O/T - Christmas Shopping (Ugh!)

And a lovely quote from our adopted bard:

"Christmas shopping: the conversion of one's indifference to people into active hatred." - Philip Larkin

 

ive enjoyed doing mine.only 2 prezzies left.
bought myself a few seeing as no one else does!!!

 

Maybe all the CTWD protesters can get there shopping done saturday afternoon instead of attending the game.

 

Nah - they'll all be there for the seasonal "Brick-a-Roller" concession in the KC car-park. Only to watch it, mind you. Not to join in as they appear to have a more finessed approach than that.

 

Idiots go to Meadowhall, Leeds and York to do 'one big Christmas shop' - it's always rammed packed at Christmas, and 99% of them come back to Hull/East Yorkshire with stuff from the same chain shops you can buy from here.

I do it the sensible way - keep my money local, and if I can't get it here, buy it online. A lot less stressful too - less petrol and no queues.

Late night shopping night tonight till 9pm, best time to do it - while everyone else is sat at home watching Corrie etc...

 

I am in a good place for once this year. Normally its something I do on Christmas Eve but this year I got organized and I'm all done with still 13 days to go.

There's still the bloody wrapping to do though.

 

My reason for starting this thread was that I used to work in retail. My mate sending me the Larkin quote set off all my anti-****mas feelings.

I used to hate the nasty "Me-me-me-me!" punters as the 'deadline' approached. And they have totally and irrevocably ruined the 'Festive Season' for me.

 

Surely only women and metrosexuals have started their Christmas shopping already. There's still two weeks to go.

Just get yourself down to boyes's's next week. They've got it covered.

http://www.boyes.co.uk/index.html

Dunlop ladies & gents slippers. From £8 a pair.

 

This Saturday afternoon is a good opportunity actually, no game til tea time means everyone can get it out the way then go to the game while their mrs puts the war paint on for the night out.

Brownie points for going xmas shopping with her, still get to go the game, and you don't have to **** about for 2 hours waiting for her to get ready.

 

Best Christmas present this year will be 24 points.

 

Exactly. Christmas Eve is when a real man goes shopping. No second guessing no umming and aahing. Just buy it. Theres nothing Mrs R like more than taking things back on Boxing Day and arguing with shop assistants. Loves it she does.


Tie, hankie and cuff links set for 4 quid!!! **** me thats value and quality.

 

And gift boxed to boot. You'd be paying that out for just for the box in clintons.

I'm looking forward to finding that valeting set in me stocking.

Thing about boyes's is it low on prices but never low on quality.

 

I am buying everything on the net and having it shipped. Its like an hour drive for me to get to a mall. Might actually be farther than that, I think there is a mall near Folsom Prison but I am not positive.

 

If you cross your eyes when you read clintons it looks like clitoris.... or is that just me?

 

I've got a mall a few doors away from me. A right **** he is.

Anyone else singing Johnny Cash now?

 

They got a gift shop at the prison that sells prisoner art. I have been meaning to stop by when I am near it but I always change my mind. Something about going into a prison willingly stops me.

 

Only present I've bought so far is work secret Santa, 'cos that has a bleedin' deadline. Every year I put careful thought into matching a present with my secret recipients interests and every year I receive a disappointing piece of generic ****e in return. I cannot hide my misery and only hope that the secret git who put no thought into my gift feels really, really bad.

Also, while I'm on the subject, what's all this 'let's not send cards this year but let's donate to charity instead bollocks?' So I get no Christmas cards and the lazy bastards never bother making the donation anyway. Miserable elf loving twats. Ho ****ing ho.

 

Oh aye craig, you're right.

I only usually cross my eyes on miffs threads.

 

Shopping almost done however I've been here many years but it still seems strange to head to the beach for the kids to use their latest cricket set and water toys and then home for a BBQ - I still recall a few hours in the boozer (12-3??) and then home for dinner and more booze before watching only fools / Royle family / similar

 

Thankfully mrsFT has ruptured her achilles and has been in pot since end of November. This has resulted in a lot of online buying and therefore easy evenings for me with no dogshit trips to meadowhell or the trafford centre.

Downside is I'm doing Christmas dinner for 15 on my tod.