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kiernan58 Tue 05-Jan-16 14:28:44

I'm sitting on our sofa with a toasted sandwich filled with LOTS of cheddar cheese, sun dried tomatoes, spinach and cream cheese - heaven. i may also put on my Abba Cd in a minute just to go the whole hog (since I'm the only one here today)... what are your guilty pleasures?

Brummiegran Tue 05-Jan-16 14:54:01

envyshock

ballyhoo Tue 05-Jan-16 14:55:09

Mine is a Mills and Boon, a cup of tea and a chocolate hobnob. Otr maybe a packet of chocolate hobnobs

Teetime Tue 05-Jan-16 14:59:08

A big G & T and a daydream about what might have been. hmm

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 05-Jan-16 15:00:41

I seem to have eaten all of mine. Except some cold Xmas pudding.

Must admit though, my healthy lunch of low fat Philadelphia and tomato sandwich, did make a refreshing change.

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 05-Jan-16 15:03:29

Cheddar cheese and cream cheese kiernan?! grin

The abba cd is a nice idea though. Would be good accompaniment to taking decs down. When I eventually start doing it. hmm

kiernan58 Tue 05-Jan-16 15:56:27

oh i know jinglbellsfrocks - that's my job for today...when i can hoist myself up and get started. try the cream cheese with cheddar, promise you'll never look back. it puts the guilty in the pleasure grin

teetime a big g&t might have to follow tonight depending on how i get on with extricating the lights from the christmas tree!

loopylou Tue 05-Jan-16 16:03:27

Today? A mature cheddar and spring onion baguette (freshly baked), tonight sloe gin and ice (because I deserve it after visiting two of the grottiest houses to date ?......--didn't dare sit down sort of grotty-- envy Not sure if shoes will recover!

Indinana Tue 05-Jan-16 17:02:45

I used up the last of the Brie in a sandwich - lush smile. Followed by 4 or 5 a couple of all butter Scottish shortbreads

M0nica Tue 05-Jan-16 17:07:44

A slice of Christmas cake, a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a new magazine... and that was this afternoon.

OlderNoWiser Tue 05-Jan-16 18:25:55

Digestive biscuit spread with peanut butter and banana sliced on top - sounds disgusting, tastes heavenly smile

rosesarered Tue 05-Jan-16 18:48:43

A really good jam doughnut.....yum haven't had one for ages, with a really hot mug of good coffee.

Bellanonna Tue 05-Jan-16 19:15:45

A cup of tea with a large Belgian bun. Enjoyed without feeling a bit guilty smile

Greyduster Tue 05-Jan-16 19:18:25

A pack of Mr Kipling fondant fancies and no-one else around that likes them except me! I can't leave them alone!

NanKate Tue 05-Jan-16 19:39:38

Watching one episode after another of a series I like. Do you remember the days when you had to wait a whole week for the next episode? shock

JackyB Tue 05-Jan-16 19:54:31

I can concur with all of those. Why is it that women, when left alone in the house, do things that men just don't "get"? (Sit in the bath for ages, watch "Love Actually", read Mills and Boon and eat peanut butter out of the jar - and those are not clichés!)

My husband, if left alone, which is often, as I am still at work and he is retired, slogs away in the garden (doing Lord knows what), never takes a tea break, struggles to find himself a piece of bread and cheese for lunch, and doesn't even have a shower to sooth his aching back, or a glass of wine to reward himself.

Are all men like that?

Auntieflo Tue 05-Jan-16 20:16:18

Ah, Bellanonna you have my tastes exactly, with a cup of Earl Grey. We usually buy a couple of Belgian buns on Saturday and have them at lunch time. They have to be Tesco ones for preference. Yummy

Willow500 Tue 05-Jan-16 21:25:32

A spoonful of Nutella (or 2) grin

tanith Tue 05-Jan-16 21:37:12

A walnut whip occasionally, how I wish they still made the coffee flavoured ones.

chloe1984 Tue 05-Jan-16 21:37:19

Marmite crisps with Stilton cheese in a crusty baguette eaten whilst watching Gone with the wind.

rosesarered Tue 05-Jan-16 21:51:52

JackyB nope, all men are not like that, as Mr Roses treats himself to all sorts of goodies when I am out ( thinks, I'm sure we had a large pork pie in the fridge, where is it?)Oh yes he says, I had a little snack.grin

aprilh Wed 06-Jan-16 10:51:18

Ha jackyb you must have been watching me! Mine is a Mills and Boon and lots of hot toast dripping with peanut butter

kiernan58 Wed 06-Jan-16 10:55:55

Funny how they all tend to be food grin

if i'm being honest, i have another foodie guilty pleasure... i love eating the garlic puree you get that comes in a squeezy aluminium tube...straight out of the tube... i only do it when no one's around though!!

JackyB Wed 06-Jan-16 11:30:26

Actually I've never read any Mills and Boon, but the rest of that list were me. Especially the weepy films with loads of Kleenex.

lizzypopbottle Wed 06-Jan-16 15:18:51

Toasted crumpet oozing butter and boat-sized cup of coffee made in a press using Sainsbury Italian blend ground coffee. I won't willingly go past 10.30am without this. My dog has two tiny bits of the crumpet and tries to stare me out for a bit more without success. I stand firm on this. It's for his own good...

Ha! I beat the auto correct this time! It wanted me to eat toasted trumpet!