A Thursday Happy List.

I haven't had a bad day, far from it, I had a very nice day....but it was a very nice day that felt a little bittersweet. 

So I made a happy list to remind me of some of the things that make me smile and encourage me to focus on positives. 

If, like me, you are into stationery and thought that looks like a fun notepad, my notepad is from Paperchase -
http://www.paperchase.co.uk/all-change-a5-notebook.html

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Blogmas Day 23 & 24: Tomorrow is Christmas, it's practically here.

Today my festive spirit has really kicked in....well, you'd hope so on Christmas Eve!!

Technically it kicked in yesterday when I opened my Secret Santa Present at work - it was a book!! Kudos to whoever my Secret Santa was - perfect choice!!

Today I did some last last last last last minute shopping, accompanied by James who very kindly wandered around shops with me and carried things!
Instead of getting annoyed at people who bumped into me in shops or forgot their manners I sang festive wishes to them!

I got ridiculously excited when a self checkout in the supermarket wished me a Merry Christmas...so excited that I wished it one right back!

Once I got home I set about finishing my wrapping and I'm not sat watching The Grinch, quoting every single line...because The Grinch. 

I had so many great ideas for Blogmas and then December sort of disappeared before I had a chance to really do anything with them...........maybe next year I'll be better.

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Blogmas Day 22: Three Days.

Rudolph the Post It Reindeer, sat upon a shiny phone...and if you ever rang it, he would maybe say hello........

Three days until Christmas - Three Festive Facts From Today

Christmas Song I sang along to at the top of my lungs

Merry Christmas Everyone. 

Number of Cheesy Christmas poems I wrote about Monkeys

Just the one!!

Festive Friend Meet Up Total

Technically one, but two if you count saying a quick hi and bye to the friends my mum was with when she was meeting me later in the day.

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Blogmas Day 21: A Desk Elf

A desk elf....because desk elf!!

Four Days To Christmas: Four Festive Facts Today

Christmas song I sang along to at the top of my lungs
Christmas Time (Dont Let the Bells End) - The Darkness

Character I played in a Nativity Tonight

Wise Man

Christmas TV special I'm Most Looking Forward To

Doctor Who

Christmas Presents I Still Need To Buy

One!!

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Blogmas Day 19 & 20: 5 days!

There are precisely 5 days left until Christmas, which means there are precisely 11 days left in the year!

What even is that? When did it happen? I did not give my permission for the year to move so quickly!

I've decided that everything about the next 10 days will be awesome..........today has about an hour left, it's a write off. 

I'm also going to go back to my do one thing every day that scares you thing, even if its changing the radio station on the way to work in the morning, the festive season has totally messed with my morning listening schedule anyway!

Five days to go - Five festive facts from today!

Christmas song I sang along to at the top of my lungs

Fairytale of New York.

Christmas song I hummed as I worked throughout the day

Good King Wenceslas.

Christmas song I attempted to teach myself on the ukulele

We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

Christmas Origami I attempted to make with a post it note

Christmas tree....didnt look like a christmas tree, made several and now its a half star type thing. 

Christmas Dinner Day Dream Total For The Day

Three

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Blogmas Day 18: A Christmas Tag

Today's picture was taken from George Square as I went past.

1.What does a typical Christmas day look like for you? Waking up early....waking my mum up...opening presents, watching mum open her presents....making my dad get up and open his presents. Breakfast made by my dad......mess around with presents for a while.  Go to my brothers house, spend some time there with him, his wife and the kids......head home for a while and chill.  Head to my uncle and aunts for Christmas dinner, open some more presents, play some games, occasionally sing some christmas songs, watch some tv, come home and chill.

2. What's your favourite Christmas time tradition?

It's definitely my christmas dinner!! A close second is watching Christmas Movies with my mum. 
3. What's your favourite Christmas Song and/or Carol?
Christmas song is Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl
Christmas Carol is either Do You Hear What I Hear or Oh Holy Night.4. What's your favourite Christmas food?
Christmas Dinner, the roast, the potatoes, the carrots.
5. When you do decorate for Christmas?Usually about  days before Christmas.

6. Do you own an ugly Christmas sweater?

Yes, it has a reindeer with a flashing nose.7. What's your favourite Christmas movie?

Ahhhhhhh I can't answer this question!! I have so many!!
Umm..........The Grinch? Maybe. Nightmare before Christmas, possibly! Too hard to pick!8. What's one thing you've asked for as a Christmas present this year?

Dairy Free Chocolate!
9. What's the most exciting present you've ever received? 

Oh goodness, that's hard to call! I always get pretty excited around shoes!

10. Do you go to Church around Christmas time?

Yep.11. Do you typically send your own Christmas cards?

I'm notoriously bad at remembering to write Christmas Cards...I'm also notoriously bad at remembering to buy Christmas Cards...where possibly my mum counteracts this by sticking my name on the ones she writes.12. What's your worst Christmas memory?

One year our television broke in the middle of the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special on Christmas Eve and wasn't fixed until later in the week.....that didn't feel too festive!

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Blogmas Day 16 &17: Pavement Rage

I feel like December has crept up suddenly and disappeared all at once!!

I finally finished my Christmas shopping today!

The downside was that I went shopping....in the city centre...on a Saturday...in December.  That aint a sensible thing to be doing in December.

Lots of Christmas shoppers meant there was lots of humans, lots of humans meant lots of crowded streets, lots of crowded streets meant lots of people stopping to look in windows, look at their phones, talk to a friend, look at a product in a shop....all of which made it pretty difficult to navigate my way from shop to shop.

My pavement rage is the stuff of legend....well amongst my boyfriend, my mother and my friend Nicole....

I'm not unbearably angry or anything like that, I just get a little exasperated when someone in front of me stops or cant decide what direction they need to go in next, meaning I too have to stop, which then kicks in my impatience, which then leads me to getting annoyed at myself and in turn the person who delayed me. 

I forgot to take a picture today.....so here's a picture of me in a cat mask instead!

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