the ghost of an angel

[katette]

had a beautifully catered lunch today and didn't even have to attend the meeting, G.'s welsh delegation late and so far too much food was made which eventually found a good home. finished off w/ gorgeous welsh cheeses bought in specially, and a beautiful fruit platter with plenty of blueberries. have stuffed some pastries into my handbag for bus-

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[thelostwind]

you left out the Cocteau Twins EP Sunburst and Snowblind :)
I love sledding more than anything!
oh! I should try out snowboarding this season...never have done it before. Not that I'd replace anything with sledding.

[katette]

oh yes! that would replace the windmills if i could be bothered to edit these things.

you know, i've never been sledding, theres just not enough snow anymore. i've never even seen a sled! i have been pushed down a grassy hill in a cardboard box when i was a youngster but i imagine its a somewhat more exciting in a sled! snowboarding sounds a bit XTREME SPORTS GRRR! for the likes of me :-) i'll imagine myself in a pretty red sled with er sledbells on the side instead.

[brokenblossom]

gorgeous welsh cheeses

Ooh, did you get any y Fenni (mustard seedy goodness)? I live for that stuff...

I'm getting excited about Christmas in Brum... have you seen the giant snowflakey crystal things strung up in between the two Bullring buildings you have to walk in between to get to St Martins? they're sehr gut, when I walked past them this evening, the church bells were pealing as well, it was lovely...

I've decided that, come the Christmas market, I will sample something new and exciting for my lunch/tea each day till I run out of delicacies, and have to start aaaaaall over again..

[katette]

i loovvvvvvveeeeeee the brum german Christmas markets, even the evil metal father Christmas! they have lots of lovely food there, but theres never anywhere to really eat. lovely appley type fry ups and sausages! though i always get suckered into buying the normandy crepes and i always bloody hate them. hopefully i'll have a bit more cash to spend this year, they always have gorgeous wood carvings and metal toys. and of course, the carousel! i don't know if they have that coke sponsored advent calander this year (i think it may've been a one-off?) where they had giant displays of dancing plum puddings and snowmen (subtly featuring cans of fizzy cola somewhere), that was fantastic!

as for ze cheese, i'm not sure what they were. i don't recall trying anything peppery which is for the best really as i don't really like the stuff.

[modestic]

I would add to this;

In The Bleak Midwinter

(But *only* as performed by Marine Research on the John Peel Christmas Carol thingie of a couple of years back.)

[katette]

ahhh but what about lauren laverne's version on its a cool cool Christmas?

[modestic]

The Marine Research version is many times better. It's quite, quite beautiful.

Laverne's version, although good, just isn't quite the same.

[katette]

you would say that though, lets face it :-)

will you be in london to see amelia and rob behind the decks? its in brixton so i'm not sure how good the venue will be however i have been told there will be a mirrorball.