What are you getting/hoping to get for Christmas?

[Benjamin]

My OH and I are getting each other new dry robes as we both want them (great for cold, dry winters days out by the fire pit with a beer or two).

We’re also getting a cheese and port hamper from family. :lovedup:

We’ll also be getting aftershave and probably an abundance of socks from other people. :laugh:

[Zizu]

Anytime now I start looking at things on eBay and WATCHING them … then in a few weeks I decide which things to buy …


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[Kate!]

Anything at all!

There's nothing I really need or especially want.

It's really cheesy but the happiness of giving others nice things even if small gifts is more than a pleasure for me. I don't buy for a lot of people due to circumstances. It's just Karl and his mum, a few close friends (6) who don't expect anything expensive but I know their tastes. And a handful of forum members will be finding a little bit of something from me in person or via post etc.

That's it really.

[Cherie]

My OH and I are getting each other new dry robes as we both want them (great for cold, dry winters days out by the fire pit with a beer or two).

We’re also getting a cheese and port hamper from family. :lovedup:

We’ll also be getting aftershave and probably an abundance of socks from other people. :laugh:

If you wear the divisive dryrobe – an ankle-length, waterproof dressing gown designed as an outdoor changing robe, with a £160 price tag – then you’ve probably already been mocked for it. Initially, the coat was made to give surfers privacy and warmth while changing outdoors. But recently, it’s been stripped of its original purpose and is worn by middle-class city dwellers on the school run. In my opinion, whatever your class, it looks like you’re wearing a tent. These coats should be left to those who are doing cold water swimming activities, not those roaming around London Fields with a matcha latte in hand.

:hee::hehe:

[Kate!]

If you wear the divisive dryrobe – an ankle-length, waterproof dressing gown designed as an outdoor changing robe, with a £160 price tag – then you’ve probably already been mocked for it. Initially, the coat was made to give surfers privacy and warmth while changing outdoors. But recently, it’s been stripped of its original purpose and is worn by middle-class city dwellers on the school run. In my opinion, whatever your class, it looks like you’re wearing a tent. These coats should be left to those who are doing cold water swimming activities, not those roaming around London Fields with a matcha latte in hand.

:hee::hehe:

:joker: oh Cherie you're such a tonic!

[thesheriff443]

Too much pressure on people to be buying presents at Christmas
Absolutely a waste of time and money
A chance for dicks to show off by buying over priced tat

I fcuking hate Christmas

[Strictly Jake]

Hopefully to get out of this lift. Haha!!

[Kate!]

Hopefully to get out of this lift. Haha!!

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[Niamh.]

Nothing specific in mind really, I asked Gavin to get me a voucher for Fatface

[Strictly Jake]

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I love that song. :dance:

[AnnieK]

There's a FB group called Dry Robe Wankers where they post pics of people wearing them in places like Tesco etc :laugh:

[Niamh.]

There's a FB group called Dry Robe Wankers where they post pics of people wearing them in places like Tesco etc :laugh:

:laugh:

Only ever seen people wearing them to go sea swimming in real life

[Ammi]

…I’ll let you know when I get it…but I know it’ll be what I really, really wanted…zig a zig, ahhhh…..

[Benjamin]

If you wear the divisive dryrobe – an ankle-length, waterproof dressing gown designed as an outdoor changing robe, with a £160 price tag – then you’ve probably already been mocked for it. Initially, the coat was made to give surfers privacy and warmth while changing outdoors. But recently, it’s been stripped of its original purpose and is worn by middle-class city dwellers on the school run. In my opinion, whatever your class, it looks like you’re wearing a tent. These coats should be left to those who are doing cold water swimming activities, not those roaming around London Fields with a matcha latte in hand.

:hee::hehe:

I won’t be wearing it to the supermarket ever lol. It’s mainly for when we go camping and swimming but also great for by the fire pit.

[Livia]

There's a FB group called Dry Robe Wankers where they post pics of people wearing them in places like Tesco etc :laugh:

We need a pic of Ben, don't we.

[Benjamin]

We need a pic of Ben, don't we.

Best get on OnlyFans then 💅🏻

[Livia]

Best get on OnlyFans then ����

I'd be willing to pay...

I have an old parka I wear at the firepit. It smells of smoke, I keep it in the porch

[Benjamin]

I'd be willing to pay...

I accept payment in whiskey or Amex

[Benjamin]

I have an old parka I wear at the firepit. It smells of smoke, I keep it in the porch


My old fire pit jacket is on its last legs. It’s served me well. :(

[Livia]

My old fire pit jacket is on its last legs. It’s served me well. :(

They do get stinky... Although it's quite an evocative smell.

My OH usually buys me a nice piece if jewellery. No idea what I'm getting though.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I am not hoping for anything

[Kate!]

If anyone would like a lovely Christmas card from me then by all means let me know and I'll happily sort one out if you trust enough to give an address privately. I won't turn up at your houses.

[Livia]

I am not hoping for anything

Piece of coal for you as usual.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Piece of coal for you as usual.

:hee:

[Alf]

Pissed

[Kate!]

Pissed

Lord Alf has spoken. Let's all get extremely merry.

[Cherie]

There's a FB group called Dry Robe Wankers where they post pics of people wearing them in places like Tesco etc :laugh:

Perfect for Ben

admittedly I had to google what they were, I trust you Benji you wont be flaunting yours at Aldi

[Cherie]

Too much pressure on people to be buying presents at Christmas
Absolutely a waste of time and money
A chance for dicks to show off by buying over priced tat

I fcuking hate Christmas

I like Christmas as in the lights, the Carols, the food, the meet ups but I am not keen on presents so we keep it pretty simple

[rusticgal]

My OH and I are getting each other new dry robes as we both want them (great for cold, dry winters days out by the fire pit with a beer or two).

We’re also getting a cheese and port hamper from family. :lovedup:

We’ll also be getting aftershave and probably an abundance of socks from other people. :laugh:


Oh we love sitting around the Chiminea or firepit…

[rusticgal]

If you wear the divisive dryrobe – an ankle-length, waterproof dressing gown designed as an outdoor changing robe, with a £160 price tag – then you’ve probably already been mocked for it. Initially, the coat was made to give surfers privacy and warmth while changing outdoors. But recently, it’s been stripped of its original purpose and is worn by middle-class city dwellers on the school run. In my opinion, whatever your class, it looks like you’re wearing a tent. These coats should be left to those who are doing cold water swimming activities, not those roaming around London Fields with a matcha latte in hand.

:hee::hehe:


:laugh:

[Zizu]

If you wear the divisive dryrobe – an ankle-length, waterproof dressing gown designed as an outdoor changing robe, with a £160 price tag – then you’ve probably already been mocked for it. Initially, the coat was made to give surfers privacy and warmth while changing outdoors. But recently, it’s been stripped of its original purpose and is worn by middle-class city dwellers on the school run. In my opinion, whatever your class, it looks like you’re wearing a tent. These coats should be left to those who are doing cold water swimming activities, not those roaming around London Fields with a matcha latte in hand.

:hee::hehe:


Apologies to anyone who has one of those long puffer coats.. but they always make me smile when I see two skinny ankles and feet hanging out at the bottom of such a huge coat !

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[Strictly Jake]

Oh I love that people are slagging off the school run mums that wear them coats. They are literally THE worst people on the school run. They annoy me so much when I'm picking the kids up. Always in the bloody way, walking so slow and all next to each other not letting others pass, showing off cos they spent most of the day at the gym, get a job you lazy sods, and all chatter non stop about the nativity. So yeah let's hate those long coat douchebags

[Cherie]

Oh I love that people are slagging off the school run mums that wear them coats. They are literally THE worst people on the school run. They annoy me so much when I'm picking the kids up. Always in the bloody way, walking so slow and all next to each other not letting others pass, showing off cos they spent most of the day at the gym, get a job you lazy sods, and all chatter non stop about the nativity. So yeah let's hate those long coat douchebags

Ben gets everywhere

[Benjamin]

I actually saw somebody in Tesco yesterday wearing one and thought of this thread. :laugh:

[smudgie]

Just a lovely Christmas Day with the family, sharing dinner with all the trimmings.
Not interested in presents but there will be a stocking with goodies from hubby and kids.
The one thing I really want is an improvement in my health, been such an awful few weeks of late but I think I have turned the corner.

We had a lovely takeaway together last evening.
Son, daughter and her partner came around, they had all the boxes out of the loft, decorations more or less done and dusted and boxes back up in loft.
Just a few tweaks in the kitchen to do.
Daughter has organised catering for my birthday on Friday, big one so a quaint little afternoon tea for me and my girls, men only allowed for waitering duties.:laugh:

[Jessica.]

I want a curling wand, though I'm more excited about seeing what others think of the gifts I got them.

[Kate!]

Just a lovely Christmas Day with the family, sharing dinner with all the trimmings.
Not interested in presents but there will be a stocking with goodies from hubby and kids.
The one thing I really want is an improvement in my health, been such an awful few weeks of late but I think I have turned the corner.

We had a lovely takeaway together last evening.
Son, daughter and her partner came around, they had all the boxes out of the loft, decorations more or less done and dusted and boxes back up in loft.
Just a few tweaks in the kitchen to do.
Daughter has organised catering for my birthday on Friday, big one so a quaint little afternoon tea for me and my girls, men only allowed for waitering duties.:laugh:

Bless you Smudge. Xx

[UserSince2005]

I want a puppy this year

[Kate!]

I want a curling wand, though I'm more excited about seeing what others think of the gifts I got them.

Oh lovely Jess. Hope you get so much joy out of giving and that you get your curling wand.

[Cherie]

I want a puppy this year

you are away too much to devote time to a puppy :fist:

[Cherie]

Just a lovely Christmas Day with the family, sharing dinner with all the trimmings.
Not interested in presents but there will be a stocking with goodies from hubby and kids.
The one thing I really want is an improvement in my health, been such an awful few weeks of late but I think I have turned the corner.

We had a lovely takeaway together last evening.
Son, daughter and her partner came around, they had all the boxes out of the loft, decorations more or less done and dusted and boxes back up in loft.
Just a few tweaks in the kitchen to do.
Daughter has organised catering for my birthday on Friday, big one so a quaint little afternoon tea for me and my girls, men only allowed for waitering duties.:laugh:

aw Smudge, glad you are feeling better, and best wishes for Friday though I am sure there will be a thread

[UserSince2005]

you are away too much to devote time to a puppy :fist:

hes going to be a self sufficient puppy :lovedup:

[Nicky91]

i want love, peace and harmony in the world


not sure if i'm going to get that though




and i'm gonna do a moment of silence at christmas for the innocents in Gaza, those who are being starved to death by the Puppet Little Benny and his evil masters from the shadows

[Ammi]

Just a lovely Christmas Day with the family, sharing dinner with all the trimmings.
Not interested in presents but there will be a stocking with goodies from hubby and kids.
The one thing I really want is an improvement in my health, been such an awful few weeks of late but I think I have turned the corner.

We had a lovely takeaway together last evening.
Son, daughter and her partner came around, they had all the boxes out of the loft, decorations more or less done and dusted and boxes back up in loft.
Just a few tweaks in the kitchen to do.
Daughter has organised catering for my birthday on Friday, big one so a quaint little afternoon tea for me and my girls, men only allowed for waitering duties.:laugh:

…I’m so glad that you’re feeling as though you’ve turned a bit of a corner now, smudgie….I hope that’s a direction that continues more each day…:hug:…enjoy your afternoon tea later in the week, that sounds perfect…/…I love girlie stuff like that…:love:..

[smudgie]

Bless you Smudge. Xx

aw Smudge, glad you are feeling better, and best wishes for Friday though I am sure there will be a thread

…I’m so glad that you’re feeling as though you’ve turned a bit of a corner now, smudgie….I hope that’s a direction that continues more each day…:hug:…enjoy your afternoon tea later in the week, that sounds perfect…/…I love girlie stuff like that…:love:..

Thank you ladies.
I really do appreciate your good wishes, feeling so much better as each day goes by.
Looking forward to catching up on posts here at TIBB, and sharing Christmas with you all.:laugh:

[Kate!]

Thank you ladies.
I really do appreciate your good wishes, feeling so much better as each day goes by.
Looking forward to catching up on posts here at TIBB, and sharing Christmas with you all.:laugh:

Love you xx

[user104658]

I'm a self-indulgent sort these days so there's nothing substantial that I really want as I'd have just bought it already... so in terms of Christmas presents I've become the sort of boring oldie who just wants thoughtful/personal/interesting presents rather than anything "big". If there's some obscure thing that seems fun or useful, or something with a personal touch, basically.

MiL has given us all a budget of £100 and asked us to pick our own gifts however so I'm currently pondering, "What is around £100 that I'd like, but wouldn't actually spend £100 on otherwise" :think:.

Low-key tempted to ask for £100 worth of plain socks just for the meme.

[Kate!]

I'm a self-indulgent sort these days so there's nothing substantial that I really want as I'd have just bought it already... so in terms of Christmas presents I've become the sort of boring oldie who just wants thoughtful/personal/interesting presents rather than anything "big". If there's some obscure thing that seems fun or useful, or something with a personal touch, basically.

MiL has given us all a budget of £100 and asked us to pick our own gifts however so I'm currently pondering, "What is around £100 that I'd like, but wouldn't actually spend £100 on otherwise" :think:.

Low-key tempted to ask for £100 worth of plain socks just for the meme.

Or handkerchiefs

[Livia]

Just a lovely Christmas Day with the family, sharing dinner with all the trimmings.
Not interested in presents but there will be a stocking with goodies from hubby and kids.
The one thing I really want is an improvement in my health, been such an awful few weeks of late but I think I have turned the corner.

We had a lovely takeaway together last evening.
Son, daughter and her partner came around, they had all the boxes out of the loft, decorations more or less done and dusted and boxes back up in loft.
Just a few tweaks in the kitchen to do.
Daughter has organised catering for my birthday on Friday, big one so a quaint little afternoon tea for me and my girls, men only allowed for waitering duties.:laugh:

Glad you've turned that corner, Smudgie. Wishing you well x

[bots]

Christmas has not been about receiving gifts to me for a long, long time :laugh:

[Ammi]

I'm a self-indulgent sort these days so there's nothing substantial that I really want as I'd have just bought it already... so in terms of Christmas presents I've become the sort of boring oldie who just wants thoughtful/personal/interesting presents rather than anything "big". If there's some obscure thing that seems fun or useful, or something with a personal touch, basically.

MiL has given us all a budget of £100 and asked us to pick our own gifts however so I'm currently pondering, "What is around £100 that I'd like, but wouldn't actually spend £100 on otherwise" :think:.

Low-key tempted to ask for £100 worth of plain socks just for the meme.

…100 Scratch cards…?…actually it would probably be only 50 or even less now, I’m really not sure how much they are anymore…

…with the other gifts…?…we don’t always all buy for everyone…we’ll sometimes do a secret Santa so only buy for one person with a money limit of say £25 or something….and see who can get the most inventive/weird/annoying and other descriptive gift…sometimes it’ll be a themed gift…like it has to be from a charity shop or from eBay…it’s just a bit more fun than socks…although yeah, I know…what could be more fun than socks, right…

[joeysteele]

Well it looks like a really big family get together is on the cards this year.
Much more than usual.

I've never been one for presents, I prefer to give to people all year round as and when they need something or just to give them something anyway.

Good food, great company a celebration of things now and past is what I want this year.
There's many I wish were still here, with so many very close relatives and friends lost over the last 8 years.
Including Mum and Dad.

So they will be in my thoughts and celebrations over Christmas.
So the memories I have of them and also the memories of us near ALL being together this Christmas, will mean far more than any present or presents ever could.

[Ammi]

Well it looks like a really big family get together is on the cards this year.
Much more than usual.

I've never been one for presents, I prefer to give to people all year round as and when they need something or just to give them something anyway.

Good food, great company a celebration of things now and past is what I want this year.
There's many I wish were still here, with so many very close relatives and friends lost over the last 8 years.
Including Mum and Dad.

So they will be in my thoughts and celebrations over Christmas.
So the memories I have of them and also the memories of us near ALL being together this Christmas, will mean far more than any present or presents ever could.

….awwww, Joey…you said it all yourself, really….:hug:…you’ll have them with you in your thoughts and in your celebrations and in knowing how much joy it would have brought them in seeing you all together and building the memories of this time…as you say, a wonderful Christmas and I know that’s what you’ll have…:love:…

[smudgie]

Well it looks like a really big family get together is on the cards this year.
Much more than usual.

I've never been one for presents, I prefer to give to people all year round as and when they need something or just to give them something anyway.

Good food, great company a celebration of things now and past is what I want this year.
There's many I wish were still here, with so many very close relatives and friends lost over the last 8 years.
Including Mum and Dad.

So they will be in my thoughts and celebrations over Christmas.
So the memories I have of them and also the memories of us near ALL being together this Christmas, will mean far more than any present or presents ever could.

The true spirit of Christmas for me Joey.
Chatting about people who have left us is a lovely way to remember them fondly.

[Ammi]

The true spirit of Christmas for me Joey.
Chatting about people who have left us is a lovely way to remember them fondly.

….:lovedup:…yes indeed, ma’am…:love:…

[bots]

This, to me, is why Scottish people place far greater importance on New Year. It's about looking back, remembering those lost and looking forward to the hopes and dreams for the future

[Ammi]

This, to me, is why Scottish people place far greater importance on New Year. It's about looking back, remembering those lost and looking forward to the hopes and dreams for the future

…I love how loved ones are celebrated on The Day of the Dead…

[Benjamin]

The true spirit of Christmas for me Joey.
Chatting about people who have left us is a lovely way to remember them fondly.

The opposite for me. I’d rather be with my OH only and away from as many people as possible. :laugh:

[Nicky91]

definitely gonna get me few expansion packs for JWE2 in the Playstation Store

deffo the Dominion BioSyn Pack for the 6th Chaos Theory what if game


but maybe the camp cretaceous pack too



:think:

[Glenn.]

Nothing I want for Christmas. I’ve told everyone not to worry about me this year. I’ll get my mum and dad, Nan and two nieces something. Christmas is too stressful for me now I have an in law family now too.

Me and OH are going to Australia for a month in February so we’re good

[hijaxers]

There's a FB group called Dry Robe Wankers where they post pics of people wearing them in places like Tesco etc :laugh:

Well that made i laugh :cheer2: