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I’ve been very busy over the past couple of days what with this whole Christmas business and all. For some reason, My being on holiday (i.e. annual leave) has led to my being the one who does most of the tidying of the house, sweeping of drives and cleaning of windows… Which bit of holiday suggests the innate desire to perform such tasks? All I wanna do is have some fun …. no wait, that’s Sheryl, all I wanna do is kick back and read the paper, maybe blog a bit and generally slob out. But, there are windows to be cleaned and so I must clean them…

I finished all of my Christmas Shopping yesterday and was amazed to find that I had made it home without killing anybody! Christmas shopping is one of those times of year that I am glad we live in a country which doesn’t recognise a right to bear fire arms…

After 30 minutes of horrendous fake cheer from shop assistants, rabid shoving and pushing from mothers with small children on a seemingly random orbit around the push chair (strangely reminiscent of the roman battle chariots! what with the spikes and everything) and the fact that I am burdened with vast quantities of large boxes with evil corners and sadistic bags full of delicate breakables which gravitate toward the nearest lamppost without the slightest provocation … 30 minutes of that and I’m reaching for the fortunately nonexistent M-16 … lock and load …3 round burst … ho (BLAM!) ho (BLAM!) ho (BLAM!)

A taser would be nice though…

But I survived the various perils of the High Street (anybody know why they call it that?) and limped home with all of the relevant gifts in tow. Now all I have to do is wrap them, pop them under the tree and wait for the credit card bill to come through so I can see how much I spent - I didn’t dare add up the receipts last night.

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