I'm finally back home. What a cold morning it has been today, armed with a steaming hot mug of tea with lemon slice and watching spongebob squarepants, I sit here and pen down my thoughts and what has happened throughout the festive season.
I partied so much last night my knees became so bad and my ears started to swell up, now I do not feel well. it has been temperatures below freezing and it is crucial to keep warm. times like these make me miss home tremendously. i spent my night at the birdcage and revolution downing vodka sticks using that privilege promotion i got as a valued member of revolution vodka bar. since nick was at work and I was done having dinner with the mother-in-law and valerie, i called kirstie and she picked me up and we went into manchester. if i had the cash i wouldve spent new years out of the cold miserable place. what didnt amaze me was the firework display at the london eye. 15 minutes of nothing but sheer carelessness in the planning of the firework routine, the whole display cost taxpayers money £2million its not funny. i compare the display in sydney to the one in london, oh the one in london very well can be compared with deliberate bombardment in Iraq or Afghanistan, coincidentally by the same British and American idiots. Bah humbug.
I had a pretty low key chirstmas as a married couple. we invited the mother in law because she didnt plan to be alone for chirstmas but the renovation in her home has halted all that she wanted to do so we couldnt bear for her to spend chirstmas alone and we cooked roasted pork and gammon (turkey is shite, and we're not a typical family with 10 kids celebrating xmas anyway), and had roasted veg smothered in melted butter and english herbs. it was divine, and to die for. ad we had ice cream with apple sauce and a huge serving of xmas pudding in sherry, port, rum and english winter fruits. aaah..and the free flow of wine. mummy took it abit to the extreme she literally had to be carried home. the dogs had a brilliant time chasing each other around the christmas tree. it was a pretty sight to watch. all that has been said, christmas can be gravely boring in this shithole, but its up to you to lighten it up with your family, give them the love and attention and keep the family well fed, and you will have a blast. Nice hot roast, with hot sweet wine on a snowy, frosty Christmas is divine - whats not to love?. What about Xmas presents? I got a Cashmere mink from the mummy in law, Nick gave me a wooly furry and cuddly jumper to battle out the extreme weather conditions here, Aunt Liz gave me a candle set and a spa gift card, and Val gave me a family address book and a friend to accompany me in my sunday aromatherapy baths - Shaun the Swimming sheep. I gave mummy a Mamma Mia DVD (she loves the movie to bits), Nick a VW Mark 1 collectible, and Val a candle from Morrisons. All in all a perfect way to celebrate Christmas. Nick turned 33 on Monday so I cooked up a feast and bought a surprice birthday cake with candles that spelt out his age. All was good until 15 minutes before he arrived home - I thought my main course got destroyed but it was divine actually. My Christmas decorations caught on fire, I accidentally burnt my table cloth with the lit up bud of the incense stick, and some stupid part of me thought birthday candles can be lit up for hours. so I lit up the damn candles like 10 minutes before he arrived and when I got to the table, the wax destroyed the birthday cake and the alphabets that spelt out 33 could not be read - so there. Happy birthday my dear husband and lets have a waxy cake to celebrate your occassion. Yup so we had a feast and I was glad that he was happy despite the series of domestic catastrophe.
What I absolutely love about this place is the Christmas and Boxing Day sales. they are to die for. people with the cash can defnitely splurge out but what with the recession hitting the nation terribly and more unemployment, not many people have that littel penny or two to splurge out. I am thankful I could use the sales to get some littel luxuries with the cost of close to nothing. I got myself aKaren Millen winter coat for going out to posh places and formal events. £390 depreciated to a mere £50. whats not to love about a bargain as such? Next is on 1/2 price sale for absolutely everything and I love Next home stuff and bedding so i filled my shopping cart with bedding and more bedding. Afterall, I love my bed very much.
New Year Resolutions? Absolutely none! I just want my marriage to blossom and last, my job to be stable in these unpredictable job market, my families to stay healthy and live long for my sake, for my sister to be happy and healthy as she is so far away from me. aND FOR WORLD POVERTY TO NOT END, BUT the pain to be eased.
xx
