First Post Xmas Rant

Ok ' had a lovely Christmas day with just us and the kids and good F-in-Law. Turkey turned out well, did the whole hat thing, got sloshed ' excellent.

M-in-Law and (¦panto hiss¦) Gordon, were invited for Boxing Day. 'Do you want to come to us for Boxing Day?' I said back in November (Gordon doesn't leave his castle on Christmas Day). 'Oh, yes please' they said and they reconfirmed this arrangement on a weekly basis thereafter.

Ok, so stupidly I figured that this meant they were going to *eat* with us on Boxing Day ' you know, the whole cold turkey, joint of ham, more roasts, more cranberry etc etc ' and bought in all the provisions accordingly. That was presumptuous apparently, because they rang yesterday to say they weren't going to come down early as arranged, because they wanted to stop off for lunch at Gordon's favourite pub on the way down (he would call it a watering hole).

They then rang this morning to say they couldn't get in touch with the Cowdray Arms yesterday to book, so they may eat with us if it's shut on their way past. We won't know until they turn up. We don't know when they will turn up. Both their mobiles are permanently turned off. I have two extra crackers here, where do you think I should stuff 'em?