Gracie’s Life Experiment

Well, we finally finished buying all the Christmas pressies today.  After all that planning I ended up trawling round town for a couple of hrs picking up stuff.  Some bits are rather random, other are absolutely spot on.  Spent the afternoon wrapping the presents and now our tree looks most bountiful.  We got 2 different patterns this year, a nice plain gold and cream one and a green one with Winnie the Pooh et.al. on.  Our family don’t go for really expensive presents (because there’s so many of us it’s more of a token/thought than anything else). 

There’s still the in-laws side of the family to buy presents for, but as we’re not going up till after New Year we’ll get the presents between Christmas and New Year (get more for the money too). I always remember one year my sister bought me a plasma ball from what was the Gadget shop (now Gizoo I believe).  Well I already had exactly the same one my sis gave me the receipt and I exchanged it – seeing as everything was then 1/2 price I managed to get 2 other things instead (so 2x the value).

Summary of the day: Went into town (madness trying to park), Got presents, Wrapped presents, Arranged under tree, Visited by someone bestowing Christmas gifts (yay), Tea with Ginger and Pear Pies, Made a lasagne.