Well I think everything is just about sorted for Christmas now: wrapping done - check; got booze - check; the big grocery shop - check. Sainsbury's wasn't quite as manic as I was expecting (the other year I spent three quarters of an hour trying to get out of their car park on Christmas Eve) so I now have the worry that I've forgotten something. Too late now for when I return from work tomorrow afternoon we shall be dashing around visiting with presents and again on Christmas Day. Alison's working Christmas morning so I'll pop to my folks then get back to put the dinner on, after which we'll be calling on Louise and Paul who will be entertaining Anna. Yet another Xmas when I won't get a drink before 7pm - it's now traditional. Anyway panic over after Alison rang me when I was doing the shopping and I had to break the bad news that they had ran out of sprouts. Thankfully Anna was going down town and picked some up for us despite fears that there maybe a national sprout shortage. This simple procedure required several phone calls and military style planning as I was to ring to ensure that the sprouts had been successfully purchased or whether I would be needed to call into the 24 hour Tesco opposite work when my shift finished. As it was I only had to call at Anna's to collect the goods.
  I will enjoy myself.