Baubles

And baubles to you too.

This morning R and I gritted our teeth, girded our loins, screwed our courage to the sticking place, and went shopping in Solihull. Six hours later we staggered back into the house, older, wiser, and poorer, and having dumped the packages I was carrying I dropped into a chair with a huge sigh of relief - only to realise that I hadn't yet taken my daily photo. So, this is the first of this year's Emergency Christmas Decoration blips. With luck there won't have to be too many more.

This evening we sat in a stupefied post-shopping huddle on the sofa, watching TV while necking Christmassy mixed nuts and red wine. Because these days we refuse to watch anything that isn't subtitled, we're currently working our way through Inspector Borowski on All4, which is quirky, but entertaining.