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He ain't all sweetness and light y'know
Having looked further ahead at our plans for this month, we've quickly realised that this weekend will be the last weekend we'll have to do any form of xmas shopping that requires feet and motivation rather than a mouse and an internet connection.
And so we summon up enough courage to head into Oxford, and get done what needs to be done and hopefully be victorious in our mission to complete our shopping list requirements without ending up and road kill stricken down in the mad stampede that occurs every weekend in December as we go about busily fulfilling the proviso's that sadly Santa no longer participates in since it appears he has either gone on strike or is lazing in the mid day sun on a coconut lined beach whilst downing cocktails and making jiggy with the female elves.
Generally then you can imagine that we're not looking forward to the trip into the city, it most likely will be hell on earth, but it's got to be done.
Surprisingly, it wasn't as bad as we thought. The A34 wasn't gridlocked, Argos wasn't heaving like a snake pit of writhing vipers hungry for fresh Yule blood, and the city shops proffered everything we needed without even looking that hard, I even managed to get my outfit for this christmas wedding we're going to with out any stress what so ever. Everything just clicked into place nicely all of which made the day quite pleasurable rather than a right pain in the chocolate log. (you'll have to excuse the christmas pun's hereon in!).
The evening was slightly more disappointing, what with Brenda being booted out of the Semi-final of x-factor, leaving Andy, Journey South and Shayne in the running. IMHO Andy should have gone (I mean he's a fab singer, but I would assume a limited market appeal of already seasoned Nat King Cole groupies) which would have left Brenda in the running for next week - I mean, the lady can sing! Oh well, next week should be even more interesting, though I am pretty sure the final vote will be swayed by the hundreds of girlies voting for Shayne. I don't even know why I write about it to be honest, it's not like any of the remaining people will be the next big crooner, bon jovi or robbie williams for that matter, I expect they will suffer similar fates as the rest of the people who have won such competitions - ie. interesting until the novelty wears off.
Posted by Abi on the December 10, 2005 9:36 PM
[quote]or is lazing in the mid day sun on a coconut lined beach whilst[/quote]
Yep, that's what global warming has done to his cold Greenland home ...