerina x

I've just remembered that i haven't made the trifle for tomorrows dinner. In fact I forgot to buy the bits that go in it when I went shopping earlier. So my eldest has dashed off to the late night opening shop for me. Mind you its a 25 mile round trip and the roads are flooding. He did insist that he went so I will just sit here and worry for a while.

Good news! I found the scratchies AND the shirt!