Xmas Shopping: Good times all round
A weekend of brutal Xmas shopping, but that’s me done! I don’t think I have ever been completely finished shopping before the 1st of December In my life, and I must admit to feeling rather smug as everyone else I’ve spoke to hasn’t even started theirs yet.
I do enjoy Xmas, I like getting presents, seeing my family and eating an amount of food that would make Kerry Catona struggle. I still get excited about putting up the Xmas tree – which I’ll be doing tonight – and I enjoy putting all of the presents I’ve got underneath it.
I can’t wait to go home, as I live a few hundred miles away from my folks, its always a great occasion going back, and they really pull out all the stops. I know that steak pie is on the menu, and it’s always amazing. The great thing about this steak pie is that it’s made with sausage and onion, and the pastry is a massive chunk of goodness – amazing.
One of the best things about Xmas is the build up to the day itself. we all know how fast the day itself goes, so if you can figure out how to enjoy the build up it makes the whole thing last longer. I’ve achieved this by getting my presents early, and now can relax, get in touch with friends back home, and plan my new year. I’ve got ten days off, and I’m going to make the best of it!
New year itself is always a strange one. The last few years have been a combination of going to a outdoor thing, fireworks display or something like that, and a night out or house party, this year I don’t have a clue what I’m doing, I may well head to Edinburgh for the street party, however its freezing and has been rained off a few times now. The fact is it’s a lot of money to spend for it to be cancelled.
I was in the Trafford Centre yesterday which was a nightmare, it was insanely busy, and I had people bashing me out the way for most of the day. I got to pick my present though, and I had a KFC – the devils food yes, but I do like it every so often. I was watching some horrendously dressed people walking around, and me and the missus decided to have a basic, yet entirely effective code system for spotting horrible things: FD 1 O’clock, etc (Fashion Disaster) this helped the day go faster, and here are some of the things we saw that should NEVER be seen again;
- Mature ladies wearing skin-tight leather trousers – never a good look unless you are on a motorbike.
- Those luminous pink tights – why?
- Full length white fur coat, accompanied by leopard print thigh high boots on a woman that was old enough to be my gran/know better.
Good luck with your shopping…
