I hope this doesn’t come across as showing-off or bragging but I thought I would share with you some of the favourite christmas pressies I was lucky enough to receive this year (I must not have been as naughty as I thought). I know I’m always nosey intrigued about what others have got so I thought you might like to see.

First, my fave smell of the moment (always happy to add the McCartney coffers)…

A brilliant scarf; it’s so soft and knitted into a complete circle so I don’t have to worry about if one end is longer than the other (and can wrap it round twice for super-cold days)…

Cookery books – yum…

A couple of new/old film cameras (not strictly gifts but picked up at bargain prices a few days after Christmas – more on them in a later post) plus a lovely new bag (another addiction)…

Finally, two Polaroid-y pressies which I am particularly excited about; a calendar with a Polaroid image for every day of the year – that’s one big, chunky lump of photos!

And, after lots and lots of hint dropping by me, I got the brilliant Death of a Polaroid – A Manics Family Album which looks amazing and has totally inspired me already and I’ve only really flicked through it so far…

Cool huh! How about you, did you get anything nice?

It’s that time of year again. I snuck a bottle of Dissarono into the shopping trolley today (god bless those italian monks) and as the rules state you HAVE to have a drink when you’re wrapping up presents I am feeling full of festive spirit!

Days will now be filled with friends and family, too much food and drink, board games and prezzies. Yay!

I have a Boxing Day meal to summon up but other than that I plan on being ferried to various festively-laden tables and otherwise spend most of my time here…

Thank you, lovelie, for popping by – I hope you have your own perfect Christmasses.

Peacexox

How’s your Christmas shopping going? Mine is going how it always goes…

January: I am going to hand craft ALL my Christmas presents this year, this will include learning to crochet a beautiful granny-square afghan. I have a whole yera, how hard can it be?

February: Crochet is impossible, it defies all logic – anyone who can do this obviously practices some sort of witchcraft or magic. I get knitting, knitting makes sense (although I still can’t do it) crochet though… I still want to make all my presents so I will stick to what I know.

March: Have paid a small fortune for new watercolour paints and paper. Everybody is going to LOVE the paintings I’m doing for them – can’t wait to see their faces on Christmas day!

April: The painting I’ve done of my Mum’s cat looks terrible, it looks like a horse. Ironically the painting of my friends horse looks like a pile of crap! Think again Angie, think again.

May: I have more than half a year before the big day. Plenty of time.

June: It’s summer, I have no concept of this thing you call “Christmas”.

July: See June.

August: See July.

September: Why are the supermarkets full of giant tins of Quality Street ALREADY. Madness. They are pretty cheap though, must remember to buy some.

October: I know, I may not be able to hand-craft all my Christmas presents myself, but I can purchase hand-made items from Etsy. Super plan, Why didn’t I think of this earlier? Thank goodness I have plenty of time, no need to rush.

November: REALLY must start ordering those gifts I want from Etsy – actually if I buy from UK sellers I still have plenty of time. Phew.

December: Amazon, you are a lifesaver! I may actually pull off this Christmas malarky after all… OK so the gifts aren’t hand-crafted per se but I can wrap them beautifully with hand-stamped kraft paper and vintage ribbons and raffia. Great.

December 24th: What time do the shops shut? I need wrapping paper, like, NOW! You’ll have to drive me too because I had Disaronno with my Coco Pops this morning.

Christmas Day: Not for the first year I am making my way to family get-togethers via the Motorway Service Station to buy a hugely over-priced tin of Quality Street because once more I completely forgot.

Boxing Day: Of course what I should do is go to all the sales today and buy next years presents. Yeah, right.

And then it’s back to January to repeat it all again. I know I still have time, that it’s still only November, but really – why fight it?