Saturday 4 December 2010

Christmas Shopping - Aaargh

'Tis the season to be jolly - bollocks is it. We went into Croydon to do some Christmas shopping today and it was full of idiotic, slow moving, halfwits.

Everywhere we went was overcrowded with people who seem to think that they are the only ones in the store and that it's ok to stop in the middle of an isle and have conversations with their partners.

Then, after queuing in House Of Fraser for a checkout - the till crashed and I had to wait 15 minutes while it revolted and then checked to see if my purchases had been credited to my card (they hadn't).

I usually like the lead up to Christmas and enjoy the shopping bit but maybe I'm getting to old for this!

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The North Wind Blows And In A Trice, What Was Water Now Is Ice

Blimey it was cold this week. It started snowing on Tuesday and didn't stop until Thursday.

As usual, the entire country ground to a halt and I was unable to get into work all week - luckily I was able to work from home.

My psychodynamic therapy session was cancelled on Wednesday but too late to stop me worrying about it.

A load of Christmas presents bought on Amazon are waiting for me at work so I will have to take a load of carrier bags with me on Monday.

Last night, the temperature went from -5 to +4 so, at last, the snow is starting to melt so we should be back to normal next week.

We are off into town in a bit to buy dinner as the Waitrose delivery couldn't get through last night.


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