I love mulled wine.  I used to make Thermos flasks of the stuff to take to bonfire night parties.

The last bonfire night party I went to, my BIL lit a firework that blew the bucket it was in to pieces and temporarily blinded us all.  We needed a mulled wine after that.

One year one of my fireworks (a cheap one not bought by me) went directly sideways, hopped a femce and sploshed into the next door's duck pond like a middle class deprh charge.  There was much angry quacking

I am on day 128 of no booze

So, crispy fried duck on the menu that night, Wang?

Judy - will you cave in at Christmas?  128 days is impressive.

Fireworks are basically illegal in Scotland now. It may shock you to learn I am fine with this. Although I am a fan of a roaring fireplace.

Agree re day 128 being impressive 

The best thing bar none about fireworks night by far is all the owners of shyt dogs wailing about it on the internet

Crabbies Crabbies Crabbies

PS - Crabbies to you too.

Had the sideways firework thing at a teenage bonfire party. That one landed in a girl’s hair, she was not happy. A salutary lesson in not setting off fireworks under a tree.

One sniff of a  steaming mulled wine always makes me cough like there's no tomorrow.

It’s the height of sophistication don’t you know 

One sniff of a  steaming mulled wine always makes me cough like there's no tomorrow.

Same! I like the idea and the taste but on the relatively rare occasions I have it I always need to be careful to hold my breath while sipping. 

It always strikes me that mulled wine is something middle aged people drink on a Monday as they think it is 'classy' instead of having something decent like a pint 

I never drink on a Monday. It's just not a day I feel inclined to drink on 

Only ever fancy one Thursday and Friday and Saturday if there is sport on 

it was nice btw

I don't think there is much booze in mulled wine (not in this country anyway)

My challenge was to do six months, so I have 54 days of sobriety left.