Starting to feel really festive 🙂 And yes I know I have been feeling festive since about August, but now I can feel festive and justified! 🙂
I worked yesterday morning, it was pretty quiet but I was only there for three hours so that was fine. It was mostly standing checking books in and out and wishing everyone Merry Christmas. The library is a real part of the community in our town and lots of the people come in really regularly and are on first name terms with the staff and vice versa. So plenty of chocolates, biscuits and other treats are being handed in daily for ‘the staff’, which meant we did all the checking books in and out whilst scoffing Roses and Celebrations. A far cry from the ‘not accepting gifts from customers’ and ‘no eating on the shop floor’ and ‘get those 24 roll cages and pallets of clothes all marked down ready for the sale starting on Boxing Day’ of Christmasses gone by in retail. I think the only job I enjoyed at Christmas before was Clinton Cards at about 4pm on Christmas Eve when we were all but sold out of everything and we managed to flog all sorts of dross to the desperate slightly drunk men who came in having bought nothing for their wives yet despite the high street closing down around them. I even sold a £100 Forever Friends teddy to someone that day which was actually slightly shop worn having lived on my desk where I would use it for target practise when I was having a bad day (I hate Forever Friends!).
Came home and was overwhelmed with children – Davies wanted to show me his Cake Store made with geomags (he’d written cake store on a large piece of card with fairly minimal help), Scarlett wanted me to read her books, Rebecca was hovering to see which would be more interesting – me reading or Davies’ cake show and Richard was using a torch as a microphone and wanted the rest of us to join in with yelling into it. 😆 Lovely chaos! Lucy and I had a pretty failed attempt to drink hot chocolate and chai lattes and chat but the children stole our drinks and talked over us.
Colin came and collected Lucy and the children and Davies & Scarlett played for a while then tidied up while I drank another cup of tea in more peaceful conditions. Then Ady arrived home to take us to Ros’ Open House. We arrived just behind Alison & children. Davies disappeared straight away into the depths of the house where he watched films, or played xbox or did something similar with Adam and Lije. Scarlett spent about two hours walking round the house with Kessie with Lulah following a safe distance behind. Scarlett finally seemed to realise that if she wanted to play with Lulah she’d need to lose the scary accessory so Kessie was allowed to return to her cushion and Tarly and Lulah were only to be glimpsed occassionally playing with horses together.
I proceeded to get even more rowdy (and possibly offensive to all but total strangers now I soberly think about it, but I’m sure Ros made the necessary excuses for me! :lol:) having drunk sufficient red wine to be fully infused with Christmas spirit. We did singing with all the children, then they all went and hid again 😆 then Tony came home bringing with him some real proper musicians with musical talent and everything. Did lots more singing including making the poor magic fingered piano-man play all sorts of things for us to sing along to. Ady dragged me away at around 10pm when Alison left and once the cold air outside hit me I realised quite how much festive spirit I had consumed 😆
Children went straight to bed and I was not far behind them. Thanks Ros, it was lovely. 🙂
This morning we’ve had a lazy start but I’m about to motivate us all, get everyone dressed and we’re going car seat shopping before heading round to Lucy’s. Me and Mum are going food shopping later tonight too. The Grumbling Postman (have I blogged about him? I must, he’s hilarious!) has just brought Ady’s last Christmas present (phew!) and a card from a friend listing a second child I didn’t know she’d had in her Christmas card – must get in touch with her and find out more about that! 😯 Right, things to do…
You were fine- honestly! I think that between the two of us we drank all the mulled wine LOL!
Wonder if the added name is a pet? Some crazy people add their pets names to cards.
Comment by Roslyn — 21 December 2006 @ 10:22 am
I got a card from someone, with an extra name this year, but seeing as her daughter’s about 17 now, I assumed it’s her boyfriend – hadn’t considered the option that she might have had a baby, but I think that’s unlikely!
Comment by Alison — 21 December 2006 @ 12:21 pm
I wish I had been there (at Ros’s I mean), sounds like lots of fun.
Comment by Sarah — 21 December 2006 @ 4:34 pm
Next year Sarah!
Comment by Roslyn — 21 December 2006 @ 4:46 pm
could be a pet I suppose, I think her parents still live in Worthing so she sometimes appears round here over Christmas, if she doesn’t then I’ll ring her and demand details after Christmas. Honestly, I wish everyone I know would just keep blogs and furnish me with the address so I could just keep up with their lives online and just comment occassionally!
It was lovely Sarah and of course you’d have adored all the singing 😉
Comment by Nic — 21 December 2006 @ 5:06 pm