how did I get manipulated into this then?
We have a Christmas tree in the living room, complete with lights, decs and tinsel. I’m almost certain I said that this would happen AFTER the living room got made presentable, not during the tidying process, so how is it that the place is still in chaos and I have a gorgeous, bushy, vibrant REAL tree in my living room???? And a new set of decs to go with it (little wooden toys, the sort I lovingly look at and never buy because really they aren’t cheap and our artificial tree had enough decs to fill it already so I didn’t need them) which Duke picked up and gave me the "I’m not negociating on this one" look (you know, the one I turn on him fairly regularly and which, every now adn then he returns…..) It’s a bright, happy, festive corner in my chaotic living room, it’s givien us a full day of family happy time chosing it, buying it and decorating it but really, I mean, it’s not even Advent yet, let alone Christmas!!!!! Sigh, the cat had better not try climbing this one like she did the fake one last year……
And I finished A Christmas Carol with Aprilia at bedtime tonight, so that’s it now, it’s officially nearly Christmas isn’t it 
