Preparing for Christmas

Got you all going though!

Little monkey !!!

I'm away at the moment but promise to put the sprouts on the minute we get back

kitty bit late now! Mine have been on since June.

But we like ours with a bit of bite, Ariadne

NOOOOOOOOOO - any talk about Christmas before Guy Fawkes should be totally banned imho. I love Christmas, but hate the early campaign as in the UK- the constant advertising and, worst of all, the synthesized American style music in Shopping Centres.

Very please that any advertising aimed at children is totally banned here.

STOP!

If I thought anyone would pay any attention, I'd suggest a pact not to mention 'it' until the middle of November.

PLEASE STOP perpetuating this thread!
Someone will have to REPORT it as being inappropriate!

You see! None of you can resist it!

Bah, humbug!

This thread is as Americans would say,a complete Turkey,(oops!), and should cease NOW.We have summer to get through yet

Erm....I've started . Just a few stocking fillers. They were bargains. I have a sort of phobia/ocd reaction to C. I'm terrified I'm not ready or don't have enough money so I start very early. I try to be more or less ready apart from fresh food by the end of Nov/first week of Dec. I save with the supermarket for the fresh stuff so I know I'll have the money. Also I can't stand being in crowded shops. I hate to be pulled into the national hysterical spend, spend, spend mentality that affects the country as C becomes closer.

I get organised every year and buy for C gifts when I see bargains throught out the year,you can gaurentee I have forgotten where I have put them come December I'm still looking for posh decorations I bought in sale at C shop one year in Albert Dock (circa 1985) never to be seen again after I got home ?

Had a charity catalogue in the post today with C. Cards for sale!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C not allowed to be mentioned in this house until DD's birthdays are over - end of October (DD2) and early November (DD1)! However, I usually try and write my cards during half term .....................................

Well I suppose if we are going to have a wet school holidays the DGC can cut all the things out of store catalogues for sticking on their wish list

Mine were at it today.....

I thought today it was getting very close. My judge suffers hot gushes and had the room so cold it made me think of cold, frostbite and CHRISTMAS,

Hot GUSHES?

FLUSHES I said I'd had a bad day!

No, you didn't!
Stop making excuses for your terrible Spell-Check!

Well some of the claimants were gushing!

I've told her how to turn off that bloody spell-checker twice, nag, so really she likes it. Must just like having an excuse

Sorry, jeni (not!)