"Let's just go up down"

Confused by this one? You're not the only one!

My boyfriend and I went into town recently so he could finish off his Christmas shopping. Now the trip was going well, other that the fact that Alex had trouble navigating his way around the shopping centre. I don't blame him. He is a guy so doesn't go shopping very often but I have to say, I thought women were supposed to be the ones with a bad sense of direction?

Anyway, this post was not written to get into a debate about the opinions men hold of women, such as having hurrendous geography skills. Not only could we manage to navigate ourselves half way around the world, we'd be able to feed everyone, keep everyone entertained and plan the rest of the holiday whilst doing it! So they should probably keep their opinions to themselves!

Back to the point of the story, whilst in the shopping centre, Alex needed to use a cash machine so we debated for a second about where it was and to please us both, I came up with a very sensible plan: "Let's just go up down." Now I have to admit, it sounded much more, well, clever, in my head. What I wanted to say was "let's go to the end on the upper level, then go downstairs if the machine isn't up here." Nevertheless, after giggling away to himself at my mistake, he understood what I meant and agreed that is what we should do.

The point is, I think that a nice thing to have with any other person is that they understand you and you understand them, even if you are not quite clear enough. Then again, sometimes you never need to say anything at all.

"Not again!"

So this weather is really starting to get on my nerves! Now the snow has turned to pure ice and we now live on a ice rink. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to leave the house but unfortunately tonight I had to go to work so I couldn't put off driving any longer. Now, my car is a 1997 VW Polo and I do love her to pieces, HOWEVER, she can cause me a few problems. So today I thought I would be pro-active and make sure my car would start so I knew I could get to work this evening. Thankfully she started without a problem, it was getting into the car that was the nuisance! The passenger side lock is the only one that works so I have to climb over to unlock the driver's side door. This becomes pretty difficult when the lock decides to freeze inside. This resulted in me dipping my key in boiling water and repeatedly entering it into the lock to melt the ice inside.

Now this wouldn't be so bad but I had to do this again when I actually left for work and then again when I finished work. Not only that but my windscreen was frozen on the inside as well as the out and even de-icer, that a kind customer tried spraying on my car, didn't budge the solid ice blocking my view.

Now I hate to moan, but tell me that this unbelievable palava to get in your car would not annoy you a teenie tiny bit? Thought so.

"Just park it there"

So the snow is extremely bad at the moment but at the same time it means that today I was able to go sledging with my boyfriend! The sledging itself was great fun, parking, however, was a different story.

The entrance road to the park was covered in snow and ice so cars were parking down the sides of the road on the grass. As we ventured further into the park, I noticed a clear patch of snow covered grass to the left of the road so suggested to my boyfriend that he park there where it will be nicely tucked away. Bad idea. There was a reason why nobody parked there. The car lost traction and instead of pulling forward, it slowly rolled on the ice in a backward motion with no was of controlling it. And to top it off, a much larger van who seemed to have no issue driving on the awful road conditions, drove past slowly with a smug smile on his face. Thanks Mr Van Man. Really helpful.

In the end we were able to turn the car around and park on a much more suitable area of grass. This is merely a reminder to everyone: DO NOT ALWAYS LISTEN TO MY IDEAS! They obviously cannot always be trusted.

"We're not having a Christmas tree this year"

A few days ago my Mum tried to tell me that we weren't going to have a Christmas tree because we have nowhere to put it, yet we have had a tree every Christmas of the ten years we have lived in this house, and the layout is exactly the same. So why now? Why this year did she decide we are not going to have one?

I think some people are losing the excitement that comes with Christmas time. I remember when we couldn't wait to buy and decorate the tree. Mum was the perfectionist and one year took the whole thing down and redecorated it because it wasn't good enough! Where has that gone? It started last year when me and my boyfriend bought and put up the tree by ourselves. Although it was nice to do it on our own, I still wonder where the fun has gone. It may be because me and my Sister are older now so the whole concept of Santa Claus is a thing if the past, or that Christmas is becoming too repetitive. I think a large percentage is that time is going way too fast now. It only seems like a few months ago when we were celebrating Christmas last year, yet we have already returned to the festive season. Maybe we haven't had time to look forward to that time of year and it has simply come around too soon.

Anyway, whatever Mum says, we are definitely having a Christmas tree no matter what.