I smell spiced ham!

[selenay]

So, yesterday Mum and I made our Arctic trek down to the shops half a mile away for milk. It took us a long time because the sidewalks were so dreadful.

We got home and were discussing the fact that we'd need to do some shopping before Christmas. Dad asked whether we *really* had to and we started listing all the things we'd run out of. As a lot of them were things that Dad likes to eat, he concluded that we needed to go shopping RIGHT NOW OMG. Before the roads freeze, or something.

Mum and I had planned to go today, but as he was actually volunteering to drive somewhere we decided to take advantage.

Um. Scariest. Drive. Ever.

There was a car ahead of us where the occupants were obviously taking pictures. They would stop every now and again to take photos. They stopped just around corners so that we could not see they were stopped until we were almost on them (not the kind of roads you want to do emergency stops on). They stopped at the top of a small rise so that we had to stop on the rise. Our wheels spun for a moment as we attempted to pull away. Yikes.

It was pretty, but not the weather for that kind of stuff. The store was packed and we saw a couple of people collecting deliveries that the store had obviously managed to pack but couldn't get anywhere. Mum decided that she was glad that she hadn't tried for a delivery! We got everything in record time, packed up the car and then proceeded home. Slightly less scary (due to lack of photographers) but still not an experience to be repeated regularly.

We spent the rest of the evening at home, recovering while watching trashy TV and drinking tea. Today has largely been about relaxation as well. A cafe has opened in what used to be one of the banks in my village so Mum and I decided to walk up there this morning to buy a paper at the newsagent (I've missed The Independent and Private Eye) and get some coffee at the cafe. Then we started working on Christmas lunch: the stuffing is ready and the spiced ham just finished baking. Yummy.

Now I think that I'll curl up with knitting and Spooks for the evening. It's Christmas Eve tomorrow!

And I crazy to be looking at Yuletide Madness to see whether anything inspires me?

Comments

[historyterry.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about your difficult trip. Sounds like you're having a great break.

I have a mysterious parcel just turned up! Can you let me know if yours arrives? I'm slightly concerned, as it's two jiffy bags taped together. I sent it first class. Txx

[selenay]

Good news - a mysterious parcel consisting of two jiffy bags taped together arrived this morning! I'm so pleased that yours got to you in time :-)

My break has been lovely despite the weather. Tuesday was horribly disappointing (and stressful) but it was nice to relax a bit yesterday. Hopefully things are going to go up from here!

{{hugs}}

[historyterry.livejournal.com]

The smaller present is actually a birthday present, so you can open that now if you like :-). Both gifts are wrapped inside the jiffy bags.

You have no idea how glad I am that I now have a present to open!

Tx

[selenay]

This is why I was so hoping that my present would arrive in time! I had a feeling that your gifts might be a little sparse and I wanted to make sure that you had something :-)