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Christmas Shopping


The time is fast approaching where we start to think about fun and frolics of the festive season and as the month of December continues people become more and more manic and more and more insane with their shopping antics. If people in general aren’t already zombie like as they trudge around the shops, especially men who have been dragged along and then find themselves in the lingerie department of a store. One of my pet hates are men lingering around the aisles of female clothes shops as their girlfriend/wife bustle about, they are just getting in the way. Free the poor souls and let them go to a more manly shop whilst you’re in there or don’t bring them at all.

This time of year I spare myself all of this turmoil and tend to do all my Christmas shopping online. This sees me floating down the virtual aisles of numerous shops with freedom, and without pushchairs trying to run me over as well and shop assistants who are both too friendly and cheerful or are completely opposite and rude. I love the freedom this brings me and also I have more time to think about people’s presents and what to get them. Much to the joy of himself as he doesn’t get dragged around shopping either.

This year I am one Christmas party down as two have been booked for the same date, but I have made up for this by holding a party at the beginning of December. This shall be a Lord of the Rings Evening. Basically showing the films back to back while people drink and eat. People shall be required to drink out of goblets or tankards and the food shall have a LOTR theme to it. Of course there will have to be some decorations keeping in theme as well but I have yet to think about what line we wish to go down.

Back to the joy of Christmas shopping. I love to get people something a bit different and something they wouldn’t necessarily buy themselves. I love to trawl the internet and find unusual gifts which are thoughtful as well, not forgetting hunting out a good bargain. I feel I can’t do this when going to the actual shops as it takes too much time, unless I know exactly what I would like from them or they are little local boutiques and then like to keep the local shop keeper going in this very competitive world.

What is also making it difficult is finding different and unusual gifts for himself and things that he might actually want. I do tend to do him a stocking every year filled with bits and pieces of fun things little tit bits, which is nice to put together. I generally get all this from Hawkins Bizarre, which is great. However it’s the main presents I am stuck on, I have one sussed but for the rest, who knows, I am sure inspiration will hit at some point…..
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