Well now I do feel very smug. I felt pretty smug last week, but today the smugness has reached epic levels. Because I am ready for Christmas. ALL the shopping is done - food as well. I was in Morrisons at 7.15am this morning filling up my trolley with vast amounts of unhealthy food and alcohol, and now it is all stashed away in the cupboards awaiting the weekend. Yum. In fact YUM.
Ready in other ways too. Last panto rehearsal before Christmas was last night and did the whole thing without my book (one prompt, but you can't have everything and there is still three and a half weeks to go). Last working day today (on hols tomorrow) and finishing off lots of tedious annoying jobs which have been hanging around for ages and feeling good about them (not sure all my colleagues will, when they get the e-mails and requests for information, but never mind, they'll get over it), pressies all wrapped, washing and ironing up to date. The only thing left to do is clean the house, which I'll do tomorrow, and make my Greek Meze for the family 'do' on Christmas Eve, which I will enjoy doing.
Of course I have been lucky this year (well, in a way) in that I was signed off work for six weeks during October and November because of my knee arthroscopy, so did a lot of internet shopping and organising then. But even without that, I usually do manage to be organised reasonably in time. It's just the way I am - I dislike putting myself under unnecessary stress and pressure by leaving things to totally the last minute. After all, Christmas isn't a surprise is it - I mean it happens on the same date every year - so it ought to be possible to plan for it. The reason I got up and went food shopping at an unfeasibly early hour when it was still dark this morning is because I planned it - I didn't want to have to fight my way round the aisles with the rest of the town at 11am, and I have better things to do tonight.
It really does feel like Christmas now, doesn't it? Although the weather isn't very Christmassy! As you will know if you have read previous postings on this blog, I don't like snow one little bit but it would be nice to have it bright, crisp and frosty on Christmas morning - the sort of weather where you can see yourself breathe and it's so bright the world sparkles. You can never have enough glitter, as far as I am concerned, and if Mother Nature can provide more, even better.
Just off to finish a few more e-mails and then to make some mince pies! Excess rules in this house, even though we will regret it in January. But that's a long way away, isn't it!?
Good for you Mrs Smug! We are nearly there. Need to wrap the pressies that's all. We are having unusually warm weather with a balmy +5 degrees predicted for the big day! One more day at work and then partaaaayy!
ReplyDeleteOMG! i only posted my cards yesterday, and they were 2nd class cos I'm a skinflint and so they won't get there. None of my mates at work have got one because I was so busy writing the ones that needed to be posted! I have rushed out and bought a tin of choccys, better than a card anyway! I still have pressies to buy, the turkey to collect, veggies to get, the tree is looking more artificial than it ever has before for some reason and the mice inthe loft have eaten half the decs! I have all my old St.Catherines friends over tonight, and as I was so disorganised just told them to bring a plate of nibbles, consequently I have NO idea what any one is bringing so rushed out and bought everything myself!
ReplyDeletei am working Christmas morning so I shall just sneak off at 7.00am and haha, the rest of the family can try and work out how to cook the turkey! In fact they won't by which time by the time I've got home and the thing has cooked it will be midnight!!
Ah to be as organised as you Janette, every year I try and every year I fail!
HAVE A GOOD ONE ANYWAY EVERYONE!