I am going shopping - Christmas Market

[gja1000]

Oh My Diane! Your shopping trip sounds just lovely! You described everything so well, I can almost see it, if I close my eyes. I know you had a great time with your daughter. And just think, you have next weekend to look forward to. I just love Christmas markets with individual and handmade things. It's just the best!

YES! Please take pictures next week!

[Blueyes]

I'm so glad you had a fun shopping trip! You know, I really enjoy your posts. I love how you "talk", and I enjoy the different things you describe! I felt like I was there shopping with you, lol! I'm glad you joined us here at 4WT

[highlans]

Oh I do envy you sounds like you had a brilliant time, we used to live just outside York in a village called Strensall, I loved the shops there so quaint and walking round the cobbles. We still have friends there and keep saying we will go back for a visit must put that on my new years resolution for next year.

[judy]

That sounds so lovely! It is so nice that you and Kayley spent the day together and enjoyed the shopping, and the food. Yummy!

I bet you are in the Christmas spirit already!

[DIANE W]

Hi everyone thanks for the replies, yes we did enjoy it, and are really looking forward to the weekend away.

I was back to work yesterday, very glad to be back, but you really quickly get thrown back into it!!!!!!!!

It is difficult not to feel bad when off sick, because i know the impact it has on my collegues, we are really busy at the moment, and i had to get busy straight away - no easing myself in gently!!!!

I am feeling very chrismassy, Kayley has suggested we put up the decorations and trees, but i think we will wait a bit longer. I have seen a lot of houses already dressed up with lights etc, i will get my thinking cap on as to where i am going to put everything - as we have moved recently, i have never decorated this house yet....

I am going out for our Christmas lunch with work on Thursday, we will be having a nice meal and exchanging our gifts - we do a secret santa, which incase you dont know is, we all pull out a name of a collegue, then buy that person a gift upto £10, wrap it up pretty and exchange it at our lunch. We have a good time, there are 12 of us in our team, so we enjoy our little selves

I am enjoying being here, and love reading all your posts.

[gja1000]

I know what you mean about getting back into the swing of work quickly!!! I was gone for a week the first of November, and I think I am still catching up!

We have our Christmas lunch at work next week - but we don't do secret Santa, there's too many of us. I love secret Santa too - but I have done it a bit differently. Everyone gets a number and #1 opens his/her gift. Then #2 gets to take #1's gift (if she wants it) or opens her gift - and so it goes that everyone gets to take a gift already opened, or open a gift, their choice. It pays to have a later numbers because you have the advantage of seeing all the gifts that you might want to take . It's really fun and can be quite wild, especially if there's a great gift lots of people want!

I know you will have a great time decorating the new house - it is such fun, especially if Kayley will help you. I love doing things like that with my daughter or granddaughters!

[Lindsey]

We do the same kind of gift exchange as Gayle. We have our work Christmas party this Saturday. Everyone and their guest has to bring a $15 gift suitable for a male or female. With ours, the best place to be is #1... because you don't get to steal a gift to begin with, at the end you get a chance to steal ANY of the opened gifts!

Diane, I need to go to the UK at Christmas I think The market sounds wonderful!

This weekend we have our annual craft show here. Hundreds of merchants from the province (and a few from out of province) set up booths inside the big arena. Scott and I are planning to go Friday night. It always gets me in the holiday mood!