bibbidi bobbidi bull! so, as predicted, babs' hot chocolate station has, overnight, become her hot
cocoa station - obvs in an attempt to appeal to all those american fans who watch her vlog, which seems bizarre given that the majority of her followers are undoubtedly english. her decision to begin referring to it as hot cocoa also seems to rest heavily on the fact that someone had #gifted her a sign reading "hot cocoa", which she planned to add to her display, but has lost. she's FUMING, obvs.
gotta love how babs specifically clarifies - for all the idiots she obvs presumes subscribe to her youtube channel - the basic steps of making a purchase on amazon. apparently, if you would like to purchase a tiered tray of your own, you should first go to the amazon website, then locate the search box and type "tiered tray". thanks for that babs, i, for one, would undoubtedly have failed to work the amazon website without your guidelines. in a similar way, babs really breaks down the concept of displaying a bunch of crap on a cake stand, for those of us not clever enough to do so without guidance - presumably those of us who
don't have a degree in philosophy and
didn't use to be a teacher. apparently, it takes a bit of experimenting and trial and error to "see what goes where", she explains, as she literally just whacks anything on anywhere.
at one point in the vlog, babs actually had to pause the video to give herself time to clean an area of the kitchen - essentially where the kettle stands - which apparently "doesn't get cleaned very often", and had no shame in showing off the grubby worktop. obvs mickey hasn't been keeping on top of his chores list. i predict he will be getting bellowed at tonight.
babs has commented on the post on her grid that drinking hot chocolate through a straw is a "game changer", despite also admitting that the paper straws she uses go soggy very quickly. so essentially she's turning a potentially enjoyable mug of hot chocolate into a game of burn-your-mouth-off-gulping-down-your-hot-c̶̶h̶̶o̶̶c̶̶o̶̶l̶̶a̶̶t̶̶e̶̶-cocoa-as-fast-as-possible-before-your-straw-turns-into-a-mushy-pulp-at-the-bottom-of-your-mug. perhaps that's how christmas calories don't count. you glug them down super quickly, and your body doesn't even realise it's happened!
in terms of the calories sign, babs actually had three signs to choose from. she specifically chose the sign about calories - AND specifically ensured that it was displayed so that it could be read - over two cutesy signs with christmassy rhymes;
all you need for christmas is love and christmas cookies or candy-cane wishes and mistletoe kisses - both of which would have been far more appropriate for a hot chocolate station intended to be used by her children. but presumably babs found the "christmas calories don't count" sign more amusing and, ultimately, more likely to be appreciated by her followers on the gram. likes come first, allowing her children to just be children a vague second.
the sheer amount of t̶̶a̶̶t̶ ornaments that she's managed to cram into her tiered cake stand is actually fairly impressive, although i'm surprised that she's managed to resist the urge to include any gnomies alongside the creepy nutcracker doll, miniature christmas tree, mug, teapot, ceramic light-up gingerbread house, pom-pom garland - which i'm fairly certain belongs in the front room, but her themed rooms seem to be merging into one giant mess - and that little ceramic christmas pudding decoration which contains the marshmallows. babs bought the christmas pudding ornament from paperchase. she purchased it in-store, only to return home and find it for £2 cheaper on the website. she was, in her own words, FUMING. and presumably also SHOOKETH. probably because that £2 was money she could have put towards her next costa hot chocolate...
ultimately, her hot c̶̶h̶̶o̶̶c̶̶o̶̶l̶̶a̶̶t̶̶e̶̶ cocoa station is one hundred per cent for show. especially now it's become a hot
cocoa station. it literally exists solely for the gram. there is no doubt that babs will be frequenting her local costa and starbucks whenever she wants a hot chocolate. or, more likely, sending mickey to get her take outs drinks on all those occasions that she can't be bothered to move.