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Kerry Black's avatar

Thank you for the day of the week reminder Sally 🥰 I'm not a fan of NYE either. I'm just going to have a quiet evening and hope the new year just lets itself in with no major dramas 🫣

Love to you and your family Sally and I hope Gav and Toby are feeling better soon xx

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Sally Hurman's avatar

SAME! we will lay very low and NOT TOUCH ANYTHING and hope the NY hardly notices us ! Happy New Year to you too xxx

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Shiralee Williams's avatar

Glad Gav and Toby are on the mend. If it’s any help I got a turkey crown from M&S yesterday reduced from £80 to £40. Didn’t need it but I’ve put it in the freezer and thought it would be nice to have in a few months time as we all love Christmas dinner 🤭😂

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Sally Hurman's avatar

That's a really good idea! We love Christmas dinner too xxx

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Lynne Rogerson's avatar

Not a big fan of NYE either, from the awful social pressure of doing something exciting as a young person to the sobering sense of loss as an older one. We do something similar to you - enjoy the peaceful cosiness x

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Sally Hurman's avatar

You hit the nail on the head there Lynne xxx

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Angela Stenning's avatar

We are the same on NYE! Would much rather be snuggled up on the sofa than experiencing an anti climatic evening out & stressing about how I’m getting home.

Thinking of you & your mum 🤗x

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Lesley Seddon's avatar

That's my idea of a good NYE too. 2024 has been a bit of an annus horribilis for me so not claiming 2025 will be better to avoid disappointment again !! Internally hoping !! Have a lovely lazy cosy evening ya'll 😘 😊 x

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Sally Hurman's avatar

Gosh sorry it's been so rubbish for you Lesley - hoping for better things for you in 2025 xx

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Sally Hurman's avatar

Thanks Angie! Hope you all had a lovely Christmas xx

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Amanda Lawrence's avatar

Lovely blog as usual. On your recommendation we watched official secrets and really enjoyed it, very thought provoking. Enjoy NYE in any way you choose 🥂. Keep politics the loft and vacuums the cat. Love to you and yours 💕

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Sally Hurman's avatar

Oh glad you enjoyed it! HNY to you! Here's to polishing the loft haha xx

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Victoria Heselton's avatar

Brilliant as always 😀with you on the New Year’s Eve front. Roll on 2025 😀

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Sally Hurman's avatar

Roll on Spring and lighter evenings too! xxx

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Jill P's avatar

I love how you write these Sally...how I'd love to write if I had the courage! 😂

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Sally Hurman's avatar

That is really lovely of you Jill - I literally imagine I am writing to my oldest school friend who I haven't seen for over 25 years - have you ever tried doing it that way? xxxx

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Sarah Seddon's avatar

All the best for 2025 Sally. From my mug of Bailey's to yours, happy new year xx

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Sally Hurman's avatar

haha! cheers lovely!!

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Karen Snow's avatar

Great public service Sally, such a shame about the boys, hope they are recovering well, have to say NYE is not one of my favourites either as this leads to January which was when I received some awful news one year, I will do what you mentioned maybe fill the month with daffs and tulips. Bathroom looks like it’s coming on nicely, we unfortunately are doing the same after Christmas. Happy NY to you, Gav and the boys xx

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Sally Hurman's avatar

gosh sorry I had no idea January was so hard for you - YES to filling the void that the tree leaves, with daffs and tulips for a bit of newness!

Good luck with the bathroom - I can't actually wait for it to be done and I can have a good old tidy up and style it all up!! Happy New Year lovely xxx

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Melody's avatar

Loved reading this! Hope everyone is on the mend. We’re doing nothing for NYE. We’re at our little cottage on the Cape and I just have been watching old British dramas…my absolute favorite! Happy New Year, Sally! 🥹🥰🥹

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Sally Hurman's avatar

Perfection Melody!! I ADORE your house there and will look foreward to your gorgeous photos xxx Happy New Year ! xx

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Jacqueline's avatar

❤️have a peaceful New Year Sally xx

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Sally Hurman's avatar

You too Jacqueline xxx

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Sharon McCahon's avatar

Awwww Sally so sorry to hear that you couldn’t celebrate Boxing Day as you had planned. It really is so unfair. Awful things seem to happen to such lovely people all the time. Don’t really do much on NYE either but my beloved mum god bless her loved staying up to celebrate and was so superstitious on the first footer into her home on New Years Day. My father in law would have been 90 yesterday and my mum would have been 90 this Sunday. My youngest is sandwiched inbetween as he will be 30 on Friday and I always remember that they said he had been their best 60th birthday present. Here’s to a healthy 2025 for everyone and having fun ❤️🥂🙏

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Lisa Walters's avatar

Lovely chatty substack 🩷🩷 lots of lovely sale items I shall be looking into especially the candle 🤍 . Happy new year to you and Gav and I hope the coming week or two isn’t too sad/ hard for you lots of love and thank you for another lovely year of your Instagram account as I’ve said before you’re a joy to follow xx🩷🩷

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Alison Luke's avatar

We all need time to be slow and rest, sorry the bug forced this but hey, five films 🎥 🍿 and sale shopping 🛍️ Silver lining!! Remembering loved ones no longer with us 💕 😘

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