So we stopped at Fleet Services on the way home from Gatwick on Saturday night (they have a Waitrose – super-posh service station) to pick up some bread, milk, Red Bull shots and Mars Milk drinks (what can I tell you, a four hour drive in the middle of the night after a 10 hour flight – we SO needed the caffeine and sugar high to get through it).
Standing in the queue, with that slightly dizzy, not-quite-there dazedness, which is the net result of flying through four or five timezones and that post-holiday back-to-reality thing, I was a bit bemused to notice a CHRISTMAS TREE. And Lindt Christmas chocolates for sale. And December issues of magazines.
And yesterday, Ebay shockingly informed me that there’s only fifty-odd days until Christmas.
It somehow all feels a bit wrong. I think because it’s so warm still (I keep having to switch the heating off every time it clicks on!), it doesn’t feel quite right that Christmas is only weeks away.
So I’d better get my behind in gear with regards to Christmas, particularly as everybody’s coming to us on Christmas Day this year.
I used to love Christmas and really look forward to it, but these days it feels a bit more like a chore every year. I’d actually really like to go away for Christmas (sunshine, beach, cocktails – what’s not to like?), but the rest of my family are horrified by the idea, so I guess that won’t be happening any time soon.
On another note, Christmas of course means winter, and the cold/cough/flu season, so I was rather pleased when we were sent these Gummy Bear children’s multivitamins to try out recently.
Each day’s ‘dose’ is a mini pack of about half a dozen gummy bears (which taste exactly like real gummy bears – yeah, I had to try them!), and Will loves them. I think they’re a brilliant idea, particularly as a great way of getting vitamins into smaller children who aren’t keen on tablets.
Right, I’m off to make some lists for Christmas. Time to get my organising head on.
Oooh I know – I saw the 53 days to Christmas on eBay too – scary!! Need to get sorted and get some presents bought! It won’t be long before some people start putting their decorations up lol
I’ve been doing my Xmas shopping purely because I hate going in Dec when everyone is stressed and manic. Nearly done now, just a few presents to make
Glad you had a lovely holiday xx
I LOVE Christmas and try to have pressies got and wrapped by November and I have started to write my cards, I like to enjoy the run up to the big day and not run round like a headless chicken. We are at my Mums Christmas day which is a big change as I always have everyone here ! I hope you get organised, the year has gone so fast and Christmas does have a habbit of creeping up on us ! x Dawn
Good luck with the list writing.
I’ve already been to Toys R Us twice, don’t want to go there again!
Lisa x
You’re quite right it does still feel too warm for Christmas to be so close but I must admit in the supermarket yesterday I stocked up on my Christmas magazines for the weekends reading!
Victoria x
Oh that’s scary less than 60 days to Christmas. I’ve made a list of presents I need to buy, do you think that’s enough or do I have to start shopping.