christmas cards

❅ i had the idea to send out christmas cards this year, something i never do... after the fifth one, i gave up, exhausted.. surely it's not worth it, since they'll end up in the rubbish directly after christmas anyway...
yesterday i did my christmas shopping in one sitting on ebay- so much easier, but much less in the spirit of things, isnt it?! jerry and i will do a westfields shopping day to buy for each other. im forcing jerry to choose something for me himself so that its a surprise. if he's chosen it it'll be so much more special, and ill wear it anyway, even if i dont like it, just because of that. of course the only useful thing we can get each other is clothes, since we're such bloody nomad gypsies. i look through the magazines with the 'gift suggestion' pages- kooky tea-towells and wall hangings, beautiful throw rugs, interesting coffee table books, retro vases....wow, thats such a different world to me... how nice it would be to own a house to decorate and pour your love and creative flair into.... is it too much to wish for a house for christmas?

london looks so pretty with all the christmas lights and decorations, especially in the rich neighbourhoods where i work, where people can be bothered spending money on lights and hanging them up... chelsea is quite spectacular! ...down our end in kings cross, people are not as festive. we dont even have a tree. jerry asked me if we should do a christmas eve dinner in our apartment for some friends. 'everyone's going home for christmas except us!' i replied. he then listed off a bunch of names of people who are not going home, which was all our muslim friends from work. 'yeah, we can do a muslim christmas, why not?!' ...that'd be pretty quirky actually!

i so miss christmases back home in oz, and i promised myself that next year i'm going home for christmas no matter what...
my brother, who's been living in costa rica the last four years (ever since we moved there to open the cocktail bar) has just received the wonderful news that his wife's visa is finally approved and they're moving back home on the 1st of january! i'm SO overjoyed for them! i think this new year holds some surprises and adventures for all of us....

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