10th December 2014 - 2 Weeks til Christmas Eve!

Another lazy morning. We made a deal that we would get up at 10 and do chores/get on with our day.

Paul went to make breakfast and I meant to get up and do stuff...but I was disturbed. I was held hostage and what was I to do?!

I had to not work for longer than I had planned to make the most of my cug!

I then remembered I needed to make a birthday card for Chris as it was his birthday on Saturday and I am a bad friend and didn't give him his present before the day. Well...why not make the magic of a birthday last a little longer?!

I didn't take a picture of it but it was awesome. You'll just have to trust me on that one! It would have been more awesome but I was a 'y' scrabble tile short. Meh.

I then decided while I had my craft kit out to make some Christmas cards! Fun fun fun! Except it makes my back hurt a little bit so I had to quit after a while.

I got a few ideas on camera though so I could make them should the inspiration strike again.

Cute Christmas tree, huh?!

We did a little clearing up all ready for #Whedonsday. When Chris arrived we gave him his card and part of his present - a ducky tie! I think it was a hit!

After some tv fun and games, some delicious italian shepherds pie, beer and the usual evening fun, it was over too soon and Chris headed out.

We chilled a little but as Paul's in work tomorrow we called it quits pretty soon.

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9th December 2014 - 7 Years!

Today is the 7th anniversary of mine and Paul's first date. It's also the 3rd anniversary of the night we got engaged! So yay for this day! :)

To celebrate, we decided to take a rail trip to Chester!

We got there at lunch time, had a little look around and a bite to eat, then decided what we wanted to do. We chose a walking tour of the city, which should be interesting!

We had a little time to kill, so looked at the items on sale at the Christmas markets and noticed these live owls on display. They weren't for sale but sure were pretty!

This one really creeped me out. It's the first time I've seen an owl move it's head completely around and it fixed it's glare on me. It was really freaky!

After our tour, where we were the only ones and learnt a lot, we needed to get out of the really high winds. What better place than a marquee selling...yep, you guessed it, mulled wine!

Windswept Paul with his cup!

My cup being all arty!

From there, we were feeling a little peckish, so headed to a place called Kash (we went during our wedding planning visits to Chester a couple of years ago!) for some food. I've been promising Paul we'd come back and have burgers here since that trip many moons ago, and finally I have kept my promise!

My burger was chilli con carne and cheese. It was yummy!

Paul had a ridiculously hot burger which was actually really good. He polished off the lot as well!

Tres delish!

We came home and back into the welcome warmth of the house. We watched a little more tv before heading to bed.

Veronica's turn to wear the Santa hat!

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8th December 2014 - The start of A mental time!

So I have another week off work! It's all good! I have the holiday to use so why not take a week just before Christmas?! Even though it's only been 2 weeks or so since my last week off...but meh! Never mind!

We slept in a little then made plans to head into town to do the shopping that we didn't do on Saturday!

We got some done, which is an improvement on the other day!

We had a quick sandwich then headed on a bit of a road trip to Warrington where we had to get a few things from Ikea and take a trip to a nice big toy store to look for something for Ted for Christmas.

The weather has been all over the place the last few days which was proven by the weather that we saw on one short trip down the motorway!

Bright blue sky and rainbow over a cloudburst quickly followed by torrential rain! It stayed that way for the rest of the day! Not fun!

When we got home we had another relaxing evening in front of the tv.

Having seen something that was quite amusing on facebook, we decided to put a Christmas hat on the corner of the tv and then we could lol whenever it looked like someone on the tv was wearing a santa hat.

We tested it with Hawaii 5-0.

Frankie Valli was our first suckah!

Almonst perfect, no?

Manchester United were playing tonight and Paul wanted to watch that. He could only watch it on the iPad, so I was left a little bored.

So I watched Veronica Mars on the DVDs that I received in the mail today! Early Christmas present to me!

Made even funnier by Sheriff Don Lamb!

Yes Daddy Mars. You can laugh at him. He deserves it! :)

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7th December 2014 - Fun Time Sunday!

We decided to have a bit of a chill out today, because we can. It's a much needed staple of our weekend!

Barney also felt the need to relax. He's had a hard week. It's really hard being a Barney.

At least he takes the time to get clean!

We sat, watched tv and drank some bucks fizz because that's how we roll on our relaxing Sunday. It was good! I really enjoyed myself!

We then had a hot date to attend so had to get ready!

We got there handy and had a little drinky while we waited, then ordered our interval beverages while we were there!

We had pretty good seats, which we were happy about!

The warm-up act was very good. I think we had seen him before, the last time that we saw Omid on tour. He was funny and sang some comedic songs but all too soon he was done and the lights came up and the fire curtain came down. Interval? We checked and it was! Already! So we went to get our wine.

Loads of people probably missed their drinks though. Oops for them.

Omid was his usual funny self and we laughed a lot! After the show he was doing a book signing so we decided to get one and got a dedication!

Naturally, I asked if I could have a picture taken with him and he agreed!

Didn't agree to the random photobomber in the back ground but I'm sure I can photoshop him out!

After the gig we went home and chilled a little before heading to bed. It was a bit late at this point.

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6th December 2014 - Attempting to make progress...and failing!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRIS! :)

A lovely little lie in was enjoyed this morning! I like those!

We decided that we should be proactive and attempt to make a start on our Christmas shopping! This never happens! What is with us?!

We headed into town and each went our separate way for a little while, having a look around. I have to be honest, I spent most of the time looking for things for Ted!

I started to get very annoyed with the amount of people in town, as it normally is on a Saturday, but I don't do well when surrounded by people. How do people love shopping?! I don't understand how you could want to be one of those hoards of people!

So once Paul and I met up and had a spot of lunch we looked for a couple of bits, then I got really claustrophobic with all the people milling around John Lewis, so we left, quit shopping and went to have a drink somewhere to discuss presents rather than actually buy them.

Paul took this attractive picture of me on the IPad. Thanks.

I enjoyed a couple of glasses of mulled wine, as it's my favourite drink of choice this year, and came up with a few ideas for gifts.

We took a seat inside this time as the courtyard was really busy. It was nice but I was getting tired and cranky and just wanted to get home!

Upon arrival at the house I plonked myself on the sofa and didn't really get up again, watching the usual Saturday night tv. Nice.

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5th December 2014 - End of the week!

Paul had to be out early this morning so no gym for us, I got up a bit late. Should have been better behaved but it's just too tempting to stay in bed when you have images like this in front of you!

I mean seriously, could you resist such a sight?!

It was a long day in work for me. Busy and a little bit mad but between T and I we got quite a lot done.

After work I headed home and waited for Paul, then we ate pizza, watched tv and vegetated, going to bed far too early to be decent on a Friday night! 

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4th December 2014 - Normal use of an afternoon!

We didn't want to go to the gym this morning. But we did! Aren't you impressed? We felt better for it! 

Then to work for a few hours. Yep - got one of my cheeky half days off again today!

So what else would I do but get the ironing board out and get my chores done!

Not that much there. Didn't take me too long! I then cuddled up under the heated throw and watched some tv. It was a hard life for all of us!

Barney chilled out, literally, on the kitchen floor. He wasn't very social. Just waiting for his din dins. Just like I was!

When Paul got home we relaxed for a while, had dinner, watched tv and ate cheesecake.

Lemon Gu cheesecake t be exact. Mmmmmmm!

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