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Triptych

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After trudging round shops for 4 hours this afternoon I am now back home and shattered. I've banged into god only knows how many people who just stop in the street with no warning (brake lights would be good), tripped over shopping bags. stink of so many kinds of perfume that I no longer have any idea of which is which, wandered aimlessly in circles around shops, picked thing up, put them back picked things up again, used my flexible plastic friend far too much and nearly run over a school child (don't they teach the Green Cross Code in schools anymore?).

And I've still not finished.
 
I love Christmas shopping. It gives me a chance to really go for it and move people out of my way. If they want to shuffle along, get out of my way.
 
I only love Christmas shopping when I've already done most of it!!! Not under so much pressure then!

I've mostly done mine & I think I'll pretty much finish it all off via Amazon or Play.com.
 
Aha, but I bought his weeks ago....

Just finished off bits for my brother & Dad on Play.com - and yes, I used the link on here! :)
 
Christmas shopping can be awful. Ordered much of it online this year and that's not much better. Still waiting for items to turn up, and the order I placed at Amazon for some DVD's arrived, only trouble was the packaging wasn't sealed and some of the DVD's was missing.

Seems there's no easy answer, just head for the town, take a deep breath and get it done :D
 
I'm feeling very smug and organised. I started shopping in October, have bought nearly all the presents I needed to buy and they're all neatly wrapped up :) Still waiting for my dad to announce what he wants and I need to buy something for Mr GG but apart from that it's all been done with no fuss whatsoever. On Christmas Eve instead of staying up until 2am wrapping the kids presents, I'll have a lovely evening probably spent wallowing in the bath with a good book :D
 
Originally posted by Ardross@Dec 15 2005, 08:53 PM
For the book I suggest the Arkle book by Sean Magee
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I bought Hot Cherry by Marcus Armytage for my boss. Accidently managed to buy two copies though, will just have to keep the other one for myself ;)
 
Hot Cherry is excellent isn't it Griffin? I've got a mate who works at Raceform & she can grab me the odd book - she got this one for me. Marcus Armytage is very funny.
 
Thankfully i've only got one more day of shopping to do, my daughters dad has come up to visit this weekend and doesn't have a clue what to get, hence why I have to trail along.

All our presents are wrapped up and hidden in the attic! I bought most of mine of the internet, so much easier I hate having to trail round busy shops, and hate being stuck in traffic jams in carparks even more! Santa will probably have a bad back by the time he gets to our house, but I can't wait to see Zoes face when shes opening all her prezzies.

I've already asked my mum to buy Hot Cherry, so i'm glad its worth the read, i've bought my dad the Arkle book and myself the Moscow Flyer one.
 
I don't enjoy the shopping and because I see little sense in lugging stuff up to home from here I wait till I get home before doing my shopping.
Can thoroughly recommend Hot Cherry,even our local Waitrose gets a mention in one of the stories involving Gay Kindersley and Cashback.Very funny.
 
I enjoy a good read myself and one book that I hope to get this Christmas would be: "Vincent O'Brien: The Official Biography by Jacqueline O'Brien".

Has anyone read this, if so what did you think?
 
The Christmas shopping is finished!! Had a better day than yesterday, and only one annoyance, the two ladies in front of me on an up escalator. Escalator gets to the top, they step off, and stand there, leaving me with the choice of clattering into them or staying on the escalator and being sucked into escalator oblivion. Needless to see I went with the clattering option. I think they got the message.
 
Originally posted by Triptych@Dec 16 2005, 04:46 PM
Escalator gets to the top, they step off, and stand there, leaving me with the choice of clattering into them or staying on the escalator and being sucked into escalator oblivion.
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I hope you went for the "clattering into them with your elbow pointed at their face" option. That sort of behaviour really, really, really, gets right on my tit end. I want to kill people who do that. Slowly.

Funnily enough, that's why Mrs Simmo doesn't let me go shopping with her.

That said, I did mange to restrain myself to a few muttered "forget your brain this morning fuckwit?" type comments on my visit to the shops earlier today. I have a very high tolerance rating today.
 
Sounds like myself battling my way down Main St on a daily basis...aarrrgghhh!! The phrase of choice tends to be "yes, like I've GOT all day....." or "just because YOU'RE on holiday, doesn't mean we all are...". Only around here it's not so much stopping dead coming off an elevator, it's stopping DEAD in front of you in the middle of the street - arrgghhhh!!!
 
I just let my carrier bags containing some rather sharply cornered plastic gift boxes bang off their legs as I clattered past them.

I am so glad my shopping is over. Now I just need to buy something to wear for my Christmas party..... :rolleyes:
 
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