What's hot and what's not for the Between the Sheets team this month:
IN OUR DREAMS
The X Factor. Are you noticing an emerging pattern yet? Yes, yes, this does appear between our sheets pretty much every month, and that is for the singular fact that EVERY month there is something new and exciting to report. This month . . . Eye Jewels. The eye jewel thing happens in that bit when there is the montage of the contestant with a microphone and a fan in their face. There is a swooping sound like a car going past and then they look at the camera and their eye lights up – it flashes like a jewel.
Apple-flavoured Chupa Chups. Hard to eat in a way that isn’t childlike or unbelievably provocative, but a nostalgic sweet treat that we particularly enjoy on the bus. If you’re interested.
In Bruges. Remember when this film was trailered a few months ago? It looked RUBBISH. We are happy to report this is not, in fact, the case. Au contraire – you absolutely must seek this out and put it at the top of your viewing pile. It’s compelling, challenging and surprising, with excellent performances from Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes. (After a ropey couple of years it will make you fall in love with Colin all over again, which can’t be a bad thing.)
Museums. A safe haven in these credit crunching times – free, dry, warm and, you know, a bit educational. Your mum would be proud. If you go to the V&A, the gift shop is especially good (though not so credit-crunch-friendly).
Pyjamas. Everyone should have a good pair of pyjamas, especially with winter approaching. A very fine pyjama will be soft to touch, quite loose-fitting, possibly chequered or tartan, and a little bit too long on the legs. It should always smell of washing powder and clean sheets, and it might have a chocolate stain on one of the cuffs. These things happen.
Boots Christmas catalogue. You always know it’s that time of the year when you see that glossy tower of Boots catalogues looking beautiful by the cash desks. And oh how lovely they are. A heaven of hair dryers, £6.99 photo frames and dolls that can’t stop going to the loo, there’s something here for everybody.
Pumpkins – leftover from Halloween these oh-so-seasonal babies look pretty bloody devastating when hollowed out, turned into soup, then with the soup served inside the pumpkin. Good enough for Gordon. Done!
Gordon’s cook-alongs ¬– we feel both abject terror and odd lust for Mr Ramsay (that’s Chef, to you) and love getting stuck into the SAS-style pressure and precision of his hour-long cookalongs. Bring on the three courses . . .
STUFF OF NIGHTMARES
Pumpkin overload. Yes, yes, we’re fickle, but you can have enough of a good thing. Let’s face it, there are only so many things you can do with a pumpkin. You can carve it into a face with triangle eyes. You can cut out a Batman shape and stick a candle inside. You can make soup (which can go disastrously wrong – don’t use the stringy bits). You can make pumpkin pie. You can stick it in a casserole. OK, so there are quite a lot of things you can do with a pumpkin. But that doesn’t mean you should be doing all of them.
Brolly suicide. Don’t give up, Brolly. Don’t do it! We all need you! Nope, there it goes, broken and bent, tumbling down the street. He had so much to live for. And now my hair’s getting frizzy.
Darkness descending. It’s getting light only when we’re at work. Then getting dark again before we have time to leave again. We might as well live in Iceland (country, not shop favoured by thrifty mums and Kerry Katona).
Superglue. Fingers. Permanent. A&E. Say no more.
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