Christmas

.. well, there it went for another year. We managed to get just the right tree, despite the arrival of the armchairs making our lounge shrink alarmingly, dinner was excellent, and the only tragedy was the mysterious death of the DVD on Christmas Eve (we're hoping my gentleman caller can rescue the West Wing disc that's still in it). On the other hand, this means we won't spend today just vegging out, as we have to go look for another one and heaven knows what's open around here. It's amazing how often, when it comes to shopping, I miss Grimsby. Yes, Grimsby. Where my flat was I could *walk* to Homebase, Comet, Sainsbury's, Matalan, Scottish Power, Do-it-all and a car spares place. Since I left, they've added a PC World to the mix. Within 10 minutes walk I had the town centre, with a wide variety of interesting shops and, failing that, the market. And if I was feeling really adventurous, another 10 minutes got me to Freeman Street, which, apart from being the ex-red light disctrict of Grimsby (by the docks, y'see) sported a variety of cheap-but-fun emporiums, and the biggest Asda outside of London.

On a dull day with an empty fridge, I could drive to the 24-hour Tescos, or Morrisons; and if I just felt like browsing interesting tourist shops there was Cleethorpes, with added seafront just for light entertainment.

What a pity the council was (and is) crap, there are no decent jobs, and London's just too far away for a day out ...

Back to Xmas. My bookshelf is refilled, and I had two, count 'em, two extra things with Jeffrey in, one of which was a video so Lynn and I watched it whilst Phoebesmum kept the cats company on Xmas afternoon. It was dreadful, of course, but hey. He looked cute.

Thre's a severe weather warning for snow Tuesday tonight, so we may wake up Wednesday to a carpet of white stuff and the delightful realisation that neither of us has to go to work!!

Anyway, to all my readers (all two of you) a Merry Xmas and let's hope 2006 is a good one!!