It's that time again?!?

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Gathering together those thoughtful gifts, spending time with the one's you love, and celebrating and looking forward to a sparkly new year...

or

Shops packed with insane parents fit to explode, the impending stressful family gathering with relatives you have avoided all year, and hey best of all the fantastic knowledge that Januarys credit card statement will not be a pleasing sight. Merry Christmas to one and all.

I wish I could dismiss the latter cynical statement, but I have to admit I am feeling my inner 'bah humbug' surfacing at the moment...

You see if Christmas actually started a bit closer to Christmas then maybe we could all enjoy the season a bit more, but with places like my local corner shop playing Christmas carols since the first week of October I am starting to feel like Christmas will should surely be already over by now!

On a lighter note, this year I am have succumbed to planning Christmas in a slightly more organised way, the children have completed their list's to Santa thankfully minus a Playstaion three request.. Therefore less chance of any disappointment on their part, and all in laws have been persuaded from attending Christmas lunch at ours for this year. Things are looking up.

My last task now is to ensure that I plant the correct seed in The Man's mind in regard to my Christmas stocking.. The look of disappointment plastered on my face shocked him last year. Suggesting that I really needed a new iron mid December obviously had given the wrong impression.. After the new household appliance presenting itself on Christmas morning I had considered briefly ironing his head. Saying that, me mentioning really needing a new toilet seat last week may not have helped and could have already been noted. Some serious backpedalling may be required!

Oh love him, to be fair I think buying me a Christmas present could easily be his most daunting task of the year the demanding old witch I am.

As they say it's 'the thought that counts' ...lets hope this year that thought is bling!

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