
Yaaayyy...it's DECEMBER! you know what THAT means dear readers...yes, its means it's ALMOST xmas time! Of course those of you who aren't housebound, deaf, dumb, blind and mute,or no longer with us have known this for AGES..and how did we know? Because there's been xmas stuff in the shops since about FEBRUARY, that's how!
Seriously...who else is tired of not being able to move in the shops without being assualted by trolley-weilding grandmothers, stalking candy canes and fruit mince pies? Or nearly losing an eye on the holly and mistletoe that EVERY shop in the western world feels its neccesary to hang over, under and all around the doorways? And let's not forget the singing xmas decorations..You can't escape them...they're everywhere. I went to the hardware store the other day..to buy hinges for a cupboard door that was falling off in my kitchen. Now one would THINK that a hardware store would be a safe zone from the xmas thing..cos let's face it...hardware stores are for guys really arent they...and guys just dont buy into the whole xmas deal like us women do. They dont CARE if the star on the top of the tree lights up, or if the front door wreath is fresh and green...the lucky bastards.
So anyway..there I am, walking into the hardware store...and what do they have right by the front counter? A xmas tree..and lights...and "xmas specials"...wow....I could've bought a toaster, a kettle, an iron, a cordless drill, several power tools that I havent even HEARD of before..all for the special people in my life. Okaaay then...but where's the hinges? All i want for xmas is cupboard hinges...really. That's it...I want hinges. I finally tracked them down, after leaving a trail of bread crumbs up and down the aisles to find my way back to the counter. And guess what...the big 30% OFF EVERYTHING FOR XMAS sign out the front of the store? It didn't apply to hinges...now how does THAT work? Do hinges not come under the "everything" catergory? Who knows..I wasnt going to debate the issue with the santa-hat wearing teenager who served me, that's for sure. He did give me a candy cane though, so it wasn't a total loss. I added it to the 4 raffle tickets for xmas stockings, 3 coloured ribbons for some unheard of christmas charities, 2 "free" (when you purchase something you dont want or need) entries into xmas hampers and the packet of tinsel that I have no idea why i bought in the FIRST place cos I have several TONS of the bloody stuff in my SHED that I collected on the short walk past the other shops at the centre back to my car.
Oh well...let's look on the BRIGHT side...soon xmas will be over and the shops will be stocking EASTER EGGS again...and aren't we all looking forward to THAT!
Tune in next week for more kat xmas shopping adventures...
bah HUMBUG!