I could be horribly wrong but did the Frauen at any point explicitly or unexplicitly forbid her to buy butter? Asking for a friend.
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The pushy drinkers of Southend will be partying extra hard this year.
*On a serious note I do think folk pushing drink on others is rank behaviour but set that aside briefly for pop at Jack.
The whole 'I won't buy butter because I want to buy my child a house' narrative is such ear aching bullshit as well. How cheap is butter, for goodness sake!? It's the same line as 'well if young people stopped buying avocados, then they could buy a house!' No. I don't have the savings, assets, or income to be able to afford a deposit on a house unless I save sensibly for the next few years (closer to a decade tbh!) and funnily enough, I would still be able to afford something as simple as butter in that time. You either have the money to be able to buy a house relatively quickly or you need to create a sensible savings plan and stick to it for as long as is needed. If you're being so frugal that you're not even allowing yourself to buy butter, then that really is OTT.
Butterbeer! I should have known. Also ahhh of course, Jack loves a good rip off of a SW recipe. I bet she's no stranger to Pinch of nom, which if I'm not mistaken is published by the same people as Jack's slop-books, so she probably has them at hand
Saved for years and years to buy my first house at the age of 40. Didn’t once go without butter during that time.
Was I doing it wrong?
NARRATORS VOICE: She did not produce what she was asked to.
Honestly could you imagine trying to coax an article out of her?
ED: "No...Jack...the bigger picture...on a societal level. Now Jack we're all very sorry about your howling but it's more a political piece than a personal piece".
JACK: "I am a husk floating upon the dark icy waters of despair in an ocean ravaged by demons who deny me cornflakes. I gouged my eye out and hurled it a bailiff, there is nothing left"
Yes we got a court order banning her from coming within 100 feet of a block of butter.
It was harsh, but it had to be done. We had SB's second to last penultimate forever - ish house deposit to think of. This was the only way.
BUTTER ISN'T IN THE BUDGET, GUYS! Except for when it is.
NEITHER’S CLOTTED CREAM
Unless you’re wearing a bra.
Buys butter to make fake mulled wine.
Won't buy butter to go on her son's toast/sandwich.
Won't buy butter to go on her son's toast/sandwich.
Quick, someone suggest lasagne quiche to you-know-who.
What a bleep.
See how she twisted it though to fit nicely into her "I'm not allowed to have butter" victim narrative when she was the one who lied about affording it in the first place. Maddening
ETA "Don't worry - I'm fine"
I will never forget her writing that in an attempt at manipulating people into thinking she was struggling along without a bleeping stick of butter. Now she's winging it into a fake wine for herself. hole
ETA "Don't worry - I'm fine"
I will never forget her writing that in an attempt at manipulating people into thinking she was struggling along without a bleeping stick of butter. Now she's winging it into a fake wine for herself. hole
Frauen have remarked before on the careful use of language. I notice a double negative lurking here. Is it possible that she's telling those with eyes to see that she HAS made quiche before, but just needs to fill Twitterspace?
I found my court outfit! Witness my superlative paint skills.
And the award for comment I would gladly have repeated five thousand times goes to.....
Is she weaning herself onto solids with this quiche?
No stranger indeed.
Mince Pie Cheese Toastie - Pinch Of Nom
We know it sounds weird, but this is a match made in heaven - trust us! Great if you're counting calories or following a diet plan.
pinchofnom.com
Not completely OT, but something just struck me..
I'm binge watching Nigella's Christmas specials at the mo (can thoroughly approve of this to take away boredom whilst wfh)
The one I'm watching now is , I think, the first one she did. Her kids are primary age.
I just realised that this must have been the first Christmas after her husband died. She's smiling and jolly. She must have been aching inside, but she's being a proffessional.
She's actually had some awful stuff happen in her life and still we've never had a public temper tantrum/meltdown on Twitter.
She had a cruel (and possibly narc) mother. Her husband and her sister both died of cancer. She was the (allegedly) victim of domestic abuse and (allegedly) coercive control. Nasty, public divorce. Dragged through court. Bankruptcy (or close to it)
Yet she comes across as warm and friendly.
Never complain, never explain kind of attitude.
OH AND I JUST GOOGLED HER AND SHE IS 61!!!!
I'm binge watching Nigella's Christmas specials at the mo (can thoroughly approve of this to take away boredom whilst wfh)
The one I'm watching now is , I think, the first one she did. Her kids are primary age.
I just realised that this must have been the first Christmas after her husband died. She's smiling and jolly. She must have been aching inside, but she's being a proffessional.
She's actually had some awful stuff happen in her life and still we've never had a public temper tantrum/meltdown on Twitter.
She had a cruel (and possibly narc) mother. Her husband and her sister both died of cancer. She was the (allegedly) victim of domestic abuse and (allegedly) coercive control. Nasty, public divorce. Dragged through court. Bankruptcy (or close to it)
Yet she comes across as warm and friendly.
Never complain, never explain kind of attitude.
OH AND I JUST GOOGLED HER AND SHE IS 61!!!!
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