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Merry Christmas

To all my friends out there...

Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and most of all I wish for you:

A friend to cheer you if you are sad
A friend to share your happiness just by understanding you enough to know what makes you happy
A friend who knows you without you having to say anything
A friend you can turn to without feeling embarrassed or shy
A friend who will get you through your darkest hours

Christmas is not just about exchanging gifts- its a way to be thoughtful and pick out a gift as a way of saying, "I thought of you and put much love into choosing this"
Its not a way of being flashy or proving how much money you have, its showing the ones you love how much you appreciate them.

I've had a tough year and I've been having a tough past few weeks. My friends have been there to make me laugh and take my mind off my worries and that is why I am going to have a Blessed Christmas and I hope you will you
Xxx

(I include my wonderful family in the above as well, because they don't just love me because they have to, they love me because they want to)

Shopping up a storm

After being told by my boss that I have to come in to work (essentially cancelling my leave) I was really peeved.

So how does one deal with anger over the festive season?
Shopping!

I have seen the nicest things in the shops & I have shut my cautious side up with a menacing inward snarl & bought things I have wanted for a while now, but not exactly needed, ie: a new kettle.
I bought a cheapie a good 10 years ago because I had to move out of my fiance's house and needed something in a hurry - the darn thing has lasted all this time!
So I bought a cute little kettle that reminds me of the old kettle my mom had when I was a little girl:

Then while buying wrapping paper I came across a really cute cutting board that was pink with words and cupcakes printed on it. I had to have it!

My kitchen colours are actually red, so I bought all the matching accessories and suddenly my kitchen is pink.

It ties in very nicely as my lounge is pink & purple and because everything is open plan, it works well.

This is the new decor I bought for my walls a little while ago - they stick on with wallpaper glue and when you wet them they slide off again.

The photo doesn't do it justice, in real life it looks as if they are painted on:

Don't you think I NEED a flatscreen tv?

I have completed most of my Christmas shopping, and I am off to find a present for my mom (a bead charm for her Pandora bracelet) & a wedding photo frame for my brother & new sister (for their first wedding photo)

What presents will you be putting under your tree?

I have friends like these.....

Friends don’t have to understand, do you favors, care for you, give you courage and see you through. 
Friends don’t have to be, but they do.

Spice Girls

We recently had our year end function at work and the theme was Grammy Stars.

A group of us ladies dressed up as The Spice Girls.
I have a new appreciation for performers who have to wear wigs, damn they are uncomfortable!!

We had a blast though & if I weren't one of the organisers I reckon we would have stood a good chance of winning a prize!