Day 1718 wide awake 5.25 on Christmas Eve Eve 😆

It’s 5.25am… why am I wide awake?!?

I’ll go with it being the alcohol free gin and tonic lasts night.

We had a lovely time with neighbours and friends I haven’t seen for a while.

I didn’t actually eat any meals yesterday… I had Lindt choccies to break my fast about 12ish… then half an empire biscuit. Lots of crisps, a mine pie and a bit of Scottie Dog shaped shortbread!!! no wonder my stomach seems to be rumbling now. 😆 it will not do me any harm whatsoever!

So… it’s now 4.47pm and I’ve had a wonderful day!!

I’ve don’t a bit of everything.

I got up as soon as I’d written that first wee bit.

I did most of the housework, as quietly as I could, which meant sweeping and hand mopping, trying to use the hoover.

I’d finished by about 7.30 so I got ready and headed down to Irvine.

I’ve been enjoying crocheting so much, that I wanted to get some more wool.

I finished the mint green baby blanket.

I just love the wool so checked and the Cancer Research shop was opening at 9am…. So that was my plan.

I hit Asda first and it was surprisingly quiet. the car park was fairly empty.

I say that… for 8.15am it was busy but it was definitely bearable.

I bought food for today and tomorrow and the 27th. I didn’t have a list I just winged it… or wung it 😆😆😆 I got some lovely things we don’t usually have.

I got to the CR Shop at 9.06am and got 4 balls of wool. I am back on a crochet roll!!

I got home and back into my jammies and by about 11am I sat down in front of the Christmas tree and started crocheting.

I really like that colour.

I started watching a couple of Christmas films that were pretty cheesy, so finally put on The Holiday.

Here’s Khalessi in crochet heaven watching the movie with me 😆😆😆

This is us!!

Craig the. went out with the dogs and I got lunch on the go.

This is the recipe from Auntie Jac’s friend, Anne! A fakeaway!!

Crispy shredded chicken with chill sauce.

Iceland chicken strips x 1 bag
4 packets of Blue Dragon Sweet Chilli and Garlic sauce.
Honey
Rice

Now it turns out I bought the chicken strips but should have bought the shredded chicken which would be thinner than these strips.

So you cook the strips in the oven or air fryer… then drizzle honey over the hot chicken strips. The sauce was heating in a casserole dish so you add the tossed honey chicken into the sauce and put it back into the oven for 5 minutes and serve with rice.

I love it. The ingredients are not fresh so you can have that in the freezer and cupboard and make it any time you think you need a takeaway.

Just as I’m cooking I get a message from Gayle to see if I could head down to the shop for the last hour and a half of the day as it had been so busy. So I jumped in the shower and headed down.

It was a lovely wee surprise in my day as I’d probably ended up having a sleep. It’s not often Gayle, Lindsay and I are in the shop together so of course we had to get a pic!