Fnaar
Smutmaster General
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Gawd, that was hard work, shopping all flipping afternoon with Mrs F. So, when dragged into La Senza, I did the "how about a pair of earmuffs?" suggestion, with a bra over my head.
Things to enliven Christmas shopping
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threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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- ...on the slake
Stick an ice cube down her top and say 'there's that chest freezer you wanted'!
old Ken Dodd joke alert...
old Ken Dodd joke alert...
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I did mine on line, much more civilized, the shopping with the MRS I delegated to my oldest lad. 
Night Train
Maker of Things
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- Greater Manchester
I am not very organised with my gift shopping. I tend to think of what I want to get a person, find out online who sells it locally, go straight there to get it and return home. The start again with the next person on the list.
I can't hack the hours on end traipsing from shop to shop comparing colour, price, extras, for each and everything on a long list before buying anything.
I can't hack the hours on end traipsing from shop to shop comparing colour, price, extras, for each and everything on a long list before buying anything.
BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
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- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
Chestnuts
Aperitif
Meme bar
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- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Losing your senza hearing is not such a bad thing, Fnaarther Christmas, but I hear that 'warm ones' are better! Buying a bra for the missus is a sure fire way to make your presents felt...allegedly.
Durian
Über Member
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- Chiang Mai. Thailand.
Copious amounts of Duvel, accompanied by mulled wine, tends to help.
swampyseifer
Well-Known Member
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- Milton Keynes. UK
I just bought everything I wanted online, waited till it had all turned up and then spent an afternoon wrapping...job done with minimal effort!
guitarpete247
Just about surviving
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- Leicestershire
I used to leave it to Christmas Eve 
.
The panic that sets in knowing you have to get everyone something concentrates the mind incredibly
. I found I could then get what I wanted very quickly 
. Now I have to spend weeks going round the shops with GF thinking of "Would this be right for so-on-so?" "Do we spend more on so-on-so than so-on-so?" "How can we get the same amount of presents for both grandchildren?" 
For her I plan over the months and weeks listening to her and spotting things when we go round shops. I then spend about 1 hour and get everything
. Last year I ordered some Chloe body lotion on-line. 2 days before the big day it still hadn't arrived 
so I went out and bought some more and wrapped it. Next day the ordered stuff came so she got 2 lots 
.
. The panic that sets in knowing you have to get everyone something concentrates the mind incredibly
. I found I could then get what I wanted very quickly . Now I have to spend weeks going round the shops with GF thinking of "Would this be right for so-on-so?" "Do we spend more on so-on-so than so-on-so?" "How can we get the same amount of presents for both grandchildren?" For her I plan over the months and weeks listening to her and spotting things when we go round shops. I then spend about 1 hour and get everything
. Last year I ordered some Chloe body lotion on-line. 2 days before the big day it still hadn't arrived so I went out and bought some more and wrapped it. Next day the ordered stuff came so she got 2 lots .
BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
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- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
Ha! the joys of being single....no being marched around Lakeside, bluewater, no endless waiting outside the ladies room, no 30 minute hunts for car parking spaces...
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+1 on that, easiest way to do it, its even better when you have grown up sons, you can delegate the task of accompanying the MRS round the shops.
Stephenite
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Going to do my gift shopping tomorrow - alone - should be a breeze.
I've been off work for a few weeks and it seems i've been dragged out shopping every day. I've taken to doing Wookie/Chewbacca impressions. Nothing fancy. Just the wookie call. But the effect is improved in a big, furry hat. I know it seems a little odd but i'll stop soon.
I've been off work for a few weeks and it seems i've been dragged out shopping every day. I've taken to doing Wookie/Chewbacca impressions. Nothing fancy. Just the wookie call. But the effect is improved in a big, furry hat. I know it seems a little odd but i'll stop soon.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
We have Westfield within a ten minute walk. I'm just not brave enough to venture into that particularly hateful type of retail hell-hole at this time of year. I have been there twice since it opened and it is quite horrid.
I have reserved some stuff at Argos in Hammersmith. On the way home I will buy a copy of the Spectator and go to the pub. Two pints of lager, each with a Jameson's chaser, should put me in the Christmas Spirit.
Damn it. I deserve to be rewarded for becoming a one day a year shopper. I might make the chasers doubles...
I have reserved some stuff at Argos in Hammersmith. On the way home I will buy a copy of the Spectator and go to the pub. Two pints of lager, each with a Jameson's chaser, should put me in the Christmas Spirit.
Damn it. I deserve to be rewarded for becoming a one day a year shopper. I might make the chasers doubles...
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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How about as a last-ditch attempt to end the shopping nonsense, drop your kecks in the butchers and do the last turkey in the shop routine - you're either going home or to The Big House.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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- ...on the slake
