We haven't had this tree up since I lived in Portrack Lane (with the long-missed Hot Pink living room). Last Year's Tree was a Table-top abomination no-where near awesome as this one. We got this Tree second-hand from Silver two years ago. It's bent and a bit ruffled and anorexic, but once you beef it up with tinsel and fairy lights it's all good :) All of the decorations on it are second-hand from various people (bar the Halloween Tinsel) and it's mostly red and gold - which is what colours my mum uses for her tree. Some of the ball-baubles are older than my youngest sister (14) complete with bite-marks from me and Vicky because they're polystyrene and it was so satisfying then to get your teeth into em! There are red and gold hearts my Mam knitted around 15 years ago and nearly all of them have the berries missing but thats irrelevant. The sewn Christmas Pudding was made by me in Year Seven in Home Economics. There's a bunch of school-made cards from my sisters and I to each other which I am definately keeping as well. It's lovely to still have all of this stuff because it's a big reminder of how magic Christmas was when you were a kid and I love my shabby well-loved tree :) Things are going really well at the moment. I've managed to meet some new local(ish) people recently who have a hell of a lot more in common with me than at first glance ^.^ Had Louisa up last Friday night, and we had a good night, even if I did pass out after a Kebab and too much cheap wine being up at 5am that morning for work. It's me Mam and Dad's 24th Anniversary tomorrow so sorted a card and Vodka/Tinnies out for them :) Word is getting around at work about my T-shirts and I've had two Custom orders so far, plus a few more but I can't post those until AFTER Christmas :)
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*FINALLY* managed to get a good snap of the rainbow holograph vinyl ^.^ Got some new fish for the aquarium this week - several baby Bristlenose Plecs to raise, some gorgeous Black Mollies - some of them with the lovely curved twin-sworded tails and a couple of baby ones as well, and some Shrimps which are weird-looking little things. Their legs were going everywhere when I was tipping them out of the bag into the tank O.o The baby guppies are still in various stages of growing and some of the males have already got their lovely flourescent disco-colours. I'd love a bigger tank in the Living Room but we'll have to see :) Watched Saw 6 last night which had me cringing in the opening scene amd Paranormal Activity - what an absolute bag of WANK! Not scary at all. I even went to the loo by myself afterwards and wasn't scared of creaks or anything!