I killed my taste buds licking stamps just now. I’m slightly recovered from the crime scene observation although still curious to know what was going on. I should be in bed but I had a terrible week of sleep; tossing and turning night after night. It’s best to spend a bit of time getting the stuff ready to send off tomorrow morning on my way to the GP.
Since I only received one xMas card from the Lowlands so far, I decided to send a few more than that to friends and relatives just to make a statement. The number seems to be decreasing each year somehow. I reckon sending xMas cards seems to be out of fashion these days. Or perhaps the stamps in the Lowlands have become too expensive since I left.
So I’ll only send cards to those who are close to me and relatives; my aunt and uncle up north, my uncle down south. Plus my mother and brothers but only because they will refuse to send me one and I will not sink to such depths myself. I spent half the weekend on fixing parcels, one for an ex colleague, one for my aunt, one for my mum and one for my little niece who is only 4 months old.
I’ve printed 104 photos for my mum and cut them all on the right size to fit a golden gift box, wrote a long letter with an explanation of each photo [mostly a description of my new life here in London, where we live, what the house looks like etc.], wrapped each of three packages of photos in golden tissue paper with a ribbon and placed them in the box.
I don’t care what will happen to the photos, I tried my best. A. said: you have made such an effort and put so much work into it, if that won’t be appreciated than I don’t know what else you could do. I guess I don’t have any expectations, or try not to have them since I will only become disappointed in the end.
Anyway, I guess what I’m trying to say here is that I will try my best to be me and won’t change my ways. I will not stop sending cards, any card… I will not stop sending emails, any mail just because I moved country or I do not share someone’s opinion, reasons… you name it. So there fore I’m now stuck with a nasty taste in my mouth.
Don’t worry it’s just the stamps… I ain’t bitching or anything 
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xMas Shopping
I’m getting tired of xMas shopping. We have been out all evening on Tuesday and tonight wandering around a big shopping mall called Lakeside. I found most of the presents and only need to get a few bits and pieces here and there. 14 People that we need to think off and I didn’t even include the extra people that I bought some things for… It’s always a drag really unless you know the person so well that you don’t need to think of things to buy.
I ordered stuff online, did research online most of today so I could pick it up in the evening. I found cheaper and much better deals online so had to take back stuff to the store and try to get my money back to go buy it elsewhere. I found a nice gift set for the same amount of money and wanted to get this instead of just a tiny little box with one gift. The woman who helped me on Tuesday was very grumpy anyway so I was glad I could take it back and make a scene to get my money back. Unfortunately she wasn’t there and two other most extremely kind women helped us out and gave us another good deal.
Next year I will do things in a different fashion. I will buy stuff when I see it and hide it till it’s xMas so the stress will be less. Just put it in a box and leave it there till it’s time to wrap. It could be nice because you will probably forget what you bought over a period of a year anyway, so perhaps it’s better to wrap it straight away. Surprises would be bigger when it’s time to open them. I think this would be a good strategy. Let’s see if I can get it to work…