Matt’s Journal

…and how Christmassy do you feel?! Yeah me too.

Not even the big companies have been that festive this year, the only real Christmas adverts I can think of really relate to the supermarkets. The M&S adverts and how tasty my ‘Garden Grown Sweet Chilli Moist Plump Turkey with Ooddles of Cranberry Sauce and a Delicious Bass Filling’ are beginnning to grate, especially now Aldi, Lidl, PG Tips have also jumped on the marketing cash cow.

Don’t even get me started on Radio 1 censoring The Pogues’ Fairytale in New York.

As posted before, I have finalised all my presents and have now been wrapped. I swing towards the ‘It’s only going to be ripped open again’ way of thinking when it comes to wrapping so anyone who reads this blog and receives a gift from me, I apologise in advance.

The finer points of Christmas will be wrapping up warm with Katie and my family, you can’t beat that feeling of being content and sheltered from that icy frost outside. This will also be my last Christmas in someone else’s home, next year Katie and I will have it all to ourselves

I have started early this year, I cant abide wading through the throngs of people in the High Street so I take to the information superhighway and do it on t’internet. Amazon will see a lot of my electronic money, as will most of the websites that offer “Racing Grannies” as a present for your brother.

Watching the news a few days back, it is estimated the average consumer in the South East (I’m not far from the big smoke) will spend upto £700 on their Christmas shopping, sod that. Katie is lucky if she will get a satsuma and a lump of coal this year, let alone that My Little Pony figurine she said she loved a month ago. Joking aside, if you are frugal enough, you can save a packet if you use the right websites. I use Quidco for money back, Hotukdeals for the best deals and vouchers and Moneysavingexpert for the bits in the middle.

I’ll have a new 50″ Plasma HDTV screen if your stuck for ideas

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