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We've been to see Ghostbusters: Afterlife today, and I enjoyed it. I knew no spoilers going in so

I was surprised when the original Ghostbusters team turned up, well, three of them at least, the other being a ghost.

I still love the theme tune and hearing the siren of the Ghostbusters car on top of that remains spine-tingling.

The Lumiere Light Festival is going on in Durham at the moment, but is ticketed so while we could see some of the light installations in the distance we had to leave the cinema and go straight to the car park, especially as it was shutting early. Which we didn't know before we arrived so it was good we didn't book a later film.

We've also been for our usual Saturday breakfast at Re.F.Use and bought a Waste Not box. It was a nice selection of stuff and James was thrilled it included a posh seafood mix complete with prawns etc. But it also has a pomelo which I had no idea how to eat. I'm still not sure tbh, looking it up I suspect it may be like an orange.

And, my knitted Sparkle Deer from

turlough arrived! Some of you won't know but Turlough has knitted me a Sparkle Deer for many years now, they're all different and I'd show some of the others but they're all packed away at the moment. I'm always in awe of her skill and the variety of deer I've received. So, thank you so much, Turlough!

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I love the sparkle deer!

I'm glad you enjoyed the movie.

The sparkle deer is fantastic. And I love people indulge my love of them.

The movie was great. Which I was glad about as there hasn't been anything else I've wanted to go see in the last two weeks. So was having cinema withdrawals *g*

ever since I saw the firt trailer, I've been interested in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, so it's good to hear positive reactions to the movie

enjoy the pomelo; I've never had one either, but I hope it's good

I enjoyed Ghostbusters:Afterlife. I liked the mix of old and new and had a few lovely surprises along the way.

I still haven't tried the pomelo. I need to bite the bullet and peel the thing already.

The deer is adorable! Turlough always does such excellent work, and that one looks like the perfect addition to your collection.

I've never had a pomelo either, but I've heard they can affect the working of certain types of medicines (like grapefruit can). So it may be worth approaching it cautiously!

The deer is perfect! He's sitting on the drawers right now, waiting for the rest of the herd to join him.

Ah, you're right. I looked up pomelos after you said that about affecting medicines and it looks like James shouldn't eat it. I'm glad you mentioned that. Thank you.

That light festival looks like a really cool event. Pity it's tickets only.

I had to look up pomelo because I'd never heard of them before. They're apparently one of the ancestors of grapefruit but it sounds like they're really sweet and not bitter at all. Please tell us what you thought of it!

He's such a little cutie!

The light festival does look fun but they were really strict about letting people into the inner area of the city. If you didn't have a ticket you didn't get past the barriers.

I had to look up pomelo because I'd never heard of them before. They're apparently one of the ancestors of grapefruit but it sounds like they're really sweet and not bitter at all. Please tell us what you thought of it!

That does sound like them. I liked it, it did have a grapefruit feel but without the sourness. I'm not sure if I'd go out and buy one, as interesting as it was to taste I much prefer oranges if I want something citrus. But as a one-off, I'm glad I did try it.

I must admit I'm iffy on the new Ghostbusters. If it was based off the female ghostbusters, I'd be all in, but harkening back to the 1980s guys I am all meh about.

Sparkly deer, yay!!

If it was based off the female ghostbusters, I'd be all in, but harkening back to the 1980s guys I am all meh about.

Well, if it helps it was very much focussed on the kids with the 1980's guys turning up to help at the end.

You know I'm all about the sparkle deer!