The all new what are you giving for Christmas thread

[Tinkerbell]

Hey girl, I can empathise.... brought up 4 boys and at one time they all wanted 'kit' from footie teams ........West Ham - Chelsea - Leicester rugby club and g*d knows what the other one was!!!

Some years ago I bought my second grandson a West Ham babygrow for his first christmas...... dad is the Rugby player!!! One photo and I never saw it again!!!

I'm sure Santa will find something to help you out.... have another mince pie & a cuppa.

 

[Barman]

DO NOT CROSS ME TODAY!!!!!!!

Will you be better soon... like by this evening for instance...? 

[GROWLER]

Despite ordering items on the 5th they have not arrived. Nor have I been called back as promised. Made my final nagging call today to be told the items I require are not in stock. I have suspicions that they never were. 

Should do what I'm about to do then....go to the SHOPS.
S'pose I'd better get 'round to doing one or two cards like too.

[Barman]

Despite ordering items on the 5th they have not arrived. Nor have I been called back as promised. Made my final nagging call today to be told the items I require are not in stock. I have suspicions that they never were. 

Should do what I'm about to do then....go to the SHOPS.
S'pose I'd better get 'round to doing one or two cards like too.

I went to the shops in Epsom today... what a nightmare! 

There was a queue in Waitrose for the tills about five miles long... 

[GROWLER]

Despite ordering items on the 5th they have not arrived. Nor have I been called back as promised. Made my final nagging call today to be told the items I require are not in stock. I have suspicions that they never were. 

Should do what I'm about to do then....go to the SHOPS.
S'pose I'd better get 'round to doing one or two cards like too.

I went to the shops in Epsom today... what a nightmare! 

There was a queue in Waitrose for the tills about five miles long... 

Crimbo shopping Growler method.
7-8 pm tonight.

B & long Q for a voucher for Growler jnr/snr. £30 and 5 minutes
M&S voucher for Mrs Growler. £30 and 10 minutes + 30 minutes to get in and out of rancid shit 'ole of the north...Cheshire jOaks...car park.
Local newsagents for 4 crimbo cards, first that come to hand like, £4 and 3 minutes. Can't be arsed going all the way to Asda for the Smart Price ones.

Total Crimbo shopping, 1 hour. Sorted.
What the hell is all this weeks of preperation shite all about then ey? Tell me, cus I'm buggered if I know.

[Just One More]

Despite ordering items on the 5th they have not arrived. Nor have I been called back as promised. Made my final nagging call today to be told the items I require are not in stock. I have suspicions that they never were. 

Should do what I'm about to do then....go to the SHOPS.
S'pose I'd better get 'round to doing one or two cards like too.

I went to the shops in Epsom today... what a nightmare! 

There was a queue in Waitrose for the tills about five miles long... 

The trouble with shopping in Waitrose at Christmas is that they have so many "different" Christmas treats. We went in for half a dozen or so "bits" last Christmas. "Ooh, those look nice", "ooh those sound delicious" etc, half way round I abandoned the basket and got a sodding trolley for Mrs JOM

The upside Barman is not only are the staff fragrant and lovely, you get a better class of female in there too, so while away the time with a bit of window shopping

Luckily for me, they were only three deep at Morrisons today

[Snoopy]

Despite ordering items on the 5th they have not arrived. Nor have I been called back as promised. Made my final nagging call today to be told the items I require are not in stock. I have suspicions that they never were. 

Should do what I'm about to do then....go to the SHOPS.
S'pose I'd better get 'round to doing one or two cards like too.

I went to the shops in Epsom today... what a nightmare! 

There was a queue in Waitrose for the tills about five miles long... 

TBH I have never seen a till five miles long ~ still I expect it keeps the queues down.

[GROWLER]

Hee hee! Just done ALL my crimbo shopping in 2 hours flat, including travel and Chsehire jOaks car park manouvering.

B & no Q was empty, bar the staff.
Walked into Boots for a sniff around, found summat that i thought Mrs G would like, and bought it. Total time in there, 3 minutes.

I was so pleased with my progress that I dropped into the pet store to coo over the wabbits and 'amsters and fishies for 10 minutes.
Came so so so so close to coming home with an 'ouse wabbit weighing 5 kilos,  but just resisted the temptation.

I'm generally in a good mood now then, and miss moose is currently wrapping everything up for me too while I go the ale 'ouse.
Sorted. Lafin'!

[Pastis]

Here's an idea 



The must have household item with an edgy past, the half-brick is the ultimate in urban chic. Forged in the back alleys and builder’s yards of London it now finds its true home as a tasteful addition to the contemporary bookcase or fashionable hallway door.

But this multipurpose piece of art is not only a bookend or a doorstop. Why not give this Christmas that gangland feel by having your cards personally delivered, tied to an impressive half-brick and cast through the windows of your family and friends.

Locally sourced by an up-and-coming, cult, neo-retro-neo-modernist, local designer the half-brick puts itself in a class above all other bookends and doorstops, be they shaped as roller-skates, rollerblades or heelies, by being reassuringly priced at £1000 (excl delivery).

[Snoopy]

  It has potential