The Mock Turtle

I'm excited to see everyone's this year.

Ooh! Please tell us what you get each day. It looks nice.

This is where having looked at them all in early September and forgotten since helps. I read the back this evening too but have retained nothing bar thinking I’ll like most of it. So I’m excited to find out too!

I haven't looked at any of them, as I didn't know which one might be in the offing. Anyway, this year's is a Cult Beauty one . Apparently he had to go onto a waiting list for it, then had to buy it online during a meeting at work as it sold out in minutes. Very kind*.

* or he's not that into his job, whatever.

Fantastic! But how do you know today and not tomorrow?

Because we always exchange them on 30th November .

Some excellent looking calendars here! I can’t wait to see what’s in them all

My M&S one arrived a while ago. Mum has put some mystery items in the days that had highly dangerous explosive products originally

Oh that’s so sweet PG!

I always assumed yours was a birthday thing Ella, sorry.

I thought the same, Pip.

It kind of is, but I get him one too and he gets too excited to wait until my special day .

PG, that’s so nice.

Pip that JL one looks amazing. I like your stripes chair too

I am excited to see what everyone gets. I didn't get a beauty one in the end because I have more stuff than I can use as it is, but I'll still yearn for everyone's every day. (I got a Chase Distillery 12 day one, with things like Seville orange gin and smoked vodka; I liked the sound of everything which is in diametric opposition to most booze ones I saw, and then because that's only 12 days, I also really pushed the boat out and got a John Lewis tea calendar for £20. I'm genuinely excited about my daily teabags though. )

I do love the sound of a tea one.

I’m interested in the tea one too.

I got MIL a Pukka tea one last year and she still hasn’t tried them all - too indulgent to have one every day of advent, apparently

The martyr is strong in that one.

I really wanted the Diptyque one but I couldn't square the cost with myself, however hard I tried (and I did), and then I got a set of mini Jo Malone perfumes for my birthday so couldn't justify it on the grounds of needing perfume either. So I've just bought myself ALL the Christmas-sy candles I can to offset the hole in my life.

ETA: NB NOT Yankee Candle Berry Trifle.

Edith Bacon wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:32 pm I’m interested in the tea one too.

I got MIL a Pukka tea one last year and she still hasn’t tried them all - too indulgent to have one every day of advent, apparently

to be fair, it's exactly what all the lottery winners do.

Edith Bacon wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:32 pm I’m interested in the tea one too.

I got MIL a Pukka tea one last year and she still hasn’t tried them all - too indulgent to have one every day of advent, apparently

Fuck’s sake.

Drink the tea, Edith's MIL! I'm looking forward to seeing the contents of all the beauty calendars!