Christmas Eve Odds and Ends

So my lovelies, what have I been up to since we last spoke? Well, a little more food shopping - I've decided to treat myself to a big bottle of diet coke, not really as a mixer for the Baileys but as an alternative: I think the caffeine in the coke will counteract the alcohol in the Baileys (either that or I'll be very sick - watch this space). Also a bag of chocolates (everything comes in a bag here - more on that in a later post) and a bag of peanuts. Now aren't I the devil.

Also I've bought myself a bottle of champagne for New Year's Day. It's proper champagne but really cheap as it's made here. A contradiction I hear you say, "Surely only wine made in the Champagne region of France can be called Champagne, what you've got yourself there is a cheap imitation." Well, you are right, they don't call it champagne rather sparkling wine made using the methode champanoise by Chandon, in other words it's champagne in all but name. Having said that I haven't tried it yet so it could be horrible, it is extra brut so I'm not having anything sweet beforehand.

Finally a little shock and a big relief today. I went to get some stuff out of the freezer compartment of my fridge and the food in there wasn't frozen. Hmmm thinks I this fridge is suspiciously quiet (you know what I mean, mum) quickly followed by OH MY GOD the fridge has broken down, I've put too much into the freezer compartment and it's given up the ghost, oh hell what am I going to do?!?!? (think of this said in one sentence with no pause for breath). Being of the philosophical school I shut the fridge door and decided to ignore it (ostriches have nothing on me). The big relief? twenty minutes later it sprung back into life. Now I just have to buy a new lightbulb (I got the wrong size earlier) and wait for my right wrist to stop hurting. Oh, haven't I told you about my right wrist?

Ok, so you may remember from here that I've moved my laptop from the desktop to two inches above the desktop (and it seems to have worked a treat). Downside is that I was typing in a really unnatural position and my right wrist (the one that sees all the action) started playing up. I compounded this by doing a body balance class which includes a lot of down dog. Now when I type I have a tupperware box under my right forearm to ensure my wrist is in the correct position and that it doesn't get any worse. If I could show a picture I would but hey...