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Right, I have my Hermione Granger costume all sorted and have tried it on. Sadly I don't look very much like a 12yo schoolgirl but rather like some woman dressing "sexy" to go to the hideous School...

It really stings, not throbby pain as I would have previously thought, but proper full on stinging. Interesting. OW!

I am so fed up of de-nitting my daughters hair? I treat it and spend hours nit combing, with a torch as it makes any nits/lice show up more clearly. She is clear 100% and I nit comb every day for a...

We got three copies of our wedding DVD, but the copies we gave to H's parents and my Mum have both gone wrong in some way (haven't seen them, but the parents have contacted us to say there's a...

Will it be okay to eat? I say yay Mr MF says nay!

I'm sure I'm not supposed to but I can't stop laughing. The rabbit on wheels ? The dog on the stairlift ? The masturbating parrot ? I think MrH will be ill from not enough oxygen if we keep watching ...

Can anyone help? I have looked on the HSE website but it only seems to be for health and safety in the workplace and not public places. Does anyone know where i can look? TIA

Just thought i'd add my own supermarket fishwife moment from today! [no offence amunanji, just being tongue in cheek]. When i went to pay for my groceries in the supermarket this morning, i handed...

Does anyone have a link, or could paste in, Mrs Magic's truffle recipe? Or any other no-cook truffle recipe? I need it as soon as poss. Thanks

Wondering if anyone here can help. We are visiting my grandmother next weekend and want to go out for a traditional Sunday lunch (it will be our Christmas day as am spending Xmas day with in-laws) She...

I'm a bit of a lurker on here, but noticed that a some of you seem to know your makeup, so wondered if you could give me your advice? I want to buy a nice navy coloured nail polish as part of my...

I want to get a voucher for a nice restaurant in essex - say fifty quid for two adults for a christmas present. Does that get somewhere nice these days in the UK? I have no idea, i am so out of touch....

Given the apparent wealth of evidence against him, I would have been surprised if there had been any other outcome. But, it was v quick - jury only got sent out this afternoon!...

Hey, I have got my OH concert tickets as part of his Xmas. I want to do something other than stick them in an envelope! Anyone got any inventive ideas? Thanks!

How do I do my hair to make it look like Hermione Granger's (Harry Potter)? I have a curling tong, a hairdryer and some GHD straighteners although nb I have never used the tong or straighteners and am...

Got somebody visiting in a few days time and need to provide a lunch for him (simple cold lunch, sandwiches and such). He's asked for a kosher meal. Is normal bread and cheese good enough? Any other...

We buy OHs two sisters and his bil and his son. My side we buy just the kids, their parents buy us a wee gift from them. My step nephew is now 18 and have bought him a present. My other sil has said...

The only recipe I have has rice flour, and I cant get it anywhere, any one have a rec ipe without rice flour please. xx

Mr p and the family p always decorate the tree,but they put the lights and tinsel on first and it annoys me no end. i always moan that you cannot see the lights or tinsel because its too close to the...

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Sums it all up really.

Hello, OH has had a cold all week and is over the worst of it but he just can't seem to shift all the crap from his throat and so is snoring for Scotland at night. He is also continually coughing but...

Ok, I shouldn't be watching Jeremy Kyle as he winds me up but im feeding baby Sherry and the control is across the room. He has said ''doesn't everyone go off the rails'' meaning all teenagers. I...

Does it rhyme with bin or wine?

We have just got a couple of theseMr Bento lunch jars (which are fab) and are looking into different lunch options..There is a fab group on Flickr (Mr Bento Pool or similar) with some great ideas, but...

If you do, or know someone that does, have you experienced any side effects?

I want to cook a roast on Sunday for 7-8 people for H's birthday. I want to cook Beef as H loves it but to be honest it's not my favourite. I think it comes from growing up with dry roast beef. Can...

I'm in the process of writing a pub quiz for tonight - its the christmas special (woooo!) so I'm trying to make it half way decent. Normally have 6 rounds of ten questions on various subjetcs,...

Is anyone else quite sensitive to bright light? My computer at work and home have the brightness turned right down, even though I use anti-glare glasses. On cloudy but bright days I have to wear...

As per the title, very random so apologies! Following a weird and very long discussion today, do you put your knickers on first or your tights on first?

I went out for a meal last night and for the starter had chicken livers and lardoons (sp) on a salad - or something like that anyway. The chicken liver tasted a bit odd but not sure whether it was the...

'Stay Another Day' makes me want to poke someone's eyes out with a stick. A more whiny, annoying, w@nky tune has never been composed before or since. And yes I know it's about his dead brother, TBH it...

[spacecamp]Whip me, beat me, take away my charge cards[/spacecamp] Stop me doing online shopping. "ooo, i like that, and that, and that, and it's all 20% off, and I can take it back if it doesn't fit,...