a note for first-timers

If it's your first time here and you're new to blogs, the first post you'll see is the most recent so that's where you should be ending, rather than starting. Otherwise, carry on...

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almost stuffed

I forgot to mention the "issues" we had with the turkey:

My mum, in her infinite wisdom (and allegedly acting on her sister's advice), decided that it would be a good idea to leave the turkey by the front door, thinking it would be cold enough for it to thaw it juuuuuuust fine. It turns out that the best place for it is not the front door after all. Of course, you and I knew this all along... but my mum, it seems, didn't. She does now.

So, last night I went out to get another turkey. "Get a frozen one." she said. "Fresh ones are too expensive" she added. Safeway: shut; Tesco #1: no frozen turkeys; Asda: no frozen turkeys; Tesco #2: closed and surrounded by police. Perhaps a couple of other last-minute-shoppers had found the last frozen turkey in the area, started arguing over who'd got there first, and the fight had spilled over into the fruit and veg - at which point the police were called. Nice thought.

Anyway, expensive or not (I don't actually think £18 is expensive but perhaps that's just me - I'm not a middle-aged woman after all), I bought a fresh one this morning. I decided that a fresh one bought last night wouldn't have been as fresh as one bought today. I was at Safeway at 7.05. Yes, that's five past seven. This morning. That's the best part of three hours before I should have needed to think about getting out of bed on a day when I have no work. Christmas, eh?

If you've never seen it before, go have a look at Get Fuzzy from yesterday and today.