I can't believe it is Christmas Eve....

....and I am blogging. The last week was hectic with winding down from work. I must have shifted 500 boxes, and then I pulled a tendon in my hand wrapping presents and may have broken a finger.

I have 30 tonight for drinks and 12 for lunch tomorrow, so no time for A and E, it is strapped up and and Nurofen is this year's top Christmas tipple.

Last night these amazing roses arrived, so they became the focus of decorating...

Except for the Nativity of course...

There were a lot of roses...

We filled vases.....

Even small ones were conscripted to work....

And more vases and coffee cups....

And a giant gold urn.....

And a bucket.....

More glasses at the ready for tonight's festivities...

Lovely Cynthia and Alice have made it, things are fairly calm, there will be more pics of the soiree soon.

Have a beautiful Christmas and New Year! xxxxx

Asda Swag

It's not that I am a snob about supermarkets, more that I have an irrational fear of them, somehow in a Harry Potter Death Eater-type way  they suck out your soul when you step inside. This fear subsides the higher up the supermarket scale you go, normally because the posher they are, the smaller and the less menacing they seem.

Asda was always my nemesis, but the petrol works out £15 cheaper a tank and one day after filling up, I decided to go for it and look inside.

I bought these roses for £10, a selection of easter and birthday presents for between £1 and £5, some £2 glittery wrapping paper (although they didn't have ribbons even though the store was GIANT), a £2 cat collar for Miss B (she likes all things pink and sparkling) and a selection of mini wines 4 for £5.

Perhaps not your average supermarket haul, but I had to make sure that I didn't buy anything that could be found at the local village shop, and I still hid the bags in a box when I unloaded the car just in case the shop keeper was watching.

Drawn to all things raspberry...

I love this shade of pink, it is neither pale nor really strong, it has blue tones but is still warm. I should probably buy my clothes according to what is in my wardrobe, rather than what is not. But as I will never afford....

this pink Dior ring...

these flowers...

these Louboutins...

and I'm unlikely to be seen like this...

or this....

I'll get my raspberry fix in other ways, like this Mamas and Papas silk tunic...

and this Great Plains cardi...

Bought from Ebay for a few pounds I can't wait for the packages to arrive, although chances are the size/colour/ fabric will be totally different. How do you spend blind with no returns policy? Will you risk really expensive items or do you have a natural cut off above which you just won't go?