[Margaret Pilkington]

I shopped as if it was a normal weekend. I bought nothing extra...well apart from a bottle of sparkling wine which was to be part of a Christmas gift.
We ate sensibly...with nothing much out of the ordinary.himself had a whisky and coke on Christmas Day. I haven't had any alcohol at all
Gone are the days when we stuffed our faces and couldn't move afterwards. This was not a comfortable feeling and didn't make Christmas more enjoyable.
I suppose we have learned sense. I have thrown no food away(the leftover mash, carrots and spring greens was turned into ' bubble and squeak' and I ate that up on Boxing Day).