Christmas is almost upon us...

Just a quick one before bed...  Two more get up's for work... plenty of boxes left to pack and move... sort out the food shop for Christmas dinner... payday... finish up the Christmas present shopping with a day out with Sammy... sort the last of the stuff to move before Christmas sets in... then deal with the hustle bustle of Christmas :D  

I can't wait - it's so close now I can almost smell the turkey!!  
My girl has made an awesome advent calendar for me to help countdown the days... 
She's such a cutie - each cracker has a party hat, a joke a cute christmas sticker, and a handwritten clue for me to find a present for each day!  

I think she outdid herself on day one... the clue led me to the car, where there was a box with this beautiful Charlie Bear inside!!  To say my obsession with teddy bears is nearly as good as my obsession for books, I have never owned a Charlie Bear before, so he is extra special!  Tick Tock now has pride of  place on the bookshelf along with the books in their new home in the spare room!!

We totally bought a real tree... after the debate on how tall, and making sure it was fat enough - the challenge was fitting the little bugger in Tara's car! (A Daewoo Matiz for anyone who doesn't know) The man at the garden centre was very helpful, and after some discussion, it got put int he front eat with the seat laid back to make room for it :)  It was a squish - but we were in!! 
It looked good once it was decorated :)  With handmade baubles I might add!!  We had fun glittering and sticking to make our decorations!  And it even has a penguin on the top instead of an angel :)

We also had plenty of fun taking photographs with the lights!!  Call it sad, call it cute, we don't care - the photos that we ended up with looked really good!!

We got bundled up at the start of December for Lincoln's annual Christmas market and had a nice walk around in the freezing cold!!  We didn't buy much other than food and fudge, but we had a laugh and a lovely walk and a ride on the bus with Santa... Don't ask!!

In other news, I went to the Works Xmas Do at the beginning of December too - I'm not gonna lie - it wasn't the best night we've ever had - the food wasn't great and the woman doing the disco was just plain scary... but we had a good night - and to top it off.. I came home to a Kitten!  Yes, Tara has bought a kitten :)  He is incredibly fluffy, unbelievably cute and a little terror, and he has well and truely settled into the little family.  Meet Toby! 

Anyway, more soon - but for now, it's off to bed, as I still have to get up in the morning - unlike some of us *cough cough* Sammy!!  Who is hibernating for the next two days having finished before everyone else!!  Such a part timer - can't be bad!!

Night all,
Louby xx