Busy Saturday
Dec. 13th, 2008 08:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
We packed the kids off to Nanny and Grandad's for the weekend last night, so today was Operation Christmas Shopping.
We managed to drag ourselves out of bed fairly early and braved the cold, the biting winds and the rain to get the rest of the stuff the girls have asked for, plus a few other odds and ends. But I'm bound to have forgotten something.
Then we spent most of the afternoon wrapping presents while watching Iron Man.
I don't know why it is though, but I can't say that I feel particularly festive. The girls are getting excited, and so are all the kids at school, but it just doesn't feel real to me! The end of term is Friday, and we're having our usual Christmas tea for the kids and some of their friends after school, so perhaps that might help to start to get me in the mood.
Tomorrow morning I'm planning to make marzipan and then slap it on the Christmas cake so I can ice it next weekend. Maybe I'll even make some mince pies.
We managed to drag ourselves out of bed fairly early and braved the cold, the biting winds and the rain to get the rest of the stuff the girls have asked for, plus a few other odds and ends. But I'm bound to have forgotten something.
Then we spent most of the afternoon wrapping presents while watching Iron Man.
I don't know why it is though, but I can't say that I feel particularly festive. The girls are getting excited, and so are all the kids at school, but it just doesn't feel real to me! The end of term is Friday, and we're having our usual Christmas tea for the kids and some of their friends after school, so perhaps that might help to start to get me in the mood.
Tomorrow morning I'm planning to make marzipan and then slap it on the Christmas cake so I can ice it next weekend. Maybe I'll even make some mince pies.
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Date: 2008-12-13 08:28 pm (UTC)Yes, that seems to be going around... a distinct lack of Christmas spirit. I am searching for it myself. We got the tree today, so maybe decorating it will help. Usually Christmas music helps me out, but the stereo is not cooperating, so I can't rely on that. In any case, congrats on getting your shopping done. Except for a few things in their stocking, my kids are getting one big gift (between them, so less!) I just have to go buy it...
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Date: 2008-12-13 09:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-13 09:40 pm (UTC)And unless Bro gives me a list of things for the kids tomorrow, they're getting vouchers!
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Date: 2008-12-13 10:12 pm (UTC)