Overnight the Christmas
tree appeared in our living room. We've not had the tree out for the
last couple of years; I'd forgotten that is is a rather yukky purple
colour; I've never liked the thing. Mind you I never wanted a dog
either, so what do I know...
For brekkie I had toast;
er indoors TM" has bought a
weightwatcher's loaf. I can guarantee that I will lose weight eating
this bread; each slice is half the size of the average slice of
bread.
Being on a late shift I
got to leave for work in daylight this morning; which made for a
pleasant change. As I drove the news was about the death of the great
train robber Ronnie Biggs. I heard so much about the chap. Was he
evil? Did he just fall in with a bad lot? I can't help but think that
if I were offered financial security for life for one day's work I
might be very inclined to do what he did.
I also listened to the
weather forecast which was talking about a wet and miserable morning.
Rather unlike the bright morning it actually was. Funnily enough the
BBC's weather website had got the weather forecast right. I often
wonder where BBC radio 4 gets it's weather forecasts from; they are
usually completely different from what their own web site predicts.
And so to the Cheapo
Bargains shop. I thought they might have Christmas cake going cheap.
The didn't. In fact they had never even heard of Christmas cake. I
explained the entire concept to several of their staff who clearly
had no idea what I was talking about. In the end I settled for a
small fruit cake. I like fruit cake.
Once at work I did my bit
until mid day. We then had our Xmas buffet. It was really good. Far
too much to eat, and I got a really good "Secret Santa"
pressie; a six-in-one solar-powered toy construction set. I shall get
up to mischief with that in the days to come.
I also scoffed more
buffet at my afternoon break; by going home time I had rather a
serious guts ache.
As I drove home I
listened to more news. There was nothing really of note, but the rain
was torrential. I can home to a seriously tidied house. Perhaps more
Christmas decorations are about to go up...?
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