On Monday, we headed off to friends for a few drinks and Christmassy nibbles - they have the sort of properly
characterful house that looks perfect all togged out with tree and tinsel.
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| Stockings round the fireplace. |
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| Even the lamp got in on the act! |
On Christmas Eve, we did the usual last minute shopping, put the presents under our tree, and the Drookit neighbours came round for yet more festive cheer - you can never have too much of
that!
Our new Christmas Day tradition is to go to the pub for a lunch time drink - it gets us out of the house for a little while even if the weather is too horrible for a decent walk and, since it's only open from noon until 2pm, it's short and sweet before everyone heads home to start cooking Christmas dinner.
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| ...and you never know who you'll bump into! |
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| It seemed that every dog around town (and these are only a few) sported some sort of festive neck wear! |
Boxing Day, and Mr Drookit went off to pick up the Gorgeous Girl to bring her here for a few days - the joy of going on the back of the motorbike might have been slightly tarnished for her, as they got home utterly
frozen. Wood burner glowing, and a blanket wrapped around her, helped thaw her out!
One particular Christmas gift helped her work up a sweat later... Sadly, I wasn't quite so good, but Mr Drookit was completely
hopeless!
Friday had us entertaining family with a makeshift lunch (the carrot sticks and cucumber disappeared in double quick time - I think everyone was feeling a bit overloaded with carbs!) and then some games.
Bananagram is good fun, except when Mr Drookit is playing - he beats
everyone, and it all gets a bit mad and frantic! Still, a good end to the week. Even if we all got thoroughly
trounced!
